FIFA Rankings: Portugal enters the top 5, and France remains 3rd
Thanks to its four Nations League wining, Portugal has step in two places in the FIFA rankings to 5th position, pushing Brazil and Morocco down the rankings table. At the top, Spain has extended its lead over Argentina nation team, while France remains in third position.
The FIFA rankings result were uploaded on Wednesday following the end of the September and October international break games. The biggest change involves Portugal, who climbed two places to 5th position after their four Nations League wining – against Wales with (1-0), Norway with (2-1 and 2-1), and Denmark with (4-2) win. Brazil and Morocco each dropped one place, this is the only other changes in the top 10 position.
Spain, won their second World Cup this summer, which increased their lead at the top of the standings (2,011.57 points) after also winning their first four Nations League matches: a wining with (3-2) against England team, two against Croatia with (4-1 then 2-1) and one against Czechia with (3-1).
France and England behind Argentina
Argentina remains second (1,972.80 points) after its 3-0 wining against Benin on Tuesday evening match, in the favor of Lionel Messi’s final match for the national team. France, now managed by coach Zinedine Zidane and having won three of its four Nations League matches, remains in third place with 1,958.86 points, ahead of England (1,925.59 points). Belgium, Netherlands, and Mexico complete the top ten position.
The United States remains in 16th position despite a perfect international window with four wins against Peru with (4-1), Chile with (4-2), Mexico with (3-0), and Canada with (1-0). The two teams that climbed the most in the rankings were Rwanda (119th) and the Dominican Republic (135th), each gaining nine places. The rankings will be updated again by November 18.
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