England have risen two places to fourth in the latest Fifa Rankings.Roy Hodgson's men earned their elevation courtesy of last Wednesday's 2-1 win over Brazil at Wembley. The Republic of Ireland are also up two places to 39th, while Scotland rose five places to 64th following the 1-0 win over Estonia in Gordon Strachan's first game as manager.
Wales' win over Austria moved them up 13 places to 68th but Northern Ireland dropped out of the top 100 following their draw with Malta.
The African Cup of Nations had a significant bearing on the new rankings with winners Nigeria rising 22 places to 30th, runners-up Burkina Faso moving from 82nd to 55th and Ivory Coast at a best-ever 12th.
FIFA World Ranking
Last Updated 14 Feb 2013 Next Release 14 Mar 2013
1 Spain 1590
2 Germany 1437
3 Argentina 1281
4 England 1160
5 Italy 1157
6 Colombia 1129
6 Portugal 1129
8 Netherlands 1108
9 Croatia 1059
10 Russia 1055
11 Greece 1020
12 Côte d'Ivoire 999
12 Ecuador 999
14 Switzerland 993
15 Mexico 968
16 Uruguay 950
17 France 929
18 Brazil 924
19 Ghana 865
20 Belgium 864
21 Sweden 863
22 Denmark 825
23 Chile 815
24 Bosnia-Herzegovina 814
25 Mali 813
26 Czech Republic 797
27 Norway 780
28 Japan 779
29 Montenegro 756
30 Nigeria 747
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