How many times did the top team leave the team defeated (including PSO losses)? 39 times.
Order of columns:
Team - Friendlies - Friendly losses - Competitive matches - Competitive match losses - Total matches - Total losses
Brazil | 88 | 8 | 107 | 19 | 195 | 27 |
Spain | 14 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 32 | 5 |
France | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 5 |
Argentina | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Germany | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Italy | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Australia caused the greatest upset in a competitive match, while Korea Republic caused the greatest upset in a friendly game.
Top 20 defeats
Date - Match Type - Team 1 - Team 2 - Result - Winner's Rank
1-Jun-01 | CC | Australia | France | 1:0 (0:0) | 68 |
11-Oct-09 | WQ | Bolivia | Brazil | 2:1 (2:0) | 59 |
28-Mar-01 | WQ | Ecuador | Brazil | 1:0 (0:0) | 53 |
17-Nov-04 | WQ | Ecuador | Brazil | 1:0 (0:0) | 44 |
31-May-02 | WC | France | Senegal | 0:1 (0:1) | 42 |
28-Mar-99 | F | Korea Republic | Brazil | 1:0 (0:0) | 36 |
23-Jul-95 | CF | Uruguay | Brazil | 1:1 (0:1) 5:3 PSO | 36 |
1-Sep-01 | F | Chile | France | 2:1 (1:0) | 35 |
14-Jul-04 | CF | Brazil | Paraguay | 1:2 (1:1) | 29 |
10-Jul-94 | WC | Bulgaria | Germany | 2:1 (0:0) | 29 |
10-Feb-98 | CF | USA | Brazil | 1:0 (0:0) | 26 |
20-Nov-07 | WQ | Colombia | Argentina | 2:1 (0:1) | 25 |
18-May-02 | F | France | Belgium | 1:2 (1:1) | 23 |
15-Aug-00 | WQ | Chile | Brazil | 3:0 (2:0) | 22 |
11-Jun-02 | WC | Denmark | France | 2:0 (1:0) | 20 |
21-Aug-02 | F | Brazil | Paraguay | 0:1 (0:1) | 19 |
18-Jul-00 | WQ | Paraguay | Brazil | 2:1 (1:0) | 19 |
19-Jun-03 | CC | Brazil | Cameroon | 0:1 (0:0) | 18 |
12-Jul-98 | WC | Brazil | France | 0:3 (0:2) | 18 |
30-May-97 | F | Norway | Brazil | 4:2 (3:1) | 15 |
Don't forget they lost to the Swiss at the World Cup. Or were Spain somehow not number 1 going into the World Cup?
ReplyDeleteYes, Spain were second behind Brazil in the April and May 2010 rankings.
ReplyDeleteAh yes, the Confed Cup win on the back of a strong qualifying campaign on the back of the Copa America...
ReplyDeleteThen Brazil go from being in total control against the Netherlands, a team on a monstrous winning streak, to inexplicably falling apart, and the idiots fire coach Dunga for something that wasn't his fault at all. And suddenly Brazil look a whole lot worse. Gee, I wonder why...
It's almost a joke looking at the current Brazil side to even imagine them near the number 1 spot today.