Portugal closes 2021 in eighth place in FIFA rankings, Belgium remains at the top – Observer
The Portuguese team will finish 2021 in eighth place in the FIFA ranking, whose podium continues to be occupied by Belgium, Brazil and France, informed this Thursday the highest body of world football.
Moreover, it was known since last month that Portugal would remain in this position at the end of the current calendar year, as it has not played any matches since the defeat against Serbia, which forced the team from the corners to participate in the qualifying play-offs for the final phase of the 2022 Mundial, in March of next year.
Similarly, Belgium, leader since 2018, Brazil and France remain, respectively, in the first three places in the world hierarchy, whose top 10 also includes England (fourth), Argentina (fifth), Italy (sixth), Spain (seventh), Denmark (ninth) and the Netherlands (10th).
Among the teams led by Portuguese coaches, Poland, by Paulo Sousa, is the best informed, in 27th position, while South Korea, by Paulo Bento, finishes 2021 in 33rd and Egypt, by Carlos Queiroz , on the 45th.
António Conceição’s Cameroon is in 50th place and Hélio Sousa’s Bahrain dropped one place to 91st, while Paulo Duarte’s Togo rose one place to 124th. and Bangladesh, led temporarily by Mário Lemos, ends the calendar year in 186th.
With regard to Portuguese-speaking countries, Cape Verde is the only one in the top-100, occupying the 73rd place, unlike Guinea-Bissau (106th), Mozambique (118th), Angola 126th) and São Tomé and Príncipe (189). Macau is in 182nd place and East Timor in 196th