FIFA World Rankings of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Teams
Here You will get the FIFA World Rankings of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Teams. The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), founded in 1997, is an association of countries playing football in South Asia and is part of the Asian Football Confederation. Its founding members are Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Bhutan joined the federation in 2000 and Afghanistan in 2005. In February 2015, Captain Haroon Amiri announced that Afghanistan had formally left SAFF for the new Central Asian Football Association.
SAFF was founded in 1997 by Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. In 2000, their number increased to seven, including Bhutan. Afghanistan joined in 2005 but left in 2015 to join the newly formed Central Asian Football Association.
Presidents
In 2016, Rodrigo Ranjit replaced Salahuddin as interim president for two months due to health problems. Salahuddin was voted to resume the presidency in March 2016. The next SAFF election will be held in April 2022.
FIFA World Rankings of South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Teams, Update: 31 March 2022
| No | FIFA Code | Team | Rank | Points | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IND | India | 106 | 1174.04 | -2 |
| 2 | MDV | Maldives | 156 | 1025.50 | +1 |
| 3 | NEP | Nepal | 168 | 978.86 | -1 |
| 4 | BHU | Bhutan | 187 | 910.96 | -2 |
| 5 | BAN | Bangladesh | 188 | 903.98 | -2 |
| 6 | PAK | Pakistan | 194 | 866.81 | 0 |
| 7 | SRI | Sri Lanka | 205 | 842.93 | -1 |
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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