With the final tournament of two continental championships played in the last month, the new ranking was full of changes as expected. Qatar winned the second consecutive AFC Asian Cup, improving 35 positions (+117,025 points) and moving on the 22th position (4th inside the AFC confederation). The finalist of the Asian Cup Jordan, was the best mover in points of the month, gaining +118,832 points and moving from the position 101 to 62 (+39). Other considerable progress were done by Thailand (107th, +23), Uzbekistan (46th, +8) and Tajikistan (103th, +7). IR Iran entered in the top 20 (now 16th, +6).
The Africa Cup of Nations has a lot of surprises. The best mover after the tournament was the Angola national team improving up to the 75th position in the new ranking (+40 positions and +97,691 points). The winner of the title Côte d’Ivoire improved only 9 positions, up to the 37th place, mainly due to a disappointing group stage. The other finalist Nigeria improved 21 positions recovering until the 40th place. Other important achievements were made by South Africa (56th, +16) and Cabo Verde (65th, +23).
Disappointing results in the competition for all the Maghreb nations: Morocco -7, Tunisia -18, Egypt -17, and Algeria -18. Morocco lost a position in the top 20 (now 22th) but remained the first CAF nation in the ranking, since Senegal wasn’t able to go so far.
For all the other confederations only few friendlies played out of the international match calendar and very little movements. Iceland, not in a good moment, gained 3 positions winning two friendlies against Guatemala and Honduras (now 74th). Slovenia winned a game against the USA and improved 2 positions (36th).
The next ranking will be published after the next Fifa international break, that will end on 26, march 2024.
ranking updates
FWR Football World Ranking – update at 2023-06-20
Updated FWR Football World Ranking at 2023-06-20
http://worldranking.altervista.org/index.html
Games included in the new calculation: 170 (match details and points here)
National teams active after the previous release date: 176
Current leader: Argentina (unchanged)
Ranked teams: 218 (unchanged)
Biggest increase in points: 
Armenia +80,588;
Biggest drop in points: 
Wales -93,455
Biggest increase in places: 
Moldova +17 (new position: 127)
Biggest drop in places: 
Sudan -14 (new position: 137)
Full ranking at http://worldranking.altervista.org/
FWR RANKING AT 2023/03/31
New ranking updated at 2023-03-31:
http://worldranking.altervista.org/index.html
Games included in the new calculation: 203 (complete list here)
National teams active after the previous release date: 195
Current leader: 🇦🇷 Argentina (unchanged)
Ranked teams: 218 (unchanged)
Biggest increase in points: 🇳🇦 Namibia +85,527;
Biggest drop in points: 🇨🇲 Cameroon -85,527
Biggest increase in places: 🇨🇫 Central African Republic +20 (new position: 124)
Biggest drop in places: 🇲🇬 Madagascar -20 (new position: 138)
FWR football world ranking – Update 2022-12-18
Games included in the new calculation: 152 (match details and points here)
National teams active after the previous release date: 107
Current leader: Argentina (new)
Ranked teams: 220 (unchanged)
Biggest increase in points: Morocco +205,180;
Biggest drop in points: Denmark -151,962
Biggest increase in places: Morocco +21 (new position: 12)
Biggest drop in places: Qatar -18 (new position: 58)
Full ranking here
FWR FOOTBALL WORLD RANKING – UPDATE 2022-09-27
Games included in the new calculation: 150 (match details and points here)
National teams active after the previous release date: 151
Current leader: Brazil (unchanged)
Ranked teams: 220 (unchanged)
Biggest increase in points: Azerbaijan +48,351;
Biggest drop in points: Türkiye -40,184;
Biggest increase in places: Azerbaijan and Mauritania +9 (new positions: 109 and 119)
Biggest drop in places: Norway -6 (new position: 37)
Full ranking here
The next update will be published after 2022-11-20
FWR Football World Ranking – update 2022-03-30
Photo: OFC media
Games included in the new calculation: 177 (match details and points here)
National teams active after the previous release date: 170
Current leader: Brazil (unchanged)
Ranked teams: 220 (unchanged)
Biggest increase in points: New Zealand +118,705;
Biggest drop in points: New Caledonia-105,277;
Biggest increase in places: New Zealand +17 (new position: 92)
Biggest drop in places: New Caledonia -16 (new position: 173)
Next release date: after 2022-06-14
Full ranking available on the homepage: http://worldranking.altervista.org/
Football World Ranking – December 2021
Full ranking available here
Next release date: after 06-02-2022
Games included in the new calculation: 67 (match details and points here)
National teams active after the previous release date: 40
Current leader: Brazil (unchanged)
Ranked teams: 220 (unchanged)
Biggest increase in points: Thailand +30,035;
Biggest drop in points: Sudan -25,283;
Biggest increase in places: Thailand +8 (new position: 120)
Biggest drop in places: Sudan -9 (new position: 127)
Biggest increase in points of the year: Canada +301,929
Biggest drop in points of the year: Venezuela -171,761
Biggest increase in places of the year: Canada +36 (new position 21)
Biggest drop in places of the year: Zimbabwe -27 (new position 126)
FWR Ranking – update september 2021
In the September’s international window the qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup entered in the crucial stages in four continents. 181 international matches were included in the new calculation, 152 of wich were WC qualifying matches. Panama, Bulgaria and Lybia are the top 3 teams that had the best progress in points.
This is the list of the top 10 movers:
| Team | Points |
|---|---|
| Panama Bulgaria Libya Liechtenstein Andorra Israel Guinea-Bissau Northern Ireland Malta Tanzania | +83,0077 +82,0624 +80,0256 +75,6341 +72,2276 +66,7847 +57,1511 +56,9990 +55,1914 +54,0095 |
The two draws against Bulgaria and Switzerland caused for Italy the lost of the first position, earned now by Belgium. Brazil and Argentina bot gained 1 position and they are now on the 2nd and 3rd position respectively.
Updated ranking here
Confederation rankings here
Games played and points here
Football World Ranking – April 2021 update
The Fifa break in March, as expected, has caused a lot of changes in the new ranking. Unfortunately the World Cup qualifiers in South America and in Asia were postponed to june, except for few games in Asia, because of the persistent travel restrictions for the COVID-19 pandemic. But the WC qualifiers started as planned in Europe and North America. Also the final matchdays 5 and 6 of the AFCON qualifiers were played, and 23 of the 24 participants of the next African Cup of Nations finals are now decided. A total of 187 international games was played (friendlies included).
The biggest increment in points for the new ranking was obtained by the Armenia national team. The european qualifiers for the next World Cup had three matchdays. After the first win with only one goal margin against Liechtestein, the armenians winned also the games at home against Iceland and Romania, climbing from the previous 83th place to the actual 68th. Belgium is the new number 1 of the ranking after two wins against Wales and Belarus and a draw against Czech Republic. In the top ten, three consecutive wins for Italy, that keeps the fifth place, and for Denmark (+5, now on the 8th place). The biggest upset of the month was the match Germany-North Macedonia, were the North Macedonia gained 54,657 points in a single game (+11, now on place 51). The second biggest upset was the Luxembourg’s win in Ireland (+49,541 points). Luxembourg gained 7 places in the new ranking (now on place 103). Good start in these qualifiers also for Cyprus (+10, now on place 104), Serbia (+7, now on place 25) and Turkey (+6, now on place 24). A bad start instead for the Republic of Ireland (-13, now 64th) and Estonia (-13, now 122th).
In the Concacaf section of the qualifiers, Saint Kitts & Nevis was the team with the best progression (+10, now on place 144) after two wins against Bahamas and Puerto Rico. Curaçao and Suriname also achieved two wins and increased both seven places (now on 94th and 121th). A draw against Montserrat cost 3 places to El Salvador now on the 85th place on the ranking, while Guatemala has a little increment after 2 wins against British Virgin Islands and Cuba.
In the AFC qualifers, notable win for Saudi Arabia (5:0 against Palestina) that is now on place 61 (+6). Despite a weaker opponent (Mongolia) Japan has gained 10 points in the only match valid for the WC qualifiers (scoring 14 goals!), and other 9 points after a 3:0 win against the Korea Republic in a friendly match. Now Japan is on place 26 (+3 compared to the previous ranking).
In Africa, final decisive games for the qualifiers: out of the 33th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations are South Africa, Zambia, Uganda, Congo DR and Congo. The biggest increment in points between the african teams was for the Cape Verde Islands (+56,613 points, up from place 102 to 95) after notable wins against Mozambique (away) and Cameroon (at home). Increments over the 40 points for Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda (despite this Zambia and Rwanda missed the qualification). The decisive game between Sierra Leone and Benin was postponed due to a COVID-related dispute, so the 24th team is stil unknow. List of the qualified teams with their actual ranking:
| 23 | Algeria |
| 35 | Senegal |
| 36 | Nigeria |
| 45 | Tunisia |
| 46 | Morocco |
| 47 | Ivory Coast |
| 54 | Egypt |
| 60 | Ghana |
| 65 | Cameroon |
| 66 | Mali |
| 71 | Burkina Faso |
| 92 | Gabon |
| 93 | Guinea |
| 95 | Cape Verde |
| 100 | Zimbabwe |
| 106 | Mauritania |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 118 | Sudan |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau |
| 123 | Gambia |
| 126 | Malawi |
| 130 | Ethiopia |
| 146 | Comoros |
Still to be decided: Sierra Leone (125) or Benin (86)
Full updated ranking here
also confederation rankings available:
OM+ Football World Ranking 