Uruguay national football team

Uruguay
Nickname(s)	La Celeste (The Sky Blues)
Association	AUF
Confederation	CONMEBOL (South America)
Head coach	Marcelo Bielsa
Captain	Federico Valverde
Most caps	Diego Godín (126)
Top scorer	Luis Suárez (55)
FIFA code	URU
First colours	Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	11 -- (21 December 2023)
Highest	2 (July 2011)
Lowest	55 (December 1998)
First international
	Uruguay 2–3 Argentina ; (Montevideo, Uruguay; 16 May 1901)
Biggest win
	Uruguay 9–0 Bolivia ; (Lima, Peru; 9 November 1927)
Biggest defeat
	Uruguay 0–6 Argentina ; (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 July 1902)
World Cup
Appearances	13 (first in 1930)
Best result	Champions (1930, 1950)
Copa América
Appearances	45 (first in 1916)
Best result	Champions (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1997)
Best result	Fourth place (1997, 2013)
Medal record
Olympic medal record
Men's football
Olympic games
Website	auf.com.uy

Uruguay national football team is the national football team of Uruguay. They won the World Cup in 1930 and 1950. Also, they won the Olympics football championship in 1924 and 1928. Recently, Uruguay won the 2011 Copa América, playing against Paraguay in the final.

Quick Facts Nickname(s), Association ...

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Career
1	Diego Godín	161	8	2005–2022
2	Luis Suárez	138	68	2007–present
3	Edinson Cavani	136	58	2008–present
4	Fernando Muslera	133	0	2009–present
5	Maxi Pereira	125	3	2005–2018
6	Martín Cáceres	116	4	2007–present
7	Diego Forlán	112	36	2002–2014
8	Cristian Rodríguez	110	11	2003–2018
9	Diego Lugano	95	9	2003–2014
10	Egidio Arévalo	90	0	2006–2017

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Luis Suárez (list)	68	138	0.49	2007–present
2	Edinson Cavani	58	136	0.43	2008–present
3	Diego Forlán	36	112	0.32	2002–2014
4	Héctor Scarone	31	51	0.61	1917–1930
5	Ángel Romano	28	69	0.41	1913–1927
6	Óscar Míguez	27	39	0.69	1950–1958
7	Sebastián Abreu	26	70	0.37	1996–2012
8	Pedro Petrone	24	28	0.86	1923–1930
9	Fernando Morena	22	53	0.42	1971–1983
9	Carlos Aguilera	22	64	0.34	1982–1997

Player records