📈 Fifa national team rankings have a NEW leader

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·1 April 2026

The latest FIFA international window brought changes to the top of the world football hierarchy.

With FIFA’s new real-time points update system, France took over as the outright leader of the rankings.

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The French capitalized on their wins over Brazil and Colombia, combined with Spain’s slip-up, as they drew with Egypt and lost the top spot.

Brazil, managed by Carlo Ancelotti, finished the friendly window in sixth place despite beating Croatia, after being overtaken by Portugal.

The result represents a drop of one position compared to November 2025.

However, the situation could have been worse: after the loss to France last week, Brazil briefly dropped to seventh place.

A crucial 3-1 win over Croatia, combined with the Netherlands’ draw against Ecuador, secured their return to sixth place.

Other notable movements:

Argentina drop to 3rd: Despite beating Mauritania and Zambia, the current world champions earned few points because of their opponents’ modest ranking, and were therefore overtaken by the French.
Portugal in the Top 5: With a draw against Mexico and a win over the USA, the Portuguese national team shot up and broke into the highly competitive top five.