Jump to content
Phantis Forums

FIFA World Ranking


dark_horse

Recommended Posts

Guys, Greece just moved up by 10 rankings, what gives? Has FIFA suddenly become generous to us? :P

FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking

1. Brazil 1574 pts

2. France 1534 pts

3. Argentina 1492 pts

4. England 1477 pts

5. Italy 1474 pts

6. Netherlands 1327 pts

7. Czech Republic 1312 pts

8. Germany 1291 pts

9. Portugal 1272 pts

10. Spain 1255 pts

11. Nigeria 1166 pts

12. Cameroon 1062 pts

13. Ukraine 1029 pts

14. Switzerland 1016 pts

15. Uruguay 960 pts

16. Denmark 940 pts

17. Mexico 891 pts

18. Sweden 888 pts

19. Ivory Coast 879 pts

20. Colombia 867 pts

21. Paraguay 854 pts

22. Greece 833 pts

23. Ghana 830 pts

24. Croatia 825 pts

25. Romania 817 pts

Do you notice Turkey isn't on the list? :P There ranked 28th! :LOL:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Lets be totaly honest here...

Who looks at these rankings and why do they matter. We all know that our team DOES NOT belong that high up on that list considering our recent results.

And it's not just our team, there are so many on this list here that we can pick on and adjust accordingly..

Don't even give this list a second though, but to answer your question YES! I do think that FIFA has lost her head... ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Evalagoal (just love that name :D ), I could understand the world rankings is full of garbage, sometimes we tend to follow it just to see when our national team are heading to, kind of like in the everyday world we may follow the personal lives of celebraties ever if we don't care so much about it. :rolleyes:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I don't really understand tha ranking thing whatsoever.

FIFA consider England fourth because we haven't (officially) lost a single game in a major tournament since 2002. Since then, we were always kicked out on penalty shoot-outs.

Weird.

Last time England lost an official game, it was against Northern Ireland. FIFA doesn't even count the 2-1 loss versus Belarus as it was a friendly and a B squad game.

:1eye:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 weeks later...

i could never understand ratings...

ghana is a better side then most the teams in the top 20.

where are they in the rankings?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...
  • 3 weeks later...

Greece went down 2 spots to 16th. Cyprus went from 80th to 73rd:

FIFA rankings:

1 Brazil

2 Italy

3 Argentina

4 France

5 England

6 Germany

7 Netherlands

8 Portugal

9 Nigeria

10 Czech Republic

11 Cameroon

12 Spain

13 Ukraine

14 Sweden

15 Croatia

16 Greece

17 Switzerland

18 Côte d'Ivoire

19 Romania

20 Mexico

21 Denmark

22 Poland

23 Russia

24 Scotland

25 Turkey

ELO Rankings:

1 Brazil

2 France

3 Italy

4 Netherlands

5 Argentina

6 Germany

7 England

8 Denmark

9 Croatia

10 Portugal

11 Spain

12 Czechia

13 Sweden

14 Romania

15 Switzerland

16 Turkey

17 Greece

18 Uruguay

19 Mexico

20 Cameroon

21 Ukraine

21 Nigeria

23 Colombia

24 Cote d'Ivoire

25 Iran

86 Cyprus

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

FIFA World Ranking as of Jan. 17

1. Brazil - 1588 pts

2. Italy - 1560 pts

3. Argentina - 1551 pts

4. France - 1523 pts

5. Germany - 1363 pts

6. England - 1359 pts :LOL:

7. Netherlands - 1305 pts

8. Portugal - 1258 pts

9. Nigeria - 1244 pts :huh:

10. Czech Republic - 1190 pts

11. Cameroon - 1160 pts :huh:

12. Spain - 1154 pts

13. Ukraine - 1054 pts

14. Sweden - 958 pts :tup:

15. Croatia - 948 pts

16. Greece - 945 pts :tup:

17. Switzerland - 937 pts

18. Ivory Coast - 919 pts

19. Egypt - 918 pts :blink:

20. Romania - 912 pts

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well done - I wonder if any changes were made - the US and Mexico were top 6 or 7 for a while - now, rightfully, they are nowhere to be seen - but now the African's are overrated

Not always true loup, lately Ivory Coast and Ghana have been playing well before and after World Cup 2006. Nigeria and Cameroon we're once "powerhouse" nations, now there no where to be as good as they we're before. I wonder why Egypt get the nod at no. 19? :huh: Are they for real?

What's really surprising is why not put Serbia or Ghana in there in the top 20? :D

Edited by dark_horse
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 month later...

This is funny, after Italy was at the top spot for world suprimecy, Argentina now takes over. :LOL: Greece still remains at #13, Sweden moved up to #15, Scotland to #16, both African nations Ivory Coast and Ghana made the top 20. Finland, one of Euro 2008 qualifers biggest surprises, moved up 15 places to #33.

1 Argentina 1616 pts

2 Italy 1592 pts

3 Brazil 1557 pts

4 France 1515 pts

5 Germany 1390 pts

6 England 1339 pts

7 Netherlands 1313 pts

8 Portugal 1288 pts

9 Czech Republic 1195 pts

10 Spain 1161 pts

11 Ukraine 1037 pts

12 Croatia 982 pts

13 Greece 961 pts

14 Romania 919 pts

15 Sweden 914 pts

16 Scotland 911 pts

17 Switzerland 906 pts

18 Cameroon 893 pts

19 Ghana 881 pts

20 Ivory Coast 875 pts

Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is funny, after Italy was at the top spot for world suprimecy, Argentina now takes over. :LOL: Greece still remains at #13, Sweden moved up to #15, Scotland to #16, both African nations Ivory Coast and Ghana made the top 20. Finland, one of Euro 2008 qualifers biggest surprises, moved up 15 places to #33.

1 Argentina 1616 pts

2 Italy 1592 pts

3 Brazil 1557 pts

4 France 1515 pts

5 Germany 1390 pts

6 England 1339 pts

7 Netherlands 1313 pts

8 Portugal 1288 pts

9 Czech Republic 1195 pts

10 Spain 1161 pts

11 Ukraine 1037 pts

12 Croatia 982 pts

13 Greece 961 pts

14 Romania 919 pts

15 Sweden 914 pts

16 Scotland 911 pts

17 Switzerland 906 pts

18 Cameroon 893 pts

19 Ghana 881 pts

20 Ivory Coast 875 pts

SCOTLAND 16??? :LOL: Romania 14? Ukraine 11... Cameroon 18? FIFA officials are smoking crack!
Link to comment
Share on other sites

This is funny, after Italy was at the top spot for world suprimecy, Argentina now takes over. :LOL: Greece still remains at #13, Sweden moved up to #15, Scotland to #16, both African nations Ivory Coast and Ghana made the top 20. Finland, one of Euro 2008 qualifers biggest surprises, moved up 15 places to #33.

1  Argentina 1616 pts

2  Italy 1592 pts

3  Brazil 1557 pts

4  France 1515 pts

5  Germany 1390 pts

6  England 1339 pts

7  Netherlands 1313 pts

8  Portugal 1288 pts

9  Czech Republic 1195 pts

10  Spain 1161 pts

11  Ukraine 1037 pts 

12  Croatia 982 pts 

13  Greece 961 pts

14  Romania 919 pts

15  Sweden 914 pts

16  Scotland 911 pts

17  Switzerland 906 pts 

18  Cameroon 893 pts

19  Ghana 881 pts

20  Ivory Coast 875 pts

SCOTLAND 16??? :LOL: Romania 14? Ukraine 11... Cameroon 18? FIFA officials are smoking crack!
Rankings are only good for showing a relative ranking IMO.

For example I'm from Canada and they dropped to number 102 or thereabouts but they haven't played hardly any games as a National team lately.

There is a top 7 or 8 team grouping that includes the likes of Brazil and Argentina and then there is a group that goes from 9 to about 25 which includes Greece.

After that you can probably use 25 group intervals.

Very subjective but it still provides a point for discussion boards like this.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

1 Argentina 1616 2 81

2 Italy 1592 -1 30

3 Brazil 1557 -1 17

4 France 1515 0 19

5 Germany 1390 0 31

6 England 1339 0 9

7 Netherlands 1313 0 1

8 Portugal 1288 0 26

9 Czech Republic 1195 0 2

10 Spain 1161 0 0

11 Ukraine 1037 0 19

12 Croatia 982 0 -5

13 Greece 961 0 35 :tup:

14 Romania 919 1 7

15 Sweden 914 1 20

16 Scotland 911 4 57

17 Switzerland 906 -3 -7

18 Cameroon 893 -1 0

19 Ghana 881 3 33

20 Côte d'Ivoire 875 1 22

Rank Team Pts:

Mar 07 +/-Rank

Feb 07 +/-Pts:

Feb 07

21 Mexico 873 -2 16

22 Denmark 862 -4 -14

23 Russia 854 4 37

24 Poland 850 -1 6

24 Ecuador 850 1 22

26 Uruguay 841 -2 12

27 Turkey 815 -1 -10

28 Serbia 768 1 -7

29 Paraguay 748 1 -7

30 USA 745 -2 -38

31 Colombia 744 0 18

32 Chile 708 2 2

33 Finland 707 15 99

34 Iran 705 -2 -15

35 Mali 696 0 0

36 Nigeria 694 0 4

37 Slovakia 693 -4 -14

38 Israel 689 2 39

39 Bulgaria 687 -2 -2

40 Australia 657 -1 6

Rank Team Pts:

Mar 07 +/-Rank

Feb 07 +/-Pts:

Feb 07

41 Egypt 645 1 0

42 Japan 639 -1 -10

43 Norway 637 4 27

44 Morocco 633 -1 -6

45 Senegal 632 -7 -29

46 Tunisia 617 -1 5

47 Northern Ireland 615 2 13

48 Korea Republic 609 -4 -9

49 FYR Macedonia 585 4 33

50 Costa Rica 579 4 44

51 Republic of Ireland 577 -5 -34

52 Honduras 562 7 58

53 Uzbekistan 558 -3 -38

54 Panama 557 20 134

55 Belgium 546 -3 -13

56 Burkina Faso 531 1 22

57 Angola 512 1 6

58 Bosnia-Herzegovina 510 -3 -22

59 Cuba 502 -8 -88

60 South Africa 499 -1 -5

Rank Team Pts:

Mar 07 +/-Rank

Feb 07 +/-Pts:

Feb 07

61 Jamaica 498 -5 -33

62 Guinea 495 0 0

63 Austria 488 -2 -13

64 Saudi Arabia 474 -1 -2

64 Hungary 474 0 0

66 Belarus 466 3 21

67 Zambia 460 -2 1

68 Trinidad and Tobago 455 0 9

68 Cyprus 455 5 24

70 Peru 451 -3 4

Edited by Olympiakosthyra7
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.


  • Similar Content

    • By Dutch Eagle
      There was no topic for The National Football team of Cyprus. Now there is.
       Cyprus dropped on today’s release from #89 to #93.
    • By Greekaroos
      SKIBBE SET FOR BIG DECISIONS AHEAD OF BOSNIA MATCH
       
      The Greek National Team’s crucial match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in European Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup is fast approaching. The away qualifier, to be played at the Bilino Polje Stadium in Zenica on June 9th, is a vital match that could go a long way in determining Greece’s chances for a place at Russia 2018.
      In the coming weeks, Ethniki boss Michael Skibbe will announce the squad for that crucial qualifier. And Skibbe will have some big decisions to make as five players will miss the match against the Bosnians. Andreas Samaris, Giorgos Tzavellas, Kyriakos Papadopoulos, and Panagiotis Tachtsidis are all ruled out due to suspension, with Samaris having accumulated yellows while Tzavellas and Tachtsidis were both sent off in the team’s last qualifier against Belgium. Kyriakos Papadopoulos will be serving his final match suspension for his actions against Bosnia in Greece.
      Also absent from the team will be long-term injury victim Nikos Karelis. 
      Skibbe is widely reported to be interested in calling up left-back Babis Lykogiannis for the first time. The Sturm Graz player has impressed with his performances as of late putting himself in the frame for a call-up to the senior team after having represented Greece at youth level. 
      Another player to have represented Greece’s younger national teams is also in line for a first call-up. Panathinaikos’ Dimitris Kourbelis could be selected as a back-up defensive midfielder. 
      It’s a big question whether Skibbe will call up Kourbelis and also keep faith in the young talent that were drafted into the squad recently. The smart money is that the German manager will hold onto the likes of Thanasis Androutsos and bring in Kourbelis and Giorgos Manthatis. It wouldn’t exactly be called a youth revolution, however it would a clear sign that Skibbe values what young Greek talent can bring to the table.
      Goalkeeper Orestis Karnezis is set for a return to the team meaning that more than likely Dimitris Kyriakidis will be dropped from the squad. 
      There could be some more surprises depending on injuries, however for now the squad is expected comprise of the players that were selected for the Belgium match.
      Below is the predicted squad for the match against Bosnia:
      Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis, Stefanos Kapino, Panagiotis Glykos
      Defenders: Kostas Manolas, Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Vasilis Torosidis, Marios Oikonomou, Kostas Stafylidis, Babis Lykogiannis
      Midfielders: Zeca, Manolis Siopis, Kostas Fortounis, Giannis Maniatis, Petros Mantalos, Alexandros Tziolis, Thanasis Androutsos, Dimitris Kourbelis
      Forwards: Kostas Mitroglou, Giorgos Manthatis, Dimitris Diamantakos, Apostolos Vellios, Giannis Gianniotas, Tasos Bakasetas
       
    • By Dutch Eagle
      Brazil became the first country to qualify for this event after their 3-0 win over Paraguay. Uruguay and Argentina could go in front of them if they win everything and Brazil loses everything, but as they will face eachother one of them will fail to qualify directly (#5 will play a play-off).
    • By Greekaroos
      I believe this match will make or break Michael Skibbe's managerial career.
      it has a feel of 7 June 2003, Spain v Greece. Michael Skibbe has two or three uncapped youngsters from the Olympiacos system plus Mystakidis fom PAOK whom could mix in well with the tough & experienced campaigners of Karnezis, Sokratis, Manolas, Torosidis, Tzavellas, Samaris, Fortounis, Mitroglou & maybe a few others whom have been around the squad for quite a while to create the right formula to cause a upset away to Belgium.
      My prediction is Belgium 1 Greece 1.
       
    • By Omonoia9
      This will probably be the biggest match of the campaign. We can put ourselves in a great position to go to Russia with a win here.
    • By Omonoia9
      Friendly for the ethniki at home to Belarus in Piraeus at Karaiskaki. Good warmup for the bigger game 4 days later.
    • By Omonoia9
      My heart won't be pulled in two directions here. Cyprus looking for their first win at the Bosnians. Of course, last time Kypro went to Bosnian soil, worked out pretty damn well!
    • By Omonoia9
      Hooray, no conflicting emotions here. The ethniki are off to Tallinn to visit Estonia. Need to keep the pace with another win.
    • By Greekaroos
      Greece's Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign begins with a away match against FIFA's newest member Gibraltar on 6 September 2016 at the Estádio Algarve in Portugal.
    • By Greekaroos
      Greece not qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2016 finals tournament in France could work in their favor in qualification for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup. The players get a proper off-season break. Complacency will not creep into the squad after being brought back down to earth in Euro 2016 qualifying.
  • Popular Topics Now

  • Tell a friend

    Love Phantis Forums? Tell a friend!
×
×
  • Create New...