Uruguay national football team records and statistics

This article contains the list of Uruguay national football team's all records and statistics.

Management record Competitive matches only as of 6 June 2024 Years Coach Pld W D L GF GA Win % Tournaments 1902–1914 Selection committee 1905 Copa Lipton – Champions 1906 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1906 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1907 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1907 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1908 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1908 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1908 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions 1909 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1909 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up 1909 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1910 Copa Centenario de la Revolución de Mayo – Runners-up 1910 Copa Lipton – Champions 1910 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions 1911 Copa Lipton – Champions 1911 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1911 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up 1911 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1912 Copa Lipton – Champions 1912 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1912 Copa Newton – Champions 1912 Copa Montevideo – Runners-up 1913 Copa Presidente Roque Sáenz Peña – Runners-up 1913 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1913 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1913 Copa Newton – Champions 1915–1916 Jorge Pacheco Alfredo Foglino 1915 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up 1915 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1915 Copa Newton – Champions 1916 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1916 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1916 South American Championship – Champions 1916 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up 1916 Copa Círculo de la Empresa – Runners-up 1917–1919 Ramón Platero 1917 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1917 Copa Newton – Champions 1917 South American Championship – Champions 1918 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1918 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Runners-up 1918 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1918 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1919 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1919 Copa Lipton – Champions 1919 Copa Newton – Champions 1919 South American Championship – Runners-up 1919–1920 Severino Castillo 1919 Copa Premio Honor Argentino – Champions 1919 Copa Círculo de Prensa – Champions 1920 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1920 Copa Newton 1920–1922 Ernesto Fígoli 1920 South American Championship – Champions 1921 South American Championship – Third place 1922 Copa pitote – Champions 1922 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Champions 1922–1923 Pedro Olivieri 1922 South American Championship – Third place 1922 Copa Newton – Champions 1923 Copa Lipton – Champions 1923–1924 Leonardo De Lucca 1923 Copa Premio Honor Uruguayo – Runners-up 1923 South American Championship – Champions 1924 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1924 Ernesto Fígoli (2nd time) 1924 Olympics – Champions 1924–1925 Ernesto Meliante 1924 South American Championship – Champions 1925 Copa Bossio – Champions 1926 Andrés Mazali Ernesto Fígoli (3rd time) 1926 South American Championship – Champions 1927–1928 José Lago Millán Luis Grecco 1927 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1927 South American Championship – Runners-up 1927 Copa Lipton – Champions 1928 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1928 Primo Giannoti 1928 Olympics – Champions 1928–1932 Alberto Suppici 1928 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1929 Copa Newton – Champions 1929 Copa Lipton – Champions 1929 South American Championship – Third place 1930 FIFA World Cup – Champions 1931 Taça Rio Branco – Runners-up 1932 Taça Rio Branco – Runners-up 1932–1935 Raúl Blanco 1935 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up 1935 South American Championship – Champions 1935–1941 Alberto Suppici (2nd time) 1935 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1936 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1936 Copa Héctor Gómez – Champions 1937 South American Championship – Third place 1937 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1937 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1938 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1938 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up 1939 South American Championship – Runners-up 1940 Taça Rio Branca – Champions 1940 Copa Héctor Gómez – Champions 1940 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Runners-up 1941 South American Championship – Runners-up 1941–1942 Pedro Cea 1942 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1942–1945 José Nasazzi 1942 South American Championship – Champions 1942 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1943 Copa Juan Mignaburu – Champions 1943 Copa Héctor Gómez – Runners-up 1945 South American Championship – Fourth place 1945 Copa Lipton – Runners-up 1945–1946 Aníbal Tejada 1945 Copa Newton – Runners-up 1946 Taça Rio Branco – Champions 1946 Guzmán Vila Gomensoro 1946 South American Championship – Fourth place 1988–1990 Óscar Tabárez (1st time) 1989 Copa América – Runners-up 2006– Óscar Tabárez (2nd time) 2007 Copa América – Fourth place 2010 FIFA World Cup – Fourth place 2011 Copa América – Champions

1946–1955: Juan López 1955: Juan Carlos Corazzo 1955–1957: Hugo Bagnulo 1957–1959: Juan López 1959: Héctor Castro 1959–1961: Juan Carlos Corazzo 1961–1962: Enrique Fernández 1962–1964: Juan Carlos Corazzo 1964–1965: Rafael Milans 1965–1967: Ondino Viera 1967–1969: Enrique Fernández 1969–1970: Juan Hohberg 1970–1973: Hugo Bagnulo 1974: Roberto Porta 1974–1975: Juan Alberto Schiaffino 1975–1977: José María Rodríguez 1977: Juan Hohberg 1977–1979: Raúl Bentancor1979–1982: Roque Máspoli 1982–1987: Omar Borrás 1987–1988: Roberto Fleitas 1988–1990: Óscar Tabárez 1990–1993: Luis Cubilla 1993–1994: Ildo Maneiro 1994–1996: Héctor Núñez 1996–1997: Juan Ahuntchaín 1997–1998: Roque Máspoli 1998–2000: Víctor Púa 2000–2001: Daniel Passarella 2001–2003: Víctor Púa 2003: Gustavo Ferrín 2003–2004: Juan Ramón Carrasco 2004–2006: Jorge Fossati 2006: Gustavo Ferrín 2006–2021: Óscar Tabárez 2021–2022: Diego Alonso 2023–present: Marcelo Bielsa

Player records

, after the match against Saudi Arabia. Players in bold are still active with Uruguay.

Most caps RankPlayerCapsGoalsCareer1Diego Godín16182005–20222Luis Suárez143692007–20243Edinson Cavani136582008–20224Fernando Muslera13502009–present5Maxi Pereira12532005–20186Martín Cáceres11642007–20227Diego Forlán112362002–20148Cristian Rodríguez110112003–20189José María Giménez9982013–present10Diego Lugano9592003–2014

Top scorers RankPlayerGoalsCapsRatioCareer1 Luis Suárez 69 143 2007–20242Edinson Cavani 58 136 2008–20223Diego Forlán 36 112 4 Héctor Scarone 31 51 1917–19305 Ángel Romano 28 69 1913–19276 Óscar Míguez 27 39 1950–19587 Sebastián Abreu 26 70 1996–20128 Pedro Petrone 24 28 1923–19309Fernando Morena 22 53 1971–1983Carlos Aguilera 22 64 1982–1997

All-time head-to-head record Below is a list of all matches Uruguay have played against FIFA recognised teams. Updated as of 6 October 2026.

TeamBest result 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 – 0 (Algiers, Algeria; 12 August 2009) 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 – 2 (Lisbon, Portugal; 11 August 2010) 204 60 49 95 236 326 −90 5 – 0 (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 16 December 1959) 9 4 1 4 8 6 +2 3 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 25 November 2001) 4 1 1 2 5 6 –1 0 – 2 (Vienna, Austria; 14 May 1964) 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 3 – 1 (Verona, Italy; 17 June 1990) 49 32 9 8 118 35 +83 9 – 0 (Lima, Peru; 6 November 1927) 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 3 – 2 (Cochin, India; 18 January 2001) 81 21 22 38 101 143 −42 6 – 0 (Valparaíso, Chile; 18 September 1920) 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 – 1 (Hanover, West Germany; 19 June 1974) 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 4 – 0 (Tehran, Iran; 13 August 2003) 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 1 – 3 (Miami, United States; 2 February 1986) 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 87 49 20 18 150 87 +63 6 – 0 (Guayaquil, Ecuador; 6 December 1947) 6 3 2 1 9 2 +7 0 – 4 (Wuhan, China; 12 October 2010) 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 2 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 20 June 2023) 48 22 13 13 69 50 +19 7 – 0 (Santiago, Chile; 28 January 1945) 15 8 5 2 25 19 +6 2 – 0 (Miami, United States; 4 February 1990) 6 4 0 2 9 6 +3 0 – 2 (Bern, Switzerland; 16 June 1954) (Nanning, China; 23 March 2018) 2 0 0 2 2 8 −6 1 – 2 (Ulsan, South Korea; 1 June 2002) 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 1 – 0 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 10 October 2025) 6 1 2 3 4 7 −3 3 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 29 January 1985) 50 31 11 8 115 46 +69 7 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 18 January 1942) 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 0 – 2 (Cairo, Egypt; 16 August 2006) 12 5 4 3 16 12 +4 4 – 2 (Basel, Switzerland; 26 June 1954) 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 – 0 (Rivera, Uruguay; 23 June 2011) 10 3 4 3 8 7 +1 1 – 5 (Colombes, France; 1 June 1924) 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 8 December 1984) 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 2 – 0 (Tbilisi, Georgia; 15 November 2006) 11 1 2 8 12 29 −17 1 – 4 (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 3 June 1928) 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 1 – 1 (Johannesburg, South Africa; 2 July 2010) 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 5 – 1 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 6 June 2015) 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 0 – 1 (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 23 March 1974) 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 2 – 2 (Bogotá, Colombia; 29 July 2001) 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 1 – 3 (Hong Kong ; 9 January 2000) 6 3 2 1 10 8 +2 2 – 0 (Maldonado, Uruguay; 17 February 2000) 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 2 – 1 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 10 January 2001) 2 2 0 0 9 2 +7 1 – 6 (Kolkata, India; 6 October 2026) 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 1 – 7 (Jakarta, Indonesia; 8 October 2010) 2 0 1 1 1 2 –1 1 – 1 (Hong Kong ; 4 February 2003) 1 1 0 0 5 2 +3 2 – 5 (Tehran, Iran; 15 August 2003) 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 4 – 1 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 26 May 2010) 11 4 4 3 11 12 –1 2 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 3 January 1981) 1 0 0 1 1 2 –1 2 – 1 (Lens, France; 26 March 2024) 5 4 0 1 9 2 +7 0 – 3 (Kingston, Jamaica; 28 March 1974) 10 4 3 3 25 21 +4 1 – 4 (Tokyo, Japan; 26 May 1985) 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 0 – 5 (Amman, Jordan; 13 November 2011) 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 2 – 3 (Tripoli, Libya; 11 February 2009) 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 – 1 (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; 26 March 1980) 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 0 – 6 (Osaka, Japan; 1 June 1985) 24 8 8 8 35 29 +6 1 – 4 (Houston, United States; 7 September 2018) 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 0 – 1 (Casablanca, Morocco; 25 April 1964) 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 2 – 0 (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 30 May 1928)(Montevideo, Uruguay; 30 December 1980) 2 1 1 0 9 2 +7 7 – 0 (Paysandú, Uruguay; 25 June 1995) 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 1 – 2 (Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; 20 June 2013) 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 4 – 1 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 14 June 2023) 4 2 0 2 2 4 −2 0 – 1 (East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States; 21 May 2006) 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 0 – 1 (Oslo, Norway; 14 June 1972) 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 – 3 (Muscat, Oman; 13 October 2014) 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16 6 – 1 (Santiago, Chile; 6 April 1952) 79 33 20 26 116 96 +20 6 – 1 (Santiago, Chile; 1 November 1926) 72 39 16 17 116 65 +51 6 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 18 June 2008) 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 1 – 3 (Gdańsk, Poland; 14 November 2012) 4 1 1 2 3 7 −4 1 – 2 (Sochi, Russia; 30 June 2018) 4 2 1 1 7 6 +1 2 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 8 May 1974) 5 2 2 1 8 3 +5 4 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 21 July 1930) 9 2 1 6 8 15 −7 3 – 0 (Samara, Russia; 25 June 2018) 1 1 0 0 7 1 +6 1 – 7 (Saarbrücken, Germany; 5 June 1954) 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 0 – 1 (Rostov, Russia; 20 June 2018) 4 2 1 1 10 4 +6 7 – 0 (Basel, Switzerland; 19 June 1954) 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 3 – 3 (Suwon, South Korea; 11 June 2002) 7 3 1 3 17 8 +9 0 – 7 (Colombes, France; 26 May 1924) 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 1 – 2 (Singapore City, Singapore; 21 May 2002) 2 2 0 0 4 0 +4 0 – 2 (Koper, Slovenia; 28 February 2001) 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 0 – 3 (Pretoria, South Africa; 16 June 2010) 11 8 2 1 19 8 +11 1 – 4 (Seoul, South Korea; 28 September 2026) 11 0 5 6 8 17 −9 0 – 0 (São Paulo, Brazil; 9 July 1950)(A Coruña, Spain; 18 January 1995) 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3 – 2 (São Paulo, Brazil; 13 July 1950) 4 3 1 0 13 4 +9 4 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 18 December 1980) 1 1 0 0 8 0 +8 0 – 8 (Recife, Brazil; 23 June 2013) 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 4 – 0 (Nanning, China; 25 March 2019) 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3 – 1 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 28 May 2016) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 (Radès, Tunisia; 2 June 2006) 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 2 – 3 (Bochum, Germany; 25 May 2008) 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 2 – 3 (Kharkiv, Ukraine; 2 September 2011) 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 – 2 (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 13 December 1997) 10 3 4 3 11 12 –1 3 – 0 (Colombes, France; 29 May 1924) 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 3 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 7 June 2018)(Nanning, China; 22 March 2019) 35 20 10 5 66 23 +43 5 – 0 (Montevideo, Uruguay; 23 May 1975) 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 1 – 0 (Nanning, China; 26 March 2018) Total (89) 1021 454 251 317 1591 1228 +364 9 – 0 (Lima, Peru; 6 November 1927)

World Cup records Bolded names indicate that the player is active.

Most participations in the World Cup