Short answer: Argentina is the most searched national football team on Google worldwide from 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026, fixed at 100 on Google Trends. Brazil follows on 80.8 and Spain, the 2026 World Cup winners, are third on 68.8. Google Trends shows relative interest, not search counts; 134 teams were measured.

Nobody can read these twelve months as an ordinary year: they contain the 2026 World Cup, played from 11 June to 19 July 2026 in Canada, Mexico and the United States (FIFA). The table therefore describes a tournament year. The 48 teams that played in it all appear in the top 100, 44 of them in the top 50, and the order that comes out is not the FIFA ranking order. Argentina, beaten 1-0 after extra time by Spain in the final, still leads by almost 20 points; Spain, the winners and FIFA’s number one on 20 July 2026, are third.
Teams are shown with the plain country name; the full list is in the table further down. The top ten each get a short profile, and the rest of the list is read in three groups: 11 to 25, 26 to 50 and 51 to 100. For the other side of this topic, see the national teams with the most fans and every World Cup winner.

How should the index be read?

Google does not publish search counts. Google Trends only compares names with each other, so Argentina, the most searched team in this list, is set to 100 and every other team is a fraction of it: Brazil on 80.8 drew roughly four-fifths of Argentina’s interest over the twelve months, and Mexico on 41.2 drew a little over two-fifths. “<1” means too small to measure next to Argentina.

How was this ranking measured?

The ranking uses Google Trends topics, so “Brazil national football team” captures searches however they are phrased. The scope is worldwide Google web search, 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026, with weekly values averaged over the period. Google Trends compares five names at a time, so every team was measured against a fixed set of anchor topics and the results chained onto one scale. The candidates, 134 in all, were the top 100 teams in FIFA’s men’s world ranking of 20 July 2026, every UEFA member, and every team in the previous version of this post; the 100 with the highest interest are shown. Treat neighbouring ranks with small gaps as ties. Source: Google Trends.

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Top 10 most searched national football teams on Google

1. Argentina

CONMEBOL, FIFA rank 2. Argentina reached the final and lost 1-0 after extra time to Spain at New York/New Jersey Stadium on 19 July 2026. Lionel Messi scored eight goals, second only to Kylian Mbappé’s ten in FIFA’s scorers list, and Lautaro Martínez added three. At 100 the team sits 19.2 points clear of Brazil, the widest gap between two neighbours in the top ten.

2. Brazil

CONMEBOL, FIFA rank 5. Brazil won Group C ahead of Morocco on goal difference, beat Japan 2-1 in the round of 32 and lost 2-1 to Norway in the round of 16. Vinícius Júnior scored four tournament goals and Matheus Cunha three. Brazil’s 80.8 is 12 points above Spain in third.

3. Spain

UEFA, FIFA rank 1. Spain won seven of their eight matches, drew the other, conceded one goal and beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final. Mikel Oyarzabal scored five. The champions and the top-ranked team in the world are third here on 68.8, 2.9 points ahead of France.

4. France

UEFA, FIFA rank 3. France won Group I with three wins, beat Morocco 2-0 in the quarter-final, then lost 2-0 to Spain in the semi-final and 6-4 to England in the third-place match, finishing fourth. Mbappé’s ten goals made him the tournament’s top scorer, with Ousmane Dembélé on six. France’s 65.9 is only 0.3 above England.

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5. England

UEFA, FIFA rank 4. England finished third by beating France 6-4 in the bronze final, after a 2-1 extra-time win over Norway in the quarter-final and a 2-1 semi-final defeat by Argentina. Jude Bellingham scored seven, Harry Kane six and Bukayo Saka three. The squad is covered on our England national team page. England’s 65.6 leaves the top five bunched within 3.2 points of Spain.

6. Portugal

UEFA, FIFA rank 7. Portugal were second in Group K, beat Croatia 2-1 in the round of 32 and lost 1-0 to Spain in the round of 16. Cristiano Ronaldo scored three goals in five matches. Portugal’s 59.1 puts them 6.5 below England and 17.9 above Mexico, the second-widest break in the top ten after the one between Argentina and Brazil.

7. Mexico

CONCACAF, FIFA rank 10. Mexico co-hosted, opened the tournament with a 2-0 win over South Africa at Mexico City Stadium and won Group A with three wins and no goals conceded. Eliminated 3-2 by England in the round of 16, Mexico had Julián Quiñones as top scorer with four goals. Mexico is the only CONCACAF side in the top ten, on 41.2.

8. Morocco

CAF, FIFA rank 6. Morocco drew 1-1 with Brazil, beat Netherlands 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the round of 32, won 3-0 against Canada and went out 2-0 to France in the quarter-final. Ismael Saibari scored three. The only African team in the top ten is two places lower here (8th) than its FIFA rank (6th).

9. Norway

UEFA, FIFA rank 19. Norway beat Brazil 2-1 in the round of 16 and lost 2-1 to England after extra time in the quarter-final. Erling Haaland scored seven goals in five matches. Norway rose 12 places in FIFA’s 20 July update, and its 9th place here is ten spots better than its FIFA rank, the biggest such lift inside the top ten. Its 31.5 puts Norway above Germany and Colombia.

10. Colombia

CONMEBOL, FIFA rank 11. Colombia won Group K, beat Ghana 1-0 in the round of 32 and lost a penalty shoot-out 4-3 to Switzerland after a 0-0 draw in the round of 16. Colombia’s 21.9 edges Germany by just 0.3, so the tenth place is almost a tie.

Full table: the 100 most searched national football teams on Google

The 100 most searched national football teams on Google: relative Google Trends interest, worldwide web search, 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026, index 100 = Argentina. FIFA rank is the men’s world ranking of 20 July 2026. Teams too small to measure show “<1”. Sources: Google Trends; FIFA.
Rank Team Confederation FIFA rank (20 July 2026) Index
1 Argentina CONMEBOL 2 100
2 Brazil CONMEBOL 5 80.8
3 Spain UEFA 1 68.8
4 France UEFA 3 65.9
5 England UEFA 4 65.6
6 Portugal UEFA 7 59.1
7 Mexico CONCACAF 10 41.2
8 Morocco CAF 6 38.7
9 Norway UEFA 19 31.5
10 Colombia CONMEBOL 11 21.9
11 Germany UEFA 12 21.6
12 Egypt CAF 24 18.7
13 Croatia UEFA 13 16.6
14 Japan AFC 17 16.1
15 Belgium UEFA 8 15.7
16 Switzerland UEFA 14 15.0
17 Algeria CAF 29 14.5
18 Senegal CAF 18 14.0
19 Paraguay CONMEBOL 34 12.7
20 Ecuador CONMEBOL 25 12.6
21 Türkiye UEFA 27 11.7
22 Netherlands UEFA 9 11.4
23 Cabo Verde CAF 64 10.4
24 DR Congo CAF 41 10.1
25 Uruguay CONMEBOL 20 8.9
26 United States CONCACAF 16 8.3
27 Scotland UEFA 42 7.6
28 Iraq AFC 63 7.5
29 Ivory Coast CAF 31 7.3
30 Austria UEFA 23 7.3
31 Nigeria CAF 26 7.2
32 Italy UEFA 15 7.1
33 Ghana CAF 65 7.0
34 Indonesia AFC 118 7.0
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina UEFA 61 6.0
36 Sweden UEFA 37 5.7
37 South Africa CAF 54 5.4
38 Tunisia CAF 57 5.4
39 Haiti CONCACAF 88 5.3
40 Czechia UEFA 48 5.2
41 Jordan AFC 73 5.0
42 Bolivia CONMEBOL 77 4.9
43 Panama CONCACAF 44 4.7
44 Australia AFC 28 4.6
45 South Korea AFC 32 4.3
46 Uzbekistan AFC 60 3.8
47 Peru CONMEBOL 50 3.7
48 Saudi Arabia AFC 58 3.5
49 Canada CONCACAF 30 2.7
50 Chile CONMEBOL 49 2.7
51 Iran AFC 22 2.6
52 Curaçao CONCACAF 82 2.6
53 Wales UEFA 38 2.5
54 Poland UEFA 36 2.5
55 Vietnam AFC 99 2.4
56 Cameroon CAF 43 2.4
57 Denmark UEFA 21 2.3
58 Republic of Ireland UEFA 55 2.2
59 Qatar AFC 59 2.1
60 Mali CAF 53 1.7
61 New Zealand OFC 86 1.6
62 Guatemala CONCACAF 97 1.6
63 Iceland UEFA 74 1.6
64 Serbia UEFA 40 1.6
65 Malaysia AFC 136 1.4
66 Venezuela CONMEBOL 47 1.4
67 Honduras CONCACAF 66 1.4
68 Romania UEFA 52 1.4
69 Angola CAF 87 1.3
70 Ukraine UEFA 33 1.3
71 Thailand AFC 94 1.2
72 Oman AFC 79 1.2
73 Benin CAF 93 1.2
74 Kosovo UEFA 78 1.1
75 Costa Rica CONCACAF 51 1.1
76 Greece UEFA 46 1.1
77 Zambia CAF 90 1.1
78 Armenia UEFA 107 1.1
79 Jamaica CONCACAF 71 1.0
80 Northern Ireland UEFA 70 1.0
81 Zimbabwe CAF 130 0.9
82 Hungary UEFA 39 0.9
83 Georgia UEFA 72 0.9
84 Albania UEFA 67 0.8
85 Gabon CAF 84 0.8
86 Syria AFC 83 0.8
87 Bangladesh AFC 181 0.8
88 Burkina Faso CAF 62 0.8
89 United Arab Emirates AFC 68 0.7
90 Bulgaria UEFA 85 0.7
91 Slovakia UEFA 45 0.7
92 Palestine AFC 95 0.6
93 Uganda CAF 89 0.6
94 Israel UEFA 76 0.6
95 India AFC 138 <1
96 Russia UEFA 35 0.5
97 Malta UEFA 161 0.5
98 Singapore AFC 148 0.5
99 Slovenia UEFA 56 0.4
100 North Macedonia UEFA 69 0.4

What stands out beyond the top 10?

Ranks 11 to 25

Every team in this stretch played at the World Cup: six from UEFA (Germany, Croatia, Belgium, Switzerland, Türkiye, Netherlands), five from CAF (Egypt, Algeria, Senegal, Cabo Verde, DR Congo), three from CONMEBOL (Paraguay, Ecuador, Uruguay) and Japan from the AFC. The biggest surprises are African and South American. Egypt (12th, 18.7) and Algeria (17th, 14.5) are both twelve places above their FIFA ranks of 24 and 29, and Paraguay (19th, 12.7) is 15 above its 34th. Cabo Verde, playing in its first World Cup, is 23rd on 10.4 against a FIFA rank of 64, a 41-place lift: the team drew all three group games, against Spain, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay, and lost 3-2 to Argentina after extra time in the round of 32. At the other end, the Netherlands (22nd, 11.4) and Belgium (15th, 15.7) sit below their FIFA ranks of 9 and 8, even though the Dutch won Group F and Belgium reached the quarter-finals; the Dutch went out on penalties to Morocco. Germany (11th, 21.6) won Group E with ten goals scored and then lost on penalties to Paraguay in the round of 32. Egypt also won a round-of-32 shoot-out, against Australia.

Ranks 26 to 50

This group is where the tournament meets everyone else: 19 of the 25 teams played in it, and six did not: Nigeria (31st), Italy (32nd), Indonesia (34th), Bolivia (42nd), Peru (47th) and Chile (50th). Asia supplies seven teams (Iraq, Indonesia, Jordan, Australia, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia), Africa five (Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Tunisia), UEFA six, CONCACAF four (United States, Haiti, Panama, Canada) and CONMEBOL three. Indonesia is the standout: 34th on 7.0 with a FIFA rank of 118, the widest gap in the top 50 and a team that did not qualify. Iraq (28th, 7.5, FIFA 63), Ghana (33rd, 7.0, FIFA 65), Jordan (41st, 5.0, FIFA 73) and Haiti (39th, 5.3, FIFA 88) also sit far above their rankings. Jordan and Uzbekistan were World Cup debutants, and Jordan lost all three group games. Two of the three hosts are here rather than higher: the United States are 26th on 8.3, though FIFA ranks them 16th, and Canada 49th on 2.7, level with Chile. Italy, 32nd on 7.1, are 15th in FIFA’s ranking and not in the list of 48 World Cup teams. Ranks 28 to 32 (Iraq, Ivory Coast, Austria, Nigeria, Italy) are packed within 0.4 points and are effectively a five-way tie.

Ranks 51 to 100

The index shrinks from 2.6 to 0.4 across fifty teams, and 22 of them show 1.0 or less, so ranks here separate teams by tiny margins. Four World Cup teams are in this stretch: Iran (51st), Curaçao (52nd, a debutant), Qatar (59th) and New Zealand (61st). UEFA is by far the largest group with 22 teams, followed by the AFC with 12 and the CAF with 9. Many European sides sit far below their FIFA ranks: Russia are 96th on 0.5 against a FIFA rank of 35, Slovakia 91st against 45, Hungary 82nd against 39 and Denmark 57th against 21. The reverse pattern is in Asia and among small associations: Vietnam is 55th on 2.4 (FIFA 99), Malaysia 65th on 1.4 (FIFA 136), Bangladesh 87th on 0.8 (FIFA 181), Malta 97th (FIFA 161) and Singapore 98th (FIFA 148). India, FIFA 138, is the only team in the list too small to measure, shown as “<1”. Venezuela (66th) is the only CONMEBOL side outside the top 50, and New Zealand the only OFC team in the list.

Which confederation has the most teams in the top 100?

UEFA has 39 of the 100 places, CAF and AFC 20 each, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF 10 each and OFC one. Inside the top ten there are five UEFA teams, three from CONMEBOL, one each from CONCACAF and CAF, and none from Asia; the best AFC team is Japan in 14th. CONMEBOL puts all ten of its members into the list, with nine of them in the top 50.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which national football team is the most searched on Google?

Argentina, fixed at 100 on Google Trends worldwide from 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026. Brazil is second on 80.8 and Spain third on 68.8.

Does this ranking include the 2026 World Cup?

Yes. The period contains the whole tournament, 11 June to 19 July 2026. Spain won it and Argentina lost the final, yet Argentina is first here and Spain third. The ranking says nothing about why people searched.

Which teams rank far above their FIFA ranking?

Among the top 50, Indonesia is 34th with a FIFA rank of 118, Cabo Verde 23rd with 64 and Iraq 28th with 63. Norway is 9th with a FIFA rank of 19.

Which confederation has the most teams in the top 100?

UEFA has 39, CAF and AFC have 20 each, CONMEBOL and CONCACAF have 10 each and OFC has one.

Is Italy among the most searched national teams?

Italy are 32nd on 7.1, level with Nigeria (7.2) and Austria (7.3). Italy is 15th in FIFA’s 20 July 2026 ranking and was not among the 48 teams at the World Cup.

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