 Kunyange zvazvo mutambo wekutanga wakambonyorwa nechikwata cheUruguay wakaitwa musi wa 16 Chivabvu 1901 vachipesana neArgentina, uyu haufungidzirwe semutambo wepamutemo nekuda kwekuti mutambo uyu hauna kurongwa neUruguays Football Association asi neAlbion F.C. mumusha wayo muPaso del Molino. Rutivi rweUruguay rwaiva nevatambi vapfumbamwe kubva kukirabhu iyoyo uye vakasara kubva kuNacional. Mutambo unonzi mutambo wekutanga wakatambwa neUruguay wakaitirwa munzvimbo imwechete, musi wa20 Chikunguru 1902 vachipesana neArgentina. Argentina yakakunda divi reUruguay ne 6-0 pamberi pevaoni zviuru zvisere. Uruguay line-up yaive: Enrique Sardeson; Carlos Carve Urioste, Germán Arímalo; Miguel Nebel c, Alberto Peixoto, Luis Carbone; Bolívar Céspedes, Gonzalo Rincón, Juan Sardeson, Ernesto Boutón Reyes, Carlos Céspedes. Pamberi pa1916, Uruguay yakatamba mitambo inopfuura 30, yose kunze kweimwe chete yaiva neArgentina. Mukombe wokutanga weCopa America wakapa Uruguay kushorwa kwakasiyana-siyana. Kukunda Chile neBrazil, pamwe chete nekurova Argentina, kwakaita kuti Uruguay ikunde mutambo wacho. Gore rakateveraUruguay ndiyo yakaita makwikwi aya, uye yakachengetedza zita iri nekukunda mumitambo yose. Copa América ya1919 yakaona kukundwa kwekutanga kweUruguay mumakwikwi aya, kukundwa ne1-0 mumutambo weplayoff neBrazil iyo yakaenda kune zvikamu zviviri zvekuwedzera nguva, mutambo wakarebesa weCopa América munhoroondo. 