This April 3 came the last update of the FIFA rankinga world ranking that performs the entity that governs football after each window of international matches. For the Guatemala selection it was not good news, since it suffered a decrease compared to its previous position.
As expected after each day of national selections matches, FIFA takes a few days to account for the results and update its ranking based on performance of the teams in the international window.
For Guatemala, the FIFA date of March 2025, although it was fruitful in sports, did not help him so much in the FIFA ranking and that must have lost against Guyana 3-2 in the first leg of the Gold Cup 2025.
The Guatemala selection He faced Guyana in a double-game elimination series, in the first match he lost 3-2 and the second won 2-0, thus advancing to the Concacaf tournament.
The new position of the Guatemala selection in the FIFA ranking
However, it was that first defeat that passed to the bicolor in the FIFA ranks, since falling against a team that is worse positioned in the ranking translates into lost points.
In the FIFA ranking of December 2024, Guatemala closed the year in the 105th position of the world, while for the update of this April 3, The bicolor dawned in 106th positionwhich means a decrease in a position.
The best historical position that Guatemala has occupied in the FIFA ranking is 50, but that occurred in 2006. Since then, the bicolor has struggled to stay within the world top 100, something that does not get at least the last five years.
Regarding his position within the Concacaf region, Guatemala remains in 12th place Behind the US, Mexico, Canada, Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Honduras, El Salvador, Haiti, Curacao and Trinidad and Tobago.
Under the command of Luis Fernando Tena, the highest position in Guatemala has been 103, which he achieved in September 2023.