The Uruguay national football team plays soccer.
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . The Uruguay national football team represents Uruguay in international association football and is controlled by the Uruguayan Football Association , the governing body for football in Uruguay . The team has won the FIFA World Cup twice , including the first World Cup in 1930 as hosts , defeating Argentina 4 -- 2 in the final .