The national football team of BiH occupied the 28th place with 863 points on a new list of the International Football Federation (FIFA).
In comparison to the previous list, BH national team was ranked five positions lower.
Argentina remained in the first place with 1,621 points, in the second place is Germany, which pushed Belgium with the third-placed Brazil to fourth place.
Among the top ten teams of the world, France pushed European champions Portugal on the seventh position, while Spain moved up one place and now occupies tenth place.
Besides the fourth placed Belgium, from the other opponents of BiH in the H-group of qualifiers for the World Cup 2018, the best ranked is Greece in the 42nd place, Estonia in the 119th place, Cyprus in the 139th place, while Gibraltar is in the 205th place.
When it comes to the countries in the region, the best ranked is Croatia in the 16th place, Serbia is in the 43rd place, Slovenia in the 52nd, Montenegro in the 56th place, and Macedonia and Kosovo in the 155th and 164th place.
Rang list of FIFA (the 20th of October):
- ( 1.) Argentina 1621
- ( 3.) Germany 1465
3. ( 4.) Brazil 1410
4. ( 2.) Belgium 1382
5. ( 5.) Colombia 1361
6. ( 6.) Chile 1273
7. ( 8.) France 1271
8. ( 7.) Portugal 1231
9. ( 9.) Uruguay 1175
10. ( 11.) Spain 1168
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28. ( 23.) Bosnia and Herzegovina 863
42. ( 48.) Greece 622
119. ( 139.) Estonia 274
139. ( 87.) Cyprus 384
205 ( 205.) Gibraltar 0
(Source: novovrijeme.ba)