Football La Roja sinks in the FIFA rankings with its worst position in 17 years

The Chilean team continues to move down the team list and ranks eighth in South America.

The Red He is not getting things back on track and the new FIFA ranking update shows it. The Chilean team continues in a continuous free fall, which seems bottomless.

After falling again in the double qualifying round, this time against Brazil and Colombia, Everyone’s team took down four lockers. In detail, it falls out of the top 50, going from 49th to 53rd place.

The readjustment of the world team list reflects the terrible moment that the national team is going through, which is gradually falling in the ranking. In 2022, for example, it started the year in 26th place and ended it in 31st place. In 2023, he finished in 40th place.

Today, the national team is already outside the top 50 countries, being overtaken by teams like Qatar (46th), Tunisia (47th), Cameroon (49th), Costa Rica (50th), Scotland (51st) and Slovenia (52nd). . Actually, This is the worst ranking in 17 years. The last time he was in 53rd place was in June 2007.

Thus, La Roja remains the eighth in South America. It only surpasses Paraguay (55th) and Bolivia (79th) . Of course, these two saw their rankings progress, just like Peru (38th). The Incas gained five places, the Guaraníes two and the highlands four.

The summit

Argentina (1st) remains solid in the lead after continuing as a strong leader in the Conmebol Qualifiers. The podium, meanwhile, remained unchanged. France (2nd) remains second and Spain (3rd) continues in third place.

The top 6 hasn’t changed either. England (4th) is fourth, while Brazil (5th) and Belgium (6th) follow. Portugal (7th) gains one place and the Netherlands loses one (8th). Italy (9th) also managed to climb above Colombia (10th ), which closes the top.

At Conmébol, Uruguay (14th) He moves away from the top ten, losing three places. Ecuador (27th) remains, Peru (38th) bursts strongly and Venezuela (44th) goes down the list. They follow him Chile (53°), Paraguay (55°) and Bolivia (79°) closes South American participation.

FIFA Ranking October 2024

1. Argentina

2. France

3. Spain

4. England

5. Brazil

6. Belgium

7.Portugal

8. Netherlands

9. Italy

10. Colombia

14.Uruguay

27. Ecuador

38. Peru

44. Venezuela

53. Chile

55. Paraguay

79. Bolivia

Source: Latercera

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