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 1980 Mundialito ( Spanish for `` little World Cup '' ) , or Copa de Oro de Campeones Mundiales ( `` World Champions ' Gold Cup '' ) , was a special international football tournament held in Montevideo , Uruguay , from December 30 , 1980 , to January 10 , 1981 , in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the first World Cup tournament , which had been celebrated in 1930 at the same venue . The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América , better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina , was the 43rd edition of the Copa América , the main international football tournament for national teams in South America . Uruguay national football team . Uruguay also won the 1980 Mundialito , a tournament among former World Cup champions .