Hungary rise to all-time high in FIFA rankings

Hungary men’s national team has again risen to an all-time high in the FIFA World rankings by appearing in 18th position on 925 points in the April list, one place higher than in recent months.

One of Hungary’s rivals in European Championship Group F, Iceland, also improved their ranking by moving up three places to 35th, while the other two teams in the group dropped one place each, Portgual from 7th to 8th and Austria from 10th to 11th. Forthcoming friendly opponents Germany drop from 4th to 5th while Ivory Coast rise from 36th to 34th.

The updated FIFA rankings (previous month’s position in brackets):

1.(2.) Argentina 1532 points
2.(1.) Belgium 1352
3.(5.) Chile 1348
4.(8.) Colombia 1337
5.(4.) Germany 1309
6.(3.) Spain 1277
7.(6.) Brazil 1251
8.(7.) Portugal 1184
9.(11.) Uruguay 1158
…11.(10.) Austria 1067
…18.(19.) Hungary 925
…34.(36.) Ivory Coast 738
…35.(38.) Iceland 741

Source: Press release – mlsz.hu