Official proof FIFA rankings are pathetic

England rise to 4th!!! Remain above Italy, Portugual, Brazil, Argentina. Just weird, did we really watch the 4th best team in the world at the Euro's?

Wales stay 38th

http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankin ... index.html




Jul 2012
Rnk Team Pts +/- Pos
1 Spain 1691 0
2 Germany 1502 1
3 Uruguay 1297 -1
4 England 1294 2
5 Portugal 1213 5
6 Italy 1192 6
7 Argentina 1095 0
8 Netherlands 1079 -4
9 Croatia 1050 -1
10 Denmark 1017 -1
11 Brazil 1012 -6
12 Greece 1003 3
13 Russia 981 0
14 France 980 0
15 Chile 961 -4
16 Côte d'Ivoire 939 0
17 Sweden 909 0
18 Czech Republic 854 9
19 Mexico 832 0
20 Japan 829 3
21 Switzerland 828 0
22 Colombia 814 -2
23 Australia 807 1
24 Norway 780 2
25 Paraguay 772 -3
26 Republic of Ireland 762 -8
27 Ecuador 752 9
28 Korea Republic 740 7
29 Turkey 735 4
30 Bosnia-Herzegovina 729 -1

Brazil down to 11th The World Cup qualifiers are going to kill their rankings.


I know Holland were crap at the Euros but theres no way they could be considered 8th in the world

italy got stuffed in their 3 previous friendlies before the euros
realistically england arent even in the top 10

The Rankings I believe are based over 3 or 4 years, so in the next few months whatever our results we will gain or lose points - Then the results we had 3-4 years ago will drop off the scale
It is like a sliding scale of 3 or 4 years.
That is the system they use.

The Rankings I believe are based over 3 or 4 years, so in the next few months whatever our results we will gain or lose points - Then the results we had 3-4 years ago will drop off the scale
It is like a sliding scale of 3 or 4 years.
That is the system they use.

I seem to remember our results in 2008 being absolutely shite. If we win a few (Bosnia, Belgium, Serbia and Scotland our next few games) of our upcoming matches we can hopefully get inside the top 25