Uruguay at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Uruguay's results at the FIFA World Cup.

Uruguay has won two FIFA World Cups, including the first ever World Cup in 1930 as hosts, beating Argentina 4–2 in the final. They won their second title in 1950, upsetting hosts Brazil 2–1 in the final match. The team has qualified for 12 World Cups, reaching the second round in all but three, the semifinals five times and the finals twice. They also won the Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics twice, in 1924 and 1928, before the creation of the World Cup. They also won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament among former World Cup champions hosted in Uruguay in 1980 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup. Uruguay is one of the most successful teams in the world, having won 19 official titles: 2 FIFA World Cup, 2 Olympic Games and 15 Copa América.

Uruguay refused to participate in 1934 and defend their title because many European nations declined to take part in 1930 held in Uruguay. And also Uruguay refused to enter in 1938 because FIFA's decision during the celebration of the 1936 Summer Olympics to hold the tournament in France caused outrage in South America where it was believed that the venue would alternate between the two continents.

Performance history

FIFA World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	15	3
1934	Did Not Enter
1938
1950	Champions[1]	1st	4	3	1	0	15	5
1954	Fourth Place	4th	5	3	0	2	16	9
1958	Did Not Qualify
1962	Group Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	4	6
1966	Quarter-Final	7th	4	1	2	1	2	5
1970	Fourth Place	4th	6	2	1	3	4	5
1974	Group Stage	13th	3	0	1	2	1	6
1978	Did Not Qualify
1982
1986	Round of 16	16th	4	0	2	2	2	8
1990	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	2	5
1994	Did Not Qualify
1998
2002	Group Stage	26th	3	0	2	1	4	5
2006	Did Not Qualify
2010	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	2	2	11	8
2014	Round of 16	12	4	2	0	2	4	6
Total	12/20	2 Titles	51	20	12	19	81	70

Record vs

FIFA World Cup matches (By team)
Total : Wins - Ties - Loses - games played
Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
Argentina	1	0	1	2
Austria	0	0	1	1
Belgium	0	0	1	1
Bolivia	1	0	0	1
Brazil	1	0	1	2
Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
Colombia	1	0	1	2
Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
Denmark	0	0	2	2
England	2	1	0	3
France	1	2	0	3
Germany	0	1	3	4
Ghana	0	1	0	1
Hungary	0	0	1	1
Israel	1	0	0	1
Italy	1	1	1	3
South Korea	2	0	0	2
Mexico	1	1	0	2
Netherlands	0	0	2	2
Peru	1	0	0	1
Romania	1	0	0	1
Senegal	0	1	0	1
Scotland	1	1	0	2
South Africa	1	0	0	1
Soviet Union	1	0	1	2
Spain	0	2	0	2
Sweden	1	0	2	3
Yugoslavia	1	0	1	2

Uruguay 1930

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4
Romania	2	1	0	1	3	5	–2	2
Peru	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3	0

Uruguay  v  Peru

18 July 1930 14:30 UYT (UTC−03:30)

Uruguay	1 – 0	Peru
Castro  65'	(Report)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 70,000 Referee: John Langenus

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Uruguay  v  Romania

21 July 1930 14:50 UYT (UTC−03:30)

Uruguay	4 – 0	Romania
Dorado  7' Scarone  26'[2] Anselmo  31' Cea  35'[2]	(Report)

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Almeida Rêgo

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Semi-finals

Uruguay  v  Yugoslavia

27 July 1930 14:45 UYT (UTC−03:30)

Uruguay	6 – 1	Yugoslavia
Cea  18', 67', 72'[2] Anselmo  20', 31'[2] Iriarte  61'[2]	(Report)	Sekulić  4'[2]

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 93,000 Referee: Almeida Rêgo

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Final

Uruguay  v  Argentina

30 July 1930 15:30 UYT (UTC−03:30)

Uruguay	4 – 2	Argentina
Dorado  12' Cea  57'[2] Iriarte  68' Castro  89'	(Report)	Peucelle  20' Stábile  37'[2]

Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Attendance: 93,000[3] Referee: John Langenus

Brazil 1950

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Uruguay	1	1	0	0	8	0	2
Bolivia	1	0	0	1	0	8	0
Scotland	withdrew
Turkey	withdrew

Uruguay  v  Bolivia

2 July 1950 18:00 BRT (UTC−03)

Uruguay	8 – 0	Bolivia
Míguez  14', 40', 51' Schiaffino  17', 53' Vidal  18' Pérez  83' Ghiggia  87'	(Report)

Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte Attendance: ~5,000 Referee: George Reader

Final Round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	7	5	5
Brazil	3	2	0	1	14	4	4
Sweden	3	1	0	2	6	11	2
Spain	3	0	1	2	4	11	1

Uruguay  v  Spain

9 July 1950 15:00 BRT (UTC−03)

Uruguay	2 – 2	Spain
Ghiggia  27' Varela  72'	(Report)	Basora  39', 41'

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: ~44,000 Referee: Benjamin Griffiths

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Uruguay  v  Sweden

13 July 1950 15:00 BRT (UTC−03)

Uruguay	3 – 2	Sweden
Ghiggia  39' Míguez  77', 84'	(Report)	Palmér  4' Sundqvist  41'

Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Attendance: ~8,000 Referee: Giovanni Galeati

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Uruguay  v  Brazil

16 July 1950 15:00 BRT (UTC−03)

Uruguay	2 – 1	Brazil
Schiaffino  66' Ghiggia  79'	(Report)	Friaça  47'

Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: ~200,000 Referee: George Reader

Switzerland 1954

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	9	0	4
Austria	2	2	0	0	6	0	4
Czechoslovakia	2	0	0	2	0	7	0
Scotland	2	0	0	2	0	8	0

Uruguay  v  Czechoslovakia

16 June 1954 18:00 CET (UTC+01)

Uruguay	2 – 0	Czechoslovakia
Míguez  72' Schiaffino  81'	(Report)

Wankdorf Stadium, Bern Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis

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Uruguay  v  Scotland

19 June 1954 16:50 CET (UTC+01)

Uruguay	7 – 0	Scotland
Borges  17', 47', 57' Míguez  30', 83' Abbadie  54', 85'	(Report)

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini

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Quarter-Final

Uruguay  v  England

26 June 1954 17:00 CET (UTC+01)

Uruguay	4 – 2	England
Borges  5' Varela  39' Schiaffino  46' Ambrois  78'	(Report)	Lofthouse  16' Finney  67'

St. Jakob Stadium, Basel Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Carl Erich Steiner

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Semi-Final

Uruguay  v  Hungary

30 June 1954 18:00 CET (UTC+01)

Uruguay	2 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Hungary
Hohberg  75', 86'	(Report)	Czibor  13' Hidegkuti  46' Kocsis  111', 116'

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Benjamin Griffiths

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Bronze Final

Uruguay  v  Austria

3 July 1954 17:00 CET (UTC+01)

Uruguay	1 – 3	Austria
Hohberg  22'	(Report)	Stojaspal  16' (pen.) Cruz  59' (o.g.) Ocwirk  89'

Hardturm Stadium, Zürich Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Raymon Wyssling

Chile 1962

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	8	5	1.60	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	8	3	2.67	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	4	6	0.67	2
Colombia	3	0	1	2	5	11	0.45	1

Uruguay  v  Colombia

30 May 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC−04)

Uruguay	2 – 1	Colombia
Sasía  56' Cubilla  75'	(Report)	Zuluaga  19' (pen.)

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 7,908 Referee: Andor Dorogi

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Uruguay  v  Yugoslavia

2 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC−04)

Uruguay	1 – 3	Yugoslavia
Cabrera  19'	(Report)	Skoblar  25' (pen.) Galić  29' Jerković  49'

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 8,829 Referee: Karol Galba

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Uruguay  v  Soviet Union

6 June 1962 15:00 CLT (UTC−04)

Uruguay	1 – 2	Soviet Union
Sasía  54'	(Report)	Mamykin  38' Ivanov  89'

Estadio Carlos Dittborn, Arica Attendance: 9,973 Referee: Cesare Jonni

England 1966

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	4	0	∞	5
Uruguay	3	1	2	0	2	1	2.00	4
Mexico	3	0	2	1	1	3	0.33	2
France	3	0	1	2	2	5	0.40	1

Uruguay  v  England

11 July 1966 19:30 BST

Uruguay	0 – 0	England
	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 87,000 Referee: Istvan Zsolt

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Uruguay  v  France

15 July 1966 19:30 BST

Uruguay	2 – 1	France
Rocha  26' Cortés  31'	(Report)	De Bourgoing  15' (pen.)

White City Stadium, London Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Karol Galba

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Uruguay  v  Mexico

19 July 1966 16:30 BST

Uruguay	0 – 0	Mexico
	(Report)

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 61,000 Referee: Bertil Lööw

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Quarter-Final

Uruguay  v  West Germany

23 July 1966 15:00 BST

Uruguay	0 – 4	West Germany
	(Report)	Haller  11', 83' Beckenbauer  70' Seeler  75'

Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Jim Finney

Mexico 1970

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	4
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	3
Sweden	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
Israel	3	0	2	1	1	3	–2	2

Uruguay  v  Israel

2 June 1970 16:00 CST (UTC-06)

Uruguay	2 – 0	Israel
Maneiro  23' Mujica  50'	(Report)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Bob Davidson

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Uruguay  v  Italy

6 June 1970 16:00 CST (UTC-06)

Uruguay	0 – 0	Italy
	(Report)

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Rudi Glöckner

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Uruguay  v  Sweden

10 June 1970 16:00 CST (UTC-06)

Uruguay	0 – 1	Sweden
	(Report)	Grahn  90'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Henry Landauer

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Quarter-Final

Uruguay  v  Soviet Union

14 June 1970 12:00 CST (UTC-06)

Uruguay	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Soviet Union
Espárrago  116'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 24,550 Referee: Laurens van Ravens

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Semi-Final

Uruguay  v  Brazil

17 June 1970 16:00 CST (UTC-06)

Uruguay	1 – 3	Brazil
Cubilla  19'	(Report)	Clodoaldo  44' Jairzinho  76' Rivelino  89'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara Attendance: 51,261 Referee: José María Ortiz de Mendibil

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Bronze Final

Uruguay  v  West Germany

20 June 1970 16:00 CST (UTC-06)

Uruguay	0 – 1	West Germany
	(Report)	Overath  26'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Attendance: 104,403 Referee: Antonio Sbardella

West Germany 1974

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	5
Sweden	3	1	2	0	3	0	+3	4
Bulgaria	3	0	2	1	2	5	–3	2
Uruguay	3	0	1	2	1	6	–5	1

Uruguay  v  Netherlands

15 June 1974 16:00 CET

Uruguay	0 – 2	Netherlands
	(Report)	Rep  16', 86'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 53,700 Referee: Károly Palotai

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Uruguay  v  Bulgaria

19 June 1974 19:30 CET

Uruguay	1 – 1	Bulgaria
Pavoni  87'	Report	Bonev  75'

Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jack Taylor

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Uruguay  v  Sweden

23 June 1974 16:00 CET

Uruguay	0 – 3	Sweden
	Report	Edström  46', 77' Sandberg  74'

Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Attendance: 27,100 Referee: Erich Linemayr

Mexico 1986

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	6
West Germany	3	1	1	1	3	4	–1	3
Uruguay	3	0	2	1	2	7	–5	2
Scotland	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

Uruguay  v  West Germany

4 June 1986 12:00 CST

Uruguay	1 – 1	West Germany
Alzamendi  4'	(Report)	Allofs  84'

Estadio La Corregidora, Querétaro Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Vojtěch Christov

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Uruguay  v  Denmark

8 June 1986 16:00 CST

Uruguay	1 – 6	Denmark
Francescoli  45' (pen.)	(Report)	Elkjær Larsen  11', 67', 80' Lerby  41' Laudrup  52' J. Olsen  88'

Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Antonio Márquez Ramírez

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Uruguay  v  Scotland

13 June 1986 12:00 CST

Uruguay	0 – 0	Scotland
	(Report)

Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Joël Quiniou

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Round of 16

Uruguay  v  Argentina

16 June 1986 16:00 CST

Uruguay	0 – 1	Argentina
	(Report)	Pasculli  42'

Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Luigi Agnolin

Italy 1990

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	5
Belgium	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	3	–1	3
South Korea	3	0	0	3	1	6	–5	0

Uruguay  v  Spain

13 June 1990 17:00

Uruguay	0 – 0	Spain
	Report

Stadio Friuli, Udine Attendance: 35,713 Referee: Helmut Kohl

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Uruguay  v  Belgium

17 June 1990 21:00

Uruguay	1 – 3	Belgium
Bengoechea  74'	Report	Clijsters  16' Scifo  22' Ceulemans  48'

Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi, Verona Attendance: 33,759 Referee: Siegfried Kirschen

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Uruguay  v  South Korea

21 June 1990 17:00

Uruguay	1 – 0	South Korea
Fonseca  90'	Report

Stadio Friuli, Udine Attendance: 29,039 Referee: Tullio Lanese

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Round of 16

Uruguay  v  Italy

25 June 1990 21:00

Uruguay	0 – 2	Italy
	Report	Schillaci  65' Serena  85'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 73,303 Referee: George Courtney

South Korea/Japan 2002

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Uruguay	3	0	2	1	4	5	–1	2
France	3	0	1	2	0	3	–3	1

Uruguay  v  Denmark

2002-06-01 18:00

Uruguay	1 – 2	Denmark
Rodríguez  47'	(Report)	Tomasson  45'  83'

Munsu Cup Stadium, Ulsan Attendance: 30,157 Referee: Saad Mane

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Uruguay  v  France

2002-06-06 20:30

Uruguay	0 – 0	France
	(Report)

Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan Attendance: 38,289 Referee: Felipe Ramos

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Uruguay  v  Senegal

2002-06-11 15:30

Uruguay	3 – 3	Senegal
Morales  46' Forlán  69' Recoba  88' (pen.)	(Report)	Fadiga  20' (pen.) Bouba Diop  26'  38'

Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon Attendance: 33,681 Referee: Jan Wegereef

South Africa 2010

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uruguay	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4	7
Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	5
South Africa	3	1	1	1	3	5	–2	4
France	3	0	1	2	1	5	–4	1

Uruguay  v  France

11 June 2010 20:30 UTC+02

Uruguay	0 – 0	France
	(Report)

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 64,100 Referee: Yuichi Nishimura

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Uruguay  v  South Africa

16 June 2010 20:30 UTC+02

Uruguay	3 – 0	South Africa
Forlán  24', 80' (pen.) Á. Pereira  90+5'	Report

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria Attendance: 42,658 Referee: Massimo Busacca

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Uruguay  v  Mexico

22 June 2010 16:00 UTC+02

Uruguay	1 – 0	Mexico
Suárez  43'	(Report)

Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg Attendance: 33,425 Referee: Viktor Kassai

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Round of 16

Uruguay  v  South Korea

26 June 2010 16:00 UTC+02

Uruguay	2 – 1	South Korea
Suárez  8', 80'	(Report)	Lee Chung-Yong  68'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 30,597 Referee: Wolfgang Stark

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Quarter-Final

Uruguay  v  Ghana

2 July 2010 20:30 UTC+02

Uruguay	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Ghana
Forlán  55'	(Report)	Muntari  45+2'
	Penalties
Forlán Victorino Scotti M. Pereira Abreu	4 – 2	Gyan Appiah Mensah Adiyiah

Soccer City, Johannesburg Attendance: 84,017 Referee: Olegário Benquerença

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Semi-Final

Uruguay  v  Netherlands

6 July 2010 20:30 UTC+02

Uruguay	2 – 3	Netherlands
Forlán  41' M. Pereira  90+2'	(Report)	Van Bronckhorst  18' Sneijder  70' Robben  73'

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town Attendance: 62,479 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

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Bronze Final

Uruguay  v  Germany

10 July 2010 20:30

Uruguay	2 – 3	Germany
Cavani  28' Forlán  51'	(Report)	Müller  19' Jansen  56' Khedira  82'

Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth Attendance: 36,254 Referee: Benito Archundia

Top goalscorers

No.	Name	Goals	World Cups
1	Míguez	8	1950 and 1954
2	Forlán	6	2002 and 2010
3	Cea	5	1930
	Schiaffino	5	1950 and 1954
	Suárez	5	2010 and 2014
6	Ghiggia	4	1950
	Borges	4	1954
7	Anselmo	3	1930
	Hohberg	3	1954

References

1. There was no official World Cup final match in 1950. The tournament winner was decided by a final round-robin group contested by four teams (Uruguay, Brazil, Sweden, and Spain). However, Uruguay's 2–1 victory over Brazil (a match known as Maracanazo) was the decisive match (and also coincidentally one of the last two matches of the tournament) which put them ahead on points and ensured that they finished top of the group as world champions. Therefore, this match is often considered the "final" of the 1950 World Cup  PDF (150 KiB). Likewise, Sweden's 3–1 victory over Spain (played at the same time as Uruguay vs Brazil) ensured that they finished third.
2. This is one of several goals for which the statistical details are disputed. The goalscorers and timings used here are those of FIFA, the official record. Some other sources, such as RSSSF, state a different scorer and/or timing. See "World Cup 1930 finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF).
3. "FIFA World Cup Origin" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 2009-11-17.

External links

• The Official website of the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol
• FIFA Official Ranking of all Participants at Finals 1930–2002. FIFA Match Results for all Stages 1930–2002
• FIFA official site