India jumps six places in FIFA rankings

June 04, 2015 03:45 pm | Updated 04:07 pm IST - Zurich

India has jumped six places to 141st position in the latest rankings released by world football’s governing body FIFA on Thursday.

India was previously placed 147th in the rankings list. Iran (41) is the top-ranked Asian team in the list, followed by Japan (52) and South Korea (58).

World Champions Germany continued to head the rankings. Belgium jumped to second place, a place above World Cup runners-up Argentina.

Five-time world champions Brazil are fifth, a spot below Colombia. Brazil is followed by the Netherlands, Portugal (seventh), Uruguay (eighth), and France (ninth).

Spain, the 2010 World Cup champions, rounded off the top ten in the rankings.

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