The Uruguay national football team is a competition winner.
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 . They have won the Copa América 15 times , being the team that has won the tournament on most occasions .