NATION PRESENTATION: URUGUAY
NICKNAME: La Celeste / The Sky Blue
MANAGER: Diego Alonso
MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Diego Godin- 159 caps from 2005
TOP SCORER: Luis Suarez- 68 goals from 2007
HOST NATION: Hosts of the first ever World cup in 1930.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 14th
BEST RESULT: FIFA World cup winners in 1930 and 1950. Here is their team from 1930, hosts and winners of the first ever WC tournament. They were in a group with Peru and Romania. With two wins they qualified to the semi-finals. There they faced Yugoslavia. The Europeans took an early lead but at the end lost 6-1 with Jose Cea hat-trick. We saw the South American final with Argentina who beat the USA in the other semi-final match. It was an exciting final match with Uruguay scoring the first goal. Argentina overturned it by half-time. Hosts scored three in the next 45 minutes and won their first WC title.