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The FIFA Men's World Ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football, led by Argentina as of December 2024. [1] The men's teams of the 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 FIFA World Rankings is the official national teams rating system used by the international governing body of football. The FIFA Women's World Rankings system has used a modified version of the Elo formula since 2003. In June 2018, the FIFA ranking switched to an Elo-based ranking as well, starting from the current FIFA rating points. [6]
Some national teams with FIFA membership have disappeared due to belonging to a sovereign state or dependent territory which split into two or more states or territories (examples include the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, or the Netherlands Antilles), or by part of the territory becoming independent (such as the Ireland national football team ...
Rank Player Club(s) played for National team Points The finalists 1: Vinícius Júnior: Real Madrid Brazil: 48: 2 Rodri: Manchester City Spain: 43 3 Jude Bellingham: Real Madrid England: 37 Other candidates 4 Dani Carvajal: Real Madrid Spain: 31 5 Lamine Yamal: Barcelona Spain: 30 6 Lionel Messi: Inter Miami Argentina: 25 7 Toni Kroos: Real ...
The ranking did not consider the performance of the teams in national football tournaments (except in the Oceania's club ranking due to limited editions held under OFC club competitions), the performance in the intercontinental or worldwide club competitions or those submitted in the IFFHS Club World Ranking, available since 1991. [61]
Other prominent awards are The Best FIFA Football Coach and FIFA FIFPRO World 11. In 2000, FIFA presented two awards, FIFA Club of the Century and FIFA Player of the Century, to decide the greatest football club and player of the 20th century. Real Madrid was the club winner, while Diego Maradona and Pelé were the joint player's winners.
The FIFA Club World Cup's prestige is perceived quite differently in different parts of the football world; while it is widely regarded as the most distinguished club-level trophy in South America, [36] [37] it struggles to attract interest in most of Europe compared to the UEFA Champions League and commonly lacks recognition as a high-ranking ...
Association football is the official name of the sport governed by the International Federation of Association football . It is known in some parts of the world as "soccer"; a derivative of the word "association". In others, it is known simply as "football". For more information on the sport, see association football.