(AMRI) Journey to promote Records in the Americas - P427 - Uruguay: The first football team from the Americas to win the World Cup

07-01-2026

(worldkings) In 1930 the first ever World Cup was played in Uruguay, and the final was between Uruguay vs Argentina, Uruguay defeated Argentina 4–2 in front of 68,346 people to become the first nation to win the World Cup.

The Uruguay national football team, nicknamed La Celeste ("The Sky Blue") and Los Charrúas ("The Charrúas"), has represented Uruguay in international men's football since their first international match in 1902 and is administered by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol (English: Uruguayan Football Association), the governing body of football in Uruguay, which has been a founding member of CONMEBOL since 1916 and a member of FIFA since 1923. 

 

 

Considered one of the most successful national teams in international competitions and by FIFA as "football's first global powerhouse," Uruguay has won four world FIFA–organized championships, two Olympic titles and two FIFA World Cups.

Their first two senior world titles came at the Olympic tournaments of Paris 1924 and Amsterdam 1928, two events that were directly organized by FIFA as open tournaments that included professionals.

As of 2025, based on international senior official titles, Uruguay have won the second most major trophies, behind Argentina.

According to https://en.wikipedia.org


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