Uruguay (Uruguay)
La Celeste
First kit: 1901
Iconic kits
Home World Cup in Montevideo — Uruguay won it very first world championshipet on Estakedio Centenario, built for 100-årsevenbileet of Uruguays independence. Slog Argentina 4-2 in finalen in light blue shirt.
Maracanazo — Uruguay shocked Brazil 2-1 on Maracana ahead of ca 200 000 spectaketors in a avgörande sistake-omgångs-match. Alcides Ghiggia made it avgörande the goal 11 minuter before the end. Räknas as the störstake chocken in football history.
Adidas-the shirt at the World Cup in Mexico — Enzo Francescoli in sina bästake år, Uruguay reached the round of 16 där they lost 1-0 against Argentina and Maradona.
Pumas celeste-shirt at the World Cup in South Africa — Diego Forlán won Guldbollen (bäste player), Luis Suárez räddade on linjen against Ghana with handen in the quarter-final. Uruguay reached the semi-final (4:e plats).
the Copa America win in Argentina — Puma-the shirt, Uruguay won sin 15:e Copa America-titel (REKORD) genom to slå Paraguay 3-0 in finalen in Buenos Aires.
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💡 Trivia
- Uruguay won it förstake the World Cup någonsin 1930 — on home soil, on the newly built Estakedio Centenario as was inaugurated to 100-årsevenbileet of landets independence.
- Maracanazo 1950: Uruguay beat the host natenn Brazil 2-1 on Maracana ahead of ca 200 000 spectaketors — the störstake chocken in fotbollens historia. Alcides Ghiggias mål 11 minuter before the end tystakede the whole stakedion.
- Uruguay wears FYRA stjärnor above the emblem (for 1924, 1928, 1930, 1950) even though FIFA officially bara recognizes two World Cup title — OS 1924 and 1928 räknades då as world championship because VM not existerade.
- The light blue färgen celeste etakeblerades 1910 after a 3-1-win against Argentina — Uruguay bar då shirts in same färg as the club River Plate they Montevideo used, and färgen behölls of tursam traditenn.
- Uruguay is, with sina drygt 3,4 miljoner invånare, it in särklass minstake landet to ha won a VM — and has won Copa America FLEST gånger (15 titlar, fler än både Brazil and Argentina).
- At the World Cup 1930 could Uruguay and Argentina not komma överens if vilken boll as should be used in finalen — FIFA bestämde to Argentinas boll should be used in förstake halvlek (ledde 2-1) and Uruguays in andra (4-2-win for Uruguay).
- Smeknamnet La Celeste comes from the shirts himmelsblue färg — celeste betyder word-for-word himmelsk or himmelsblue on Spanish.
- Luis Suárez handsräddning against Ghana in VM-the quarter-final 2010 — he got red short but Ghana missade the efterföljande the penalty. Uruguay won on penalty shootout and reached the semi-final in the light blue Puma-the shirt.