Zurich/ New Delhi: World Cup winner Germany is still No. 1 in the FIFA rankings despite losing to second-place Argentina in a friendly rematch of their final this month.
Colombia climbs one place to No. 3 even though it lost to Brazil in a friendly, and trades places with the Netherlands which lost both its matches this month.
Belgium stays at No. 5 and Brazil climbs one spot to No. 6. Uruguay is No. 7, followed by Spain.
France and Switzerland, which lost to England in a European Championship qualifier, trade places to complete the top 10.
Costa Rica is ahead of Mexico and the United States, with the three CONCACAF nations grouped from Nos. 15-17.
England climbs two spots to No. 18.
Algeria leads African nations at No. 20, up four. Iran also rises four as the top Asian nation at No. 44.
India slip to 158 in FIFA rankings:
After not much action barring the 2-2 draw against Bangladesh in an international friendly in March this year, India slipped eights places to be ranked 158th in the latest FIFA rankings headed by World Champions Germany.
India though can take solace from the fact that all the other sub-continent teams are lying lower than the Sunil Chettri-led side.
Both Pakistan and Bangladesh saw a slide of 11 rankings to be placed 175th and 181st in the list while Sri Lanka jumped two spots to be placed 176th.
