Iran regains top Asian FIFA ranking

With the continuous victories of Team Melli in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Iran regained its top ranking in Asia which Japan has occupied since Marc Wilmots took over Team Melli.

With 11538 points, Iran sets at the top and climbed 4 places up in the FIFA ranking issued by the world governing body on Thursday 16th September 2021.

In the AFC Ranking, both Iran and Australia managed a 16 points increase as a result of their perfect third-round performances in the Qualifiers.

Under the Croat Dragan Skocic, Team Melli has won all its games a perfect 100% record.

 

RanK

Team

Total Points
Previous Points
+/-

22
IR Iran
Iran
1538.08
1522.04 16.04
26
Japan
Japan
1520.46
1529.45 -8.99
32
Australia
Australia
1493.99
1477.21 16.78
36
Korea Republic
Korea Republic
1479.41
1474.96 4.45
43
Qatar
Qatar
1445.83
1455.23 -9.40

 

Iran sets behind Senegal (20th) and Peru (21st) while renowned teams such as Chile, Poland, Ukraine, Serbia, and Austria are behind in the ranking.

FIFA World Ranking

20
Senegal
Senegal
1555.37
1545.38 9.99
21
Peru
Peru
1548.78
1543.16 5.62
22
IR Iran
IR Iran
1538.08
1522.04 16.04
23
Chile
Chile
1536.53
1557.81 -21.28
24
Poland
Poland
1531.82
1516.27 15.55
25
Tunisia
Tunisia
1526.87
1515.3 11.57