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Jordan up to 62nd in FIFA rankings

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By Aline Bannayan | 18:44 September 18, 2025 |
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AMMAN — Jordan climbed two spots to 62nd in the latest FIFA World rankings issued on Thursday.

The Kingdom recently beat the Dominican Republic 3-0 after they held Russia 0-0 in friendlies for the 2026 World Cup. The next matches will be against 80th ranked Bolivia and 66th ranked Albania in October.

Spain, France, Argentina, England, Portugal, Brazil, Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Italy lead the world pack. Jordan remained the 9th ranked Asian team and 8th among Arab sides.

Top 10 Asian teams are: Japan 19, Iran 21, South Korea 23, Australia 25, Qatar 53, Uzbekistan 54, Iraq 58, Saudi Arabia 59, Jordan 62, UAE 67. Top Arab teams are: Morocco 11, Egypt 35, Algeria 35, Tunisia 46, Qatar 53, Iraq 58, Saudi Arabia 59, Jordan 62, UAE 67, Oman 78.

Last year, Jordan shot up 17 spots to 70th in February 2024 after their runner-up spot at the Asian Cup finals and have steadily been improving.

Jordan has captured the Asian spotlight after they grabbed second spot behind South Korea in Round 3/Group B qualifying matches to secure a historic first time qualification to the World Cup. In their qualifying journey, Jordan beat Palestine 3-1 twice, held South Korea 1-1 after losing 2-0, held Kuwait 1-1 twice, held Iraq 0-0 before losing1-0, beat Oman 4-0, and 3-0 for the 2026 World Cup.

With 16 more nations participating in the upcoming 2026 World Cup, 18 Asian sides played in three groups in home and away format, with the top two from each group advancing directly to the World Cup while the rest will play Round 4 in two groups with group leaders advancing and a possible ninth team qualifying through intercontinental playoffs. By advancing to Round 3 World Cup qualifiers for the second time in their history they also booked their spot in the next edition of the 2027 Asian Cup.

Since 1986, Jordan played the World Cup qualifiers for the 7th time. The team was on the verge of qualifying to the 2014 World Cup when they advanced to play then FIFA 6th ranked Uruguay in an intercontinental qualifying tie before exiting. Jordan had never reached that far in qualifying with Round 3 being the furthest they reached in other editions. In the latest edition of the qualifiers, Jordan reached Round 3 for the second time in their history while also booking their spot in the next edition of the 2027 Asian Cup.

In 2024, the Kingdom was within reach of being crowned Asian Cup champs for the first time in history, but settled for second in their fifth time at the event after their previous best past performances was reaching the quarterfinals twice.

Jordan’s best ever ranking was in 2004, when they jumped to their best ever FIFA rank of 37th after reaching the Asian Cup quarterfinals and losing to eventual champs Japan. The Kingdom also reached the quarterfinals in 2011, exited the group stages in 2015 and in 2019 made it to the Round of 16.

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