According to FIFA, the September rankings are based on matches during FIFA Days as well as the 2026 World Cup 3 qualifiers. The Vietnamese team had 2 matches in the 2024 LPBank Cup: losing 0-3 to Russia and 1-2 to Thailand. Coach Kim Sang-sik and his team were deducted 6.64 points, with a total of 1,161.39 points, falling 1 place to 116th in the world.
Notably, the Vietnamese team is the only Southeast Asian team in the top 4 to drop in the rankings. The remaining teams, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, all advanced.
Vietnam team suffered 2 defeats and dropped to 116th place in the world.
After defeating Vietnam, the Thai team was awarded 4.5 points, officially rising to 100th place in FIFA rankings. The Malaysian team, with impressive matches and winning the 2024 Merdeka Cup, was awarded 10.06 points, rising 2 places to 132nd place.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian team also received 15.44 points, ranking 129th in the world. The reason the Indonesian team was awarded many points is because coach Shin Tae-yong and his team had positive results against higher-ranked teams in the third World Cup qualifiers (drawing 0-0 with Australia and 1-1 with Saudi Arabia). More notably, this is also the highest ranking the Indonesian team has achieved in the past 5 years.
In Southeast Asia, another representative, the Brunei team, also surprised with the strongest rise in the FIFA rankings. The Brunei team had 2 victories against the Macau team, winning a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, so it was added 27.1 points. The team with the lowest ranking in Southeast Asia increased by 7 places, to 183 FIFA ranking.
Thailand team returns to FIFA top 100
In Asia, the Japanese team was awarded 10.79 points, maintaining the number 1 position with a total score of 1,639.60. The Iranian team ranked second with 1,622.92 points.
At the top, the top 10 positions of FIFA have not changed. The Argentina team, despite being deducted 12.46 points, still ranked first with a total score of 1,889.02. The French team ranked second with 1,851.92 points and the Spanish team ranked third with 1,836.42 points.
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