Published on 12:00 AM, December 23, 2016

Booters drop two places

Bangladesh football players leave the pitch after a match. File Photo: STAR

The Bangladesh football team dropped down two places in the latest FIFA rankings, published Thursday.

Although they did not play any games during the considered period, Guam and Indonesia both leapfrogged them, which caused the slide. Indonesia gained an impressive eight places, while Guam moved up three. Bangladesh are now 185th in the rankings, Guam 182nd and Indonesia 171st.

India moved up two places to 135th, while Iran remain the highest ranked AFC side at 29th.