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Index: World Cup Finals: Korea-Japan 2002: Teams: Uruguay

Uruguay in the World Cup Finals

World Cup Appearances:
Korea-Japan 2002 was Uruguay's 10th appearance in the World Cup Finals.

Best World Cup Performance:
Winning the trophy twice: Uruguay 1930 and Brazil 1950.

Uruguay in the 2002 World Cup

Group A

Uruguay vs Denmark
Dario Silva and Alvaro Recoba caused Denmark most of the early problems; even though they lost in Ulsan.

France vs Uruguay
Credit to France, the World Champions pushed forward to try and score whenever they could: Micoud, Wiltord, and Trezeguet all having half-chances in the area. The South Americans played more conservatively, relying on releasing Recoba, when the French looked stretched.

Senegal vs Uruguay
Even though they scored three goals against Senegal, it was not enough to bring Uruguay out of the group.

Knockout Stage

Uruguay failed to qualify for the Second Round.

Uruguay World Cup Squad

Goalkeepers:

1 Hectór Fabián Carini (Juventus)
12 Gustavo Munúa (Nacional)
23 Federico Elduayen (Peñarol)

Defenders:

2 Gustavo Mendez (Nacional)
3 Daniel Alejandro Lembo (Nacional)
4 Paolo Montero (Juventus)
6 Dario Rodriguez (Penarol)
14 Gonzalo Sorondo (Inter Milan)
19 Joe Bizera (Penarol)

Midfielders:

5 Pablo García (Venezia)
7 Gianni Guigou (AS Roma)
10 Fabian O'Neill (Juventus)
15 Nicolas Olivera (Sevilla)
16 Marcelo Romero (Malaga)
22 Gonzalo De Los Santos (Valencia)

Forwards:

8 Gustavo Varela (Nacional)
9 Dario Silva (Levante)
11 Gerardo Magallanes (Venezia)
13 Sebastián Abreu (Cruz Azul)
17 Mario Regueiro (Racing Santander)
18 Richard Morales (Nacional)
20 Alvaro Recoba (Inter Milan)
21 Diego Forlan (Man United)

Trainer:
Victor Pua.

Players to watch:
Alvaro Recoba, Paolo Montero and Gianni Guigou.

Destination Uruguay

Uruguay Travel Notes:
Find out more about Uruguay at Travel Notes.