Iran leads AFC ranking .

Iran continued leading Asia in the FIFA Ranking table published today by the World football governing body in Zurich. With a total of 716 points, Iran climbed to no 38 in the world , which is its highest ranking in 2015. This was a 3 step climb from last month at 41. Japan  remains second with 621 points and 50th in the world. Korea Rep and Australia maintain their chase to catch up. Iran's last match was a disappointing 1-1 draw away to Turkmenistan in the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers. Argentina, which beat Iran in the last World Cup , climb at the top of the World Ranking ahead of Germany, while recently crowned Copa America Champions Chile climbed 8 places up to no 11. On March 26th, Team Melli beat Chile 2-0 with Javad Nkounam and Vahid Amiri goals in in NV Arena, St Pölten - Austria as part of the two teams' preparations for their upcoming official matches.        

AFC Rank	FIFA Rank		TEAM	Total Points	Previous Points	Positions	Avg.	2015 AVG WGT	2015 Avg.
1	38		Iran	716(716.27)	717	3		437.18	437.18
2	50		Japan	621(620.98)	623	2		341.48	341.48
3	52		Korea Republic	608(607.70)	587	6		371.92	371.92
4	59		Australia	559(559.29)	532	4		364.41	364.41
5	69		United Arab Emirates	487(487.14)	496	4		245.05	245.05
6	75		Uzbekistan	453(452.76)	479	-1		181.07	181.07
7	77		China PR	436(436.43)	409	2		271.46	271.46
8	86		Iraq	382(381.99)	381	0		205.01	205.01
9	92		Jordan	355(354.72)	316	11		102.61	102.61
10	92		Saudi Arabia	355(354.52)	329	6		160.94	160.94

      Iran RANKING DATA for 2015

Rank	Year	Month	MP	W	L	D
38	2015	July	2	1	0	1
41	2015	June	0	0	0	0
40	2015	May	0	0	0	0
40	2015	April	2	1	1	0
42	2015	March	0	0	0	0
41	2015	February	4	3	0	1
51	2015	January	0	0	0	0

  OPPONENTS ranking in the FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifiers    

AFC Rank	World Rank	TEAM	total Points	Previous Points	+/-
12	102	Oman	329	319	-1
25	152	Turkmenistan	167	99	21
27	154	Guam	163	119	20
28	156	India	161	161	-15