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#6 Portugal
Points: 1614
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Uruguay might have knocked Portugal out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, but the European nation is ranked ahead of them in the current FIFA Rankings. Portugal has 5 points more than their rivals and as such, is 6th in the rankings at the start of the year.
Portugal won 6 of their 15 games in 2018, losing just 2 and drawing the other 7. They drew with Spain and Iran and defeated Morocco to reach the Round of 16 of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Unfortunately, they were defeated by Uruguay there and had to leave the tournament. Since then, "The Navigators" have defeated Italy and Poland in the Nations League. Apart from Uruguay, Netherlands are the only other team to have defeated them in the whole of last year.
Portugal have reached the semi finals of the UEFA Nations League, where they will come face-to-face with Switzerland in June. The European nation has an average rank of 11 since the beginning of the FIFA Rankings. They next face Ukraine and Serbia in the UEFA Euro Qualifiers in this international break.
