Belgium top year-end Fifa rankings above World Cup winners France
England meanwhile remain fourth, with European champions Portugal down in seventh
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Your support makes all the difference.Belgium will end the year as Fifa’s top-ranked team after winning all ten of their games in 2019.
Retaining their year-end No. 1 spot, Belgium extended their lead over World Cup champions France going into a four-month break for the top national teams.
Brazil, England and Uruguay are unchanged as Nos. 3-5. World Cup runners-up Croatia are No. 6, trading places with European champions Portugal at No. 7.
Spain, Argentina and Colombia complete the top 10.
Mexico, at No. 11, are the best-ranked CONCACAF team. The United States is No. 22.
Senegal are Africa’s top team at No. 20. No. 28 Japan replaces Iran as Asia’s highest ranked team.
World Cup host Qatar moved up two spots to No. 55 after winning their latest qualifying game for the 2023 Asian Cup.
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