Uruguay National Football Team | History | Roster

Here is the Fixtures and Current Squad of the Uruguay National Football Team in 2025

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Uruguay’s national football team is the men’s football team for Uruguay National which has won the FIFA World Cup two times, Olympic Gold Medals 2 times and Copa America 15 times, which is the second-highest number of times ever won by any country. The team is governed by the Uruguayan Football Association. Uruguay has the best overall performance in FIFA World Cup history with 25 victories, 22 losses and 12 Draws in 59 total matches played.

Uruguay is one of the most successful national teams in international competitions national team comes under the CONMEBOL (South America) Confederation. There is Estadio Centenario, Montevideo’s official home ground of the National Soccer Team. Uruguay’s training camp is held in various locations around the world, including Abu Dhabi and Enguera.

Marcelo Bielsa is the current coach and José Giménez is the captain of the Uruguayan football team. Diego Godín is the most caps player for the national team with 161 caps and 8 goals, who playing a Centre-back role for the team. Forward Luis Suárez is the top goalscorer (128 caps with 69 goals), Edinson Cavani (136 caps with 58 goals), and Diego Forlán (112 caps with 36 goals) are in second and third positions in the sequence.

The Uruguay national football team has played a total of 1,000 matches, achieving 446 wins, 242 draws, and 312 losses.

Uruguay National Football Team Roster

Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani, Diego Forlán, Héctor Scarone, Ángel Romano, and Óscar Míguez are some of the famous soccer players from Uruguay. Goalkeeping Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, who played three World Cups for Uruguay, and was considered Uruguay’s best-ever goalkeeper. Fernando Muslera is the most-capped Uruguayan Goalkeeper, who holds Uruguay’s record for most clean sheets and won the trophy in the 2011 Copa America. The team’s first international match was played on 20 July 1902 against Argentina. Uruguay won the last World Cup title in 1950.

Current Football Squad of Brazil national football team:

Uruguay Football Team –

As of February 05, 2025, the Uruguay national football team is actively participating in the South American qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Here are the current squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Colombia vs Brazil.

Goalkeeper	Sergio Rochet, Franco Israel, Santiago Mele
Defenders	José Giménez (captain), Marcelo Saracchi, Guillermo Varela, José Luis Rodríguez, Mathías Olivera, Juan Rodríguez, Nicolás Marichal, Santiago Bueno
Midfielders	Nicolás Fonseca, Manuel Ugarte, Rodrigo Bentancur, Federico Valverde (vice-captain), Maximiliano Araújo, Nahitan Nández
Forwards	Rodrigo Aguirre, Darwin Núñez, Brian Rodríguez, Facundo Pellistri, Cristian Olivera, Luciano Rodríguez, Facundo Torres
Captain	José Giménez

Uruguay National Football Team Squad Players

Here is the Uruguay National team’s final squad, which will be selected for the 2024 Copa America. Player details are provided on the Uruguay Squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the Uruguay squad for the 2024 Copa America, including their positions.

Goalkeepers: Sergio Rochet, Santiago Mele, and Franco Israel.

Defenders: Jose Maria Gimenez, Santiago Bueno, Santiago Mourino, Mathias Olivera, Nahitan Nandez, Guillermo Varela, Jose Luis Rodriguez and Marcelo Saracchi.

Midfielders: Marco Orona, Facundo Bernal, Emiliano Martinez, Lucas Sanabria, Nicolas Fonseca, Manuel Ugarte, Federico Valverde, Nicolas De La Cruz and Giorgan de Arrascaeta.

Forwards: Matias Abaldo, Facundo Pellistri, Maximiliano Araujo, Facundo Torres, Joaquin Lavega, Luciano Rodriguez, Pablo Suarez, Cristian Olivera and Darwin Nunez

Uruguay Football Team Information

Captain	José María Giménez
FIFA code	URU
FIFA Current Ranking	11 (05 Feb 2025)
Top Score	Luis Suárez (69)
Head coach	Marcelo Bielsa
Appearance	World Cup: 14 Best Results- Won (1930, and 1950) Copa América – 46 Best Results- Won (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011) Confederations Cup- 2 Best Results- Fourth place (1997, and 2013)

Uruguay’s International Tournament Records

Tournament	Winner	Appearances	Year
FIFA World Cup	2	14	1930, 1950
FIFA Confederations Cup	0	2	Fourth place 1997, 2013
Olympic Games	2	2	1924, 1928
Copa América	15	45	1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011
Pan American Games	1	3	Gold Medals: 3 (1952, 1983, 2015) Silver Medals: 2 (1956, 1999)
Total	20		10

Head-to-head record

Played – 1,000

Win – 446

Loss – 312

Drew – 242

Win % – 44.6%

Uruguay Football Team Logo

The Uruguay Football Team Logo combines a Shield Shape, the Sun of May, Four Stars, the AUF (Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol) Insignia, and golden and Sky Blue Colors.

Uruguay 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification Match Schedule

2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification Fixtures

Date	Teams	Venues
March	Uruguay vs Argentina	Montevideo, Uruguay
March	Bolivia vs Uruguay	El Alto, Bolivia
June	Paraguay vs Uruguay	Asunción, Paraguay
June	Uruguay vs Venezuela	Montevideo, Uruguay
September	Uruguay vs Peru	Montevideo, Uruguay
September	Chile vs Uruguay	Santiago, Chile

2026 FIFA World Cup Qualification Squad

Goalkeepers: Sergio Rochet (Internacional), Franco Israel (Sporting Lisbon) and Santiago Mele (Junior Barranquilla)

Defenders: Santiago Bueno (Girona), Bruno Mendez (Corinthians), Sebastian Cacares (América de Mexico), Puma Rodríguez (Vasco da Gama), Mathías Olivera (Napoli), Joaquin Piquerez (Palmeiras), Matías Viña (Sassuolo), and Lucas Olaza (Krasnodar) and Ronald Araujo (Barcelona)

Midfielders: Federico Valverde (Real Madrid), Nahitan Nández (Cagliari), Matías Vecino (Lazio), Manuel Ugarte (Paris Saint-Germain), and Nicolás de la Cruz (River Plate).

Forwards: Agustin Canobbio (Athletico Paranaense), Maximiliano Araujo (Toluca), Facundo Torres (Orlando City), Brian Rodríguez (América de Mexico), Facundo Pellistri (Manchester United), Cristian Olivera (Los Angeles FC), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo), and Darwin Nunez (Liverpool).