Wednesday, 16 May 2007

FIFA World Rankings May 2007

Leaders Italy consolidate their position as Argentina (3rd, down one) lose ground after a goalless draw and are overtaken by Brazil (2nd, up one).Otherwise, there are no other changes in the top ten due to the very limited number of matches played.

Scotland (14th, up five) climb to their best position since the ranking was introduced in 1993. There are also slight gains for Poland (18th, up three) and Sweden (22nd, up two) as well as a setback for Chile (43rd, down six).

The biggest climbers in the month of May are Congo DR (61st, up 23), whose points total and position rise sharply thanks to their victory in a CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2008 qualifier.

With the exception of Argentina, the respective continental leaders Italy (1st), Cameroon (13th), Mexico (20th), Iran (41st) and New Zealand (127th) all retain their positions and remain the strongest teams in their confederations.

1 Italy 1606
2 Brazil 1538
3 Argentina 1520
4 France 1507
5 Germany 1390
6 Netherlands 1309
7 Portugal 1300
8 England 1278
9 Spain 1238
10 Czech Republic 1170
11 Ukraine 1040
12 Croatia 1011
13 Cameroon 968
14 Scotland 953
15 Romania 930
16 Greece 915
17 Russia 908
18 Poland 902
19 Turkey 896
20 Mexico 891

120 Thailand
125 Singapore
149 Indonesia
156 Malaysia

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