Brazil, which dethroned Belgium in the Fifa ranking in March, consolidated its rank of world No. 1 in September, according to the new ranking published on Thursday, while world champion France, ousted from the podium in June, stagnates at fourth place.
Less than two months before the World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18), the Seleçao (1841.30 pts) has consolidated its first place in the world after its major successes against Ghana (3-0) and Tunisia ( 5-1) in a friendly in September.
The Auriverde team led by Neymar widens the gap over Belgium (1816.71 pts), which remains second after dominating the world hierarchy between October 2018 and March 2022.
Lionel Messi's Argentina, champion of the Copa America, remains on the third step of the podium with 1773.88 points, in a top 5 unchanged from June with France fourth and England fifth .
The Blues, ousted from the top three after a very mixed month of June, did not raise their heads in September with a victory against Austria (2-0) then a defeat against Denmark (2-0) in the League nations.
Didier Deschamps' team now has 1759.78 points.
The only change in the top 10 is to be credited to Italy, European champion (6th), who overtook Spain (7th), even if the Nazionale is not qualified for the World Cup-2022 at the end of year.
Finally, Croatia, vice-world champion 2018, has made good progress, climbing to 12th place in this ranking, just behind Germany (11th).
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