LATEST FIFA RANKINGS

Spain remain in first place in the latest FIFA world rankings published on Thursday.

Germany occupy second, while Argentina round off the top three in the May standings. There are no changes in the top ten with Croatia, Portugal, Colombia, England, Italy, Netherlands and Ecuador maintaining their positions.

Brazil are unmoved in 19th place - just one spot behind France - with both teams undoubtedly hoping to improve their respective standings.

Nigeria moved up three positions to enter the world's top 30 and currently occupy 28th spot, leap-frogging the USA, Japan and Norway in the process.

Senegal and St Lucia were the two biggest movers on the list. Senegal climbed 12 places to 76, while St Lucia also climbed 12 to occupy 140.

A quick review of the top thirty nations in the world

Rnk Team Pts
1 Spain 1538
2 Germany 1428
3 Argentina 1296
4 Croatia 1191
5 Portugal 1163
6 Colombia 1154
7 England 1135
8 Italy 1117
9 Netherland 1093
10 Ecuador 1058
11 Russia 1052
12 CIV 1008
13 Greece 986
14 Swiss 967
15 Belgium 953
16 Mexico 945
17 Uruguay 932
18 France 914
19 Brazil 902
20 Denmark 900
21 Bosnia 896
22 Ghana 874
23 Chile 847
24 Sweden 838
25 Czech 829
26 Mali 826
27 Mont 789
28 Nigeria 780
29 USA 779
30 Japan 773

The publication of the next rankings is due for 6 June.