Iran national football team started the New Year as the world’s 34th placed football team in the FIFA ranking. Team Melli, who have been drawn along with Spain, Portugal and Morocco in the 2018 World Cup Group B, are still the best Asian team. Portugal and Spain are third and sixth respectively in the ranking […]
Iran national football team started the New Year as the world’s 34th placed football team in the FIFA ranking.
Team Melli, who have been drawn along with Spain, Portugal and Morocco in the 2018 World Cup Group B, are still the best Asian team.
Portugal and Spain are third and sixth respectively in the ranking and Morocco have moved one place up to 39th.
Australia (36), Japan (56) and South Korea (39) follow Iran in the ranking.
With just 22 matches played, all friendlies, since the December edition, it is no surprise to see few significant changes in the first FIFA World Ranking of 2018.
Germany remain at the summit of a static top ten, while Iceland (20, up 2) are the only team to enter the top 20, with the Netherlands (21, down 1) dropping out.
Croatia (15th, up 2) also made some ground, and there were more substantial rises further down the order. Tunisia (23rd, up 4), for example, built on the gains made during their successful FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, while Kuwait (174, up 15), Sudan (124, up 12), and El Salvador (90, up 10) all registered double-digit jumps.
The next FIFA World Ranking will be published on 15 February 2018.
