Highest Finish:
Winner (1930, 1950)
Star Players:Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, Diego Forlan and Diego Lugano
Titles:Winner (1930, 1950)
FIFA Ranking Position:7
Coach:Oscar Tabarez (since March 2006)
Population: 3.28 million
Area: 176,215 sq km
Capital: Montevideo
Currency: Uruguayan Peso
Federation: Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) founded in 1900 and affiliated to FIFA in 1923
Registered players: 41,800
Kit colours: Blue shirts, black shorts, black socks
Team nickname: La Celeste (The Sky Blue One)
World Cup honours: winner (1930, 1950), semi-finalists (1954, 1970), fourth (2010), quarter-finalists (1966), second round (1986, 1990), first round (1962, 1974, 2002)
Copa America: Winner (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011), finalist (1919, 1927, 1939, 1941, 1989, 1999), 3rd (1921, 1922, 1929, 1937, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1975, 2004), 4th (1925, 1945, 1946, 1955, 2001, 2007)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Finished fifth in AMSUD Zone with 25 points behind Argentina 32, Colombia 30, Chile 28 and Ecuador 25, with 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats, 25 goals for and 25 against. Then beat Jordan in a play-off 5-0 away and 0-0 at home.
Top clubs: Penarol, Nacional, Defensor, Danubio
Population: 3.28 million
Area: 176,215 sq km
Capital: Montevideo
Currency: Uruguayan Peso
Federation: Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (AUF) founded in 1900 and affiliated to FIFA in 1923
Registered players: 41,800
Kit colours: Blue shirts, black shorts, black socks
Team nickname: La Celeste (The Sky Blue One)
World Cup honours: winner (1930, 1950), semi-finalists (1954, 1970), fourth (2010), quarter-finalists (1966), second round (1986, 1990), first round (1962, 1974, 2002)
Copa America: Winner (1916, 1917, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1935, 1942, 1956, 1959, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1995, 2011), finalist (1919, 1927, 1939, 1941, 1989, 1999), 3rd (1921, 1922, 1929, 1937, 1947, 1953, 1957, 1975, 2004), 4th (1925, 1945, 1946, 1955, 2001, 2007)
How they qualified for FIFA World Cup 2014: Finished fifth in AMSUD Zone with 25 points behind Argentina 32, Colombia 30, Chile 28 and Ecuador 25, with 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats, 25 goals for and 25 against. Then beat Jordan in a play-off 5-0 away and 0-0 at home.
Top clubs: Penarol, Nacional, Defensor, Danubio