On the afternoon of October 24, the International Football Federation (FIFA) announced the rankings of men's football teams after the FIFA Days in October. The top 3 teams are still Argentina, France and England.
The Vietnamese team continued to drop 3 places despite only playing one match in the international friendly series in October. Specifically, the Vietnamese team was deducted 0.27 points because of a draw with weaker opponent India. Coach Kim Sang-sik's team fell from 116th to 119th place. Rank 119th in the world is the lowest position of the Vietnamese team since November 2017.
The reason why Vietnam dropped 3 places is because Sudan, Comoros or Zimbabwe increased 7-10 places on the rankings. These are the teams that won the qualifying round of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) and received a lot of points.
Vietnam team dropped 3 places, ranked 23 places below Thailand.
Vietnam dropped 3 places, but compared to other Southeast Asian countries, the team's ranking did not change much. The Indonesian team also dropped 1 place to 130th, 11 places below Vietnam.
In October, Indonesia drew 1-1 with Bahrain and lost 1-2 to China in the third round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Asia. The "country of thousands of islands" was deducted 5.3 points and now has 1,118.87 points. This is quite a surprising result, because Indonesia was expected to win against the Chinese team, which is in crisis.
Thailand is a Southeast Asian team that has made strong progress in October. They have risen four places to 96th in the FIFA rankings after two victories at the Kings Cup. They defeated the Philippines 3-1 in the semi-finals, then beat Syria 2-1 in the final. Thailand earned 8.69 points after winning the 2024 Kings Cup.
The FIFA Southeast Asia rankings are expected to fluctuate in November. Vietnam will certainly maintain its score because it is only training and preparing for the ASEAN Cup.
During this time, Indonesia continues to participate in the third qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup in Asia, facing two strong opponents, Saudi Arabia and Japan.
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