The December 2025 edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Ranking has been released, confirming Spain as the world’s top-ranked men’s national team at the end of the year.
Spain maintained their number one position after overtaking reigning world champions Argentina in the September 2025 rankings. Argentina remain second, while France complete the podium in third place. The rest of the top ten remains unchanged, with England fourth, Brazil fifth, Portugal sixth, the Netherlands seventh, Belgium eighth, Germany ninth and Croatia tenth.
Fresh from winning the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025™, Morocco remain just outside the top ten in 11th place. The Atlas Lions are only 0.54 points behind Croatia, narrowly missing out on a historic return to the top ten for the first time since April 1998.
One of the standout movers in the latest rankings is Jordan, who climbed two places to reach 64th after finishing runners-up at the FIFA Arab Cup 2025. Vietnam and Singapore also impressed, each jumping three places to reach 107th and 148th respectively.
Kosovo emerged as the biggest success story of 2025 despite remaining 80th in the latest ranking. They gained a remarkable 89.02 points over the year, the highest of any nation, recording seven wins and two draws from ten matches. Overall, Kosovo achieved a 19-place rise across 2025.
Other notable performers include Norway, who added 68.70 points during the year, and Suriname, who have climbed 15 places since December 2024. A total of twelve nations improved their rankings by 10 to 14 places over the past year.
By confederation, UEFA continues to dominate the top 50 with 26 teams, followed by CONMEBOL and CAF with seven each, Concacaf and AFC with five each, and none from the OFC.