FIFA World Rankings

The FIFA World Ranking system is a ranking system for men's national football teams, which was introduced in December 1992.

Germany debuted as a top-ranking team following the extended period of dominance in which they had reached the FIFA World Cup finals, Brazil took the lead in the lead up to the FIFA World Cup in 1994. Italy then led for the short time after winning the World Cup before claiming to be Germany. Brazil took on the success after the FIFA World Cup. For a short time in 1998, France surpassed the team before Brazil took over when FIFA World Cup hosted at South Korea in 2002. Italy took over in 2006 when Italy won the football team. After winning the Copa América 2007 in July, Brazil returned to the top, but they were replaced by Italy in September and Argentina in October.

In July 2008, Spain had won the UEFA Euro 2008 and took the lead for the first time. Brazil began the sixth stint after winning the Confederations Cup in 2009 and Spain regained the title after winning every match in the qualification of FIFA World Cup.

In April 2010, Brazil returned to the top of the table. After winning the 2010 World Cup, Spain returned to the top position and held it until August 2011, where Netherlands reached the top spot at the first time, only to relinquish it in the following month.

In July 2014, Germany took over the lead again, having won the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In July 2015, Argentina reached the top spot for the first time since 2008, after reaching the 2014 FIFA World Cup as well as Copa America in 2015. In November 2015, Belgium took over the leader in the FIFA World Cup rankings for the first time, after being topped in 2016 FIFA World Cup ranking system. Owing to security concerns, it was replaced by Argentina in April 2016. On April 6, 2017, Brazil returned to the spot for the first time since prior to the World Cup, but Germany regained the top spot after winning the Confederations Cup.