Iran is in the top 20 again

[Ejdeha]

haha our secret? playing no friendlies :)
http://eloratings.net/

note, eloratings is more credible than fifa's in the eye of the experts.

[Arian]

lol ur rite we never even played one single game rofl. i dont mind being 20th

[Arashi_Washi]

We could be a top 10 Nation if we only had the right support and structure some of the countries have....Its dissepointing seing our soccer like this while our Volleyball, Basketball, Futsal are reaching their climaxes

[Sam van Dam]

o shit, i thought it was 20th in asia. WOW. god is with us my friends.

[ehsan singapore]

guys iran can never improve if they keep on not paying friendlies,there are so many teams ,it shows just how bad iff is

[Roozbeh-G2006]

It is sad we have to wait until all the other teams in our category get beaten so that we go up in the ranking to celebrate TM success!!

[-PSVfan.#01-]

we are higher than; russia,greece,ivory cast,ukraine,????? lmfao:rofl::rofl: thats impossible!!

[Siavash]

Is this a joke

[persiangodfather]

lol italy owned germany and france in the world cup but they are higher then us? brazil and argentina yes.. but not france and germany

[Kiafan06]

we are higher than; russia,greece,ivory cast,ukraine,????? lmfao:rofl::rofl: thats impossible!!
dude, have some hope man....
Russia-2nd-rate european team, we are definitely either toe-to-toe or better than them.
Greece-they only won Euro04, never done anything ever since.
Ivory Coast-African teams are good in world cup, then they start going back to where they once were.
Ukraine-you have a point here

Gotta believe in TM

[RahmanRezai]

I would rather have us play friendlies and be 40 in the "world rankings" then not playing at all and be top 20.

[Dubxl152]

Regardless of what you people think Elo ratings are more accurate than Fifa ratings thats a fact not my opinion. and frankly we all know what kind of :bs: Iranian football as a whole so our ranking doesn't matter, reality is that if things don't change soon and someone who really cares about our football becomes head of IFF we don't have a chance in hell of making the WC.
Also calling for friendlies is a waste of your breath, there is no head of IFF, there is no TM head coach. There is no one to set up friendlies. So lets all sit tight, lets not get all hyped up on some rating system cause were 20, lets not get all crazy cause we don't have friendlies and hope and pray we get someone with more intelligence & gheirat than aliabadi & GN, to run our football affairs.

[PersianMadrid7]

I would rather have us play friendlies and be 40 in the "world rankings" then not playing at all and be top 20.
exactly

rankings are designed to make us look bad, even though we think it's good.

with the right political atmosphere Iran could have easily after all these years been as good as any top European team or compared to many South American teams who have their talents grown even with little economic support.

[Soorakhian]

To be honest, we should be somewhere between 40 and 45 (if judging by players and results and everything). Teams like Serbia would eat and swallow us in one bite.

[Sherwin]

haha our secret? playing no friendlies :)
http://eloratings.net/
note, eloratings is more credible than fifa's in the eye of the experts.
:rofl: I guess for once being cheap and not paying for teams to come play us, worked to our advantage lol.