Group H

Uruguay Uruguay

Two World Cup wins from 1930 and 1950, and a chip on the shoulder that has never faded. Defensive solidity is a point of national pride. Núñez provides a physical attacking threat. The creativity is limited, the forwards are aging, and the possession play is conservative. They will be unpleasant to face and that is entirely the point.

This profile summarizes Uruguay's World Cup 2026 simulation path from the latest current-state snapshot: group outlook, finish distribution, possible knockout routes, opponent pools, squad context, and title chances.

Champion 0%
Group qualification 0%
Squad market €405.8m
Avg age 28.8
Avg height 1.815m
Manager Marcelo Bielsa
Saved forecast

Forecast as of Updated 2026-07-15 10:47 UTC, based on 10k current-state simulations. Tournament-wide official results included at that time stay fixed. These are saved model forecasts, not the team's actual final finish.

10k current-state simulations

Tournament-wide result cutoff: France 0-2 Spain

Guide

How to read this team profile

Group finish and stage reach values are model outputs from the latest current-state team profile snapshot. Path sections show how Uruguay's route changes by group finish, while opponent pools summarize the teams most often appearing in each round.

Other forecast pages may show a different saved date. The interactive replay simulator is separate: changing Team Strength settings creates alternative scenarios without changing this saved forecast.

Group

Finish probabilities

1st 0%
2nd 0%
3rd place 100.0% Qualified from 3rd 0% Eliminated in 3rd 100.0%
4th 0%

Tournament

Stage reach probabilities

R32 0%
R16 0%
QF 0%
SF 0%
Final 0%
Champion 0%

Conditional path

Path by group finish

Finish Sample R32R16QFSFFinalChampion
1st No longer possible ——————
2nd No longer possible ——————
3rd 100.0% 0%0%0%0%0%0%

Overall opponent pool

Most common opponents by round

If reached shows the opponent split among this team's matches in that round. All sims shows how often the matchup happens across the latest current-state snapshot.

R32

No opponent samples.

R16

No opponent samples.

QF

No opponent samples.

SF

No opponent samples.

Final

No opponent samples.

Finish 1st

Uruguay opponent pool if finishing 1st

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 2nd

Uruguay opponent pool if finishing 2nd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

No longer possible

R16

No longer possible

QF

No longer possible

SF

No longer possible

Final

No longer possible

Finish 3rd

Uruguay opponent pool if finishing 3rd

For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.

R32

Not enough samples.

R16

Not enough samples.

QF

Not enough samples.

SF

Not enough samples.

Final

Not enough samples.

Squad

Current squad

26 players
Pos Player Age Height Club Market
GK Santiago Mele 28 1,84m CF Monterrey €2.0m
GK Sergio Rochet 33 1,90m Sport Club Internacional €1.8m
GK Fernando Muslera 39 1,90m Club Estudiantes de La Plata €700k
CB Ronald Araújo 27 1,92m FC Barcelona €20.0m
CB José María Giménez 31 1,85m Atlético de Madrid €12.0m
CB Santiago Bueno 27 1,90m Wolverhampton Wanderers €10.0m
CB Sebastián Cáceres 26 1,82m CF América €4.5m
LB Maxi Araújo 26 1,79m Sporting CP €35.0m
LB Mathías Olivera 28 1,85m SSC Napoli €15.0m
LB Joaquín Piquerez 27 1,84m Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras €12.0m
LB Juan Manuel Sanabria 26 1,72m Real Salt Lake City €4.5m
LB Matías Viña 28 1,80m CA River Plate €3.5m
RB Guillermo Varela 33 1,73m CR Flamengo €1.0m
DM Manuel Ugarte 25 1,82m Manchester United €30.0m
DM Rodrigo Bentancur 28 1,87m Tottenham Hotspur €22.0m
DM Emiliano Martínez 26 1,85m Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras €6.5m
CM Federico Valverde 27 1,82m Real Madrid €120.0m
CM Nicolás De La Cruz 29 1,67m CR Flamengo €8.0m
AM Rodrigo Zalazar 26 1,79m SC Braga €30.0m
AM Giorgian De Arrascaeta 32 1,74m CR Flamengo €14.0m
LW Brian Rodríguez 26 1,76m CF América €8.0m
LW Agustín Canobbio 28 1,75m Fluminense Football Club €8.0m
RW Facundo Pellistri 24 1,75m Panathinaikos €6.0m
CF Darwin Núñez 26 1,87m Al-Hilal SFC €25.0m
CF Federico Viñas 27 1,82m Real Oviedo €4.0m
CF Rodrigo Aguirre 32 1,82m Tigres UANL €2.3m

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