Mancini’s men have overtaken Germany, who have dropped a place and now sit in 16th. Belgium continue to lead the way ahead of France and Brazil, the latter having dropped down the ranking. Spain and the Netherlands are the sides who have moved up the most: they’ve climbed two and three places respectively.

Top 20 in the FIFA Ranking

1) Belgium 1752 points (-)
2) France 1725 points (+1)
3) Brazil 1719 points (-1)
4) England 1662 points (-)
5) Portugal 1643 points (+1)
6) Uruguay 1639 points (-1)
7) Spain 1631 points (+2)
8) Croatia 1625 points (-1)
9) Colombia 1622 points (-1)
10) Argentina 1614 points (-)
11) Switzerland 1604 points (-)
12) Mexico 1603 points (-)
13) Netherlands 1586 points (+3)
14) Denmark 1584 points (-1)
15) ITALY 1583 points (+1)
16) Germany 1580 points(-1)
17) Chile 1576 points (-3)
18) Sweden 1560 points (-)
19) Peru 1551 points (-)
20) Senegal 1546 points (-)