Now after each match the team either gains points or loses. A weak team defeating a strong team will receive more points than a strong team defeating a weak team. A strong team that loses to a weak team will lose more points than a weak team that loses to a strong team. This is the basis of the Elo method (named after Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physicist).
More points will be awarded for victories in the playoffs of major tournaments than for victories in the group stage. Clarification: this applies specifically to victories. There will be no deductions for losses in the playoffs.
For victories in friendly matches, teams will receive/lose fewer points. Even fewer points will be awarded in friendlies that are not played on official FIFA dates. For example, freight trains during preparation for major tournaments.
More details
Calculation formula: points after match = points before match + match importance index * (match result – expected result)
Match indexes can be like this:
05 – freight trains outside official FIFA dates
10 – freight trains on official FIFA dates
15 – Nations League group stage matches
25 – playoffs and final of the League of Nations
25 – World Cup qualifying matches and continental tournaments (Euro, Copa America, etc.)
35 – matches of continental tournaments up to the quarter-finals
40 – matches of continental tournaments, starting from the quarter-finals. All FIFA Confederations Cup matches
50 – matches of the final stage of the World Cup up to the quarter-finals
60 – matches of the final stage of the World Cup, starting with the quarter-finals
Match result: win = 1; draw = 0.5; defeat = 0
The expected result is considered as follows: 1/(10^(- rating difference/600) + 1)
Give an example
The Russian team beats Saudi Arabia in the opening match of the World Cup.
In the formula we use “minus the difference”. So it's just 8.
2. We calculate the expected result: 1/(10^(8/600) + 1) = 0.49
3. We count the points after the match: 457 + 50 * (1 – 0.49) = 482
If the team loses Saudi Arabia. Post-match points: 457 + 50 * (0 – 0.49) = 432
What are the advantages of this?
The main thing: now everything is simple and clear. Understanding the mechanics of the previous rating is more difficult. FIFA has tested this method in women's football. Everyone was happy. Elo is also used in chess and esports ratings.
This is much fairer than the average points system. Now the weak will advance greatly for winning over the strong, and freight trains will not lower their ratings, as was the case before.
What is the main disadvantage?
Continental tournaments like the African Cup and Asian Cup will be able to score points in the same way as the Euros or Copa America. Given the difference in class, this is not entirely fair. Although FIFA calls this a plus.
How was the previous rating calculated?
Why do we need a rating at all?
Used to draw baskets, FIFA gives ranking-based awards each year, and the FA, for example, uses FIFA ranking as one of their criteria when issuing work permits to foreign players.
Attitudes towards FIFA rankings are always different. International organization publishes it every month, but often this news goes unnoticed. They fell, they got up - well, okay. Attention is paid to the rating only when drawing lots for any international tournaments, since the distribution among baskets depends precisely on the table of ranks. It is at this moment that many begin to wonder why our indicators are worse than others.
The FIFA rankings are indeed often surprising. For example, Wales ranks higher than England, although the Welsh are stalled in qualifying for the World Cup, while their neighbors are confidently solving the problem. Brazil has long led the South American group, but only in April will it finally overtake Argentina. By the way, the Albiceleste, having dropped to fifth place, will remain above other South American teams. Surprisingly, in April the Bhutan team, which lost the other day by a double-digit score, will improve its position. How is all this possible?
Rating calculation formula
The first indicator is the easiest: victory - 3 points, draw - 1, defeat - 0.
In addition, two more terms are added to the rating, based on the results of the national teams over four years (48 months). The first is the average number of points scored in matches over the past 12 months. The second is the average number of points scored over the previous 36 months.
Importance of the match
All matches under the auspices of FIFA have different importance. It is worth noting that there are friendly matches of national teams that are not official and for this reason do not affect the rating.
Essentially, the importance of a match is a special factor. The calculation is as follows:
Friendly match - 1;
Match of a qualifying tournament for a World or Continental Championship - 2.5;
Continental Championship or Confederations Cup match - 3;
World Cup match - 4.
Opponent Strength
The strength of the opponent is calculated based on the same FIFA rating. Again, there is a formula: you need to subtract the opponent’s position in this rating from 200. That is, a match against the leader of the FIFA ranking table has a coefficient of 199 (200-1) and so on.
However, there are 205 teams in the FIFA rankings. Can the “Opponent Strength” indicator really be negative? Of course not. Using the above formula, the coefficient is calculated up to the 150th team in the rating, respectively. Further, in any case, an indicator equal to 50 is taken. So a match against any opponent adds at least 50 to the rating calculation formula.
Confederation coefficient
Like the Match Importance indicator, everything is simple here. Each confederation (UEFA, CONMEBOL, etc.) has its own coefficient, which does not change regardless of anything.
The indicators are as follows:
CONMEBOL ( South America) - 1;
UEFA (Europe) - 0.99;
All others - 0.85.
I would like to believe that now the entire procedure for calculating the FIFA rating has become clearer.
Andrey Centrov
FIFA national team rating or FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (eng. The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking) is a ranking system for national football teams. It was first introduced in 1993 as a relative indicator of the current strength of the national team, allowing one to assess the dynamics of the team’s growth. In July 2006, after the World Championships in Germany, significant changes were made to the points system.
FIFA ranking of national football teams today
The International Football Federation (FIFA) has published an updated ranking of national teams. After the 2018 World Cup, very serious changes took place in the list: as expected, the leader changed, and the Russian team greatly improved its position, rising by a record number of places.
In July, the FIFA rating was not updated, but this was due to new system scoring, which was introduced taking into account the matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Actually, thanks to this, the leader has changed: the World Cup winner, the French team, is now in first place. It is followed by Belgium and Brazil.
Croatia broke into the top 4, rising as much as 16 places. Germany, which failed at the 2018 World Cup, is now in 15th place. Argentina also dropped out of the top ten.
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There is great news for fans of the Russian national team: after the team reached the quarterfinals of the world championship for the first time in its history, it improved its position by a record number of places, also showing best progress in the FIFA rankings, on 21st line.
Stanislav Cherchesov's team was in 70th place before the tournament, but now they are in 49th place.
Football today is the most popular and widespread sport in the world. Every year, hundreds of millions of fans watch not only local championships, but also follow the battles of foreign clubs. Therefore, the team prepared the Top 10 football championships in the world.
The strongest football league in Europe and the world is rightfully the English Premier League. A large concentration of strong players and clubs makes each tournament unpredictable. Every year 4-6 clubs compete for the championship. Among them are Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool. IN last years Tottenham, Everton and last year's champion Leicester are performing successfully.
A distinctive feature of the league is a large number of exciting matches and martial arts. In England, a middling player and an outsider can easily beat the championship leaders, and they are already used to this. The main thing is that every year at the start and even in the middle of the season it is difficult to predict who will become the champion.
The second strongest is the Spanish Championship, or La Liga. The highlight of the Spanish championship is that it features the strongest clubs and football players in the world - Real Madrid and Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The Spanish giants have won 4 UEFA Champions Leagues between them over the past six years. Compared to England, the Spanish league as a whole has less combat, but there is more technique and ball handling, which makes it spectacular.
The disadvantages of La Liga include weak competition at all levels of the standings. The dominance of the giants is undeniable, and their loss in the championship is a rare sensation. Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Villarreal, and Real Sociedad compete every year for 3-4 places and entry into European competition.
In third place on our list is the German Bundesliga. It beats the Spanish La Liga in terms of martial arts and competition, but is inferior to it in technicality. There is one clear favorite in the German championship - Bayern Munich, which has dominated the last four years. Borussia (Dortmund), Schalke (Gelsenkirchen), Bayer (Leverkusen), Hertha (Berlin), Werder (Bremen) are fighting for places in the top four. With so many strong clubs, the German league is competitive and entertaining.
In fourth place is the Italian championship - Serie A. The Italian league is highly competitive and technical, but is significantly inferior to its competitors in terms of entertainment and the number of exciting matches per season. main reason In such a situation, in the national football tradition of “drying the game,” that is, playing to keep the score. Such tactics often simply kill the spectacle of football and only bring pleasure to those fans who value a defensive style of play.
The tournament table (20 teams) can be divided into two parts. At the top (up to 8th place) are the leading Italian clubs, which compete for medals and trips to European competitions. The rest are fighting for survival and solving local tournament problems. The fight for the championship usually takes place among the traditional Italian giants, which include Juventus, Inter, Milan, Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina, and Napoli.
The French Ligue 1 closes the top five of the strongest football leagues in the world. The French championship is always interesting to follow, primarily because of its unpredictability. There are a large number of relatively strong clubs in the country's elite division - PSG, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Monaco, Nice, Bordeaux.
The only downside of the French championship is the lack of much competition at the top of the standings. In the 2000s, Lyon was the undisputed champion; in recent years, the capital's PSG has dominated.
Sixth place in the ranking is occupied by the Portuguese Championship, or Primeira Liga. It is, of course, inferior to the top five football leagues in terms of star players and internal competition, but competes with them in terms of technical skills. Portuguese teams traditionally feature a large number of Brazilians, which makes the game spectacular.
An obvious disadvantage of the national championship is the weak competition at the top of the standings. From year to year, three Portuguese giants compete for the championship - Porto, Benfica and Sporting.
The Dutch Championship is in seventh place. The Dutch Eredivisie has everything the viewer wants to see - huge performance, attacking style of football, speed and technicality. The top three in Dutch football are Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord.
However, there is also negative sides– the lack of strong competition and a large number of star football players, which prevents the strength and quality of the national championship from being increased. Most Dutch clubs work for export - they develop young football players for sale to stronger foreign clubs. Because of this he suffers general level Eredivisie, but the Netherlands team wins.
Eighth and ninth places in our ranking were taken by two South American championships - Argentina and Brazil. Both championships are similar in many ways - attacking style of football, speed and technicality. However, there are also differences. In the Argentine championship, more attention is paid to tactics and defense, competition is stronger - 5-6 clubs compete for the championship every year. The highlight of the Argentine championship is the confrontation between two giants from the capital - Boca Juniors and River Plate.
The Brazilian Serie A is also considered weaker than the Argentine example, since its clubs are more focused on exporting football players to Europe.
The Turkish Super League closes the top ten strongest national championships. In recent years, due to the attraction of players from leading European clubs, it has become more spectacular, and competition is growing. Among the giants of Turkish football are Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Besiktas.
Attitudes towards FIFA rankings are always different. The international organization publishes it every month, but often this news goes unnoticed. They fell, they got up - well, okay. Attention is paid to the rating only when drawing lots for any international tournaments, since the distribution among baskets depends precisely on the table of ranks. It is at this moment that many begin to wonder why our indicators are worse than others.
The FIFA rankings are indeed often surprising. For example, Wales ranks higher than England, although the Welsh are stalled in qualifying for the World Cup, while their neighbors are confidently solving the problem. Brazil has long led the South American group, but only in April will it finally overtake Argentina. By the way, the Albiceleste, having dropped to fifth place, will remain above other South American teams. Surprisingly, in April the Bhutan team, which lost the other day by a double-digit score, will improve its position. How is all this possible?
Rating calculation formula
The first indicator is the easiest: victory - 3 points, draw - 1, defeat - 0.
In addition, two more terms are added to the rating, based on the results of the national teams over four years (48 months). The first is the average number of points scored in matches over the past 12 months. The second is the average number of points scored over the previous 36 months.
Importance of the match
All matches under the auspices of FIFA have different importance. It is worth noting that there are friendly matches of national teams that are not official and for this reason do not affect the rating.
Essentially, the importance of a match is a special factor. The calculation is as follows:
Friendly match - 1;
Match of a qualifying tournament for a World or Continental Championship - 2.5;
Continental Championship or Confederations Cup match - 3;
World Cup match - 4.
Opponent Strength
The strength of the opponent is calculated based on the same FIFA rating. Again, there is a formula: you need to subtract the opponent’s position in this rating from 200. That is, a match against the leader of the FIFA ranking table has a coefficient of 199 (200-1) and so on.
However, there are 205 teams in the FIFA rankings. Can the “Opponent Strength” indicator really be negative? Of course not. Using the above formula, the coefficient is calculated up to the 150th team in the rating, respectively. Further, in any case, an indicator equal to 50 is taken. So a match against any opponent adds at least 50 to the rating calculation formula.
Confederation coefficient
Like the Match Importance indicator, everything is simple here. Each confederation (UEFA, CONMEBOL, etc.) has its own coefficient, which does not change regardless of anything.
The indicators are as follows:
CONMEBOL (South America) - 1;
UEFA (Europe) - 0.99;
All others - 0.85.
I would like to believe that now the entire procedure for calculating the FIFA rating has become clearer.
Andrey Centrov
