Canadian men remain at all-time high of No. 31 in final FIFA rankings of 2024
World Cup champion Argentina continues to hold steady at No. 1
The Canadian men will go into 2025 unchanged at a career-high No. 31 in the FIFA world rankings.
The new numbers released Thursday offer little movement. While there were 1,181 men's internationals in 2024, only 21 took place since the Nov. 28 edition of the rankings.
There was no change in the ranking of the top 113 countries.
World Cup champion Argentina, which displaced Brazil atop the rankings in April 2023, continues at No. 1 followed by France, Spain, England and Brazil. Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Germany complete the top 10.
Canada rose four places to No. 31 in the Nov. 28 rankings after defeating Suriname 1-0 and 3-0 last month in the two-legged CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal. That left the Canadian men sandwiched between Hungary and Serbia in the rankings.
Canada ranks third in CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean, behind the 16th-ranked U.S. and No. 19 Mexico. The Canadian men face Mexico in March in the CONCACAF Nations League semifinal in Inglewood, Calif.
