India Rises Five Places To 101 In Latest FIFA Rankings

The Indian males’s soccer workforce on Thursday moved up 5 locations to be at one hundred and first spot within the FIFA rankings, using on the wins over Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan within the current Tri-nation event. The 1-0 and 2-0 wins over Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan respectively in Imphal final month ensured that India gained 8.57 score factors and 5 spots, up from the earlier 106th spot, to be only one place away from top-100. This was the primary rating chart of the 12 months — the earlier one was on December 22 final. India is now one place under New Zealand and one place above Kenya.

With 1200.66 whole factors, the Igor Stimac-coached workforce is, nevertheless, at nineteenth place amongst 46 Asian nations.

India’s finest rating was 94th, attained in 1996. The nation had hardly ever breached the top-100.

World champions Argentina rose one place to be on prime of the listing, adopted by France, Brazil, Belgium, England, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Spain within the prime 10.

Japan is the top-ranked facet among the many Asian international locations.

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