FIFA World Rankings April 2008
The top seven teams are unchanged in this month's Fifa world rankings.
Argentina are still top followed by Brazil, Italy and Spain. England remain in 11th place, despite a friendly defeat in France, Scotland drop one spot to 15th and the USA rise 7 places to 21st.
With Euro 2008 to kick off in June, of the 16 teams taking part 15 are in the top 50, the only exception being co-hosts Austria way down in 102nd position.
Italy are the highest ranked at 3rd, followed by Spain 4th, Germany 5th, Czech Republic 6th, France 7th, Greece 8th, Portugal 9th, Netherlands 10th, Romania 12th, Croatia 13th, Turkey 23rd, Sweden 24th, Russia 25th, Poland 28th, Switzerland 46th and poor old Austria 102nd.
The closeness of the ranking shows what a tight tournament lays in store.
1 Argentina
2 Brazil
3 Italy
4 Spain
5 Germany
6 Czech Republic
7 France
8 Greece
9 Portugal
10 Netherlands
11 England
12 Romania
13 Croatia
14 Ghana
15 Scotland
16 Mexico
17 Cameroon
18 Bulgaria
19 Colombia
20 Israel
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