April FIFA World Rankings

Despite being fourth in Group B of the Euro 2008 qualifying round Italy find themselves back at the top of the FIFA world rankings.

England have slipped two places but that's no suprise. Scotland have also slipped, but by three places, and Northern Ireland have climbed a massive fourteen places on the month to end up in 33rd place.

Rank	Team	Pts: Apr 07	+/-Rank Mar 07	+/-Pts: Mar 07
1	Italy	1604	1	12
2	Argentina	1594	-1	-22
3	Brazil	1520	0	-37
4	France	1496	0	-19
5	Germany	1393	0	3
6	Netherlands	1302	1	-11
7	Portugal	1292	1	4
8	England	1278	-2	-61
9	Spain	1237	1	76
10	Czech Republic	1169	-1	-26
11	Ukraine	1021	0	-16
12	Croatia	1011	0	29
13	Cameroon	968	5	75
14	Romania	929	0	10
15	Greece	905	-2	-56
16	Russia	901	7	47
17	Turkey	892	10	77
18	Mexico	888	3	15
19	Scotland	885	-3	-26
20	Switzerland	877	-3	-29
21	Poland	870	3	20
22	Denmark	863	0	1
23	Uruguay	862	3	21
24	Sweden	857	-9	-57
25	Côte d'Ivoire	847	-5	-28
26	Colombia	825	5	81
27	Nigeria	824	9	130
28	Ghana	813	-9	-68
29	USA	782	1	37
30	Ecuador	780	-6	-70
31	Republic of Ireland	766	20	189
32	Serbia	757	-4	-11
33	Israel	742	5	53
33	Northern Ireland	742	14	127
35	Paraguay	711	-6	-37
36	Slovakia	699	1	6
37	Chile	696	-5	-12
38	Bulgaria	695	1	8
39	Egypt	689	2	44
40	Mali	686	-5	-10
40	Senegal	686	5	54
42	Iran	673	-8	-32
43	Australia	668	-3	11
44	Tunisia	655	2	38
45	Finland	649	-12	-58
46	Japan	634	-4	-5
47	Bosnia-Herzegovina	628	11	118
48	Morocco	624	-4	-9
49	Norway	616	-6	-21
50	Guinea	589	12	94
51	Korea Republic	585	-3	-24
52	Costa Rica	570	-2	-9
52	Honduras	570	0	8
54	FYR Macedonia	551	-5	-34
55	Burkina Faso	549	1	18
56	Panama	528	-2	-29
57	Angola	520	0	8
58	Hungary	518	6	44
59	Belgium	512	-4	-34
60	Uzbekistan	511	-7	-47