Coach - Oscar Tabarez: The 71-year-old will be coaching in his fourth World Cup with Uruguay after leading them in Italia 90 in his first spell before returning and taking them to South Africa and Brazil in 2010 and 2014 respectively. He's a tough non-nonsense manager just like his team.
Legend - Enzo Francescoli: A few from their World Cup-winning squads such as Juan Alberto Schiaffino have a shout, and Luis Suarez may be the man in the future, but we have gone for gifted No.10 Enzo Francescoli who technically may be the greatest Uruguayan footballer of all time. He played in the 1986 and 1990 World Cups with a commanding style and graceful ability that led to his nickname El Príncipe (The Prince) and he's credited with inspiring the latest generation of players.
Star Man - Luis Suarez: One of the best players in the world, Suarez is as good as centre forwards get with his combination of speed, strength, skill and tenacity - added to a ferocious appetite for victory. That often sees him cross the line though, and after his deliberate handball in 2010 and his bite in 2014 there's hope that he makes headlines in this World Cup for the right reasons.
Did you know? Uruguay are one of four teams to win all their games at a World Cup - although it only took four games to win the 1930 tournament. Italy did so in 1938 by also winning four games while Brazil managed to do it with a heavier workload by winning in 1970 (six matches) and 2002 (seven matches).
Fun fact: The second-smallest country in South America, Uruguay sees people outnumbered by cows by a ratio of four to one - 12 million cattle but just three million people.
Qualifying: South American qualifying was dominated by Brazil this time around, so finishing in second place was about as good as they could have hoped for - even if they were ten points behind the dominant Samba stars.
Group A fixtures: Egypt (1pm, June 15, Ekaterinburg), Saudi Arabia (4pm, June 20, Rostov-On-Don), Russia (3pm, June 25, Samara)
Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martin Silva (Vasco da Gama), Martin Campana (Independiente).
Defenders: Diego Godin, Jose Maria Gimenez (both Atletico Madrid), Sebastian Coates (Sporting Lisbon), Maximiliano Pereira (Porto), Gaston Silva (Independiente), Martin Caceres (Lazio), Guillermo Varela (Penarol).
Midfielders: Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors), Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria), Matias Vecino (Inter Milan), Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus), Carlos Sanchez (Monterrey), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro), Diego Laxalt (Genoa), Cristian Rodriguez (Penarol), Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Monterrey).
Forwards: Cristhian Stuani (Girona), Maximiliano Gomez (Celta Vigo), Edinson Cavani (Paris St-Germain), Luis Suarez (Barcelona).
The won the first-ever World Cup back in 1930, and Uruguay have been a regular feature at the major tournament ever since.
They have made the finals 12 times out of 16 qualification attempts, and surpassed the group stages in 2010 and 2014.