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FIFA Men's Top 50 World Rankings: Late December 2025

First introduced in 1992, the FIFA men's world ranking is a ranking system for men's national teams in association football. Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images

Below are the latest Men's Top 50 FIFA Rankings, released on Dec. 22, 2025. This is the first FIFA Men's Rankings to be released after the 2026 World Cup draw. There were no changes in the top 10 teams from November's rankings. None of the 2026 World Cup hosts moved with the United States remaining 14th, Mexico at 15th, and Canada at 27th. The next FIFA Men's Rankings update is tentatively scheduled for January 18, 2026.

Men's top 50 FIFA rankings:

1. Spain

2. Argentina

3. France

4. England

5. Brazil

6. Portugal

7. Netherlands

8. Belgium

9. Germany

10. Croatia

11. Morocco

12. Italy

13. Colombia

14. USA

15. Mexico

16. Uruguay

17. Switzerland

18. Japan

19. Senegal

20. Iran

21. Denmark

22. South Korea

23. Ecuador

24. Austria

25. Türkiye

26. Australia

27. Canada

28. Ukraine

29. Norway

30. Panama

31. Poland

32. Wales

33. Russia

34. Algeria

35. Egypt

36. Scotland

37. Serbia

38. Nigeria

39. Paraguay

40. Hungary

41. Tunisia

42. Ivory Coast

43. Sweden

44. Czechia

45. Slovakia

46. Greece

47. Romania

48. Venezuela

49. Costa Rica

50. Uzbekistan

Honorable Mentions (all teams qualified for 2026 World Cup):

53. Qatar

60. Saudi Arabia

61. South Africa

64. Jordan

67. Cabo Verde

72. Ghana

82. Curaçao

84. Haiti

87. New Zealand

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