Portugal rises in the rankings

The Portuguese national football team has risen to fifth place in the FIFA rankings, with Spain now the new leader, while Argentina, the world champions and previous leaders, dropped to third.

By TPN/Lusa, in News, Portugal, Sport · 18 Sep 2025, 16:02 · 1 Comments

Portugal moved up one place in the FIFA rankings, surpassing Brazil, after the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, in which they thrashed Armenia 5-0 and beat Hungary 3-2, taking sole control of Group F.

The most significant change occurred at the top, with Spain rising to first place – a first since 2014 – displacing Argentina, which was also overtaken by France, the new second-place team.

Germany, which ranked ninth in the previous rankings published on July 10, has been knocked out of the top 10, falling to 12th, allowing Croatia to rise to ninth and Italy to enter the top 10.

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Comments

I wonder in what is made fifas ranking teams.it because im.tired to.see teams.wich nothing do to occupy position that does not match at all with this teams.perfomance at the highest competition level in this case England has done nothing to have such rank and it has been for years at the top when they only play teams.like cyprus and malta and others of the low leve ..on the other han teams.like Portugal have been semi final.quarter final.won the nations league and is ranked in 5th???? Don't believe.or credit fifas ranking for.anything

By Cristovao from Other on 20 Sep 2025, 13:05