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Mac 10 † · « **on:** September 14, 2005, 10:05:56 AM »

England drop out of Fifa top 10

LATEST FIFA RANKINGS

01 Brazil
02 Netherlands
03 Argentina
04 Czech Republic
05 Mexico

Selected other countries:

11 England
13 Italy
15 Germany
21 Rep of Ireland
74 Scotland
82 Wales
101 N Ireland

England have dropped out of the top 10 in the world in the Fifa rankings list for the first time since June 2004.

Sven-Goran Eriksson's side fell four places to 11th after losing 4-1 in a friendly to Denmark and 1-0 in a World Cup qualifying tie in Northern Ireland.

The result lifts Lawrie Sanchez's side 15 places to 101st, while the Republic of Ireland are down seven to 21st.

Scotland are up 12 to 74th after taking four World Cup points from two games, and Wales move up one place to 82nd.

Brazil keep their top spot but Holland have jumped over Argentina in second place after World Cup qualifying wins over Armenia and Andorra.

Denmark (up four to 14th), Poland (up five to 17th) and Cameroon (up six to 22nd) are three of the other major winners in the latest list.

Javier · « **Reply #1 on:** September 14, 2005, 10:37:26 AM »

Good ol Concacaf

BJV · « **Reply #2 on:** September 14, 2005, 10:48:10 AM »

Netherlands

Bomb-A® · « **Reply #3 on:** September 14, 2005, 11:13:59 AM »

they were in the top 10?

just kidding....i dont understand the rankings....how is mexico 5 the only half decent team they play is the US

peace

Javier · « **Reply #4 on:** September 14, 2005, 11:48:36 PM »

Quote from: Bomb-A on September 14, 2005, 11:13:59 AM

they were in the top 10?

just kidding....i dont understand the rankings....how is mexico 5 the only half decent team they play is the US

peace

Whenever Mexico plays a tourney, they always seem to beat a big team and play solid throughout all of it.

J @ M @ L · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2005, 12:09:40 AM »

FIFA list = bullshit....

Mexico and U.S. are ranked higher than they deserve to be... they gain so many points for beating teams like Canada, Barbados, etc