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Brazil back in top five, Spain slip

Agencies, Zurich

Fri Sep 16, 2016 12:00 AM Last update on: Fri Sep 16, 2016 04:08 PM

Brazil's Neymar (10) controls the ball in front of Costa Rica's David Guzman. File Photo: AFP

Brazil have climbed back into the top five of the FIFA World Ranking, as Argentina and Belgium stayed top of the table.

Tite's side jumped five places into joint-fourth, alongside Colombia, thanks largely to wins over them and Ecuador in World Cup qualifying this month.

Argentina and Belgium remain first and second respectively, while Germany are now into third and Chile, France and Portugal have all slipped down a place.

Uruguay climbed three spots to move into ninth, with Wales edging back into the top 10 at the expense of Spain, who drop three places to 11th despite a 2-0 friendly win over Belgium and 8-0 thrashing of Liechtenstein in World Cup qualifying.

England have moved up one place to 12th, with Italy sliding three spots down to 13th, while Scotland, Australia, Greece and Uzbekistan all clambered into the top 50.

TOP 10

1.Argentina; 2.Belgium; 3.Germany; 4.Colombia; 5.Brazil; 6.Chile; 7.Portugal; 8.France; 9.Uruguay; 10.Wales