<P> 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 current head coach is Óscar Tabárez . The Uruguayan team is commonly referred to as La Celeste (The Sky Blue). The Uruguayan team won the 2011 Copa América . They have won the Copa América 15 times, being the team that has won the tournament on most occasions . 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 . They won their second title in 1950, upsetting host Brazil 2--1 in the final match, which received an attendance higher than any football match ever . </P> <P> They have won the Gold Medals in football at the Summer Olympics twice, in 1924 and 1928 recognized by FIFA as World Championships, before the creation of the World Cup . Uruguay also won the 1980 Mundialito, a tournament among former World Cup champions . In total, Uruguay have won 20 official titles, a world record for the most international titles held by any country . </P> <P> Their success is amplified by the fact that the nation has a very small population of around 3.4 million inhabitants (2011 est .). Uruguay is by far the smallest country in the world to have won a World Cup in terms of population, 1.75 million inhabitants in 1930 . The second - smallest country, by population, to have won the World Cup is Argentina with a population of nearly 28 million people in 1978 . Uruguay is also the smallest country ever to win any World Cup medals; only six FIFA member nations with a currently smaller population than Uruguay's have ever qualified to any World Cup: Northern Ireland (three times), Slovenia (twice), Wales, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Iceland . </P> <P> In 1901, Uruguay played against Argentina in their first ever match, a close contest won by Argentina 3--2 . Prior to 1916, Uruguay played more than 30 matches, of which all but one were against Argentina . The inaugural Copa America provided Uruguay with more varied opposition . Victories over Chile and Brazil, along with a tie against Argentina, enabled Uruguay to win the tournament . The following year Uruguay hosted the competition, and retained the title by winning every game . The 1919 Copa América saw Uruguay's first defeat in the tournament, a 1--0 defeat in a playoff with Brazil which went to two periods of extra time, the longest Copa América match in history . </P>

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