Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
FIFA officially released the latest ranking as of Monday, December 22 2025. Indonesia remains in its previous position, namely 122, while Malaysia dropped five steps to 121st.
Based on the latest FIFA rankings as of December 22, the position of the Indonesian National Team has not changed. The Red and White squad is still in 122nd position with 1144.73 points.
Meanwhile, Indonesia’s neighboring country, Malaysia, experienced a very drastic decline in its ranking. Malaysia fell from 116th position to 121st. Malaysia is currently listed as the country that has experienced the highest decline in its FIFA ranking, losing 22.52 points.
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This drastic drop in ranking was due to FIFA’s punishment against Malaysia in the form of canceling the results in three tier 1 international test matches or FIFA matchdays.
The three matches in question are: against Cape Verde with a 1-1 result on May 29, Singapore with a 2-1 result on September 4, and against Palestine with a 1-0 result on September 8.
As a result of using illegal players in the three matches, Malaysia was punished to lose 0-3.
Apart from giving 0-3 defeats in three tier 1 matches, FIFA also imposed a fine of 10,000 Swiss francs (equivalent to IDR 209.6 million) on Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Vietnam managed to climb three places from 110th to 107th with a collection of 1189.51 points. Vietnam is the country with the highest increase in position in this FIFA ranking update.
Meanwhile, Thailand experienced a decline in position from 95th to 96th place with 1243.27 points.
Meanwhile, Spain is currently ranked number one in FIFA with a score of 1977.18 points, followed by Argentina in second place and France in third place.
Update Ranking FIFA per 22 Desember 2025:
1. Spain
2. Argentina
3. France
4. England
5. Brazil
6. Portugal
7. Netherlands
8. Belgium
9. Germany
10. Croatia
….
121. Malaysia
122. Indonesia
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