Despite the win over Palestine, the Vietnamese team still maintains its world ranking of 95th. Meanwhile, Thailand and Indonesia both moved up in September.
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| Vietnam team ranked 95th in the world. (Photo: Minh Dan) |
In September, the Vietnamese team only played one friendly match, winning 2-0 against Palestine. This victory helped the "Golden Dragons" increase their score by 4.91 points. However, that did not help us improve our position on the FIFA rankings.
Currently, Coach Troussier's team is still ranked 95th in the world and 15th in Asia. The reason is because the teams ranked above all get extra points. For example, Syria. After the victory over China, they moved up 1 place to 93rd.
However, the Vietnamese team still firmly holds the number 1 position in Southeast Asia. The Thai team rose 2 places in the past month after beating Lebanon and drawing with Iraq (only in official time). They jumped from 114th to 112th in the world.
Malaysia also received 3.33 points after the draw with China. They moved up one place to 134th in the world. The most impressive team in the region is Indonesia. The victory over Turkmenistan helped the archipelago team gain 5.41 points, jumping from 150th to 147th in the world.
Argentina is still the world leader. After 2 victories against Ecuador and Bolivia, La Albiceleste added 7.68 points and consolidated the world leader position.
There was only one change in the top 10, with Portugal surpassing Italy to take 8th place in the world. The top 10 positions were taken by France (2nd), Brazil (3rd), England (4th), Belgium (5th), Croatia (6th), Netherlands (7th), Portugal (8th), Italy (9th) and Spain (10th).
The October FIFA rankings are expected to see major changes for many teams, including the Vietnam national team. Next month, Coach Troussier and his team will play three friendly matches against China (October 10), Uzbekistan (October 13) and South Korea (October 17).
If we get good results, we will jump up the FIFA rankings because all three opponents are ranked higher than the Vietnamese team. However, these matches promise to be difficult because Coach Troussier's team will have to play away.
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