Italy holds on to 4th in FIFA rankings

| Thu, 01/15/2009 - 03:19

Italy held on to fourth place in FIFA's latest standings while Spain remained on top, German was again second and the Netherlands stayed in third place.

The were no changes over last month in the top ten while Egypt moved up to 15th place and Ukraine dropped to 16th, Nigeria climbed to 17th place from 19th, Paraguay fell from 17th to 18th and Israel slipped from 18th to 19th place.

FIFA rankings (previous position in brackets):
1. (1) Spain.
2. (2) Germany.
3. (3) Netherlands.
4. (4) Italy.
5. (5) Brazil.
6. (6) Argentina.
7. (7) Croatia.
8. (8) England.
9. (9) Russia.
10. (10) Turkey.
11= (11) France.
11= (11) Portugal.
11= (11) Czech Republic.
14. (14) Cameron
15. (16) Egypt.
16. (15) Ukraine.
17. (19) Nigeria.
18. (17) Paraguay.
19. (18) Israel.
20. (20) Greece.

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