Comments on: July 2009 FIFA World Rankings

By: male

male — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:06:58 +0000

It’s satisfying to see the masters of the “beauiful game” coming back to their well-deserved place in the world ranking: BRAZIL IS A GREAT HONOUR TO PELE AND THE “JOGO BONITO”!
However Fifa should think of the comments and criticisms made on this site.

By: sham

sham — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:26:05 +0000

oh one more thing why the hell is israel ranked 25th…What in the world have they ever done in soccer??? someone please replay and tell me if I’m mistaken

By: sham

sham — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:23:15 +0000

Egypt Fifa African champs 2006 and 2008 back to back. beat camron twice in the same tornment and beat world champions Italy 1-0 yet they are not even in the top 30. I agree they had a terriable match against USA but that shouldnt take away all they have done in the past 3 years because of one game. Egypt WILL be in the world cup and they will be the black horse. Watch out

By: hdz501

hdz501 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:21:03 +0000

man what happened to el tri…they were like at a world class level..i REALLY hope they step there game up and beat the usa n qualify to the world cup..no disrespect to the usa team

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:57:30 +0000

i cant freakin believe dat Mexico is 33 on the raking
Mexico needs to step up there game if they want to beat U.S.A.
Mexico is gettin real lazy right now also. Can´t believe that Gabon is ahead of them, thats BS!!!

By: D.S

D.S — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:02:52 +0000

WTH!!!! although Egypt lost to the U.S they played amazing there first to games and are ranked 38 what kind of crap is that

By: m

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:36:39 +0000

bosnia has to be in the top 30

By: Daryl

Daryl — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:19:19 +0000

Laurie wrote an excellent post explaining exactly how the FIFA Rankings are calculated almost exactly a year ago:
http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/so-where-do-those-fifa-rankings-come-from-anyway.html

And we also did a comparison: FIFA Rankings vs Elo Rankings in September 2008:
http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-world-rankings-or-world-football-elo-ratings-which-is-better.html

By: Johnny

Johnny — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:05:06 +0000

Italy still ranked #4? This is getting ridiculous. Italy struggles against a 10-man US squad, loses to Egypt, and gets manhandled by Brazil, but they don’t drop at all? Italy should maybe make the top ten. But top five? No way! They’ve been overrated from the start!

And Greece jumping to #11, and above the US, makes no sense to me at all. As far as I know, their last game was against Israel back in April. They won, barely, but it was against Israel so how is that impressive? Meanwhile, the US pulls off a win against Spain and manages to give Brazil a close game. I’m not saying US is top ten, but they are certainly better than Greece!

By: kim minai eric[ kenya]

kim minai eric[ kenya] — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:28:42 +0000

bbbbrrrraaaazzzzziiiillll gooooooooo ””””
i love this contry ,,,if God consulted us where he wants us to b born,,then brazil wuld have been the better option.

KENYA,,,WHERE U AT?????