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The Uruguay national football team played its first official international match on the 20th of July 1902 at the Albion ground in Montevideo. Argentina won that game 6, 0, yet the lineup for Uruguay included eight players from Club Nacional de Football.
The nickname La Celeste emerged from a specific match on the 15th of August 1910 when Uruguay defeated Argentina 3, 1 wearing sky-blue jerseys. Héctor Gómez approved the change as president of the Uruguayan Association following River Plate's earlier triumph over Alumni Athletic Club using similar colors.
Uruguay became the first ever World Cup champion by defeating Argentina 4, 2 in the decisive match played on the 30th of July 1930. The team claimed their second FIFA World Cup title on the 16th of July 1950 by defeating hosts Brazil 2, 1 in front of a record crowd of 173,850 people.
Historical estimates indicate that the actual crowd reached well over 200,000 spectators at the iconic match known as the Maracanazo. This victory cemented Uruguay's status as a global powerhouse during the early decades of international competition with the highest official attendance for any football match ever recorded.
A new generation emerged in 2010 led by Luis Suárez, Diego Forlán and Edinson Cavani finishing fourth at the World Cup in South Africa. Forlán was awarded Player of the Tournament while the team reached their first semi-final since 1970 after defeating Ghana 4, 2 on penalties.