The Portuguese team will close 2022 in ninth place in the FIFA ranking, while the recently consecrated world champion Argentina has risen to second place, behind Brazil, the world soccer regulatory body reported Thursday.
According to the first update made public by FIFA after the World Cup, Portugal did not register any change in position in relation to the list announced on October 6.
Since then, the ‘quinas’ team has won a friendly against Nigeria and the 2022 World Cup matches with Ghana, Uruguay and Switzerland, having also registered two defeats, with South Korea and Morocco, the latter of which dictated their elimination in quarter finals. end of competition.
The leadership of the ranking is still held by Brazil, who also fell into the World Cup “quarters”, but the “canarinhos” now have Argentina on their “footprint”, which rose to second place, a few days after lifting the trophy world champion, by beating France in the final, which now occupies third place.
Belgium, which between 2018 and March of this year held the top spot in the hierarchy, but did not make it past the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, dropped from vice-leadership to fourth, ahead of England, fifth, the Netherlands, sixth , and Croatia, which climbed five places to seventh, after winning the ‘bronze’ in the World Cup.
Italy, in eighth position, and Spain, in tenth position, complete the top-10 of the FIFA ranking, followed shortly after by Morocco, in eleventh position. The Moroccans, who became the first African team to reach the semifinals of a World Cup, in which they finished fourth, recorded an increase of 11 places, since they were 22nd in October.
Among the teams coached by Portuguese coaches, Nigeria, coached by José Peseiro, dropped from 32nd to 35th place, Egypt, coached by Rui Vitória, remained at 39th, and Togo, coached by Paulo Duarte, remained at 127th.
For its part, South Korea, which was led by Paulo Bento until the elimination of the South Koreans in the ’round of 16′ of the 2022 World Cup, rose from 28th to 25th place, while Iran, led by Carlos Queiroz, at the same stage. of the race, before leaving the technical command, he fell from 20th to 24th place.
Regarding the Portuguese-speaking countries, Cape Verde (72) and Guinea-Bissau (118) fell one and two places, respectively, unlike Angola, which rose from 119 to 117, and Mozambique (114) and Sao Tome and The prince. (186), which maintained their places in relation to October.
Macau remains at 182 and Timor-Leste now at 197.
FIFA Ranking:
1. (1) Brazil, 1,841 points.
2. (3) Argentina, 1838.
3. (4) France, 1823.
4. (2) Belgium, 1781.
5. (5) England, 1774.
6. (8) Netherlands, 1741.
7. (12) Croatia, 1728.
8. (6) Italy, 1724.
9. (9) PORTUGAL, 1703.
10. (7) Spain, 1693.
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72. (71) Cape Verde, 1,336.
114. (114) Mozambique, 1,164.
117. (119) Angola, 1,159.
118. (116) Guinea-Bissau, 1,159
182. (182) Macau, 922.
186. (186) Sao Tome and Principe, 909.
197. (198) East Timor, 860.
Source: TSF
