The Indian football team on Thursday dropped 15 places to 117th in the FIFA rankings, the worst in seven years, after the recent debacle in the AFC Asian Cup, where it lost all its three group matches. (More Football News)
This was India's worst ranking afteꦉr it was placed at the 129th spot in the January 2017 chart. The histo🐟rical worst ranking, though, was 173 in 2015.
The Indian team was placed at 102nd in the last FIFA rankings, issued on December 21, 2023.
India also lost 35.63 rating points𝔍 from the previous totꦬal. It now lies in between Togo (116th) and Guinea-Bissau (118th). The country is ranked 22nd among the Asian nations.
India, under Igor Stimac, ended their Asian Cup campaign in January pointless and goal-less after losing to Australia (0-2), Uzbekistan (0-3) and Syri🅺a (0-1). It finished at the bottom of the four-team Group B.
The main moveꦿrs were the countries of Asia and Africa as they had their continental championships during this period. There was no chan🧸ge in the top-10 with world champion Argentina still leading the pack.
France, 🅠England, Belgium and Brazil follow Argentina🌟 in that order.
Asian Cup champions Qatar rཧose 21 places to 37th, though Japan, which dropped one spot to 18th, still leads the continental rankings.
Surprise Asian C𝐆up runners up Jordan gained 17 places to occupy 70th s🌳pot.
