Thanks to their two most recent victories over Bosnia and Armenia in the European Qualifiers, during which Italy won ten games out of ten, Roberto Mancini’s National Team moves up two places in the rankings up to thirteenth place on 1607 points.

The top of the table remains unchanged, with Belgium holding onto top spot ahead of France and Brazil. The only change in the top ten was Croatia (6th) moving ahead of Portugal (7th). Italy weren’t the only teams moving up in the rankings: Poland (19th, +2), Serbia (29th, +4) and Nigeria (31st, +4) all made positive progress in the table. The next update to the FIFA rankings will be released on 19 December.

The top 15 in the FIFA rankings

 

1. Belgium 1765 points (-)
2. France 1733 points (-)
3. Brazil 1712 points (-)
4. England 1661 points (-)
5. Uruguay 1645 points (-)
6. Croatia 1642 points (-)
7. Portugal 1639 points (-1)
8. Spain 1636 points (-)
9. Argentina 1623 points (-)
10. Colombia 1622 points (-)
11. Mexico 1621 points (-)
12. Switzerland 1608 points (+1)
13. ITALY 1607 points (+2)
14. Holland 1604 points (-2)
15. Germany 1602 points (+1)