Türkiye Drops Two Spots in Latest FIFA World Ranking

National Team  •  Author: Nathan Redd   •   Wednesday, May 7, 2008 Picture

With less than a month to go before the Euro 2008 Championships, the Turkish National Team slipped two spots in the latest rankings.  FIFA has Türkiye ranked at #25, down from #23 in the April rankings.

Türkiye received 856 points, tied with Russia at #25.  They finished only one point behind Paraguay at #24, and five points behind Sweden at #23.  The top fifteen remained exactly the same from April, with Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and Germany comprising the top five.  Among the top fifty, no team gained or lost more than two spots in the rankings. 

Türkiye opens Euro 2008 play on June 7 against Portugal.  The Portugese team, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, is currently ranked 9th in the latest FIFA ranking. 

Comments (10)

perlomental • 21:29 • May 7, 2008
WHY???
nathan • 21:57 • May 7, 2008
why what? why did they drop?
rokkafellah • 01:36 • May 8, 2008
we are behind USA
nathan • 01:44 • May 8, 2008
I know - that's embarassing, rokkafellah. Turkiye would kill USA though, if they played. :)
perlomental • 09:31 • May 8, 2008
Yes, why did they drop??? Anyway, Turkiye national team can win any team in the world if they play full strength.
kenan_khaderioglu • 11:24 • May 8, 2008
never mind euro 2008 is coming turkey will prove to all
that its a big team and dont forget the friendly matches also will give turkey more points
mtHead • 19:54 • May 8, 2008
Are you guys for real, Turkey have not shown any spark in the last half dozen game or more, last good game they had was when they played Greece at Greece, since they have not show any kind of spark, They barely made through a group that should have been a cake walk. Sorry to disappoint you guys, Turkey have a lot of good players that have yet to play like a team with all cylinders.
nathan • 22:58 • May 8, 2008
mtHead, I couldn't agree more. My comment about them beating USA was intended to be more of an insult to USA than a compliment to Turkiye.
perlomental • 09:20 • May 9, 2008
Fatih Terim, is one of the most worse coaches on the world. I mean, Milli Takim lost to Ukraine for the qualificaton for 2006 world cup, he has been coaching the Milli Takim since 2005, and nothing good happened till now, he thinks that his youth and reserve players are better than senior teams, and thats what we saw aginst many strong teams.
perlomental • 13:40 • June 30, 2008
Sorry i meant switzerlan in 2005!
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