Iran ascends in FIFA ranking April 2017

Team Melli's excellent result against Qatar and China lifted them up to # 28 in the world steadfastly maintaining the top of the Asian Ranking.   In the latest stats published today by FIFA, Iran with 820 points is on place above Bosnia & Herzegovina (815) and one place below Republic of Ireland (823). significantly , some household names in World football are now ranked below Iran such as Netherlands and Sweden In Asia, Team Melli remains undisputed king of Asian Football ranking.  

FIFA World Ranking

April 2017

Rank Team Points Previous  Change
26 NIRNorthern Ireland 823(823.23) 786 9
26 IRLRepublic of Ireland 823(822.62) 860 -2
28 IRNIran 820(820.12) 794 5
29 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 815(814.85) 826 0
30 SENSenegal 805(805.01) 831 -2
31 HUNHungary 801(801.33) 834 -4
32 NEDNetherlands 792(791.85) 900 -11
33 CMRCameroon 779(778.99) 795 -1
34 SWESweden 768(768.13) 682 11
35 BFABurkina Faso 765(765.39) 778 1
   

FIFA Rank April 2017

AFC

Asia Rank World Rank Team Total Points Previous Points +/-Posn
 1 28 IRNIran 820 794 5
 2 43 KORKorea Rep 700 691 -3
 3 44 JPNJapan 685 631 7
 4 50 AUSAustralia 661 622 5
 5 52 KSASaudi Arabia 646 610 5
 6 60 UZBUzbekistan 586 561 3
 7 74 UAEU.A.E 453 521 -6
 8 80 SYRSyria 426 355 15
 9 81 CHNChina PR 425 407 5
 10 89 QATQatar 369 415 -5
 11 101 INDIndia 331 233 31
 

Iran historic ranking data

Rank Date Month MP W L D Best Ranking Worst Ranking Best move Worst move
28 2017 April 3 2 1 0 - - - -
33 2017 March 0 0 0 0 - - - -
32 2017 February 0 0 0 0 - - - -
29 2017 January 0 0 0 0 - - - -
29 2016 - 10 8 0 2 27 44 +10 (October) -3 (November)
45 2015 - 14 9 1 4 38 51 +10 (February) -4 (November)
51 2014 - 10 3 3 4 34 56 +5 (April) -7 (October)
33 2013 - 9 7 1 1 33 67 +15 (July) -10 (June)