ZURICH (Dispatches) - FIFA’s latest world rankings have been released with Iran’s national football team has been placed in the 34th position in the world and 1st in Asia in the latest FIFA World Ranking.
In the newest standings, the Iranian squad has lost nine stops dropping to the 34th position though Persian footballers are still the highest-ranking team in Asia.
The top six teams remain unchanged in the rankings with Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium and Poland the top six in descending order. France and Spain rose one and three places respectively to sit in seventh and eighth, while Chile (another team who failed to qualify for the World Cup) remain ninth and Peru move up two places into 10th.
In the CONCACAF region Mexico have dropped two places to 16th, while Costa Rica is down one place to 22nd and Panama (who qualified for its first ever World Cup) move up 11 places to 49th.
Below is the top 20 in full.
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Portugal
4. Argentina
5. Belgium
6. Poland
7. France
8. Spain
9. Chile
10. Peru
11. Switzerland
12. England
13. Colombia
14. Wales
15. Italy
16. Mexico
17. Uruguay
18. Croatia
19. Denmark
20. Netherlands
    *****Iran’s national football team has been placed in the 34th position in the world and 1st in Asia in the latest FIFA World Ranking.