Nickname(s) | La Celeste, Los Charrúas | ||
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Association | Uruguayan Football Association | ||
Confederation | CONMEBOL (South America) | ||
Head coach | Fernando Rosa | ||
Captain | Diego Monserrat | ||
FIFA code | URU | ||
BSWW ranking | 11 (31 December 2020) [1] | ||
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First international | |||
Uruguay 6–7 Italy (January 1995) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Uruguay 10–0 South Africa (January 1999) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Uruguay 2–13 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 27 February 1999) Uruguay 0–11 Brazil (Florianópolis, Brazil; 16 December 2006) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 7 | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2006) | ||
CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship | |||
Appearances | 11 (first in 2006 ) | ||
Best result | Runners-up (2006, 2009, 2019, 2021) |
The Uruguay national beach soccer team represents Uruguay in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AUF, the governing body for football in Uruguay.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
20 August 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D | Senegal | 6–1 | Uruguay | Moscow, Russia |
15:00 | Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) | Bella 1' (pen.) | Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 734 Referee: Łukasz Ostrowski (Poland) |
22 August 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D | Uruguay | 4–2 | Oman | Moscow, Russia |
15:00 |
| Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) |
| Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 1,278 Referee: Hamdi Bchir (Tunisia) |
24 August 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group D | Uruguay | 7–6 | Portugal | Moscow, Russia |
19:00 |
| Report (BSWW) Report (FIFA) |
| Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Arena Attendance: 1,977 Referee: Said Hachim (Madagascar) |
The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. [2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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FIFA World Cup record | Qualification (CONMEBOL) record [lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
2005 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | ||
2006 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 20 | +2 | Runners-up | 2nd | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 32 | –9 | ||
2007 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 17 | –2 | Runners-up | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | ||
2008 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 18 | +2 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | –2 | ||
2009 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 31 | +5 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | ||
2011 | did not qualify | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 10 | +4 | ||||||||||
2013 | Sixth place | 6th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 | –4 | |||||||||||
2015 | Fifth place | 5th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||
2017 | Eight place | 8th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 29 | –2 | |||||||||||
2019 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | –1 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 31 | –8 | ||
2021 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 24 | –11 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | ||
2023 | did not qualify | Group stage | 5th | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 21 | −2 | ||||||||||
2025 | to be determined | to be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 0 titles | 8/12 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 122 | 123 | –1 | 0 titles | 12/12 | 60 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 230 | 232 | −2 |
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