FIFA Rankings

The Republic of Ireland side stay in 35th place in the latest Fifa rankings list . There were no games for the boys in green since the November rankings which were released less than four weeks ago.



Our closest neighbours are ranked as follows England are 12th, Scotland are in 14th position and Northern Ireland in 32nd spot. Wales move up one to 57th.

Argentina remain in number 1 position ahead of Brazil and Ireland's forthcoming World Cup opponents Italy who are 3rd.

Ireland's other opponents for the qualification of World Cup 2010 sees Bulgaria in 18th, Cyprus in 66th, Georgia in 77th and Montenegro in 172nd.

FIFA RANKINGS TABLE

1	Argentina	1523	0		0
2	Brazil	1502	0		0
3	Italy	1498	0		0
4	Spain	1349	0		0
5	Germany	1298	0		2
6	Czech Republic	1290	0		0
7	France	1243	0		0
8	Portugal	1241	0		0
9	Netherlands	1170	0		0
10	Croatia	1129	0		0
11	Greece	1114	0		0
12	England	1113	0		0
13	Romania	1088	0		0
14	Scotland	990	0		0
15	Mexico	982	0		-3
16	Turkey	924	0		0
17	Colombia	907	0		0
18	Bulgaria	881	0		4
19	USA	876	0		0
20	Nigeria	875	0		0
21	Paraguay	873	0		0
22	Poland	862	1		7
23	Russia	861	-1		0
24	Sweden	853	0		0
24	Cameroon	853	0		0
26	Israel	852	0		0
27	Serbia	844	3		24
28	Uruguay	831	-1		0
29	Norway	827	-1		0
30	Ukraine	824	-1		0
31	Denmark	797	0		0
32	Northern Ireland	780	0		0
33	Guinea	758	0		18
34	Japan	748	-1		8
35	Republic of Ireland	731	0		0
36	Finland	697	0		2
37	Côte d'Ivoire	688	0		0
38	Senegal	687	0		0
39	Egypt	686	2		14
39	Morocco	686	0		0
41	Iran	677	-1		4
42	Korea Republic	663	0		3
43	Ghana	659	0		0
44	Switzerland	657	0		0
45	Chile	655	0		0
46	Mali	652	0		0
47	Tunisia	639	0		0
48	Australia	607	0		0
49	Belgium	600	0		0
50	Hungary	588	2		7

*Table taken from FIFA.com