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Russia leaves England behind in FIFA rankings
Published: 01 July, 2009, 15:33
AFP Photo / Natalia Kolesnikova
World football’s governing body, FIFA, has issued its new Best International Squads ranking. The monthly updated list saw serious changes in July.
First of all, Brazil made a terrific leap to the top after finishing just fifth in June. The news is no surprise for football fans around the world, however, as the pentacampeoni have recently managed to grab the Confederations Cup, leaving Euro Champions Spain and World Champions Italy in their wake.
In another reshuffle within the top ten, Russia climbed from 9th to 6th, forcing England, Croatia and Argentina to move over. In the last month, team Russia have played only once. In a June 10 World Cup Qualifier, they reduced strong Finland to powder 3-0.
Elsewhere, former World and Euro champs France rushed back into the top ten.
All in all the current rating looks as follows:
1 Brazil 1672 pts (+4 places)
2 Spain 1590 (-1)
3 Netherlands 1379 (-1)
4 Italy 1229 (-)
5 Germany 1207 (-2)
6 Russia 1161 (+3)
7 England 1135 (-1)
8 Argentina 1091 (-1)
9 France 1082 (1)
10 Croatia 1031 (-2)
11 Greece 1001 (+6)
12 USA 983 (+2)
13 Switzerland 930 (+3)
14 Serbia 925 (+6)
15 Denmark 909 (+9)
16 Australia 886 (+13)
17 Portugal 879 (-6)
18 Côte d'Ivoire 874 (+20)
19 Ukraine 869 (-)
20 Uruguay 860 (-3)
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