Team Melli climbed 4 place up in the September 2014 FIFA ranking to 44th place .
Iran is one place below Montenegro and 1 above Albania which has just shocked Portugal at home in the opening European Championship qualifiers. The 4 places climb is an improvement on last month 1 place drop.
Iran also regained the top rank in Asia followed by Japan which as dropped 4 places in world ranking.
FIFA RANKING
Asian Zone
September 2014
| Rnk | Zon. Rnk | Team | Pts | +/- Pos | |||
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| 44 | 1 | Iran | 572 | 4 |  |
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| 48 | 2 | Japan | 557 | -4 |  |
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| 58 | 3 | Uzbekistan | 530 | -7 | |
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| 63 | 4 | Korea Republic | 501 | -6 | |
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| 69 | 5 | Jordan | 450 | -13 | |
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| 73 | 6 | United Arab Emirates | 430 | -8 | |
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| 76 | 7 | Oman | 421 | -9 | |
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| 82 | 8 | Saudi Arabia | 402 | 1 | |
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| 84 | 9 | Australia | 390 | -5 | |
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| 90 | 10 | Iraq | 357 | 1 | |
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| 96 | 11 | Qatar | 342 | -4 | |
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| 97 | 12 | China PR | 341 | 0 |  |
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| 102 | 13 | Palestine | 311 | -14 | |
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| 104 | 14 | Bahrain | 305 | 3 | |
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| 121 | 15 | Lebanon | 264 | -6 | |
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| 124 | 16 | Kuwait | 250 | -13 | |
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| 134 | 17 | Philippines | 218 | -6 | |
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| 135 | 18 | Afghanistan | 214 | -6 | |
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| 136 | 19 | Tajikistan | 213 | -16 | |
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| 141 | 20 | Turkmenistan | 197 | -4 | |
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