Thunderbolt in the high spheres of world football! If FIFA will not update its ranking until September 18, the site Football-ranking.com Actualizing in real time and reveals no less than seven changes in the top 10 after the international break.
The podium is thus completely upset since Argentina, which has occupied its head since April 2023, leaves the number 1 chair in Spain. Worse, Lionel Messi and the defending world champions lose one more place and see the French team toast their priority.
A Camouflet for Albiceleste, but also for its large rival on the South American continent, Brazil, which is no longer part of the top 5 for the first time since August 2016! Beaten by Bolivia on Tuesday evening, the Seleçao is dislodged by Portugal, which never stops progressing.
Portugal doubles Brazil in the FIFA ranking
Winners of the League of Nations last June, Cristiano Ronaldo's teammates remained on their momentum by starting the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in the Europe area by two victories, won in Armenia (5-0) and in Hungary (3-2).
These two successes, obtained against much less referenced opponents, still allow them to grab 9.02 points in the FIFA ranking and therefore style Brazil, which for its part lost 16.09 points. The Portuguese had not been so high since May 2021.
One year before the World Cup, which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico, Roberto Martinez players are increasingly minding. What if “CR7”, who will celebrate his 41th birthday in 2026, left the scene by winning the only major trophy that lacks his record?
The top 10 of the FIFA ranking (September 10, 2025)
1. Spain (+1) – 1875.37 points (+8,28)
2. France (+1) – 1870.92 points (+8.89)
3. Argentina (-2)-1870.32 points (-15.04)
4- England (=)- 1820.45 points (+7,13)
5. Portugal (+1) – 1779.55 points (+9,02)
6. Brazil (-1)-1761.60 points (-16.09)
7. Netherlands (=)-1754.17 points (-4.01)
8. Belgium (=) – 1739.54 points (+3,16)
9. Croatia (+1) – 1714.20 points (+6.69)
10. Italy (+1) – 1710.07 points (7.49)
