The Republic were 34th when Stephen Kenny succeeded McCarthy in April 2020 but have progressed down the rankings to 50th. FIFA football ranking calculator - LIVE - National team ranking. While they did rise to 28th under Mick McCarthy, in September 2019, the team have been on the slide since then. FIFA World Rankings 2021 - Top 50 Teams: Date Rank: 18 February: 7 April: 27 May: 12 August: 16 September: 21 October: 25 November: 16 December: 1: Belgium 1780. Under O'Neill, the Republic did find form and were up to 23rd in the world in 2016, but dropped out of the top 30 in 2017. Ireland's lowest-ever ranking was 70th place, in July 2014, at the start of the Martin O'Neill era when the side were on a run of six games without a win. Ireland's World Cup opponents Portugal rise in the rankings and are now seventh in the world, Serbia move up, to 28th, Luxembourg go up to 94th and Azerbaijan drop three places, to 117th. Northern Ireland move up to 47th, Scotland are also up, to 45th, and Wales are 19th while England move into the top three, just behind Belgium and Brazil. Ireland began the year in 42nd place, dropped to 47th and have now slumped to 50th in the world. Mali moved up a place to the ninth spot with 1427 points (+15.59) after they won Group E without conceding a goal and they scored 11 in total.The Republic of Ireland have dropped to 50th in the world rankings on the back of their most recent form, according to the new rankings just released by FIFA. Ghana are next in the eighth position with a total point of 1428.97 (+4.10) after a nervy finish to Group G, where they pipped South Africa by virtue of scoring more goals because the teams were tied on 13 points after six games whilst having the same goal difference. The Super Eagles are still 36th in the world with a total of 1478.78 points (+0.60).Īfter sealing their dominance in Group F, Egypt are also unmoved in the sixth position while Cameroon moved past Ivory Coast and Ghana to take the seventh spot with a total of 1437.35 points (+19.14) after a 1-0 win over the Elephants sealed their qualification for the play-offs in Group D. Reigning African champions Algeria occupy the fourth spot followed by Nigeria in the fifth place who recorded a win (Liberia 2-0) and a draw (Cape Verde 1-1) in their last two games.
Meanwhile, the Carthage Eagles are third on the continent after they sealed the Group B ticket. After a long period testing and analysing the best way to calculate the FIFACoca-Cola World Ranking a new model took effect in August 2018 after approval by the FIFA. Morocco leapt past Tunisia to take the second spot after keeping back-to-back clean sheets which came with 3-0 wins over Sudan and Guinea in Group I. Senegal remain the best footballing nation in Africa after ending their group outings with an unbeaten run of five wins and a draw in six games and they occupy the 20th spot in the world. According to Friday's release, Equatorial Guinea and Togo are the biggest movers in the world - the former rose by 12 positions to 114th while the Sparrow Hawks moved nine places to sit in the 125th spot.