6 in FIFA rankings, Argentina leads

The top five places – Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany and Chile – remain as they were.

India jumped 11 spots in the rankings, while Wales jumped 15 places to occupy the 11 position.

Stephen Constantine’s side have moved up 11 places to occupy the 152nd spot in the latest Federation Internationale de Football Association rankings.

The FIFA ranking system for men’s national teams in association football was established in 1993, with points being awarded on the basis of the sides’ results over the previous four years.

Wales have surged up 15 spots to 11th following their surprise run to the semi-finals in France and now sit ahead of Uruguay (11th), England (13th, down two places) and Mexico (14th).

Portugal have climbed above Spain into sixth place.

There was also some small consolation for France, Portugal’s vanquished final opponents, who were among several teams to profit from impressive EURO campaigns.

Republic of Ireland, who went out at the same stage, have risen from 33rd to 31st.

Wales are in exalted company, standing directly behind Euro winners Portugal, France, Spain, Brazil and Italy. The feel good story of the Euros, Iceland also rose 12 positions thanks to their superlative performance in the Euros and they are now ranked at 22 in the world. New Zealand are the highest gainers as they are ranked 93rd, up by 54 places.

Scotland did not suffer the steepest decline in the top 50, with Austria falling 11 spots to 21st, the Netherlands dropping 12 to 26th, Ukraine down 11 to 30th and Russian Federation falling nine to 38th.