India jumped two places to finish 2016 at 135, their best in the last six years in the FIFA rankings.
This is India’s six-year highest annual ranking after 2009 when India finished at 134.
The FIFA World Ranking is a ranking system for men’s national teams in association football, currently led by Argentina. The teams of the member nations of FIFA, football’s world governing body, are ranked based on their game results with the most successful teams being ranked highest. The rankings were introduced in December 1992.
Latest Rankings:
1 Argentina
2 Brazil
3 Germany
4 Chile
5 Belgium
6 Colombia
7 France
8 Portugal
9 Uruguay
10 Spain
11 Switzerland
12 Wales
13 England
14 Croatia
15 Poland
16 Italy
17 Costa Rica
18 Mexico
19 Peru
20 Ecuador
21 Iceland
22 Netherlands
23 Republic of Ireland
24 Turkey
25 Slovakia
26 Hungary
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina
28 USA
29 Iran
30 Ukraine
31 Austria
32 Northern Ireland
33 Senegal
34 Côte d’Ivoire
35 Tunisia
36 Egypt
37 Korea Republic
38 Algeria
39 Romania
40 Paraguay
41 Sweden
42 Greece
43 Czech Republic
44 Serbia
45 Japan
46 Denmark
47 Australia
48 Congo DR
49 Albania
50 Burkina Faso
51 Nigeria
51 Slovenia
53 Ghana
54 Saudi Arabia
55 Israel
56 Russia
57 Morocco
58 Panama
59 Venezuela
60 Mali
60 South Africa
62 Uzbekistan
63 Montenegro
64 United Arab Emirates
65 Cameroon
66 Benin
67 Scotland
68 Guinea-Bissau
69 Guinea
70 Congo
71 Bulgaria
72 Uganda
73 Haiti
74 Belarus
75 Honduras
75 Curaçao
77 Jamaica
78 Trinidad and Tobago
79 Guatemala
80 Cape Verde Islands
80 St. Kitts and Nevis
82 China PR
83 Faroe Islands
83 Norway
85 Libya
86 Armenia
87 Qatar
88 Zambia
89 Kenya
90 Azerbaijan
91 Togo
92 Rwanda
93 Antigua and Barbuda
94 Finland
95 Bolivia
96 Sierra Leone
96 Syria
98 Kazakhstan
99 Namibia
100 Swaziland
101 Liberia
102 Zimbabwe
103 Malawi
104 Central African Republic
105 Jordan
105 Lithuania
107 Mozambique
108 Mauritania
109 New Zealand
110 Gabon
111 Latvia
112 Ethiopia
112 Botswana
114 Equatorial Guinea
115 Cyprus
116 Estonia
117 Canada
118 Georgia
119 Iraq
120 Philippines
121 Oman
122 Kyrgyzstan
123 Bahrain
124 Nicaragua
125 Korea DPR
126 Thailand
127 Niger
128 Dominican Republic
129 Tajikistan
130 Luxembourg
131 Palestine
132 Guyana
133 Madagascar
134 Vietnam
135 India
135 Sudan
137 El Salvador
138 Burundi
139 Hong Kong
140 Comoros
141 Lesotho
142 Turkmenistan
143 Angola
144 Puerto Rico
145 Mauritius
146 Afghanistan
147 Lebanon
148 Yemen
148 Tahiti
150 Suriname
151 Cuba
152 Chad
153 São Tomé e Príncipe
154 Maldives
155 Barbados
156 Tanzania
157 Chinese Taipei
158 Grenada
159 Myanmar
160 Aruba
161 Malaysia
162 FYR Macedonia
163 Belize
164 Moldova
165 Kosovo
165 Singapore
167 Laos
168 New Caledonia
168 South Sudan
170 Papua New Guinea
171 Kuwait
171 Indonesia
173 Cambodia
174 Dominica
175 Gambia
175 Vanuatu
177 St. Lucia
177 Bhutan
179 Fiji
179 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
181 Nepal
182 Guam
183 Malta
184 Macau
185 Bangladesh
186 Seychelles
187 Bermuda
187 Solomon Islands
189 Liechtenstein
190 Brunei Darussalam
191 Timor-Leste
191 American Samoa
191 Cook Islands
191 Samoa
195 Sri Lanka
195 US Virgin Islands
197 Pakistan
198 Mongolia
199 Montserrat
200 Cayman Islands
201 Turks and Caicos Islands
202 San Marino
203 Andorra
204 British Virgin Islands
205 Anguilla
205 Bahamas
205 Djibouti
205 Eritrea
205 Gibraltar
205 Somalia
205 Tonga