Vietnam drop two places in FIFA rankings
Vietnam have dropped two places to world No. 99 in the FIFA rankings released in September.
Vietnamese football players in a training session (Photo:VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) — Vietnam have dropped two places to world
No. 99 in the FIFA rankings released
in September.
The drop
was due to the national squad’s goalless draw against Thailand in
the World Cup qualifier held in Thailand on September 5.
However, Vietnam maintained their top spot in
Southeast Asia.
Thailand are 15 places below at 114th in the world.
Elsewhere, the
Philippines dropped to the 127th place in the rankings while Singapore rose five spots to the 157th place.
In Asia, Vietnam rank 16th with 1,231 points while Iran lead with 1,522 points,
followed by Japan with 1,490 and the Republic of Korea with 1,470.
Meanwhile, Belgium top
the world rankings with 1,752 points. France and Brazil are second and
third.
The FIFA rankings
will be next updated on October 24./.