The outstanding Uruguayan coach coached the Uruguay national team for 221 international matches, and thereby belongs to the select company of coaches with 100 or more international matches. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 3- 3-1947 Country: Uruguay Matches as Coach: 221 (W104-D58-L59 – GF346-GA230 – %60.18) Age First Match: 41 yr 208 d 27- 9-1988 vs. Ecuador 2-1 Age Last Match: 74 yr 258 d 16-11-2021 vs. Bolivia 0-3 National Team Career: 33 yr 50 d
Coach for Uruguay
Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
first tenure
1 27- 9-88 Asunción Ecuador 2-1 Copa Boquerón
2 29- 9-88 Asunción Paraguay 1-3 Copa Boquerón
3 12-10-88 Montevideo Paraguay 2-0
4 2-11-88 Concepción Chile 1-1 Copa Pinto Durán
5 9-11-88 Montevideo Chile 3-1 Copa Pinto Durán
6 14-12-88 Montevideo Peru 3-0
7 22- 4-89 Verona Italy 1-1
8 3- 5-89 Montevideo Ecuador 3-1
9 23- 5-89 Quito Ecuador 1-1
10 8- 6-89 Santa Cruz Bolivia 0-0
11 14- 6-89 Montevideo Bolivia 1-0
12 19- 6-89 Montevideo Chile 2-2
13 2- 7-89 Goiânia Ecuador 0-1 Copa América
14 4- 7-89 Goiânia Bolivia 3-0 Copa América
15 6- 7-89 Goiânia Chile 3-0 Copa América
16 8- 7-89 Goiânia Argentina 0-1 Copa América
17 12- 7-89 Río de Janeiro Paraguay 3-0 Copa América
18 14- 7-89 Río de Janeiro Argentina 2-0 Copa América
19 16- 7-89 Río de Janeiro Brazil 0-1 Copa América
20 6- 8-89 Montevideo Colombia 0-0
21 27- 8-89 Lima Peru 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
22 3- 9-89 La Paz Bolivia 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
23 17- 9-89 Montevideo Bolivia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
24 24- 9-89 Montevideo Peru 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
25 2- 2-90 Miami Colombia 2-0 Marlboro Cup
26 4- 2-90 Miami Costa Rica 2-0 Marlboro Cup
27 20- 3-90 Los Angeles Mexico 1-2
28 25- 4-90 Stuttgart West Germany 3-3
29 18- 5-90 Belfast N. Ireland 0-1 Stanley Rous Cup
30 22- 5-90 London England 2-1
31 13- 6-90 Udine Spain 0-0 World Cup
32 17- 6-90 Verona Belgium 1-3 World Cup
33 21- 6-90 Udine South Korea 1-0 World Cup
34 25- 6-90 Roma Italy 0-2 World Cup
second tenure
35 21- 5-06 East Rutherford N. Ireland 1-0
36 23- 5-06 Los Angeles Romania 2-0
37 27- 5-06 Beograd Serbia-Monten. 1-1
38 30- 5-06 Radès Libya 2-1 LG Cup
39 2- 6-06 Radès Tunisia 0-0 [1] LG Cup
40 16- 8-06 Alexandria Egypt 2-0
41 27- 9-06 Maracaibo Venezuela 0-1
42 18-10-06 Montevideo Venezuela 4-0
43 15-11-06 Radès Georgia 0-2
44 7- 2-07 Cúcuta Colombia 3-1
45 24- 3-07 Seoul South Korea 2-0
46 2- 6-07 Sydney Australia 2-1
47 26- 6-07 Mérida Peru 0-3 Copa América
48 30- 6-07 San Cristóbal Bolivia 1-0 Copa América
49 3- 7-07 Mérida Venezuela 0-0 Copa América
50 7- 7-07 San Cristóbal Venezuela 4-1 Copa América
51 10- 7-07 Maracaibo Brazil 2-2 [2] Copa América
52 14- 7-07 Caracas Mexico 1-3 Copa América
53 12- 9-07 Johannesburg South Africa 0-0
54 13-10-07 Montevideo Bolivia 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
55 17-10-07 Asunción Paraguay 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
56 18-11-07 Montevideo Chile 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
57 21-11-07 São Paulo Brazil 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
58 6- 2-08 Montevideo Colombia 2-2
59 25- 5-08 Bochum Turkey 3-2
60 28- 5-08 Oslo Norway 2-2
61 14- 6-08 Montevideo Venezuela 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
62 17- 6-08 Montevideo Peru 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
63 20- 8-08 Sapporo Japan 3-1 Kirin Cup
64 6- 9-08 Bogotá Colombia 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 10- 9-08 Montevideo Ecuador 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
66 11-10-08 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
67 14-10-08 La Paz Bolivia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
68 19-11-08 Saint-Denis France 0-0
69 11- 2-09 Tripoli Libya 3-2
70 28- 3-09 Montevideo Paraguay 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
71 1- 4-09 Santiago Chile 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
72 6- 6-09 Montevideo Brazil 0-4 World Cup Qualifier
73 10- 6-09 Puerto Ordaz Venezuela 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
74 12- 8-09 Alger Algeria 0-1
75 5- 9-09 Lima Peru 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
76 9- 9-09 Montevideo Colombia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
77 10-10-09 Quito Ecuador 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
78 14-10-09 Montevideo Argentina 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
79 14-11-09 San José Costa Rica 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
80 18-11-09 Montevideo Costa Rica 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
81 3- 3-10 St. Gallen Switzerland 3-1
82 26- 5-10 Montevideo Israel 4-1
83 11- 6-10 Cape Town France 0-0 World Cup
84 16- 6-10 Pretoria South Africa 3-0 World Cup
85 22- 6-10 Rustenburg Mexico 1-0 World Cup
86 26- 6-10 Port Elizabeth South Korea 2-1 World Cup
87 2- 7-10 Johannesburg Ghana 1-1 [3] World Cup
88 6- 7-10 Cape Town Netherlands 2-3 World Cup
89 10- 7-10 Port Elizabeth Germany 2-3 World Cup
90 8-10-10 Jakarta Indonesia 7-1
91 12-10-10 Wuhan China 4-0
92 17-11-10 Santiago Chile 0-2
93 25- 3-11 Tallinn Estonia 0-2
94 29- 3-11 Dublin Ireland 3-2
95 29- 5-11 Sinsheim Germany 1-2
96 8- 6-11 Montevideo Netherlands 1-1 [4] Copa Confratern.
97 23- 6-11 Rivera Estonia 3-0
98 4- 7-11 San Juan Peru 1-1 Copa América
99 8- 7-11 Mendoza Chile 1-1 Copa América
100 12- 7-11 La Plata Mexico 1-0 Copa América
101 16- 7-11 Santa Fe Argentina 1-1 [5] Copa América
102 19- 7-11 La Plata Peru 2-0 Copa América
103 24- 7-11 Buenos Aires Paraguay 3-0 Copa América
104 2- 9-11 Kharkiv Ukraine 3-2
105 7-10-11 Montevideo Bolivia 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
106 11-10-11 Asunción Paraguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
107 11-11-11 Montevideo Chile 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
108 15-11-11 Roma Italy 1-0
109 29- 2-12 Bucuresti Romania 1-1
110 25- 5-12 Moskva Russia 1-1
111 2- 6-12 Montevideo Venezuela 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
112 10- 6-12 Montevideo Peru 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
113 15- 8-12 Le Havre France 0-0
114 7- 9-12 Barranquilla Colombia 0-4 World Cup Qualifier
115 11- 9-12 Montevideo Ecuador 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
116 12-10-12 Mendoza Argentina 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
117 16-10-12 La Paz Bolivia 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
118 14-11-12 Gdansk Poland 3-1
119 6- 2-13 Doha Spain 1-3
120 22- 3-13 Montevideo Paraguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
121 26- 3-13 Santiago Chile 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
122 5- 6-13 Montevideo France 1-0
123 11- 6-13 Puerto Ordaz Venezuela 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
124 16- 6-13 Recife Spain 1-2 Confederations Cup
125 20- 6-13 Salvador Nigeria 2-1 Confederations Cup
126 23- 6-13 Recife Tahiti 8-0 Confederations Cup
127 26- 6-13 Belo Horizonte Brazil 1-2 Confederations Cup
128 30- 6-13 Salvador Italy 2-2 [6] Confederations Cup
129 14- 8-13 Rifu Japan 4-2 Kirin Cup
130 6- 9-13 Lima Peru 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
131 10- 9-13 Montevideo Colombia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
132 11-10-13 Quito Ecuador 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
133 15-10-13 Montevideo Argentina 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
134 13-11-13 Amman Jordan 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
135 20-11-13 Montevideo Jordan 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
136 5- 3-14 Klagenfurt Austria 1-1
137 30- 5-14 Montevideo N. Ireland 1-0
138 4- 6-14 Montevideo Slovenia 2-0
139 14- 6-14 Fortaleza Costa Rica 1-3 World Cup
140 19- 6-14 São Paulo England 2-1 World Cup
141 24- 6-14 Natal Italy 1-0 World Cup
142 28- 6-14 Rio de Janeiro Colombia 0-2 World Cup
143 10-10-14 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 1-1
144 13-10-14 Al-Buraimi Oman 3-0
145 13-11-14 Montevideo Costa Rica 3-3 [7] Copa Antel
146 18-11-14 Santiago Chile 2-1
147 28- 3-15 Agadir Morocco 1-0
148 6- 6-15 Montevideo Guatemala 5-1
149 13- 6-15 Antofagasta Jamaica 1-0 Copa América
150 16- 6-15 La Serena Argentina 0-1 Copa América
151 20- 6-15 La Serena Paraguay 1-1 Copa América
152 24- 6-15 Santiago Chile 0-1 Copa América
153 4- 9-15 Cd. de Panamá Panama 1-0
154 8- 9-15 San José Costa Rica 0-1
155 17-11-15 Montevideo Chile 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
156 25- 3-16 Recife Brazil 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
157 29- 3-16 Montevideo Peru 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
158 27- 5-16 Montevideo Trinidad/Tobago 3-1
159 5- 6-16 Glendale Mexico 1-3 Copa América
160 9- 6-16 Philadelphia Venezuela 0-1 Copa América
161 13- 6-16 Santa Clara Jamaica 3-0 Copa América
162 1- 9-16 Mendoza Argentina 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
163 6- 9-16 Montevideo Paraguay 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
164 6-10-16 Montevideo Venezuela 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
165 11-10-16 Barranquilla Colombia 2-2 World Cup Qualifier
166 10-11-16 Montevideo Ecuador 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
167 15-11-16 Santiago Chile 1-3 World Cup Qualifier
168 23- 3-17 Montevideo Brazil 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
169 28- 3-17 São Paulo Peru 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
170 4- 6-17 Dublin Ireland 1-3
171 7- 6-17 Nice Italy 0-3
172 31- 8-17 Montevideo Argentina 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
173 5- 9-17 Asunción Paraguay 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
174 5-10-17 San Cristóbal Venezuela 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
175 10-10-17 Montevideo Bolivia 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
176 10-11-17 Warszawa Poland 0-0
177 14-11-17 Wien Austria 1-2
178 23- 3-18 Nanning Czech Republic 2-0 China Cup
179 26- 3-18 Nanning Wales 1-0 China Cup
180 7- 6-18 Montevideo Uzbekistan 3-0 Copa Antel
181 15- 6-18 Yekaterinburg Egypt 1-0 World Cup
182 20- 6-18 Rostov-na-Donu Saudi Arabia 1-0 World Cup
183 25- 6-18 Samara Russia 3-0 World Cup
184 30- 6-18 Sochi Portugal 2-1 World Cup
185 6- 7-18 Nizhny Novgorod France 0-2 World Cup
third tenure
186 12-10-18 Seoul South Korea 1-2
187 16-10-18 Saitama Japan 3-4 Kirin Cup
188 16-11-18 London Brazil 0-1
189 20-11-18 Saint-Denis France 0-1
190 22- 3-19 Nanning Uzbekistan 3-0 China Cup
191 25- 3-19 Nanning Thailand 4-0 China Cup
192 7- 6-19 Montevideo Panama 3-0
193 16- 6-19 Belo Horizonte Ecuador 4-0 Copa América
194 20- 6-19 Porto Alegre Japan 2-2 Copa América
195 24- 6-19 Río de Janeiro Chile 1-0 Copa América
196 29- 6-19 Salvador Peru 0-0 [8] Copa América
197 6- 9-19 San José Costa Rica 2-1
198 10- 9-19 St. Louis United States 1-1
199 11-10-19 Montevideo Peru 1-0
200 15-10-19 Lima Peru 1-1 [*]
201 15-11-19 Budapest Hungary 2-1
202 18-11-19 Tel-Aviv Argentina 2-2
203 8-10-20 Montevideo Chile 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
204 13-10-20 Quito Ecuador 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
205 13-11-20 Barranquilla Colombia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
206 17-11-20 Montevideo Brazil 0-2 World Cup Qualifier
207 3- 6-21 Montevideo Paraguay 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
208 8- 6-21 Caracas Venezuela 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
209 18- 6-21 Brasília Argentina 0-1 Copa América
210 21- 6-21 Cuiabá Chile 1-1 Copa América
211 24- 6-21 Cuiabá Bolivia 2-0 Copa América
212 28- 6-21 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 1-0 Copa América
213 3- 7-21 Brasília Colombia 0-0 [9] Copa América
214 2- 9-21 Lima Peru 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
215 5- 9-21 Montevideo Bolivia 4-2 World Cup Qualifier
216 9- 9-21 Montevideo Ecuador 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
217 7-10-21 Montevideo Colombia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
218 10-10-21 Buenos Aires Argentina 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
219 14-10-21 Manaus Brazil 1-4 World Cup Qualifier
220 11-11-21 Montevideo Argentina 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
221 16-11-21 La Paz Bolivia 0-3 World Cup Qualifier
[*] after this match Óscar Tabárez was recognized by "Guiness Records" when he reached 200 games
for the same team, an impressive record since it is the highest number for a coach in the
history of football.
[1] Uruguay won 3-1 on penalty kicks.
[2] Uruguay lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[3] Uruguay won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[4] Uruguay won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[5] Uruguay won 5-4 on penalty kicks.
[6] Uruguay lost 2-3 on penalty kicks.
[7] Uruguay lost 6-7 on penalty kicks.
[8] Uruguay lost 4-5 on penalty kicks.
[9] Uruguay lost 2-4 on penalty kicks.
Note 1: the following matches were not coached by Óscar Tabarez:
11- 8-10 Lisboa Angola 2-0
(Oscar Tabárez had not renewed his contract; coach was Juan Verzeri)
5- 9-14 Sapporo Japan 2-0 Kirin Cup
8- 9-14 Goyang South Korea 1-0
(Celso Otero -technical assistant of Tabárez- coached ad interim)
8-10-15 La Paz Bolivia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
13-10-15 Montevideo Colombia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
12-11-15 Quito Ecuador 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
(Tabárez was suspended by FIFA; the 3 matches were coached by Celso Otero)
7- 9-18 Houston Mexico 4-1
(coach was Fabián Coito)
Note 2: Tabarez also coached the Uruguay U-23 in friendlies and Olympic Games.
1 25- 4-12 Paysandú Egypt 0-0
2 11- 7-12 Maldonado Chile 6-4
3 15- 7-12 Montevideo Panama 2-0
4 26- 7-12 Manchester UA Emirates 2-1 Olympic Games
5 29- 7-12 London Senegal 0-2 Olympic Games
6 1- 8-12 Cardiff Great Britain 0-1 Olympic Games
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
221 104 58 59 346-230 266 61.39
Types of Matches
Friendlies 71
World Cup Qualifier 71
Copa América 35
World Cup 20
Confederations Cup 5
Kirin Cup 3
Other Tournaments 16
Total matches: 221
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