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Earlier in the day, the latest FIFA ‘Coca Cola’ Men’s World Ranking were released by the world football governing body and in the March rankings, India have moved back into the Top 100 in joint 99th position with Libya behind Sierra Leone, but ahead of Qatar; while Germany stay top.
India have 339 points, six more than last month and have moved up a place into 13th position of the Asian (AFC) rankings.
India’s next international match is in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – Round 3 qualifiers later this month in Kyrgyzstan.
In South Asia, India remain in top spot ahead of Afghanistan (148th), Maldives (150th), Nepal (165th), Bhutan (188th), Bangladesh (197th), Sri Lanka (200th) and Pakistan (203rd) in what was another bad month for the region.
There was no change in the top 5. FIFA World Cup winners and FIFA Confederations Cup champions Germany (1,609 pts) stay top ahead of Brazil (1,489 points), Portugal (1,360 pts), Argentina (1,359 pts) and Belgium (1,337 points) who complete the top five.
