Spain remain top of FIFA world rankings
Reuters - Wednesday 14 January 2009, 09:24
ZURICH - European champions Spain remained
top of the latest world rankings published by FIFA on Wednesday
following a quiet month for international soccer.
With few teams in action, the top 14 stayed unchanged as
Spain stretched their spell at the top into a seventh month with
Germany and Netherlands their nearest challengers.
FIFA RANKINGS (previous positions in brackets)
1. (1) Spain
2. (2) Germany
3. (3) Netherlands
4. (4) Italy
5. (5) Brazil
6. (6) Argentina
7. (7) Croatia
8. (8) England
9. (9) Russia
10. (10) Turkey
11= (11) France
11= (11) Portugal
11= (11) Czech Republic
14. (14) Cameroon
15. (16) Egypt
16. (15) Ukraine
17. (19) Nigeria
18. (17) Paraguay
19. (18) Israel
20. (20) Greece