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What Is The England FIFA Ranking 2024? As Three Lions Embark On Nations League Campaign

Andy Newton Sports Editor

Published03 Sep 2024

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As the Three Lions start another Nations League, many will be asking what is the England FIFA ranking 2024 and did they move up any places after reaching the Euro 2024 Final?

With that in mind, we look at the current FIFA rankings for the top 20 sides and where England and the other home nation sides sit amongst the best teams in the world.

England FIFA Ranking 2024 Sees Three Lions Up To Fourth After Euro Final

With the dust now settled on the summer European Championships, the Three Lions – who are armed with a new interim manager (Lee Carsley) – will now set their sights on another Nations League campaign.

While, because of their Euro 2024 final finish, the England FIFA ranking has seen them move up to fourth (from 5th) and now have just Argentia, and Spain – who they lost out to in the Euro Final – ahead of them.

Plus, their excellent Euro football tournament, coupled with Brazil crashing out of their summer event (Copa America) at the quarter-finals stage, has also seen their England FIFA ranking leapfrog the five time world champions.

England will face Finland, Greece and Ireland in their Nations League group and are the clear top-ranked team of that quartet – being a massive 50 FIFA ranking places ahead of Greece, 54 in front of Ireland and 59 better than Finland (see below).

England 4th
Greece 54th
Ireland 58th
Finland 63rd

Correct as 3rd Sept 2024

FIFA World Rankings (Top 20)

Ranking	Country	Total Points
1	Argentina	1901.48
2		1854.91
3	Spain	1835.67
4	ENGLAND	1812.26
5	Brazil	1785.61
6	Belgium	1772.44
7	Netherlands	1758.51
8	Portugal	1741.43
9	Colombia	1727.32
10	Italy	1714.29
11	Uruguay	1713.15
12	Croatia	17013.31
13		1686.02
14	Morocco	1669.44
15	Switzerland	1654.10
16	USA	1641.75
17	Mexico	1635.11
18	Japan	1628.81
19	Senegal	1623.34
20	Iran	1611.16

Note: FIFA Rankings Table Correct As 3rd September 2024

How Does The England FIFA Ranking Compare To The Other Home Nations?

Looking at the England FIFA ranking against the other home nation sides also sees the Three Lions clear of the pack.

It’s Wales in 30th, who are closest to England in the rankings table at the moment – with Scotland 48th and Northern Ireland 74th.

While the Republic Of Ireland currently have a FIFA ranking of 58th.

Scotland also fell nine places from 39th to 48th after their poor display in at Euro 2024 – failing to get out of their group.

England 4th
Wales 30th
Scotland 48th
Ireland 58th
Northern Ireland 74th

Correct as 3rd Sept 2024

World Champions Argentina Remain Top Of The FIFA Rankings After Copa America Success

There seems to be no stopping Argentina at the moment and the FIFA rankings back this up with the current world champions top of the tree.

They retained their status of ‘Kings of South America’ with a summer Copa America win after seeing off Colombia in extra-time in the final and sit 46.57 points ahead of second-placed in the rankings table.

Spain FIFA Ranking Sees Euro 2024 Champs Move Up Five Places

Having landed their fourth Euro title in the summer, Spain were one of the biggest movers from the main nations – moving up five places to third.

Spain had been back in eighth prior to Euro 2024, but a 2-1 win over England in the final saw them rack up 105.75 points and in the process go ahead of Brazil (5th), Belgium (6th) and Portugal (8th).

Venezuela Move Up 17 Places In FIFA Rankings

Having made it to the Copa America quarter-finals, when losing out to Canada on penalties, Venezuela still managed to gain a stack of FIFA ranking points,

As a result, they’ve been one of the biggest movers over the summer – hiking up 17 places to 37th (from 54th).