Iran drops 6 places in July 2014 FIFA Ranking

Despite participating in the 2014 FIFA World Cup , Iran continued dropping in the world ranking to no. 49 while it also lost the Asian top ranking that it maintained for the last 4 months. A series of poor results including two losses in the World Cup , meant 6 places drop for Iran which also drained the total points which stands at 563 in the current ranking issued today. Japan leads Asia with 604 points and ranked 4 places above Iran at 45. Australia , which will host the AFC Asian Cup 2015 had the worst drop amongst the Asian team losing 15 places after 3 losses in the World Cup. The Asian teams did not do well at all in the World Cup as none of the 4 teams made it to the next round and all of them were the bottom of their groups. With the uncertainty of the coaching situation in Team Melli and a fast approaching AFC Asian Cup in which most of Asian teams have already arranged friendly matches, Iran is nowhere near any scheduled friendlies , except for the proposed South Korea match which has yet to be confirmed by the FFIRI.

FIFA Ranking July 2014

World Rank	Zone Rank	Team	Pts +/- Pos
45	1	Japan	604	1
49	2	Iran	563	-6
52	3	Uzbekistan	523	7
56	4	Korea Republic	501	1
57	5	Jordan	500	6
65	6	United Arab Emirates	466	7
69	7	Oman	443	10
76	8	Australia	397	-14
78	9	Saudi Arabia	384	12
85	10	Palestine	362	9