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The Uruguay A' national football team is the local national football team of Uruguay and is open only to domestic league players. It is administered by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay.

History

In April 2024, Jorge Giordano, director of national teams, announced the creation of Uruguay A' football team.^[1] On 4 May 2024, it was confirmed that the newly formed national team would play their first match on 31 May against Costa Rica.^[2] On 15 May, Uruguayan Football Association announced that there will be no permanent coaching staff for the team.^[3] Diego Pérez was confirmed as the manager for match against Costa Rica on the same day.^[4] Uruguay A' played their first match on 31 May 2024 against Costa Rica, which ended in a goalless draw.^[5]

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2024

Costa Rica  v Uruguay A'

31 May 2024 Friendly	Costa Rica	0–0	Uruguay A'	San José, Costa Rica
20:00 UTC−6		Report		Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Referee: Oscar Barrera (El Salvador)

Coaching staff

Current personnel

As of 16 May 2024^[6]

Position	Name
Head coach	Diego Pérez
Assistant coach	Ignacio María González
Goalkeeping coach	Ignacio Bordad
Physical trainer	Marco Mansulino

Players

Current squad

The following 22 players were called up to the squad for a friendly match against Costa Rica on 31 May 2024.^[7][8]

Caps and goals correct as of 31 May 2024, after the match against Costa Rica.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Randall Rodríguez	(2003-11-29) 29 November 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Peñarol
12	1GK	Mauro Silveira	(2000-05-06) 6 May 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Montevideo Wanderers
23	1GK	Federico Bonilla	(2005-07-12) 12 July 2005 (age 18)	0	0	Nacional
2	2DF	Mauro Brasil	(1999-04-27) 27 April 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Cerro Largo
3	2DF	Gian Franco Allala (captain)	(1997-01-17) 17 January 1997 (age 27)	1	0	Boston River
5	2DF	Franco Pizzichillo	(1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Montevideo City Torque
6	2DF	Juan Rodríguez	(2005-05-30) 30 May 2005 (age 19)	1	0	Boston River
13	2DF	Nahuel Furtado	(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Cerro Largo
15	2DF	Guillermo Pereira	(2002-07-03) 3 July 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Fénix
22	2DF	Andrew Teuten	(1998-07-20) 20 July 1998 (age 25)	1	0	Montevideo City Torque
4	3MF	Agustín Amado	(2001-02-06) 6 February 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Boston River
8	3MF	Facundo Bernal	(2003-08-21) 21 August 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Defensor Sporting
14	3MF	Francisco Ginella	(1999-01-21) 21 January 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Nacional
16	3MF	Santiago Cartagena	(2002-09-01) 1 September 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Deportivo Maldonado
21	3MF	Rodrigo Chagas	(2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Nacional
7	4FW	Emiliano Gómez	(2001-09-18) 18 September 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Boston River
9	4FW	Bruno Damiani	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Boston River
10	4FW	Matias Fonseca	(2001-03-12) 12 March 2001 (age 23)	1	0	Montevideo Wanderers
11	4FW	Leandro Suhr	(1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 26)	1	0	Boston River
18	4FW	Nahuel Acosta	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Peñarol
19	4FW	José Neris	(2000-03-13) 13 March 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Peñarol
20	4FW	Walter Domínguez	(1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 25)	1	0	Juventud Soriano

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Uruguay squad in the past twelve months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
MF	Ignacio Sosa	(2003-08-31) 31 August 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Peñarol	v.  Costa Rica, 31 May 2024 WD
Notes INJ = Withdrew due to injury PRE = Preliminary squad WD = Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

See also

• Uruguay national football team
• Uruguay national under-23 football team
• Uruguay national under-20 football team
• Uruguay national under-17 football team

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)