Russia up to 13th place in FIFA ranking, Netherlands take lead from Spain

Russian national football team went up five places and now take 13th place in the recently updated FIFA ranking published on the official website of the world’s football governing body.

Spain have ceded their leadership for the first time since the victory at 2010 World Cup. The new leaders are the Netherlands who went up from second.

The new FIFA ranking is the following:

1 (2). Holland – 1596

2 (1). Spain – 1563

3 (3). Germany – 1330

4 (6). England – 1177

5 (5). Uruguay – 1174

6 (4). Brazil – 1156

7 (8). Italy – 1110

8 (7). Portugal – 1060

9 (10). Argentina – 1017

10 (9). Croatia – 1009

11 (11). Chile – 960

12 (12). Norway – 943

13 (18). Russia – 940

... 31 (33). Ireland – 754

... 41 (42). Belarus – 645

... 48 (45). Ukraine – 598