Brazil have returned to the top ten in FIFA’s latest world rankings.
A 5-0 victory against Honduras, coupled with a 2-1 win over Chile, have seen Luiz Felipe Scolari’s men climb ahead of Belgium and England.
Portugal, who Felipão managed between 2003 and 2008, have also moved into the top ten. They defeated Sweden 4-2 on aggregate in their World Cup play-off.
Elsewhere, Italy are up to 7th, while Switzerland and Netherlands have dropped to 8th and 9th respectively.
Cuba are the biggest movers, climbing 27 places, while Guayana dropped the most – 36 places.
Rank | Team | Points | Movement |
1 | Spain | 1507 | |
2 | Germany | 1318 | |
3 | Argentina | 1251 | |
4 | Colombia | 1200 | |
5 | Portugal | 1172 | up 9 |
6 | Uruguay | 1132 | |
7 | Italy | 1120 | up 1 |
8 | Switzerland | 1113 | down 1 |
9 | Netherlands | 1106 | down 1 |
10 | Brazil | 1102 | up 1 |