World Cup qual - England sixth best team in world

Eurosport - Thu, 04 Jun 12:12:00 2009

England have jumped one place to sixth in FIFA's latest world rankings.

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After no movement in the top 39 places last month, there was plenty of activity this time with Fabio Capello's side leapfrogging old rivals Argentina into sixth spot.

European champions Spain completed a year on top of the table, while the Netherlands moved up to second place for the first time in almost four years.

World champions Italy moving up a place to fourth, Germany down one to third and Brazil down one to fifth.

Paraguay, top of the South American World Cup qualifying zone, were the biggest movers among leading nations, jumping up from 17th to 13th while Serbia and Ukraine moved into the top 20 at the expense of Cameroon and Bulgaria.

The rankings are based on team's performances over the last four years.

FIFA RANKINGS

(last month's positions in brackets)

1. (1) Spain

2. (3) Netherlands

3. (2) Germany

4. (5) Italy

5. (4) Brazil

6. (7) England

7. (6) Argentina

8. (8) Croatia

9. (9) Russia

10. (10) France

11. (11) Portugal

12. (14) Turkey

13. (17) Paraguay

14. (15) United States

15. (12) Czech Republic

16. (18) Switzerland

17 = (13) Greece

17 = (16) Uruguay

19. (22) Ukraine

20. (23) Serbia

Reuters

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  1. If the England football team are funny then the­ Scottish football team & any other team you have­ are just hilarious!
    Most of the British athletes are­ English & so are Button & Hamilton, & as­ for being better off without us you must be kidding­ seeing as all you Scottish like to do is slag everyone­ off, most of you would struggle to tie your shoe laces­ on your own :)
    You sound like you've fried a few to­ many brain cells sitting down the pub watching England­ play football lol!!
    I suppose the fact Scotland hardly­ qualify for anything doesn't bother you as you can­ always watch your curling champions rotflmao!!!!!

    From zoggy, on Wed 10 Jun 9:15PM
  2. ok im sorry i made your tummy hurt laughing but the­ england football team have been doing that to me for­ years. firstly i will remind u that england don't­ compete at the Olympics Britain do and many of the­ medals won were won by Scottish athletes , Chris hoy­ for example. Button and Hamilton represent Britain as­ did one of the greatest champions in history Jacky­ Stewart he was Scottish but in motor racing and the­ Olympics they represent Britain and as for bleeding­ england dry u have been living off our oil for decades­ Scotland would be a far richer country with out england­ that is the main reason our English politicians want to­ keep the union.

    From allan, on Mon 8 Jun 9:51PM
  3. Curling champs lol stop it please my tummy hurts from­ so much laughter!!
    Being called arrogant by someone­ Scottish really is funny, we won our fair share of­ Olympic medals & Rugby world champions not all that­ long ago, we've got some good boxers & good­ athletes ready for next Olympics a football team­ that's looking on the up :)
    A good couple of­ formula one drivers in Button & Hamilton &­ that's just off the top of my head & the best­ you could come up with was curling champions LOL!
    You­ are a country of five million to many & do nothing­ but spend your time slagging us off & bleeding us­ dry, your a country that have achieved nothing &­ probably wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for­ us :)
    Your highlight of most championships is hoping we­ get knocked out so you can have a dig when most times­ you didn't even qualify!!
    I bet you five million­ pork pies & a wee dram of whisky that we qualify­ & you don't & our rugby team gives yours a­ spanking next time they play :)

    From zoggy, on Sat 6 Jun 10:53PM
  4. Scotland population 5 million ,england almost 60­ million u have 10 times the population to chose from­ and yet your record in major sporting events its­ shocking you are the most over rated arrogant nation in­ the world name me one thing england are currently world­ champs at Scotland are world curling champs 1-0 to us i­ think

    From allan, on Sat 6 Jun 8:59PM
  5. England are 6th just behind Brazil, Scotland are 22nd­ just behind Cameroon lol!
    Enough said lol!!!!
    Please­ name one thing Scotland are better than England at­ & I may consider taking you seriously?

    From zoggy, on Fri 5 Jun 11:12PM
  6. What's cricket lol!!
    Didn't England beat­ Scotland the other day lol, you Scottish really are­ quite­ slow.
    hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah­ ahahah­ ahahahahahaha
    Scotland cant even morris dance­ lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From zoggy, on Fri 5 Jun 11:05PM
  7. lets talk about cricket now humped by Holland is there­ anything england are good at oh yes your bloody good­ morris dancers ­ hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah­ ahahahahahaha

    From allan, on Fri 5 Jun 9:31PM
  8. LOL at the Scottish, you lost to Macedonia what are you­ chatting about??
    There's been plenty of times when­ England have come close to winning more trophies, when­ have Scotland challenged for anything let alone win­ anything?
    There may be the odd Vicky Pollard lookalike­ in England but they are few & far between all the­ intelligent good looking girls.
    Everyone in Scotland is­ either overweight or has the IQ of my goldfish!­
    tommyfcb2006 & allan m your the only bitter ones­ as you know your from a country that cant win at­ anything let alone at football, even your rugby team is­ terrible.
    Yes the Germans have a very successful­ football team good for them, unfortunately for you your­ not German :)

    From zoggy, on Fri 5 Jun 6:20PM
  9. Also, European girls are much better looking. If you­ were to throw a stone into an english town centre it­ would probably hit a girl looking like Vicky­ pollard!!

    1966! Wow thats a LONG time ago!!!!

    From tommy, on Fri 5 Jun 3:25PM
  10. Yes we are very jealous. Lets compare england with­ Germany.

    Germany have won 3 world cups and three­ European championships and have been in 13 major­ tournament finals.

    England have only ever been in 1­ final way back in 66.

    Is this why the english are so­ bitter!!!!!

    From tommy, on Fri 5 Jun 3:15PM
  11. does the m in allan m stand for mong

    From deesydave, on Fri 5 Jun 7:53AM
  12. oh yes i seem to remember Macedonia what was the score­ 2-2 at wembly

    From allan, on Thu 4 Jun 8:45PM
  13. 888 that was hilarious thanks you have cheered me right­ up as i was getting so depressed because big brother­ starts in 20 mins keep on dreaming my friend

    From allan, on Thu 4 Jun 8:42PM
  14. allan m you Scottish make me lol, Cant even beat teams­ like Macedonia but still got the cheek to have a dig at­ us lol.
    England where two goals to the good in 66 so we­ would have won anyway :) & Sols goal disallowed in­ 98 when we should have beat Argentina, unlucky to go­ out in penalties in 96! We would have won more trophies­ if it wasn't for a bit of bad luck & dodgy­ decisions due to everyone hating England including­ refs.
    What have Scotland got to shout about lol!!!!
    We­ are 6th in the world ranking's & climbing get­ over it, lets all laugh at Scotland the most useless­ country in existence, ha ha ha ha ha!
    So much jealousy­ from all you European lady boys & The Scottish, we­ are sixth in the world ranking's & when Rooney­ Walcott & Gerrard hit form we'll soon be higher­ :)
    We created football & we are bringing it home,­ Scotland created Haggis & will be sitting at home­ eating it while everyone else is at the world cup­ lol.
    You've lost two & drawn once in a group­ which includes Macedonia, Iceland & Norway ha ha ha­ I'm gonna wee with laughter!
    Please Don't try­ & answer this back as you'll just embarrass­ yourself further, your jealous because your always in­ our shadow & so is the rest of Europe as they know­ we are the daddy :)

    From 888, on Thu 4 Jun 8:23PM
  15. bloody hell u English are so easy to wind up Ive not­ laughed so much since Croatia knocked u out in euro­ qualifiers. Face these facts if u will england one of­ the biggest football nations in the world 1 stolen­ world cup to your name 43 years ago about as poor as it­ gets i would say.heres to 43 more.

    From allan, on Thu 4 Jun 7:30PM
  16. ALAN M IF ENGLAND ARE AVERAGE WHAT DOES THAT MAKE­ SCOTLAND!!!YOU SCOTTISH PRI;CK

    From deesydave, on Thu 4 Jun 6:19PM
  17. SORRY MICK O I MEANT ALAN M

    From deesydave, on Thu 4 Jun 6:02PM
  18. 888 YOUR THE MAN TOTALLY AGREE!!!!!! ENGLAND­ 4EVER!!!!!!! MICK O IS ANOB

    From deesydave, on Thu 4 Jun 6:01PM
  19. England is the BEST!!!

    From KIN, on Thu 4 Jun 4:13PM
  20. allan m is a nob

    From TOM, on Thu 4 Jun 4:06PM
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