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