Successfully Beat Saudi Arabia, FIFA Ranking The Indonesian National Team Up 3 Levels

JAKARTA - The Indonesian national team ranking is predicted to increase after winning over Saudi Arabia in the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.

The Indonesian national team won their first victory in the 2026 World Qualification Third Round against Saudi Arabia. In the match which was held on Tuesday, November 19, 2024, the Garuda Squad won 2-0 over The Green Falcons.

The victory of the Indonesian national team was achieved thanks to two goals scored by Marselino Ferdinand in the 32nd and 57th minutes. With these three points, the position of the Garuda Squad is expected to rise in the ranks of the FIFA rankings.

Quoted from the Footy Rankings account on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, the account that usually calculates the estimated points and rankings of FIFA states that the Indonesian national team's victory over Saudi Arabia will produce 19.16 points.

That number is based on the accumulated results of a landslide 0-4 defeat to Japan and a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia.

With this additional point, the Indonesian national team is predicted to rise from the 130th to the 127th if you look at the release of the last FIFA ranking on October 24, 2024.

If this calculation is correct, Jay Idzes and his friends will remain above Malaysia, which is predicted to rank 198 in FIFA rankings after a 3-1 win over Laos and a 1-1 draw against India.