The Uruguay national football team is a competition winner.
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the inaugural FIFA World Cup , the world championship for men 's national association football teams . The 1930 FIFA World Cup Final was contested by the finalists from the 1928 Olympics , Uruguay and Argentina . The 1978 FIFA World Cup , the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup , quadrennial international football world championship tournament , was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June . Copa América ( America Cup ) , known until 1975 as the South American Football Championship ( Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol in Spanish ) , is an international men 's football tournament contested between national teams from CONMEBOL . Uruguay national football team . La Celeste won 7 Copa América tournaments , 1 World Cup and Mundialito , all staged in Uruguay .