The Portuguese national football team has dropped one place in the world rankings, to seventh, according to the classification published this Thursday by FIFA, which is still led by Argentina, the reigning world champion.
Portugal, which moved up from eighth to sixth place in the previous update, overtook the Netherlands in this update, moving up one position.
The Portuguese team is followed, unchanged from the previous ranking, by Spain, in eighth place, Italy, ninth, and Croatia, in 10th place.
Argentina continues to top the rankings, followed by France in second place and England, which has moved up from fourth to third place.
Brazil, down two places, is now fifth, just behind Belgium, which is up one place and is now fourth.
Among the teams led by Portuguese coaches, Egypt, led by Rui Vitoria, remains top of the rankings, finishing in 33rd place, ahead of Nigeria (42nd), Jose Peseiro, Qatar (58th), Carlos Queiroz, United Arab Emirates (64th). e). , Paulo Bento, Togo (118th place), Paulo Duarte and Kuwait (136th place), Rui Bento.
Angola, led by Portuguese coach Pedro Goncalves, are ranked 117th in the FIFA hierarchy, but PALOP’s best-placed team is Cape Verde, which has risen from 74th to 73rd place, alone among the top 100.
– FIFA rating:
1. (1) Argentina – 1855.2 points.
2. (2) France – 1845.44.
3. (4) England, 1800.05.
4. (5) Belgium – 1807.88.
5. (3) Brazil – 1794.09.
6. (7) Netherlands – 1745.48.
7. (6) Portugal – 1745.06.
8. (8) Spain – 1732.64.
9. (9) Italy – 1718.82.
10. (10) Croatia – 1717.57.
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73. (74) Cape Verde, 1329.8.
103. (110) Guinea-Bissau, 1,197.83.
111. (113) Mozambique, 1180.72.
117. (116) Angola, 1168.05.
191. (186) Sao Tome and Principe, 888.94.
186. (187) Macau, 896.62.
200. (197) East Timor,
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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