Friends familiar with football may know that according to FIFA regulations, the national team that wins the World Cup can draw a star on its uniform, and draw several stars after winning several World Cup championships, such as five-star Brazil, four-star Italy, four-star Germany, two-star Argentina, two-star France, one-star England, one-star Spain. The Netherlands, which has reached the final three times, is starless.
Of the eight national teams (Uruguay, Italy, Germany, Brazil, England, Argentina, France, Spain) that have won the World Cup to date, the Uruguay men's national football team has won the 1930 and 1950 World Cups respectively, which should be two-star Uruguay. Curiously, the Uruguayan team's jersey was painted with four stars. What's going on?
According to historical records, modern football was popularized throughout the world during the nineteenth century. The earliest national football association (FA) appeared in 1863 (tongzhi ii), and the first football match between national teams was the match between England and Scotland in 1870 (tongzhi ninth year). However, due to various reasons, FIFA was not officially established until 1904 (the 30th year of Guangxu).
FIFA was basically a "grass team" when it was first established, and Spain's representation was even once represented by Real Madrid. At that time, the highest level of football in England hated France (the first president of FIFA, Robert Guillain, was French) and arrogantly boycotted FIFA, resulting in FIFA not hosting a global high-level event for more than two decades after its establishment.
That's why, in the more than two decades from the founding of FIFA in 1904 to the first World Cup in 1930, the highest level of international football in the world was the Olympic football competition. In 1924 and 1928, Uruguay won the Olympic football championship twice, becoming the world's leading football player outside Of England. Remit, then president of FIFA, was planning to host the World Cup.
However, at that time, European countries were not interested in hosting the World Cup, and Britain was arrogantly watching the World Cup with a side light. Unexpectedly, Uruguay's support for the Fifa World Cup in 1925 also affected the attitude of other football powers. In 1926, FIFA's member states voted to host the World Cup. Uruguay further announced that it would cover all expenses for all participating teams.
It was thanks to Uruguay's active support that the first World Cup was officially held in 1930. In honor of Uruguay's special contribution to hosting the World Cup and maintaining its relationship with the International Olympic Committee, FIFA equated Uruguay's previous two Olympic titles with World Cup titles, so uruguay, which has won two World Cups, has four stars painted on their uniforms.