Republic drop one spot in FIFA rankings

The Republic of Ireland have dropped one place in the FIFA World Rankings according to the latest figures released today.

The Republic of Ireland have dropped one place in the FIFA World Rankings according to the latest figures released today.

Brian Kerr's squad is tied with Denamrk in 14th position on 708 points, while World Cup holders Brazil extended their lead over main rivals France to 26 points at the top of the list, with Spain retaining third place.

France now lead Spain by 62 points after the European champions beat Slovenia and Cyprus to record seven successive wins in their Euro 2004 qualifying group.

Argentina have moved up two places after beating Venezuela and drawing with Chile and now sit in fourth ahead of Mexico.

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England have also moved up two places to sixth after September victories over Macedonia and Liechtenstein.

Netherlands dropped three places to seventh after losing 3-1 to the Czech Republic, who themselves rose three places to joint ninth with Germany after maintaining their unbeaten record in their Euro 2004 qualifying group.

The biggest movers of the month were Bolivia, who rose 20 places to 94th, and Bosnia, who rose 19 places to 58th after Euro 2004 qualifying wins over Norway and Luxembourg.