NAME: Uruguay
NAME: Uruguay
NICKNAMES: Charruas; La Celeste Olimpica (The Olympic Sky Blue); La Celeste (The Sky Blue)
COACH: Oscar Tabarez
FOUNDED: 1900
FIFA AFFILIATION: 1923 FIFA RANKING: 20
HIGHEST FIFA RANKING: 12 - May 1994
LOWEST FIFA RANKING: 56 - December 1998
PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES: 10 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002) BEST WORLD CUP PERFORMANCE: Winners: 1930, 1950 DATE QUALIFIED FOR THE 2010 FINALS: November 18 2009.
URUGUAY FACTFILE
NAME: Uruguay
NAME: Uruguay
NICKNAMES: Charruas; La Celeste Olimpica (The Olympic Sky Blue); La Celeste (The Sky Blue)
COACH: Oscar Tabarez
FOUNDED: 1900
FIFA AFFILIATION: 1923 FIFA RANKING: 20
HIGHEST FIFA RANKING: 12 - May 1994
LOWEST FIFA RANKING: 56 - December 1998
PREVIOUS WORLD CUP APPEARANCES: 10 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002) BEST WORLD CUP PERFORMANCE: Winners: 1930, 1950 DATE QUALIFIED FOR THE 2010 FINALS: November 18 2009.