FIFA Rankings: Belgium No.1, Croatia 2nd Best Ranking in EURO Group

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Croatia have been ranked in 18th spot on the latest FIFA Rankings which were released on Thursday…

Belgium have held onto the number one position, ahead of Argentina, Spain and Germany.

Croatia is has the second best ranking out of all the teams in its Euro 2016 group in France this summer. Spain in 3rd spot have the highest ranking, followed by Croatia (18th), Turkey (21st) and Czech Republic (26th).

Croatia however are the highest ranked side in its FIFA 2018 World Cup qualifying group which starts later this year. Turkey are the second highest ranked side (21st), followed by Ukraine (29th), Iceland (36th) and Finland (44th).

FIFA Rankings – 7 January

1. Belgium – 1494

2. Argentina – 1455

3. Spain – 1370

4. Germany – 1347

5. Chile – 1296

6. Brazil – 1251

7. Portugal – 1219

8. Columbia – 1211

9. England – 1106

10. Austria 1091

18. CROATIA – 958