Iran continues at the top of Asian FIFA ranking

Iran Climbed 3 steps to 39th in the world in the monthly published FIFA Ranking for April 2016. Latest FIFA ranking table which was published on 2nd June 2016 , shows Iran  with 688 points comfortably maintain its top rank ahead of its closest rival South Korea  with 603 points while  Japan follows with 581 and Australia with 563 in fourth at continental level. In addition to South Korea , Iran's opponents in the World Cup qualifiers group are ranked as Follows: Uzbekistan (66) China (81) , followed by Qatar (84) and Syria (101).

FIFA ranking

May 2016

 
Asia World Rank Team Total Points Previous Points +/-
 [1] 39 IRNIran 688 (688.17) 672 3
 [2] 50 KORKorea Republic 603 (603.04) 591 4
 [3] 53 JPNJapan 581 (581.15) 577 4
 [4] 59 AUSAustralia 563 (562.81) 601 -9
 [5] 65 KSASaudi Arabia 545 (545.17) 559 -5
 [6] 66 UZBUzbekistan 544 (543.56) 549 0
 [7] 70 UAEUnited Arab Emirates 517 (516.74) 521 -2
 [8] 80 JORJordan 434 (434.37) 418 2
 [9] 81 CHNChina PR 423 (423.24) 423 0
 [10] 84 QATQatar 407 (406.56) 416 -1