Panama, ratified as the best team in Central America

Choice of Panama was ratified in its promotion as the fourth best team in concacafthe situation that was foreseen Mister Chips (Alexis Tamayo).

Redmade his important climb up the rankings FIFAa product of his great performance in the past CONCACAF Gold Cup 2023.

Panama records the greatest improvement among all teams, from 57th place to 45th place, which ranks it in the best selection Central Americasurpassing Costa Rica, which, according to the latest publication of the FIFA rankings for the month of July, fell from 42nd to 46th place.

The jump of 12 places in the ranking was thanks to the runner-up achieved in the last Gold Cup where they lost 1-0 to Mexico in the grand final, in a match played on Sunday, July 16, inl SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, California.

In this way ranking Concacaf FIFA remains in the top three with the United States in first place at 11th, closely followed by Mexico, which moved up two places to 12th, following its Gold Cup title, while Canada (43), Panama (45) and Costa Rica (46) round out the Confederation’s top five.

The last time Panama ranked first in Central America was 9 years ago in the 2014 ranking.

The best classification in the history of Panama, according to FIFA ranking It is on the 29th place, achieved in the ranking for the month of March 2014.

For their part, the first five positions edFIFA ranking they remained the same with Argentina in first place, followed by France (2), Brazil (3), England (4) and Belgium (5).

CONCACAF standings

11 United States of America 1674.48

12 Mexico 1665.59

43 Canada 1458.58

45 Panama 1453.94

46 Costa Rican 1453.56

58 Jamaican 1409.73

75 El Salvador 1325.47

79 Honduras 1309.23

87 Haiti 1272.64

88 Curacao 1267.86