FIFA Indonesia Rankings Crawl Up, Occupy 129 Positions

The Indonesian national team went up four stairs in the FIFA (VOI/Ferry Tri Adi Sasono) ranking.

JAKARTA - The latest development in FIFA ranking will be officially released on Thursday, September 19, 2024. However, before the official release was distributed, Indonesia's position was known to have increased based on Footy Rankings.

Leaks about Indonesia's latest position were shared by Footy Rankings on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. In the upload, it can be seen that Indonesia, which was previously in the 133 position, has now moved four places to 129 with an additional 15.44 points and a total acquisition of 1,124.17 points.

The additional points that brought up Indonesia's ranking could not be separated from the success of Shin Tae-yong's team in holding Saudi Arabia (1-1) and Australia (1-0) to a draw in Group C match in the Third Round of the 2026 Asian Zone World Cup Qualifiers.

With this latest position, Indonesia is three positions ahead of Malaysia which is at number 132 with a total of 1,117.64 points.

The record is clearly an additional fuel for Rizky Ridho and colleagues to look at the third and fourth matches of Group C of the 2026 Asian Zone World Cup Qualification.

The Indonesian national team will have two away matches against Bahrain and China will be held on October 10 and 15, 2024.

In these two matches, it is possible that Shin Tae-yong will field 11 naturalized players as starters against Bahrain at the Bahrain National Stadium, October 10, 2024.

The prediction arose because there are two players who are currently just waiting for the oath-taking process as Indonesian citizens (WNI). The two players in question are Mees Hilgers and Eliano Reijnders.

If the process of taking the oath of Indonesian citizens is completed before September 24, 2024, then they can play when the Indonesian national team faces Bahrain.

If the process of taking the oath of Indonesian citizens is not on schedule, then Mees and Eliano can only play when the Indonesian national team travels to Chinese headquarters at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, October 15, 2024.