Venezuela rises four places in the FIFA ranking: Argentina remains the undisputed leader

The Venezuelan men’s soccer team rose four places in the FIFA ranking, after its first two qualifying matches heading to the 2026 World Cup.

Last July, Vinotinto was in 57th place, but this Thursday it is in 53rd place.

Meanwhile, Argentina increases its advantage at the top of the list, accumulating a total of 1851.41 points compared to France’s 1840.76.

Argentina thus adds 7.68 points compared to the last classification, while France loses 2.78. Third, behind both, is Brazil. In the case of “canarinha”, it rises from 1828.27 points to 1837.61, thus experiencing the largest growth in a top-5 completed by England and Belgium.

There is also a change in the top ten positions, as Portugal is eighth ahead of Italy. Spain, for its part, is tenth, going from 1703.45 to 1710.72. Furthermore, with regard to the top twenty places, Morocco, thirteenth, surpasses Switzerland; Colombia to Uruguay, to place sixteenth; and Denmark finishes in eighteenth place after passing Japan and Morocco.

FIFA MEN’S WORLD CLASSIFICATION .1. Argentina: 1851.41

.2. France: 1840.76

.3. Brazil: 1837.61

.4. England: 1794.34

.5. Belgium: 1792.64

.6. Croatia: 1747.83

.7. Netherlands: 1743.15

.8. Portugal: 1728.58

.9. Italia: 1727.37

10. Spain: 1710.72

12. Mexico: 1661.46

16. Colombia: 1629.6

17. Uruguay: 1626.51

22. Peru: 1551.91

36. Chile: 1504.75

38. Ecuador: 1497.66

45. Panama: 1452.25

46. ​​Costa Rica: 1452.1

52. Paraguay: 1432.08

53. Venezuela: 1422.83

76. El Salvador: 1307

77. Honduras: 1305.78

83. Bolivia: 1287.86

103. Guatemala: 1200.18

138. Nicaragua: 1089.02.