FIFA World Rankings of CONMEBOL Teams
Here You will get FIFA World Rankings of South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) teams. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) is the continental governing body for association football in South America (excluding Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana) and is one of FIFA’s six continental confederations. The world’s oldest continental confederation, with its headquarters in Luque, Paraguay, near Asunción. CONMEBOL is responsible for organizing and governing the Central International South American Football Tournament. With 10-member football associations, it has the fewest members in any FIFA Confederation.
CONMEBOL national teams have won nine FIFA World Cups (Brazil five, Uruguay two, and Argentina two), and CONMEBOL clubs have won 22 Intercontinental Cups and four FIFA Club World Cups. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have won two Olympic gold medals each. It is considered one of the strongest confederations in the world.
The CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers have been described as the “toughest qualifiers in the world” for its simple round-robin system, entry of some of the best national teams in the world, and leveling of the weakest national teams, conditions climatic, geographical conditions. , strong local positions and a passionate following.
Juan Ángel Napout (Paraguay) was president of CONMEBOL until December 3, 2015, when he was arrested in a raid in Switzerland as part of the United States Department of Justice bribery case involving FIFA. Wilmar Valdez (Uruguay) was interim president until January 26, 2016, when Alejandro Domínguez (Paraguay) was elected president. The Vice Presidents are Ramón Jesurum (Colombia), Laureano González (Venezuela), and Arturo Salah (Chile).
FIFA World Rankings of CONMEBOL Teams
| No | FIFA Code | Team | Rank | Points | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRA | Brazil | 1 | 1832.69 | +1 |
| 2 | ARG | Argentina | 4 | 1765.13 | 0 |
| 3 | URU | Uruguay | 13 | 1635.73 | +3 |
| 4 | COL | Colombia | 17 | 1600.52 | +2 |
| 5 | PER | Peru | 22 | 1562.32 | 0 |
| 6 | CHI | Chile | 28 | 1526.40 | -2 |
| 7 | ECU | Ecuador | 46 | 1452.63 | -2 |
| 8 | PAR | Paraguay | 50 | 1443.30 | 0 |
| 9 | VEN | Venezuela | 58 | 1398.14 | 0 |
| 10 | BOL | Bolivia | 78 | 1298.81 | -2 |
What are FIFA World Rankings?
The FIFA World Rankings Association is the ranking system for men’s national soccer teams, currently led by Brazil. The men’s governing body of FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, ranks teams based on the results of their games, with the most successful teams taking the top spots. The rankings were introduced in December 1992 and eight teams (Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain) occupy the first position, with Brazil being the oldest number one.
A points system is used, in which points are awarded based on the results of all FIFA-recognized international matches. The ranking system has changed on a number of occasions, usually in response to criticism that previous calculation methods have not effectively demonstrated the relative strength of national teams. As of August 16, 2018, the current version of the rating system has adopted the Elo rating system used in Chess and Go.
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