Fifa Rankings
Fifa World Rankings May 2017
Fifa's World Rankings for May 2017 were published on May 4 at FIFA HQ in Zurich, Switzerland.
The Fifa World Rankings are now published on Thursday and not Wednesday as before.
The top 100 positions show little change from April.
The full top ten is: Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Chile, Colombia, beaten Euro 2016 finalists, France, Belgium, Euro 2016 winners Portugal, Switzerland and Spain.
England are 14th, unchanged from April, still behind Euro 2016 semi-finalists Wales and Poland in 11th. Egypt are the top African team in 19th place.
Asian Cup winners Australia are in 50th place; Japan are in the 44th spot. Near neighbors South Korea are in 43rd place.
The USA are in 23rd. Wales are 13th. Scotland are in 59th position. The Republic of Ireland in 26th place level with Northern Ireland also in joint 26th position.
1 Brazil
2 Argentina
3 Germany
4 Chile
5 Colombia
6 France
7 Belgium
8 Portugal
9 Switzerland
10 Spain
11 Poland
12 Italy
13 Wales
14 England
15 Uruguay
16 Mexico
17 Peru
18 Croatia
19 Egypt
20 Costa Rica
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