🇺🇾 Uruguay

Playing style

Aggressive pressing with relentless intensity, fluid attacking movements, and a fearless mentality under Bielsa's demanding system.

Qualifying summary

Qualified through CONMEBOL qualifiers, finishing in the top positions of the South American table.

Key players (WC26 picks)

• Federico ValverdeMID · Real Madrid
• Darwin NunezFWD · Al-Hilal
• Ronald AraujoDEF · Barcelona

Odds & group outlook

World Cup head-to-head

• vs Spain0W 1D 0L (1 matches)

  Spain and Uruguay's only World Cup meeting was a 2-2 draw in the 1950 final round in Brazil.

• vs Saudi Arabia1W 0D 0L (1 matches)

  Uruguay edged Saudi Arabia 1-0 in the 2018 group stage, with Luis Suárez scoring the only goal to seal qualification from Group A.

• vs Argentina1W 0D 0L (1 matches)

  The Río de la Plata derby has only met once at a World Cup — the very first final in 1930, when Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in Montevideo.

• vs Brazil1W 0D 1L (2 matches)

  A South American classic split 1-1 at World Cups. The 1950 'Maracanazo' — Uruguay's 2-1 upset of Brazil in Rio — is the most famous result in World Cup history.