FIFA Men's World Ranking

The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, currently led by Brazil.[1] The teams of the men's member nations of FIFA, football's world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. The rankings were introduced in December 1992, and eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain) have held the top position, of which Brazil have spent the longest ranked first.

Top 20 rankings as of 6 October 2022[1]
Rank Change Team Points
1  Brazil1841.3
2  Belgium1816.71
3  Argentina1773.88
4  France1759.78
5  England1728.47
6 1  Italy1726.14
7 1  Spain1715.22
8  Netherlands1694.51
9  Portugal1676.56
10  Denmark1666.57
11  Germany1650.21
12 3  Croatia1645.64
13 1  Mexico1644.89
14 1  Uruguay1638.71
15 1  Switzerland1635.92
16 2  United States1627.48
17  Colombia1611.04
18  Senegal1584.38
19  Wales1569.82
20 2  Iran1564.61
*Change from 25 August 2022
Complete rankings at FIFA.com

A points system is used, with points being awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognised full international matches. The ranking system has been revamped on several occasions, generally responding to criticism that the preceding calculation method did not effectively reflect the relative strengths of the national teams. Since 16 August 2018, the current version of the ranking system has adopted the Elo rating system used in chess.

The ranking is currently sponsored by Coca-Cola; as such, The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking name is also used. Coca-Cola also sponsors its women's counterpart.

History

In December 1992, FIFA first published a listing in rank order of its men's member associations to provide a basis for comparison of the relative strengths of these teams. From the following August, this list was more frequently updated, to be published most months.[2] Significant changes were implemented in January 1999 and again in July 2006, as a reaction to criticisms of the system.[3] Historical records of the rankings, such as listed at FIFA.com, reflect the method of calculation in use at the time, as the current method has not been applied retrospectively to rankings before July 2006. Membership of FIFA has expanded from 167 to 211 since the rankings began; 211 members are currently included in the rankings. The Cook Islands were temporarily removed from the ranking in the period from September 2019 until February 2022, after not having played any matches between 4 September 2015 until 17 March 2022.[4]

1992–1998 calculation method

The ranking formula used from December 1992 until December 1998, was devised by two Swiss lecturers from University of Zurich (Markus Lamprecht and Dr. Hanspeter Stam). The first formula was the most simple one, compared to later revisions, but it still required complex calculation. The main concept was to award points for matches played between all FIFA-affiliated national A teams, based on their results over the past eight years in FIFA-recognised matches (friendly matches, qualifying and finals matches for the World Cup, and qualifying and final matches for a Continental championship):[5]

  • 3 points for a win[6]
  • 1 point for a draw[6]
  • 0 point for a loss[6]

Results were not included from matches played by the FIFA association's: B teams, C teams, League XI teams, Women, U17, U20, U23 and futsal teams.[5]

The calculation formula was adjusted by the following factors:[5]

  1. Points for winning, drawing or losing: Compensatory factors for the relative strength of the two teams involved are included, so that a victory of a lower-ranked team over a higher-ranked team is awarded a higher amount of winning-points compared to a victory of a higher-ranked team over a lower-ranked team. Likewise the points from a draw will be higher for the lower-ranked team compared to the higher-ranked team.
  2. Points for goals scored or conceded: Goals are granted the same amount of points whether or not they were scored in ordinary time or extended time. 0 points were granted from goals scored or conceded in a penalty shoot-out. Goals scored by a higher-ranked team against a lower-ranked team was also given slightly fewer points, compared to goals scored by a lower-ranked team against a higher-ranked team. Moreover, it was decided that the first goal scored by a team would be awarded more points compared to the subsequently scored goals in the same match. The total amount of points from goals being scored or conceded, would be of such small scale, that the points awarded from the match result (winning/drawing) would always be of a higher value.
  3. Bonus points for away matches: Regardless of the final match result, the away team is given 0.3 extra points for playing a match away from home. There will be no away bonus points for the teams, if the match is played on neutral grounds.
  4. Multiplying factors for various competitions: The importance of the match will affect the points awarded to the teams, so that the sum of points granted through the first three rules mentioned above, will be multiplied by the following factors:
    1. Friendly matches: x1.00
    2. Qualifier for Continental championship: x1.10
    3. Qualifier for World Cup: x1.25
    4. Finals of Continental championship: x1.25
    5. Finals of World Cup: x1.50
  5. Regional strengths and weaknesses: Regional strength is finally also factored into the award of points. In matches between teams from different continents, the granted points are multiplied by a factor of 1.0. In matches between teams from the same continent, the granted points will be multiplied by a factor of: 1.0 for European and South American teams, 0.9 for African and North+Central American teams, 0.8 for Asian & Oceanian teams.
  6. Overall resulting in this FIFA Rank calculation formula: (Sum of points from rule 1+2+3) * Rule4 Factor * Rule5 Factor, calculated for each recognized match played in the past 8 years, with the total amount of ranking points being the sum of points calculated for those matches.

In example, despite being undefeated for all matches played in 1994, the world ranking of England still dropped seven places from December 1993 to December 1994, because the team only scored points from six lower factored friendly games (as per rule 4). England did not play a single competitive match in 1994, because they had failed to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and neither played qualifiers for the UEFA Euro 1996 as an automatically qualified host.[7]

The calculated results for the rankings published throughout 1992–1998, was at some point of time also rounded to the nearest integer by the official FIFA website,[8] although other websites opted to publish the unrounded points of the ranking.[5][9]

1999–2006 calculation method

In January 1999, FIFA introduced a revised system of ranking calculation, incorporating many changes in response to criticism of inappropriate rankings. For the ranking all matches, their scores and importance were all recorded, and were used in the calculation procedure. Only matches for the senior men's national team were included. Separate ranking systems were used for other representative national sides such as women's and junior teams, for example the FIFA Women's World Rankings. The women's rankings were, and still are, based on a procedure which is a simplified version of the Football Elo Ratings.[10]

The major changes were as follows:

  • the point ranking was scaled up by a factor of ten
  • the method of calculation was changed to take into account factors including:
    • the number of goals scored or conceded
    • whether the match was played at home or away
    • the importance of a match or competition
    • regional strength
  • a fixed number of points were no longer necessarily awarded for a victory or a draw
  • match losers were able to earn points

A contemporary website, described the 1999-revision of the calculation formula to be something that "slightly modified and more finely tuned the tried and tested method of calculation", with the most impactful revisions being that from now on only the seven best matches annually are taken into account (removing the previous advantage of playing additional matches) along with an adjustment of the regional strength factors for confederations and the match importance factors for various competitions.[11]

The new ranking system continued the practice of the previous one,[9][12] to annually grant the awards:

The changes made the ranking system more complex, but helped improve its accuracy by making it more comprehensive.

2006–2018 calculation method

FIFA announced that the ranking system would be updated following the 2006 World Cup. The evaluation period was cut from eight to four years, and a simpler method of calculation was used to determine rankings.[13] Goals scored and home or away advantage were no longer taken into account, and other aspects of the calculations, including the importance attributed to different types of match, were revised. The first set of revised rankings and the calculation methodology were announced on 12 July 2006.

This change was rooted at least in part in widespread criticism of the previous ranking system. Many football enthusiasts felt it was inaccurate, especially when compared to other ranking systems and that it was not sufficiently responsive to changes in the performance of individual teams.

2018 ranking system update

In September 2017, FIFA announced they were reviewing the ranking system and would decide after the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification if any changes are to be made to improve the ranking.[14] FIFA announced on 10 June 2018 that the ranking system would be updated following the 2018 World Cup finals. The calculation method to be adopted will be closely modelled after the Elo rating system and rankings of its member associations will be updated on a game-by-game basis. The weighting designated for each confederation for ranking purposes will be abolished.[15] However, the new methodology does not account for home or away games and margin of the victory, as Elo rankings.[16]

FIFA had intended to introduce the new ranking system in July 2018, but with no matches scheduled between the July and August ranking dates, delayed until August 2018. There was speculation from football journalists such as ESPN's Dale Johnson that this was because projections of the new rankings had seen relatively little change in positions,[17] with Germany – who had been eliminated in the first round of the World Cup – remaining as the top ranked team.[18] FIFA had originally planned to use existing world ranking points from June 2018 as the start value, but when the August rankings appeared, the starting points had been changed to an equal distribution of points between 1600 (Germany, as the previously top ranked team) and 868 (Anguilla, Bahamas, Eritrea, Somalia, Tonga and Turks and Caicos Islands, which had 0 points in June), according to the formula:

,

where R is the rank in June 2018. When two or more teams had equal ranks, the following team received the next immediate rank possible, e.g. if two teams had R=11, the following team had R=12, not 13. Then the rating changes according to the games played after previous release were calculated.[19][20] This produced a more dramatically altered ranking table, with Germany falling to 15th and 2018 World Cup champions France moving to the top of the ranking.[20]

2021 alteration

Starting with the April 2021 rankings, the teams' points are now rounded to two decimal points, instead of being rounded to the nearest integer.[21]

Men's rank leaders
FIFA World Men's Ranking Leaders

When the system was introduced, Germany debuted as the top-ranked team following their extended period of dominance in which they had reached the three previous FIFA World Cup finals, winning one of them. Brazil took the lead in the run up to the 1994 FIFA World Cup after winning eight and losing only one of nine qualification matches, while on the way scoring twenty goals and conceding just four. Italy then led for a short time on the back of their own equally successful World Cup qualifying campaign, after which the top place was re-claimed by Germany.

Brazil's success in their lengthy qualifying campaign returned them to the lead for a brief period. Germany led again during the 1994 World Cup, until Brazil's victory in that competition gave them a large lead that would stand up for nearly seven years, until they were surpassed by a strong France team that captured both the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 European Football Championship.

Success at the 2002 FIFA World Cup restored Brazil to the top position, where they remained until February 2007, when Italy returned to the top for the first time since 1993 following their 2006 FIFA World Cup win in Germany. Just one month later, Argentina replaced them, reaching the top for the first time, but Italy regained its place in April. After winning the Copa América 2007 in July, Brazil returned to the top, but were replaced by Italy in September and then Argentina in October.

In July 2008, Spain took over the lead for the first time, having won UEFA Euro 2008. Brazil began a sixth stint at the top of the rankings in July 2009 after winning the 2009 Confederations Cup, and Spain regained the title in November 2009 after winning every match in qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

In April 2010, Brazil returned to the top of the table. After winning the 2010 World Cup, Spain regained the top position and held it until August 2011, when the Netherlands reached the top spot for the first time,[22] only to relinquish it the following month.

In July 2014, Germany took over the lead once again, having won the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In July 2015, Argentina reached the top spot for the first time since 2008, after reaching both the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final, as well as the 2015 Copa America Final. In November 2015, Belgium became the leader in the FIFA rankings for the first time, after topping their Euro 2016 qualifying group. Belgium led the rankings until April 2016, when Argentina returned to the top. On 6 April 2017, Brazil returned to the No. 1 spot for the first time since just before the 2010 World Cup,[23] but Germany regained the top spot in July after winning the Confederations Cup.[24]

In the summer of 2018, FIFA updated their rating system by adopting the Elo rating system. The first ranking list with this system, in August 2018, saw France retake the top spot for the first time after nearly 16 years, having won the 2018 FIFA World Cup. One month later, for the first time, two teams were joint leaders as Belgium reached the same ranking as France.[25] This lasted only one month as Belgium regained sole possession of the top spot in September 2018 and kept it for nearly four years until the end of March 2022, with only Brazil and Spain ever holding it longer uninterrupted. On 31 March 2022, Brazil returned to the top of the list.

Uses of the rankings

The rankings are used by FIFA to rank the progression and current ability of the national football teams of its member nations, and claims that they create "a reliable measure for comparing national A-teams".[2] They are used as part of the calculation, or the entire grounds to seed competitions. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament, the rankings were used to seed the groups in the competitions involving CONCACAF members (using the May rankings), CAF (with the July set of data), and UEFA, using the specially postponed November 2007 ranking positions.

The October 2009 ranking was used to determine the seeds for the 2010 FIFA World Cup final draw.[26] The March 2011 ranking was used to seed the draw for the 2012 CAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament second qualifying round.[27]

The rankings are also used to determine the winners of the two annual awards national teams receive on the basis of their performance in the rankings.

The (English) Football Association uses the average of the last 24 months of rankings as one of the criteria for player work permits.[28]

Special releases

To determine the seeding of teams in certain instances like FIFA World Cup qualification, FIFA occasionally releases a list of special rankings for a particular confederation to determine the seeding of the teams. For instance, the seeding for the third round draw for AFC qualifiers was based on a special release of the FIFA World Rankings for Asian teams on 18 June 2021.[29]

Criticism

Since their introduction in 1992, the FIFA World Rankings have been the subject of much debate, particularly regarding the calculation procedure and the resulting disparity between generally perceived quality and world ranking of some teams. The perceived flaws in the FIFA system have led to the creation of a number of alternative rankings from football statisticians.[30]

The initial system was very simple, with no weighting for the quality of opponent or importance of a match. This saw Norway reach second in October 1993 and July–August 1995, a ranking that was criticised at the time.[30] The rankings were adapted in 1999 to include weightings based on the importance of the match and the strength of the opponent. A win over a weak opponent resulted in fewer points being awarded than a win over a much stronger one. Further adaptations in 2006 were made to reduce the number of years' results considered from 8 to 4,[30][31] with greater reliance on matches from within the previous 12 months.

Still, criticisms of the rankings remained, with particular anomalies being noted including: the United States rise to fourth in 2006, to the surprise of even their own players;[32] Israel's climb to 15th in November 2008, which surprised the Israeli press;[33][34][35] and Belgium's rank of world number 1 in November 2015, even though Belgium had only played in one tournament final stage in the past 13 years.[36]

Further criticisms of the 2006-2018 formula included the inability of hosts of major tournaments to retain a high place in the rankings, as the team participated in only lower-value friendly matches due to their automatic qualification for the tournament. For example, 2014 FIFA World Cup hosts Brazil fell to a record low ranking of 22nd in the world before that tournament,[37][38] at which they then finished fourth. 2018 FIFA World Cup hosts Russia had the lowest ranking (70th) at the tournament, where they reached the quarter-finals before bowing out to eventual finalists Croatia on penalties.

In the 2010s, teams realised the ranking system could be 'gamed', specifically by avoiding playing non-competitive matches, particularly against weaker opponents.[39] This was because the low weighting of friendlies meant that even victories could reduce a team's average score: in other words, a team could win a match and lose points. Before the seeding of the 2018 World Cup preliminary draw, Romania even appointed a ranking consultant, playing only one friendly in the year before the draw.[40][41][42] Similar accusations had been made against Switzerland, who were a seeded team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup having played only three friendly matches in the previous year,[39] and Poland before the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[43]

The use of regional strength multiplier in the ranking formula before 2018 was also accused of further reinforcing and perpetuating the bias for and against certain regions.

Current calculation method

On 10 June 2018, the new ranking system was approved by the FIFA Council. It is based on the Elo rating system and after each game points will be added to or subtracted from a team's rating according to the formula:

where:

  • Pbefore – the team's number of points before the game
  • I – the importance coefficient:
    • 5 – friendlies played outside the International Match Calendar windows
    • 10 – friendlies played within the International Match Calendar windows
    • 15 – Nations League matches (group stage)
    • 25 – Nations League matches (play-offs and finals), Confederations' final competitions qualifiers, FIFA World Cup qualifiers
    • 35 – Confederations' final competitions matches (before quarter-finals)
    • 40 – Confederations' final competitions matches (quarter-finals and later)
    • 50 – FIFA World Cup matches (before quarter-finals)
    • 60 – FIFA World Cup matches (quarter-finals, semi-finals, third place play-off and final)
  • W – the result of the game:
    • 0 – loss after regular or extra time
    • 0.5 – draw or loss in a penalty shootout
    • 0.75 – win in a penalty shootout
    • 1 – win after regular or extra time.
If a game ends with a winner, but still requires a penalty shoot-out (PSO) (i.e. in the second game of a two-legged tie), it is considered as a regular game and the PSO is disregarded.
  • We – the expected result of the game:
where dr is the difference between two teams' ratings before the game.

Negative points in knockout stages of final competitions will not affect teams' ratings.[19]

Awards

Each year FIFA hands out two awards to its member nations, based on their performance in the rankings. They are:

Team of the Year

Team of the Year is awarded each year to the first ranked team in the December-edition of the FIFA World Ranking. Except in 2000 and 2001, where a different calculation method determined the award instead should be given to: The national team with the highest average points score in their seven best matches of the recent year having ended on 31 December.[44][45]

Belgium are the most recent Team of the Year for the fifth time in the 29-year history of the rankings. Brazil hold the records for most consecutive wins (seven, between 1994 and 2000) and most wins overall (twelve). The table below shows the three best teams of each year.

YearFirst placeSecond placeThird place
1993 Germany Italy Brazil
1994 Brazil Spain Sweden
1995 Brazil Germany Italy
1996 Brazil Germany France
1997 Brazil Germany Czech Republic
1998 Brazil France Germany
1999 Brazil Czech Republic France
2000 Brazil France Argentina
2001 France Argentina Brazil
2002 Brazil France Spain
2003 Brazil France Spain
2004 Brazil France Argentina
2005 Brazil Czech Republic Netherlands
2006 Brazil Italy Argentina
2007 Argentina Brazil Italy
2008 Spain Germany Netherlands
2009 Spain Brazil Netherlands
2010 Spain Netherlands Germany
2011 Spain Netherlands Germany
2012 Spain Germany Argentina
2013 Spain Germany Argentina
2014 Germany Argentina Colombia
2015 Belgium Argentina Spain
2016 Argentina Brazil Germany
2017 Germany Brazil Portugal
2018 Belgium France Brazil
2019 Belgium France Brazil
2020 Belgium France Brazil
2021 Belgium Brazil France

Performances by countries
TeamFirst placeSecond placeThird place
 Brazil 12 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006) 5 (2007, 2009, 2016, 2017, 2021) 5 (1993, 2001, 2018, 2019, 2020)
 Spain 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) 1 (1994) 3 (2002, 2003, 2015)
 Belgium 5 (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) 0 0
 Germany 3 (1993, 2014, 2017) 6 (1995, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2013) 4 (1998, 2010, 2011, 2016)
 Argentina 2 (2007, 2016) 3 (2001, 2014, 2015) 5 (2000, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2013)
 France 1 (2001) 8 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2020) 3 (1996, 1999, 2021)
 Netherlands 0 2 (2010, 2011) 3 (2005, 2008, 2009)
 Italy 0 2 (1993, 2006) 2 (1995, 2007)
 Czech Republic 0 2 (1999, 2005) 1 (1997)
 Sweden 0 0 1 (1994)
 Colombia 0 0 1 (2014)
 Portugal 0 0 1 (2017)

Best Mover of the Year

The Best Mover of the Year was awarded to the team who made the best progress up the rankings over the course of the year. In the FIFA rankings, this is not simply the team that has risen the most places, but a calculation is performed in order to account for the fact that it becomes progressively harder to earn more points the higher up the rankings a team is.[2]

The calculation used for the years 1993–2006, defined as the era before the major FIFA World ranking calculation revision in July 2006, is the number of points the team has at the end of the year (z) multiplied by the number of points it earned during the year (y). The team with the highest index on this calculation received the award. The table below shows the top three best movers from each year.[46]

In the years from 1993 until 2006, an official Best Mover Award was handed over to the coach of the winning national football team at the annual FIFA World Player Gala.[47] In example, the coach of the Slovenia national football team (Srečko Katanec) received this official award at the FIFA World Player 1999 Awards Gala, with the award granted a few days after the year had ended on 24 January 2000.[48] The award has not been an official part of the annual FIFA awards gala show, currently known as The Best FIFA Football Awards, in the period from 2007 to 2022.

Year[46]First placeSecond placeThird place
1993 Colombia Portugal Morocco
1994 Croatia Brazil Uzbekistan
1995 Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Czech Republic
1996 South Africa Paraguay Canada
1997 FR Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina Iran
1998 Croatia France Argentina
1999 Slovenia Cuba Uzbekistan
2000 Nigeria Honduras Cameroon
2001 Costa Rica Australia Honduras
2002 Senegal Wales Brazil
2003 Bahrain Oman Turkmenistan
2004 China Uzbekistan Ivory Coast
2005 Ghana Ethiopia Switzerland
2006 Italy Germany France

While an official award has not been made for national team movements since 2006, FIFA has continued each year to release a list of the 'Best Movers' in the rankings.[49][50][51][45] An example of the informal on-going "Mover of the Year" award is the recognition made by FIFA to Colombia in 2012 in an official press release.[52]

After implementation of the major FIFA World ranking calculation revision in July 2006, the calculation methodology to decide the "Mover of the Year" ranking also changed in 2007, into simply being the difference between the FIFA world ranking points by the end of the year compared to 12 months earlier.[45] The Best Mover results for all subsequent years are based on the same calculation methodology.

YearBest moverSecond bestThird bestRef.
2007 Mozambique[51] (245p) Norway (240p) New Caledonia (220p)[53][49]
2008 Spain[51] Montenegro Russia[54]
2009 Brazil[51] (322p) Algeria (322p) Slovenia (235p)[55]
2010 Netherlands[51] (435p) Montenegro (368p) Botswana (316p)[56][57]
2011 Wales (330p) Sierra Leone (302p) Bosnia and Herzegovina (287p)[45]
2012 Colombia (455p) Ecuador (365p) Mali (337p)[52]
2013 Ukraine Armenia United States[58]
2014 Germany Slovakia Belgium[59]
2015 Turkey Hungary Nicaragua[60]
2016 France Peru Poland[61]
2017 Denmark Sweden Bolivia[62]
2018 France Uruguay Kosovo[63]
2019 Qatar Algeria Japan[64]
2020 Hungary Ecuador Malta[65]
2021 Canada Italy Argentina[66]

Ranking schedule

Rankings are published with respect to defined FIFA international windows.

2022 rankings schedule
Release date[67]
22 December

See also
  • FIFA Women's World Rankings
  • World Football Elo Ratings
  • Statistical association football predictions

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