Football: DFB-Elf continues to slip in the FIFA world rankings

The German national soccer team has fallen further behind in the FIFA world rankings even after Jürgen Klopp took over the team. At 13th place, the DFB team is one place further down in the updated ranking than after the World Cup in the USA. After being eliminated in the round of 16, the national team had already had to say goodbye to the international top ten. Before the tournament, the team was in tenth place.

The reason for the current further slide is likely to be the national team's difficult start to the 2026/27 Nations League. With one defeat (0-1 against Greece), two draws (1-1 against the Netherlands and 0-0 against Greece) and only one 2-0 win against Serbia, the DFB team only managed five out of twelve possible points in the first four games and is therefore only in third place in Group B.

DFB team never better than ninth place for eight years

The national team was overtaken by Switzerland, which again improved by one position. Since the preliminary round exit at the 2018 World Cup, Germany has never been in a higher place than ninth place - after the DFB team had previously been in first place several times between the 2014 and 2018 World Cup wins.

In the updated edition of the ranking, world champion Spain continues to expand its lead. As was the case last month, Argentina, France and England follow in places two to four. The biggest winner of the update in the top spots is Portugal, which moved up two places to fifth place. Brazil (6th) and Morocco (7th), however, each slipped one place.

The top ten is completed by Belgium, the Netherlands and Mexico, with no change compared to the previous month. Of all 211 Fifa members, Rwanda improved the most, rising nine places to 119th place. Sierra Leone, on the other hand, fell eight places to 130th place, making it the biggest loser in the update.