Russia after 11 years returned to the top ten FIFA rating

The national team of Russia in football for the first time in 11 years entered the ten strongest teams in the world. According to the new FIFA rating, which was published on Wednesday, the Jus Hiddinka team, which took 11th place, climbed one position.

This happened due to the fact that the French team sank down two steps down, letting the team of Romania, in addition to Russia. Recall that the wards of Raymon Domenec on the euro could not leave the group.

The Russian team lost the place in the first ten in the fall of 1997. The highest achievement of Russians is the third place, reminds RIA Novosti .

The leader of the rating after the victory at the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland remains the Spanish national team, which has not played a single match since the end of the European Championship. The German team, the Euro-2008 finalist, was in second place in the list of the strongest national teams, overtaking Italy.

The Italians sank to third place, although, like the Germans, since the publication of the last rating, they have not played a single match. As Reuters notes, such a situation is possible, since the rating takes into account the results of the team over the past four years. Each month, the oldest results at that time cease to be taken into account.

The top 10 FIFA rating is completely as follows:

Five -time world champions - the Brazilians - sank to sixth place. This is the worst indicator for the Brazilian national team over the past 15 years. In 1993, they ranked eighth place. The current fall is associated with the weak results of the team in the qualifying cycle of the 2010 World Cup.