Australia Slide Down The Ranks

AUSTRALIA have slid down the rankings out of FIFA's Top 30 following their recent run of mediocre results in the Asian Cup qualifiers.

The Socceroos are now down to 32nd place after peaking at 27th just last month following the embarrassing home defeat against 125th placed Kuwait (now 114th) and the away draw with Indonesia.

Australia's slide was the biggest change in the top 30 this month.

The top seven in the rankings remain unchanged with Spain still ruling the roost ahead of Germany, Holland, Italy and Brazil.

England lost a place, down to 9th, Scotland moved up four to 28, while the USA moved up three to 17th. Australia remain the local powerhouse as the top ranked Asian team, but Japan closed the gap, moving up two places to 35th place.

1	Spain	1666	0		-27
2	Germany	1366	0		-37
3	Netherlands	1317	0		-40
4	Italy	1284	0		-34
5	Brazil	1260	0		12
6	Argentina	1219	0		38
7	Croatia	1169	0		-6
8	Russia	1128	1		9
9	England	1083	-1		-53
10	Portugal	1025	2		5
11	Turkey	1009	-1		-31
12	France	1004	-1		-22
13	Czech Republic	998	-1		-22
14	Ukraine	927	0		-5
15	Paraguay	908	0		-15
16	Cameroon	900	0		0
17	USA	896	3		38
18	Israel	888	0		11
19	Greece	863	0		-1
20	Romania	849	-3		-31
21	Uruguay	836	1		-13
22	Switzerland	831	-1		-26
23	Mexico	784	1		-7
24	Nigeria	783	-1		-44
25	Sweden	782	0		2
26	Republic of Ireland	773	3		26
27	Bulgaria	756	-1		-16
28	Scotland	755	4		16
29	Poland	747	-1		-7
30	Chile	739	1		-4
31	Egypt	727	-1		-17
32	Australia	725	-5		-35
32	Costa Rica	725	6		31
34	Ghana	717	1		3
35	Japan	709	2		12
36	Serbia	708	-3		-29
37	Côte d'Ivoire	706	-1		-3
38	Denmark	701	-4		-23
39	Ecuador	695	1		4
40	Honduras	674	-1		-19
41	Morocco	638	0		-18
42	Iran	619	2		-4
42	Northern Ireland	619	7		26
44	Korea Republic	618	2		10
45	Norway	616	11		63
46	Mali	607	1		6
47	Colombia	599	4		15
48	Hungary	596	-5		-33
49	Belgium	589	4		21
50	Guinea	583	-5		-28

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