Comments on: FIFA’s ranking and other stuff

By: Tamim

Tamim — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:27:58 +0000

mo: who are the elo?

edgar: thanx for the explanation

omar: thanx but how can awesome and shit get together in one scentence!!:D

By: omar

omar — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:42:47 +0000

nice expalanation edgar now it all makes sense even if it is bullshit…awesome blog tamim this was da shit!!!!!

By: Edgar

Edgar — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:00:04 +0000

The FIFA ranking doesn’t reward certain achievements. You don’t get points for qualifying for the World Cup or for winning the African Cup of Nations. You get points for each match.

Egypt suffer because they play too many friendlies bringing their average down. If friendlies weren’t taken into account, Egypt would be above Cameroon in the rankings. Also, they tend to lose matches against weak opposition: Malawi and Sudan for instance.

Egypt will be 15th in January: http://www.football-rankings.info/2008/12/fifa-ranking-january-2009-probable.html

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:08:48 +0000

If you like rankings these ones are usually more accurate:
http://www.eloratings.net/world.html

Im not worried about the national team because of Ahly’s results… Adding Zaki, Mido, Zidan is more then enough to be honest… Id like to see us play some friendlies away from Cairo… We are comfortable and play well at home but on the road is the true question…