Uruguay's all-time FIFA World Cup statistics

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In this continuously-updated article, we take a look at Uruguay's all-time FIFA World Cup statistics.

All-time record across 15 FIFA World Cup appearances (1930–2026)

Confederation	CONMEBOL
Best FIFA World Cup achievement	Winners (1930, 1950)
FIFA World Cup appearances (inc 2026)	15 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2026)
First FIFA World Cup	1930 (winners)
Most recent FIFA World Cup	2022 (group stage)
Current sequence of successive qualifications (inc 2026)	5 (since 2010)
FIFA World Cup hosts	1930 (winners)

Record by tournament

Year - Host	Result	Head coach	Top scorer	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD
1930 - URU	Winners	Alberto Suppici, URU	Pedro Cea (5)	4	4	0	0	15	3	12
1934 - ITA	Did not participate
1938 - FRA	Did not participate
1950 - BRA	Winners	Juan Lopez, URU	Oscar Miguez (5)	4	3	1	0	15	5	10
1954 - SUI	Fourth place	Juan Lopez, URU	Carlos Borges (4)	5	3	0	2	16	9	7
1958 - SWE	Did not qualify
1962 - CHI	Group stage	Juan Carlos Corazzo, URU	Jose Sasia (2)	3	1	0	2	4	6	-2
1966 - ENG	Quarter-finals	Ondino Viera, URU	Julio Cortes, Pedro Rocha (1)	4	1	2	1	2	5	-3
1970 - MEX	Fourth place	Juan Hohberg, URU	Four players (1)	6	2	1	3	4	5	-1
1974 - FRG	Group stage	Roberto Porta, URU	Ricardo Pavoni (1)	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5
1978 - ARG	Did not qualify
1982 - ESP	Did not qualify
1986 - MEX	Round of 16	Omar Borras, URU	Antonio Alzamendi, Enzo Francescoli (1)	4	0	2	2	2	8	-6
1990 - ITA	Round of 16	Oscar Tabarez, URU	Pablo Bengoechea, Daniel Fonseca (1)	4	1	1	2	2	5	-3
1994 - USA	Did not qualify
1998 - FRA	Did not qualify
2002 - JPN/KOR	Group stage	Victor PUA, URU	Four players (1)	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1
2006 - GER	Did not qualify
2010 - RSA	Fourth place	Oscar Tabarez, URU	Diego Forlan (5)	7	3	2	2	11	8	3
2014 - BRA	Round of 16	Oscar Tabarez, URU	Luis Suarez (2)	4	2	0	2	4	6	-2
2018 - RUS	Quarter-finals	Oscar Tabarez, URU	Edinson Cavani (3)	5	4	0	1	7	3	4
2022 - QAT	Group stage	Diego Alonso, URU	Giorgian De Arrascaeta (2)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
OVERALL RECORD				59	25	13	21	89	76	13

P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · F = Goals for · A = Goals against · GD = Goal difference

All-time World Cup record

Phase	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Overall	59	25	13	21	89	76	13
Group stage	41	19	12	10	61	40	21
Knockout phase	18	6	1	11	28	36	-8

GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference

General team records

Biggest win	8-0: vs Bolivia (group stage, 02/07/1950)
Biggest defeat	1-6: vs Denmark (group stage, 08/06/1986)
Highest scoring draw	3-3: vs Senegal (group stage, 11/06/2002)
Highest scoring match	8 goals: Uruguay 8-0 Bolivia (group stage, 02/07/1950)
Most goals scored in a match	8 goals: 8-0 vs Bolivia (group stage, 02/07/1950)
Most goals conceded in a match	6 goals: 1-6 vs Denmark (group stage, 08/06/1986)
Most goals scored at a FIFA World Cup	16: 1954 (5 matches)
Fewest goals scored at a FIFA World Cup	1: 1974 (3 matches)
Most goals conceded at a FIFA World Cup	9: 1954 (5 matches)
Fewest goals conceded at a FIFA World Cup	2: 2022 (3 matches)

Streaks

Successive wins	5: twice, most recently, 13/07/1950 - 26/06/1954
Successive defeats	3: twice, most recently, 06/07/2010 - 14/06/2014
Successive draws	3: 06/06/2002 - 11/06/2010
Successive matches without a defeat	11: 18/07/1930 - 26/06/1954
Successive matches without a win	11: 17/06/1970 - 17/06/1990
Successive matches with a goal scored	16: 18/07/1930 - 06/06/1962
Successive matches without scoring	3: twice, most recently, 06/07/2018 - 28/11/2022
Successive clean sheets	3: twice, most recently, 15/06/2018 - 25/06/2018

Knockout records

Round by round WL record *ties won or lost

Round of 16 - W2 L3

Quarter-finals - W3 L2

Semi-finals - W1 L3

Third-place - W0 L3

Final - W1 L0

Extra time

Hungary vs Uruguay	4-2 AET (2-2, 1-0)	1954, semi-finals
Uruguay vs Soviet Union	1-0 AET	1970, quarter-finals
Uruguay vs Ghana	1-1 AET (1-1, 0-1) 4-2 PSO	2010, quarter-finals

Penalty shoot-outs

W1 L0

W 4-2 vs Ghana (2010, quarter-finals)

Player records

Most FIFA World Cup participations

4 - Martin Caceres (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

4 - Edinson Cavani (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

4 - Diego Godin (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

4 - Fernando Muslera (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

4 - Pedro Rocha (1962, 1966, 1970, 1974)

4 - Luis Suarez (2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)

Most FIFA World Cup matches played

17 - Edinson Cavani (6-2010; 4-2014; 4-2018; 3-2022)

16 - Diego Godin (5-2010; 4-2014; 5-2018; 2-2022)

16 - Fernando Muslera (7-2010; 4-2014; 5-2018)

16 - Luis Suarez (6-2010; 2-2014; 5-2018; 3-2022)

13 - Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (4-1966; 6-1970; 3-1974)

12 - Martin Caceres (2-2010; 4-2014; 5-2018; 1-2022)

11 - Egidio Arevalo (7-2010; 4-2014)

11 - Julio Cortes (1-1962; 4-1966; 6-1970)

10 - Five players

Most FIFA World Cup goals scored

8 - Oscar Miguez (5-1950; 3-1954)

7 - Luis Suarez (3-2010; 2-2014; 2-2018)

6 - Diego Forlan (1-2002; 5-2010)

5 - Edinson Cavani (1-2010; 1-2014; 3-2018)

5 - Pedro Cea (5-1930)

5 - Juan Schiaffino (3-1950; 2-1954)

4 - Carlos Borges (4-1954)

4 - Alcides Ghiggia (4-1950)

3 - Juan Anselmo (3-1930)

3 - Juan Hohberg (3-1954)

2 - Eight players

Most FIFA World Cup tournaments with a goal

3 - Edinson Cavani (2010, 2014, 2018)

3 - Luis Suarez (2010, 2014, 2018)

Youngest player to make an appearance at a FIFA World Cup

19y 150d - Jose Gimenez vs England (19/06/2014)

19y 178d - Pedro Rocha vs Colombia (30/05/1962)

19y 330d - Omar Mendez vs Austria (03/07/1954)

19y 344d - Ruben Moran vs Brazil (16/07/1950)

19y 351d - Julio Losada vs Israel (02/06/1970)

Youngest goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup

20y 281d - Daniel Fonseca vs Korea Republic (21/06/1990)

22y 29d - Pablo Dorado vs Romania (21/07/1930)

22y 48d - Javier Ambrois vs England (26/06/1954)

22y 63d - Luis Cubilla vs Colombia (30/05/1962)

22y 156d - Carlos Borges vs Scotland (19/06/1954)

Oldest player to make an appearance at a FIFA World Cup

36y 285d - Diego Godin vs Portugal (28/11/2022)

36y 279d - Obdulio Varela vs England (26/06/1954)

36y 264d - Roque Maspoli vs Austria (03/07/1954)

35y 312d - Luis Suarez vs Ghana (02/12/2022)

35y 291d - Edinson Cavani vs Ghana (02/12/2022)

Oldest goalscorer at a FIFA World Cup

36y 279d - Obdulio Varela vs England (26/06/1954)

31y 237d - Hector Scarone vs Romania (21/07/1930)

31y 152d - Luis Suarez vs Russia (25/06/2018)

31y 136d - Edinson Cavani vs Portugal (30/06/2018)

31y 52d - Diego Forlan vs Germany (10/07/2010)

Most consecutive appearances with a goal

4 - Alcides Ghiggia (02/071950 - 16/07/1950)

Most goals in a match

3 - Pedro Cea vs Yugoslavia (1930, semi-finals)

3 - Oscar Miguez vs Bolivia (1950, group stage)

3 - Carlos Borges vs Scotland (1954, group stage)

Hat-tricks

3 goals - Pedro Cea vs Yugoslavia (1930, semi-finals)

3 goals - Oscar Miguez vs Bolivia (1950, group stage)

3 goals - Carlos Borges vs Scotland (1954, group stage)

Fastest goal scored

4' - Antonio Alzamendi vs Germany FR (1986, group stage)

5'- BORGES Carlos vs England (1954, quarter-finals)

6' 45'' - Edinson Cavani vs Portugal (2018, round of 16)

Most clean sheets (GK)

7 - Fernando Muslera (3-2010; 1-2014; 3-2018)

5 - Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (2-1966; 3-1970)

Red cards

Angel Ruben Cabrera vs Yugoslavia (1962, group stage)

Horacio Troche vs Germany FR (1966, quarter-finals)

Hector Silva vs Germany FR (1966, quarter-finals)

Julio Montero vs Netherlands (1974, group stage)

Miguel Bossio vs Denmark (1986, group stage)

Jose Batista vs Scotland (1986, group stage)

Nicolas Lodeiro vs France (2010, group stage)

Luis Suarez vs Ghana (2010, quarter-finals)

Maximiliano Pereira vs Costa Rica (2014, group stage)

Coaches

Most final tournaments

4 - Oscar Tabarez, URU (1990, 2010, 2014, 2018)

Most matches

20 - Oscar Tabarez, URU (4-1990, 7-2010, 4-2014, 5-2018)

9 - Juan Lopez, URU (4-1950, 5-1954)

6 - Juan Hohberg, URU (6-1970)

Most matches won

10 - Oscar Tabarez, URU (1-1990, 3-2010, 2-2014, 4-2018)

Youngest coach

31y 240d - Alberto Suppici vs Peru (18/07/1930)

42y 109d - Juan Lopez vs Bolivia (02/07/1950)

43y 102d - Oscar Tabarez vs Spain (13/06/1990)

Oldest coach

71y 125d - Oscar Tabarez vs France (06/07/2018)

64y 316d - Ondino Viera vs Germany FR (23/07/1966)

61y 16d - Roberto Porta vs Sweden (23/06/1974)

Penalties taken

Min.	Span	Player	Date	Match	Execution	Reason
45'	1H	Enzo Francescoli, URU	08/06/1986	DEN vs URU	scored	Goal
72'	2H	Ruben Sosa, URU	13/06/1990	URU vs ESP	not scored	Missed
88'	2H	Alvaro Recoba, URU	11/06/2002	SEN vs URU	scored	Goal
80'	2H	Diego Forlan, URU	16/06/2010	RSA vs URU	scored	Goal
24'	1H	Edinson Cavani, URU	14/06/2014	URU vs CRC	scored	Goal

Penalties faced

Min.	Span	Goalkeeper	Opposition player	Team	Date	Match	Execution
16'	1H	Roque Maspoli (URU)	Ernst Stojaspal	Austria	03/07/1954	AUT vs URU	Conceded
19'	1H	Roberto Eduardo Sosa (URU)	Francisco Zuluaga	Colombia	30/05/1962	URU vs COL	Conceded
25'	1H	Roberto Eduardo Sosa (URU)	Josip Skoblar	Yugoslavia	02/06/1962	YUG vs URU	Conceded
15'	1H	Ladislao Mazurkiewicz (URU)	Hector De Bourgoing	France	15/07/1966	URU vs FRA	Conceded
20'	1H	Fabian Carini (URU)	Khalilou Fadiga	Senegal	11/06/2002	SEN vs URU	Conceded
120+2'	OE2H	Fernando Muslera (URU)	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	02/07/2010	URU vs GHA	Crossbar
90+3'	O2H	Sergio Rochet (URU)	Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	28/11/2022	POR vs URU	Conceded
21'	1H	Sergio Rochet (URU)	Andre Ayew	Ghana	02/12/2022	GHA vs URU	Saved

Complete World Cup match results

Tournament	Date	Match
1930	18/07/1930	Uruguay 1-0 Peru, Group stage (Montevideo-URU)
1930	21/07/1930	Uruguay 4-0 Romania, Group stage (Montevideo-URU)
1930	27/07/1930	Uruguay 6-1 Yugoslavia, Semi-finals (Montevideo-URU)
1930	30/07/1930	Uruguay 4-2 Argentina, Final (Montevideo-URU)
1950	02/07/1950	Uruguay 8-0 Bolivia, Group stage (Belo Horizonte-BRA)
1950	09/07/1950	Uruguay 2-2 Spain, Final round (group) (Sao Paulo-BRA)
1950	13/07/1950	Uruguay 3-2 Sweden, Final round (group) (Sao Paulo-BRA)
1950	16/07/1950	Uruguay 2-1 Brazil, Final round (group) (Rio de Janeiro-BRA)
1954	16/06/1954	Uruguay 2-0 Czechoslovakia, Group stage (Berne-SUI)
1954	19/06/1954	Uruguay 7-0 Scotland, Group stage (Basel-SUI)
1954	26/06/1954	Uruguay 4-2 England, Quarter-finals (Basel-SUI)
1954	30/06/1954	Hungary 4-2 Uruguay, Semi-finals (Lausanne-SUI) aet
1954	03/07/1954	Austria 3-1 Uruguay, Third-place play-off (Zurich-SUI)
1962	30/05/1962	Uruguay 2-1 Colombia, Group stage (Arica-CHI)
1962	02/06/1962	Yugoslavia 3-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Arica-CHI)
1962	06/06/1962	Soviet Union 2-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Arica-CHI)
1966	11/07/1966	England 0-0 Uruguay, Group stage (London-ENG)
1966	15/07/1966	Uruguay 2-1 France, Group stage (London-ENG)
1966	19/07/1966	Uruguay 0-0 Mexico, Group stage (London-ENG)
1966	23/07/1966	Germany FR 4-0 Uruguay, Quarter-finals (Sheffield-ENG)
1970	02/06/1970	Uruguay 2-0 Israel, Group stage (Puebla-MEX)
1970	06/06/1970	Uruguay 0-0 Italy, Group stage (Puebla-MEX)
1970	10/06/1970	Sweden 1-0 Uruguay, Group stage (Puebla-MEX)
1970	14/06/1970	Uruguay 1-0 Soviet Union, Quarter-finals (Mexico City-MEX) aet
1970	17/06/1970	Brazil 3-1 Uruguay, Semi-finals (Guadalajara-MEX)
1970	20/06/1970	Germany FR 1-0 Uruguay, Third-place play-off (Mexico City-MEX)
1974	15/06/1974	Uruguay 0-2 Netherlands, Group stage (Hanover-FRG)
1974	19/06/1974	Bulgaria 1-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Hanover-FRG)
1974	23/06/1974	Sweden 3-0 Uruguay, Group stage (Dusseldorf-FRG)
1986	04/06/1986	Uruguay 1-1 Germany FR, Group stage (Queretaro-MEX)
1986	08/06/1986	Denmark 6-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Nezahualcoyotl-MEX)
1986	13/06/1986	Scotland 0-0 Uruguay, Group stage (Nezahualcoyotl-MEX)
1986	16/06/1986	Argentina 1-0 Uruguay, Round of 16 (Puebla-MEX)
1990	13/06/1990	Uruguay 0-0 Spain, Group stage (Udine-ITA)
1990	17/06/1990	Belgium 3-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Verona-ITA)
1990	21/06/1990	Korea Republic 0-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Udine-ITA)
1990	25/06/1990	Italy 2-0 Uruguay, Round of 16 (Rome-ITA)
2002	01/06/2002	Uruguay 1-2 Denmark, Group stage (Ulsan-KOR)
2002	06/06/2002	France 0-0 Uruguay, Group stage (Busan-KOR)
2002	11/06/2002	Senegal 3-3 Uruguay, Group stage (Suwon-KOR)
2010	11/06/2010	Uruguay 0-0 France, Group stage (Cape Town-RSA)
2010	16/06/2010	South Africa 0-3 Uruguay, Group stage (Tshwane/Pretoria-RSA)
2010	22/06/2010	Mexico 0-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Phokeng-RSA)
2010	26/06/2010	Uruguay 2-1 Korea Republic, Round of 16 (Port Elizabeth-RSA)
2010	02/07/2010	Uruguay 1-1 Ghana, Quarter-finals (Johannesburg-RSA) aet (4-2 PSO)
2010	06/07/2010	Uruguay 2-3 Netherlands, Semi-finals (Cape Town-RSA)
2010	10/07/2010	Uruguay 2-3 Germany, Third-place play-off (Port Elizabeth-RSA)
2014	14/06/2014	Uruguay 1-3 Costa Rica, Group stage (Fortaleza-BRA)
2014	19/06/2014	Uruguay 2-1 England, Group stage (Sao Paulo-BRA)
2014	24/06/2014	Italy 0-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Natal-BRA)
2014	28/06/2014	Colombia 2-0 Uruguay, Round of 16 (Rio de Janeiro-BRA)
2018	15/06/2018	Egypt 0-1 Uruguay, Group stage (Ekaterinburg-RUS)
2018	20/06/2018	Uruguay 1-0 Saudi Arabia, Group stage (Rostov-on-Don-RUS)
2018	25/06/2018	Uruguay 3-0 Russia, Group stage (Samara-RUS)
2018	30/06/2018	Uruguay 2-1 Portugal, Round of 16 (Sochi-RUS)
2018	06/07/2018	Uruguay 0-2 France, Quarter-finals (Nizhny Novgorod-RUS)
2022	24/11/2022	Uruguay 0-0 Korea Republic, Group stage (Doha-QAT)
2022	28/11/2022	Portugal 2-0 Uruguay, Group stage (Al Dayyan-QAT)
2022	02/12/2022	Ghana 0-2 Uruguay, Group stage (Al Wakrah-QAT)