Current FIFA Ranking: 66
Highest FIFA Ranking: 37 (Aug-Sept 2004)
Lowest FIFA Ranking: 152 (July 1996)
Football Team Nickname: The Chivalrous Ones
Honours: None
Head coach: Jamal Sellami (Aug 2024)
Top scorer in qualifying: Ali Olwan (9)
Star players: Ali Olwan (Al-Karma), Yazan Al Naimat (Al Arabi), Musa Al Taamari (Rennes)
Having been runners-up at the 2023 Asian Cup, Jordan have made history by qualifying for their first ever World Cup finals. Their previous best qualifying campaign came in 2014 when they reached the Inter-confederations play-offs only to lose 5-0 on aggregate v Uruguay.
Former Morocco international Jamal Sellami was appointed in summer 2024 – he featured once at the 1998 World Cup, coming on as sub in their 3-0 win v Scotland.
Star man Ali Olwan’s hat-trick secured their qualification with a hat-trick against Oman in June.
Previous World Cup appearances (0)
