The win in the friendly against New Zealand (2-0) and the draw (2-2) against the finalist of the last World Cup (2022) and winner of the penultimate (2018), France, brought a significant rise of the National team in the world ranking of FIFA.
The representative complex is now located in the 47th place of the World’s FIFA Ranking recording up four places compared to his immediately previous evaluation, managing to enter the Top-50 of the World Federation after quite a long time.
As for the top ten, England moved up one place to third, after beating Malta and despite a draw with North Macedonia for the qualifying phase of the 2024 European Championship.
Gareth Southgate’s side overcame Brazil, who have lost their last three in their 2026 World Cup qualifiers and remain without a win in four games.
THE Argentina is still ahead and remains unshakable in first place, with France secondwith Belgium in fourth place and Brazil completing the top five.
The Netherlands (sixth, up one place) and Portugal (seventh, -1) have swapped places in the top ten, which is again completed by Spain (8th), Italy (9th) and Croatia (10th).
The Top 20 in detail
Source: Sport Fm
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