World soccer national team rankings

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This is a detailed football/soccer ranking for men as of December, 2021. It includes over 200 countries that participate in FIFA recognized match fixtures. This list stays up-to-date till FIFA games commence in 2022. Countries are sorted from the first to the last and their respective confederations have been assigned to them. This portfolio of top soccer teams in the world is currently topped by Brazil, a country where football is ingrained in every day life and culture of the Latin American Country.

Brazil, who comes first in the world soccer national team rankings, have proved unmatched football talents for the past many years.

 

Note: Brazil and fellow South American countries are set to join the UEFA Nations League from 2024 as summoned by  UEFA vice-president, Zbigniew Boniek in December,2021. This came after UEFA and CONMEBOL had a meeting that saw the two parties agree to have joint UEFA Nations League games. (alert-passed)

Fivethirtyeight world soccer national team rankings 2022.

Rank	Name	Confederation	off	def	SPI
1	Brazil	CONMEBOL	2.92	0.26	92.38
2	Spain	UEFA	2.97	0.41	90.41
3	Argentina	CONMEBOL	2.88	0.38	90.17
4	Germany	UEFA	3.27	0.58	90.03
5	France	UEFA	2.9	0.41	89.95
6	Portugal	UEFA	2.85	0.54	87.35
7	England	UEFA	2.59	0.46	86.26
8	Netherlands	UEFA	2.76	0.62	85.06
9	Belgium	UEFA	2.82	0.66	84.95
10	Italy	UEFA	2.44	0.48	84.36
11	Switzerland	UEFA	2.46	0.58	82.52
12	Denmark	UEFA	2.4	0.6	81.45
13	Croatia	UEFA	2.5	0.68	81.2
14	Morocco	CAF	2.34	0.61	80.56
15	Mexico	CONCACAF	2.25	0.57	80.25
16	Ecuador	CONMEBOL	2.21	0.61	78.75
17	Colombia	CONMEBOL	2.04	0.52	78.29
18	Algeria	CAF	2.35	0.73	78.08
19	Czech Republic	UEFA	2.27	0.68	78.03
20	USA	CONCACAF	2.12	0.62	77.21
21	Chile	CONMEBOL	2.1	0.63	76.76
22	Serbia	UEFA	2.29	0.78	76.22
23	Canada	CONCACAF	2.17	0.72	75.73
24	Sweden	UEFA	2.23	0.78	75.38
25	Uruguay	CONMEBOL	1.99	0.67	73.98
26	Austria	UEFA	2.1	0.79	73.08
27	Iran	AFC	1.86	0.63	73.01
28	Poland	UEFA	2.06	0.81	72.0
29	Japan	AFC	1.8	0.63	71.75
30	Senegal	CAF	1.98	0.78	71.5
31	Peru	CONMEBOL	2.07	0.86	71.11
32	Paraguay	CONMEBOL	1.79	0.7	69.91
33	Australia	AFC	1.87	0.77	69.77
34	Wales	UEFA	1.78	0.71	69.51
35	Norway	UEFA	1.8	0.77	68.32
36	South Korea	AFC	1.64	0.65	68.28
37	Ivory Coast	CAF	1.81	0.78	68.22
38	Saudi Arabia	AFC	1.82	0.8	67.95
39	Scotland	UEFA	1.7	0.74	67.22
40	Tunisia	CAF	1.62	0.68	67.11
41	Russia	UEFA	1.87	0.9	66.62
42	Ukraine	UEFA	1.81	0.86	66.47
43	Greece	UEFA	1.55	0.7	65.12
44	Turkey	UEFA	1.95	1.03	65.0
45	Venezuela	CONMEBOL	1.7	0.84	64.63
46	Ghana	CAF	1.43	0.66	63.77
47	Egypt	CAF	1.62	0.82	63.62
48	Rep of Ireland	UEFA	1.51	0.75	63.01
49	Nigeria	CAF	1.7	0.95	62.1
50	Mali	CAF	1.25	0.59	61.42
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina	UEFA	1.65	0.94	61.25
52	North Macedonia	UEFA	1.69	0.98	61.22
53	Burkina Faso	CAF	1.38	0.72	60.83
54	Romania	UEFA	1.64	0.97	60.2
55	Slovakia	UEFA	1.68	1.05	59.32
56	Basque Country	UEFA	1.63	1.0	59.32
57	Finland	UEFA	1.56	0.95	59.19
58	Guatemala	CONCACAF	1.52	0.93	58.79
59	Panama	CONCACAF	1.52	0.95	58.21
60	Northern Ireland	UEFA	1.33	0.84	56.65
61	Bolivia	CONMEBOL	1.68	1.17	56.6
62	Congo DR	CAF	1.47	0.99	56.2
63	Cameroon	CAF	1.34	0.88	55.88
64	Slovenia	UEFA	1.4	0.94	55.85
65	Jamaica	CONCACAF	1.38	0.92	55.8
66	Qatar	AFC	1.58	1.13	55.46
67	South Africa	CAF	1.35	0.92	55.24
68	Uganda	CAF	1.28	0.86	54.9
69	Bahrain	AFC	1.61	1.2	54.55
70	Israel	UEFA	1.8	1.42	53.57
71	China PR	AFC	1.42	1.08	53.0
72	Montenegro	UEFA	1.35	1.01	53.0
73	Costa Rica	CONCACAF	1.23	0.9	52.8
74	Hungary	UEFA	1.41	1.09	52.58
75	Iceland	UEFA	1.4	1.08	52.33
76	Albania	UEFA	1.24	0.96	51.62
77	Georgia	UEFA	1.33	1.06	51.34
78	Honduras	CONCACAF	1.44	1.18	51.1
79	Haiti	CONCACAF	1.37	1.18	49.5
80	Uzbekistan	AFC	1.4	1.22	49.23
81	United Arab Emirates	AFC	1.34	1.2	48.29
82	Zambia	CAF	1.46	1.37	47.51
83	Namibia	CAF	1.13	1.02	47.49
84	Gabon	CAF	1.28	1.17	47.47
85	New Zealand	OFC	1.31	1.21	47.47
86	Bulgaria	UEFA	1.24	1.14	47.33
87	Kosovo	UEFA	1.36	1.29	46.69
88	Kenya	CAF	1.18	1.1	46.66
89	Zimbabwe	CAF	1.22	1.17	46.03
90	Benin	CAF	0.96	0.9	45.72
91	Libya	CAF	1.2	1.18	45.49
92	Oman	AFC	1.15	1.16	44.76
93	El Salvador	CONCACAF	0.96	0.96	44.22
94	Armenia	UEFA	1.32	1.37	44.15
95	Cape Verde Islands	CAF	1.16	1.21	43.64
96	Togo	CAF	1.2	1.27	43.42
97	Belarus	UEFA	1.24	1.32	43.38
98	Suriname	CONCACAF	1.32	1.44	42.8
99	Iraq	AFC	1.05	1.14	42.69
100	Curacao	CONCACAF	1.17	1.28	42.62
101	Ethiopia	CAF	1.12	1.21	42.56
102	Angola	CAF	1.04	1.14	42.46
103	Guinea	CAF	1.13	1.3	41.18
104	Tanzania	CAF	1.12	1.3	40.81
105	Congo	CAF	1.04	1.22	40.57
106	Estonia	UEFA	1.1	1.32	39.91
107	Equatorial Guinea	CAF	1.03	1.25	39.69
108	Gambia	CAF	1.12	1.39	39.11
109	Luxembourg	UEFA	1.12	1.39	39.03
110	Botswana	CAF	0.81	1.08	37.55
111	Malawi	CAF	0.83	1.1	37.51
112	Mauritania	CAF	0.88	1.17	37.38
113	Jordan	AFC	0.94	1.25	37.18
114	Trinidad and Tobago	CONCACAF	1.0	1.34	37.02
115	Guinea-Bissau	CAF	1.13	1.52	36.66
116	Sudan	CAF	1.04	1.49	35.11
117	Azerbaijan	UEFA	0.95	1.43	34.08
118	Mozambique	CAF	0.9	1.39	33.55
119	Comoros	CAF	1.02	1.55	33.46
120	Sierra Leone	CAF	1.0	1.52	33.44
121	Vietnam	AFC	0.84	1.32	33.31
122	Cuba	CONCACAF	0.85	1.34	33.12
123	Rwanda	CAF	0.75	1.21	33.09
124	Palestine	AFC	0.89	1.46	31.93
125	Madagascar	CAF	1.07	1.69	31.91
126	Burundi	CAF	0.84	1.41	31.72
127	Nicaragua	CONCACAF	1.0	1.62	31.64
128	Faroe Islands	UEFA	1.01	1.64	31.63
129	Kuwait	AFC	0.84	1.42	31.33
130	Lithuania	UEFA	0.99	1.65	30.99
131	Latvia	UEFA	1.01	1.7	30.61
132	Liberia	CAF	0.9	1.59	29.72
133	Syria	AFC	1.2	2.01	29.65
134	Lebanon	AFC	0.77	1.41	29.64
135	Central African Republic	CAF	1.06	1.83	29.49
136	Swaziland	CAF	0.85	1.54	29.32
137	Bermuda	CONCACAF	1.3	2.18	29.18
138	North Korea	AFC	0.87	1.59	28.99
139	Moldova	UEFA	0.83	1.56	28.67
140	Kazakhstan	UEFA	0.85	1.63	27.89
141	Martinique	CONCACAF	0.99	1.85	27.58
142	Kyrgyzstan	AFC	1.04	1.94	27.31
143	Cyprus	UEFA	0.84	1.66	27.12
144	Niger	CAF	0.88	1.76	26.52
145	Fiji	OFC	0.67	1.45	26.35
146	Dominican Republic	CONCACAF	0.75	1.6	25.91
147	Thailand	AFC	0.84	1.75	25.72
148	St. Kitts and Nevis	CONCACAF	0.94	1.99	24.47
149	Tajikistan	AFC	0.88	1.9	24.45
150	Turkmenistan	AFC	0.93	2.04	23.49
151	South Sudan	CAF	0.69	1.69	23.27
152	Chad	CAF	0.8	1.86	23.2
153	Solomon Islands	OFC	0.69	1.71	22.71
154	Malta	UEFA	0.79	1.88	22.53
155	Lesotho	CAF	0.7	1.81	21.64
156	Zanzibar	CAF	0.49	1.47	21.39
157	New Caledonia	OFC	0.69	1.85	20.92
158	Eritrea	CAF	0.79	2.1	19.77
159	Puerto Rico	CONCACAF	0.71	1.99	19.56
160	Tahiti	OFC	0.81	2.15	19.56
161	Barbados	CONCACAF	0.56	1.75	19.26
162	Guyana	CONCACAF	0.94	2.4	19.06
163	India	AFC	0.54	1.8	18.05
164	Grenada	CONCACAF	0.6	1.92	17.96
165	Antigua and Barbuda	CONCACAF	0.89	2.42	17.86
166	Philippines	AFC	0.65	2.1	16.85
167	Belize	CONCACAF	0.67	2.15	16.72
168	Sao Tome and Principe	CAF	0.8	2.4	16.54
169	Vanuatu	OFC	0.64	2.17	15.99
170	Hong Kong	AFC	0.41	1.72	15.92
171	Mauritius	CAF	0.7	2.31	15.5
172	Montserrat	CONCACAF	0.82	2.54	15.46
173	Malaysia	AFC	0.68	2.34	14.88
174	Dominica	CONCACAF	0.51	2.04	14.71
175	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	CONCACAF	0.62	2.28	14.42
176	Afghanistan	AFC	0.59	2.35	13.29
177	Andorra	UEFA	0.43	2.02	13.28
178	St. Lucia	CONCACAF	0.47	2.19	12.3
179	French Guiana	CONCACAF	0.66	2.58	12.28
180	Singapore	AFC	0.54	2.38	12.04
181	Yemen	AFC	0.42	2.15	11.81
182	Indonesia	AFC	0.7	2.81	11.15
183	Nepal	AFC	0.57	2.55	11.14
184	Gibraltar	UEFA	0.47	2.57	9.35
185	Guadeloupe	CONCACAF	0.51	2.69	9.22
186	Papua New Guinea	OFC	0.6	2.88	9.16
187	Liechtenstein	UEFA	0.44	2.54	9.12
188	Somalia	CAF	0.52	2.76	8.89
189	Djibouti	CAF	0.61	2.97	8.72
190	Seychelles	CAF	0.42	2.88	6.74
191	Aruba	CONCACAF	0.54	3.25	6.45
192	Bahamas	CONCACAF	0.5	3.17	6.34
193	Myanmar	AFC	0.53	3.32	5.97
194	Cayman Islands	CONCACAF	0.36	2.95	5.68
195	Mongolia	AFC	0.25	2.7	5.46
196	San Marino	UEFA	0.33	2.98	5.22
197	Maldives	AFC	0.37	3.18	4.89
198	Bangladesh	AFC	0.22	2.82	4.6
199	Chinese Taipei	AFC	0.45	3.59	4.23
200	Cambodia	AFC	0.35	3.31	4.21
201	Bonaire	CONCACAF	0.44	3.58	4.17
202	Guam	AFC	0.49	4.18	2.92
203	Brunei	AFC	0.21	3.71	2.13
204	Sri Lanka	AFC	0.28	4.0	2.0
205	St. Martin	CONCACAF	0.29	4.19	1.78
206	Pakistan	AFC	0.2	3.92	1.71
207	Laos	AFC	0.2	4.11	1.45
208	British Virgin Islands	CONCACAF	0.28	4.52	1.29
209	US Virgin Islands	CONCACAF	0.2	4.25	1.28
210	Anguilla	CONCACAF	0.22	4.34	1.26
211	Bhutan	AFC	0.22	4.62	0.98
212	Turks and Caicos Islands	CONCACAF	0.46	5.62	0.87
213	Cook Islands	OFC	0.2	4.72	0.85
214	Tuvalu	OFC	0.38	5.62	0.7
215	Timor-Leste	AFC	0.27	5.35	0.63
216	Macau	AFC	0.2	5.11	0.6
217	Sint Maarten	CONCACAF	0.22	5.59	0.43
218	Samoa	OFC	0.2	5.78	0.34
219	Tonga	OFC	0.2	6.08	0.26