GERMANY
-
23 March 1994
to 10 July 1994
- (110 days) - 1 successful defence
(fifth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
(Stuttgart)
23 March 1994
- Germany 2 Italy 1
|
Italy |
2 |
Brazil
Germany |
|
1 |
WORLD CUP (Chicago)
21 June 1994
- Germany 1 Spain 1 |
Italy |
4 |
Brazil
Italy |
|
N/A |
WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL
(New York)
10 July 1994 - Bulgaria 2 Germany
1 |
N/A |
4 |
Brazil
Italy |
|
|
Germany
lost one other match during the period, to:
Republic of Ireland |
BRAZIL -
17 July 1994 to 29 April 1998 - (1,383
days) - 8 successful defences
(fourth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP FINAL (Los
Angeles)
17
July 1994
- Brazil 0 Italy 0ᴭᵀ
Brazil won 3-2 on penalties. |
Italy |
1 |
Brazil
Italy |
|
1 |
UMBRO CUP (Birmingham)
4
June 1995 -
Brazil 1 Sweden 0 |
Italy |
1 |
Brazil
Italy |
|
2 |
COPA
AMÉRICA (Rivera)
17 July 1995
- Argentina 2 Brazil 2
Brazil won 4-2 on penalties. |
Germany
(since 21 June
1995) |
1 |
Brazil
Norway |
|
3 |
COPA 50imo ANIVERSARIO
DE CLARÓN (Buenos Aires)
8 November 1995
- Argentina 0 Brazil 1 |
Germany |
1 |
Brazil
Germany |
|
4 |
(Amsterdam)
31 August 1996
- Netherlands 2 Brazil 2 |
Germany |
1 |
Brazil
Germany |
|
5 |
TOURNOI DE FRANCE (Lyon)
3 June 1997
- Brazil 1 France 1 |
Germany |
1 |
Brazil
Germany |
|
6 |
TOURNOI DE FRANCE (Lyon)
8 June 1997
- Brazil 3 Italy 3 |
Germany |
1 |
Brazil
Germany |
|
7 |
TOURNOI DE FRANCE (Paris)
10 June 1997
- Brazil 1 England 0 |
Germany |
1 |
Brazil
Germany |
|
8 |
(Stuttgart)
25 March 1998
- Germany 1 Brazil
2 |
Germany |
1 |
Brazil
Germany |
|
|
Brazil lost two
matches during the period, to:
Norway and United States (and also lost on penalties
to Uruguay) |
ARGENTINA -
29 April 1998 to 4 July 1998 - (67 days) -
1 successful defence
(third time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
(Rio de Janeiro)
29
April 1998 - Brazil 0 Argentina 1 |
Brazil |
6 |
Brazil
Germany |
|
1 |
WORLD CUP SECOND ROUND
(Saint-Etienne)
30 June 1998 -
Argentina 2 England 2ᴭᵀ
Argentina won 4-3 on penalties. |
Brazil |
5 |
Brazil
France |
|
N/A |
WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL
(Marseille)
4
July 1998 - Argentina 1 Netherlands 2 |
N/A |
5 |
Brazil
France |
|
|
Argentina
did not lose any other matches during the period. |
FRANCE -
12 July 1998 to 21 June 2000 - (711 days)
- 1 successful defence
(first time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP FINAL (Paris)
12
July 1998
- Brazil 0 France 3 |
Brazil |
2 |
Brazil
France |
|
1 |
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Bruges)
11 June 2000 -
Denmark 0 France 3 |
Brazil
(since 7
September 1999, Argentina from 4 September 1999) |
2 |
Brazil
France |
|
|
France
lost one match during the period, to:
Russia |
NETHERLANDS -
21 June 2000 to 15 June 2002 - (725 days) -
4 successful defences
(first time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Amsterdam)
21 June 2000 -
France 2 Netherlands 3 |
France |
8 |
Brazil
France |
|
1 |
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMI-FINAL (Amsterdam)
29 June 2000 -
Italy 0 Netherlands 0ᴭᵀ
Italy won 3-1 on penalties. |
France |
8 |
Brazil
France |
|
2 |
(London)
15 August 2001 -
England 0
Netherlands 2 |
France |
10 |
France
Brazil |
|
3 |
(Copenhagen)
10 November 2001 -
Denmark 1
Netherlands 1 |
France |
8 |
France
Argentina |
|
4 |
(Amsterdam)
13 February 2002 -
Netherlands 1
England 1 |
France |
9 |
France
Argentina |
|
|
Netherlands
lost two matches during the period, to:
Portugal and
Republic of Ireland |
BRAZIL -
30 June 2002 to 1 July 2006
- (1,463 days) -
5 successful defences
(fifth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP FINAL (Yokohama)
30 June 2002
- Brazil 2 Germany 0 |
Germany |
1 |
Brazil
Argentina/France |
|
1 |
(Seoul)
20 November 2002 -
Korea Republic 2 Brazil 3 |
Germany |
1 |
Brazil
France |
|
2 |
CONFEDERATIONS CUP (Saint-Etienne)
23 June 2003
- Brazil 2 Turkey 2 |
Spain
(since 12
February 2003) |
1 |
Brazil
France |
|
3 |
(Paris)
20 May 2004
- France 0 Brazil 0 |
Spain |
1 |
Brazil
France |
|
4 |
(Berlin)
8 September 2004
- Germany 1 Brazil 1 |
Spain |
1 |
Brazil
France |
|
5 |
CONFEDERATIONS CUP SEMI-FINAL (Nuremberg)
25 June 2005
- Brazil 3 Germany 2 |
Spain |
1 |
Brazil
Argentina |
|
6 |
WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL (Frankfurt)
1 July 2006
- Brazil
0 France 1 |
N/A |
1 |
Brazil
Italy |
|
|
Brazil
lost seven other matches during the period, to:
Paraguay (twice), Portugal, Cameroon, Ecuador,
Argentina and Mexico |
ITALY - 9 July
2006 to 6 September 2006
- (60 days) -
no successful defences
(fourth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP FINAL (Berlin)
9 July 2006
-
France 1 Italy 1ᴭᵀ
Italy won 5-3 on penalties. |
France |
2 |
Brazil
Italy |
|
|
Italy
lost one match during the period, to:
Croatia |
FRANCE -
6 September 2006 to 7 February 2007 - (155 days)
- no successful defences
(second time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Paris)
6 September 2006
-
France 3 Italy 1 |
Italy |
2 |
Brazil
France |
|
|
France
lost one match during the period, to:
Scotland |
ARGENTINA - 7
February 2007 to 15 July 2007
- (159 days) -
no successful defences
(fourth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
(Paris)
7 February 2007
-
France 0 Argentina 1 |
France |
3 |
Italy
Brazil |
|
|
Argentina
did not lose any matches during the period. |
BRAZIL -
15 July 2007 to 2 July 2010 - (1,084
days) - 7 successful defences
(sixth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
COPA
AMÉRICA FINAL (Maracaibo)
15 July 2007
- Argentina 0 Brazil 3 |
Argentina |
1 |
Brazil
Argentina |
|
1 |
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING (Belo
Horizonte)
18 June 2008 -
Brazil 0 Argentina 0 |
Argentina |
4 |
Spain
Italy |
|
2 |
(Gama)
19 November 2008
- Brazil 6 Portugal 2 |
Argentina |
5 |
Spain
Germany |
|
3 |
(London)
10 February 2009
- Brazil 2 Italy 0 |
Argentina |
5 |
Spain
Germany |
|
4 |
CONFEDERATIONS CUP (Pretoria)
21 June 2009
- Brazil 3 Italy 0 |
Argentina |
1 |
Brazil
Spain |
|
5 |
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING (Rosario)
5
September 2009 -
Argentina 1
Brazil 3 |
Argentina |
1 |
Brazil
Spain |
|
6 |
(Doha)
14 November 2009
- Brazil
1 England 0 |
Spain |
2 |
Spain
Brazil |
|
7 |
WORLD CUP (Durban)
25
June 2010 - Brazil
0 Portugal 0 |
Spain |
3 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
8 |
WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL (Port
Elizabeth)
2
July 2010 - Brazil
1 Netherlands 2 |
N/A |
3 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
|
Brazil
lost three other matches during the period, to:
Venezuela, Paraguay and Bolivia |
SPAIN -
11 July 2010 to 7 September 2010 - (59
days) - no successful defences
(first time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP
FINAL (Johannesburg)
11 July 2010
- Netherlands 0 Spain 1ᴭᵀ |
Netherlands |
1 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
|
Spain
did not lose any matches during the period. |
ARGENTINA - 7
September 2010 to 28 September 2011
- (387 days) -
4 successful defences
(fifth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
(Buenos Aires)
7 September 2010
-
Argentina 4 Spain 1 |
Spain |
5 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
1 |
(Doha)
17 November 2010
- Argentina 1 Brazil 0 |
Spain |
5 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
2 |
(Resistencia)
25 May 2011
- Argentina 4 Paraguay 2 |
Spain |
10 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
3 |
COPA
AMÉRICA
QUARTER-FINAL (Santa
Fe)
16 July 2011
- Argentina 1 Uruguay 1ᴭᵀ
Uruguay won 5-4 on penalties. |
Spain |
10 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
4 |
SUPERCLÁSICO DE LAS
AMÉRICAS FIRST LEG
(Cordoba)
14 September 2011
- Argentina
0 Brazil 0 |
Spain |
10 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
|
Argentina
lost three matches during the period, to:
Japan, Nigeria and Poland |
BRAZIL -
28 September 2011 to 9 June 2012 - (256
days) - no successful defences
(seventh time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
SUPERCLÁSICO DE LAS
AMÉRICAS SECOND LEG
(Belem)
28 September 2011
- Brazil 2
Argentina 0
Brazil win 2-0 on aggregate. |
Argentina |
5 |
Spain
Netherlands |
|
|
Brazil
lost one match during the period, to:
Mexico |
ARGENTINA - 9
June 2012 to 19 September 2012
- (103 days) -
1 successful defence
(sixth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
(East Rutherford)
9 June 2012
-
Argentina 4 Brazil 3 |
Brazil |
7 |
Spain
Germany |
|
1 |
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING (Cordoba)
7 September 2012
-
Argentina 3 Paraguay 1 |
Brazil |
4 |
Spain
Germany |
|
|
Argentina
did not lose any matches during the period. |
BRAZIL -
19 September 2012 to 21 November 2012 - (64
days) - no successful defences
(eighth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
SUPERCLÁSICO DE LAS
AMÉRICAS FIRST LEG
(Goiania)
19 September 2012
- Brazil 2
Argentina 1 |
Argentina |
12 |
Spain
Germany |
|
|
Brazil
did not lose any matches during the period. |
ARGENTINA - 21
November 2012 to 15 October 2013
- (329 days) -
2 successful defences
(seventh time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
SUPERCLÁSICO DE LAS
AMÉRICAS SECOND LEG
(Buenos Aires)
21 November 2012
-
Argentina
2
Brazil
1
Aggregate 3-3. Brazil won 4-3 on penalties |
Brazil |
3 |
Spain
Germany |
|
1 |
(Rome)
14 August 2013
-
Italy 1 Argentina 2 |
England
(since 6
February 2013) |
2 |
Spain
Argentina |
|
2 |
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING (Asuncion)
10 September 2013
-
Paraguay 2 Argentina 5 |
England |
2 |
Spain
Argentina |
|
|
Argentina
did not lose any matches during the period. |
URUGUAY - 15
October 2013 to 28 June 2014
- (257 days) -
2 successful defences
(first time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING (Montevideo)
15 October 2013
-
Uruguay 3 Argentina
2 |
Argentina |
6 |
Spain
Germany |
|
1 |
WORLD CUP (Sao Paulo)
19 June 2014
-
England 1 Uruguay 2 |
Argentina |
6 |
Germany
Argentina |
|
2 |
WORLD CUP (Natal)
24 June 2014
- Italy
0 Uruguay 1 |
Argentina |
6 |
Germany
Argentina |
|
N/A |
WORLD CUP SECOND ROUND
(Rio de Janeiro)
28 June 2014
- Colombia
2 Uruguay 0 |
N/A |
6 |
Germany
Argentina |
|
|
Uruguay
lost one other match during the period, to:
Costa Rica |
GERMANY
- 13 July 2014
to 3 September 2014
- (53 days) - no successful defences
(sixth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP FINAL (Rio de
Janeiro)
13 July 2014
- Argentina 0 Germany 1ᴭᵀ |
Argentina |
1 |
Germany
Argentina |
|
|
Germany
did not play any other matches during the period. |
ARGENTINA - 3
September 2014 to 11 October 2014
- (39 days) -
no successful defences
(eighth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
(Dusseldorf)
3 September 2014
- Germany 2
Argentina 4 |
Germany |
2 |
Germany
Argentina |
|
|
Argentina
did not play any other matches during the period. |
BRAZIL -
11 October 2014 to 17 June 2015 - (250 days) -
1 successful defence
(ninth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
SUPERCLÁSICO DE LAS
AMÉRICAS
(Beijing)
11 October 2014
-
Argentina 0 Brazil
2 |
Argentina |
6 |
Germany
Argentina |
|
1 |
(Paris)
26 March 2015
- France 1
Brazil 3 |
Argentina |
4 |
Germany
Argentina |
|
|
Brazil
did not lose any matches during the period. |
COLOMBIA -
17 June 2015 to 17 November 2015 - (143 days) - 1 successful defence
(first time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
COPA
AMÉRICA
(Santiago)
17 June 2015
-
Brazil
0 Colombia 1 |
Brazil |
4 |
Argentina
Germany |
|
1 |
COPA
AMÉRICA
QUARTER-FINAL (Vina
del Mar)
26 June 2015
-
Argentina 0
Colombia 0
Argentina won 5-4 on penalties. |
Brazil |
4 |
Argentina
Germany |
|
|
Colombia
lost one match during the period, to:
Uruguay |
ARGENTINA -
17 November 2015 to 10 November 2016 - (359 days) - no successful defences
(ninth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
(Baranquilla)
17 November 2015
-
Colombia 0
Argentina 1 |
Colombia |
2 |
Belgium
Argentina |
|
|
Argentina lost one match during the period, to:
Paraguay (and also lost on penalties to
Chile) |
BRAZIL -
10 November 2016 to 9 June 2017 - (211 days) - 1 successful defence
(tenth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING
(Belo
Horizonte)
10 November 2016
-
Brazil
3
Argentina 0 |
Argentina |
2 |
Argentina
Brazil |
|
1 |
(Rio de Janeiro)
25 January 2017
-
Brazil 1 Colombia 0 |
Argentina |
2 |
Argentina
Brazil |
|
|
Brazil
did not lose any matches during the period. |
ARGENTINA -
9 June 2017 to 27 March 2018 - (291 days) - 1 successful defence
(tenth time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
SUPERCLÁSICO DE LAS
AMÉRICAS
(Melbourne)
9 June 2017
-
Argentina 1
Brazil 0 |
Brazil |
3 |
Germany
Brazil |
|
1 |
(Manchester)
23 March 2018
-
Argentina 2 Italy 0 |
Brazil |
5 |
Germany
Brazil |
|
|
Argentina lost one match during the period, to:
Nigeria |
SPAIN -
27 March 2018 to 1 July 2018 - (96 days) - no successful defences
(second time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
(Madrid)
27 March 2018
-
Spain 6 Argentina 1 |
Argentina |
8 |
Germany
Brazil |
|
N/A |
WORLD CUP SECOND ROUND
(Moscow)
1 July 2018
- Russia
1 Spain 1ᴭᵀ
Russia won 4-3 on penalties. |
N/A |
9 |
France
Belgium |
|
|
Spain
did not lose any matches during the period. |
FRANCE
- 15 July 2018
to 13 June 2022
- (1,429 days) - 6 successful defences
(third time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP FINAL (Moscow)
15 July 2018
- Croatia 2 France 4 |
Croatia |
1 |
France
Belgium |
|
1 |
(Paris)
20 November 2018
-
France 1 Uruguay 0 |
England
(since 18
November 2018) |
2 |
Belgium
France |
|
2 |
UEFA NATIONS
LEAGUE (Paris)
8 September 2020
-
France 4 Croatia 2 |
England |
2 |
Belgium
France |
|
3 |
UEFA NATIONS
LEAGUE (Zagreb)
14 October 2020
-
Croatia 1 France 2 |
England |
2 |
Belgium
France |
|
4 |
UEFA NATIONS
LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL (Turin)
7 October 2021
-
Belgium 2
France 3 |
Belgium
(since 15
November 2020) |
3 |
Belgium
Brazil |
|
5 |
UEFA NATIONS
LEAGUE FINAL (Milan)
10 October 2021
-
France 2 Spain 1 |
Belgium |
3 |
Belgium
Brazil |
|
6 |
UEFA NATIONS
LEAGUE (Split)
6 June 2022
-
Croatia 1 France 1 |
Belgium |
4 |
Brazil
Belgium |
|
|
France
lost three matches during the period, to:
Netherlands, Turkey and Denmark (and also lost on
penalties to Switzerland) |
CROATIA
- 13 June 2022
to 13 December 2022
- (183 days) - 2 successful defences
(first time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE (Paris)
13 June 2022
-
France 0 Croatia 1 |
France |
15 |
Brazil
Belgium |
|
1 |
WORLD CUP (Al Rayyan)
1 December 2022
- Belgium 0
Croatia 0 |
France |
7 |
Brazil
Argentina |
|
2 |
WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINAL (Al Rayyan)
9 December 2022
- Brazil 1
Croatia 1ᴭᵀ
Croatia won 4-2 on penalties. |
N/A |
7 |
Brazil
Argentina |
|
3 |
WORLD CUP SEMI-FINAL (Lusail)
13 December 2022
- Argentina 3
Croatia 0 |
N/A |
7 |
Brazil
Argentina |
|
|
Croatia did not lose any other matches during the period. |
ARGENTINA
- 18 December 2022
to
- ( days) - successful defences
(eleventh time at Number One) |
|
Defence
|
Matches
|
Second Place |
FIFA Ranking |
FIFA Top Two |
|
|
WORLD CUP FINAL (Doha)
18 December 2022
-
Argentina 3
France 3ᴭᵀ
Argentina won 4-2 on penalties. |
France |
2 |
Brazil
Argentina |
|
1 |
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING (Rio
de Janeiro)
21 November 2023
-
Brazil 0
Argentina 1 |
France |
1 |
Argentina
France |
|
2 |
WORLD CUP QUALIFYING (Buenos
Aires)
25 March 2025
-
Argentina 4
Brazil 1 |
France
(since
23 March 2025, Croatia from 20 March 2025) |
1 |
Argentina
Spain |
|
|
Argentina lost three matches during the period, to:
Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay |
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