​The Romanian national football team jumped six places in the FIFA hierarchy announced on Thursday. Two victories at the start of the previous EURO 2024 tournament played a decisive role in this rise in the world ranking.

Romania, 46th in the FIFA ranking after victories over Andorra and Belarus

According to FIFA’s official website, Romania is currently ranked 46th in the world, a jump of six places from the previous ranking.

Victories over Andorra (2-0, away) and Belarus (2-1, at the National Arena) allowed the first representative to score 1444.58 points, which is 11.94 points more than the previous rating (published on December 22, 2022). ).

Places occupied by Romania’s opponents in the preliminary round of EURO 2024

12 Switzerland 1664.24 points

78 Israel 1307.41 points (-2)

98 Belarus 1210.17 points (-1)

107 Kosovo 1186.26 points

153 Andorra 1030.52 points.

Argentina is the new leader of the FIFA ranking

The world champion at the final tournament in Qatar (for the third time in history), the Argentine national team rose to the first place in the FIFA ranking.

With 1,840.93 points, Messi and company overtook former leaders Brazil. Seleção is currently in 3rd place.

1 Argentina 1840.93 points

2 France 1838.45

3 Brazil 1834.21

4 Belgium 1792.53

5 England 1792.43

6 Netherlands 1731.23

7 Croatia 1730.02

8 Italy 1713.66

9 Portugal 1707.22

10 Spain 1682.85.

Know:

• The next FIFA ranking will be published on July 20, 2023.