Event | Friendly | ||||||
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Date | 20 July 1902 | ||||||
Venue | Albion F.C. Stadium, Paso del Molino, Uruguay | ||||||
Referee | Roberto W. Ruud (Argentina) | ||||||
Attendance | 8,000 |
The 1902 association football match between Uruguay and Argentina was not only the first international match for both sides,[1][2] but the first international held in South America.[3][4] Argentina won 6–0,[5][6] initiating a longtime rivalry between both teams, that have met more than 190 times since that first encounter,[5] becoming the international derby with the most matches played worldwide, surpassing even the England–Scotland rivalry,[7] which, first held in 1872, is the oldest fixture in the world.[8]