FIFA World Rankings of UNCAF Teams
Here You will get the FIFA World Rankings of UNCAF Teams. The Central American Football Union (Unión Centroamericana de Fútbol), abbreviated as UNCAF, represents the Central American national football teams: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Its member associations are part of CONCACAF.
UNCAF hosts various competitions, the Central American Cup is played every two years, which began in 1991, and usually consists of seven national teams. Costa Rica is the most successful team, having won the tournament eight times (1991, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, and 2014). Honduras has won the tournament four times (1993, 1995, 2011, and 2017). Guatemala won the tournament in 2001 and Panama in 2009.
UNCAF also organizes the UNCAF Interclub Cup, a competition for the champions and runners-up of the UNCAF member national league. CD Motagua (Honduras) was the last champion (2007). Similar to the Copa Centroamericana, the competition qualified three teams for the CONCACAF Champions Cup. As the CONCACAF Champions League was extended in 2008, all Central American countries have at least one team and the UNCAF Interclub Cup has been eliminated.
FIFA World Rankings of UNCAF Teams Update: 31 March 2022
| No | FIFA Code | Team | Rank | Points | Confederation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRC | Costa Rica | 31 | 1503.09 | +11 |
| 2 | PAN | Panama | 61 | 1382.79 | +2 |
| 3 | SLV | El Salvador | 74 | 1331.65 | -4 |
| 4 | HON | Honduras | 82 | 1289.47 | -4 |
| 5 | GUA | Guatemala | 118 | 1147.85 | +5 |
| 6 | NCA | Nicaragua | 144 | 1062.21 | 0 |
| 7 | BLZ | Belize | 173 | 962.21 | -3 |
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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