10 things that have happened since Liverpool last won the league title

10) FIFA’s #1 team in the World Rankings has changed 26 times

This is the fourth time Argentina have topped the FIFA rankings

FIFA’s World Ranking system was introduced in 1992 – two years after Liverpool last won the league. At the time, the top spot was given to West Germany as Die Mannschaft were the most dominant team at the time having reached the World Cup final in 1982, 1986 and 1990 – winning the title in 1990.

Since then, a number of teams have vied the top spot. The first team to displace Germany was Brazil – who were subsequently replaced by Italy. The top ranking team changed a few times until 1994 when Brazil claimed top spot and held on to it for years. Although France would take top spot off them in 2001, the Selecao reclaimed top spot in 2002 and held on to it again until 2007.

In all, eight teams have topped the rankings – Germany, Brazil, Italy, France, Argentina, Spain, Netherlands and Belgium. Argentina currently lead the rankings having reached the 2014 World Cup final and the Copa America finals in 2015 and 2016.

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