After victories over the national teams of Kazakhstan and Greece, the national team of Ukraine rose four places in the new FIFA ranking and occupies the 35th position. It is noteworthy that at the time when Oleh Blokhin took charge of the team (October 2003), the national team of Ukraine was in 51st place. Since the beginning of 2005, the blue-and-yellows have jumped 22 positions forward.
True, during Blokhin's management of the national team of Ukraine, namely during the period of friendly matches on the eve of the start of the qualifying tournament for the 2006 World Cup, the Ukrainian squad also dropped to 87th place…
As before, the team of Brazil tops the list of the best national teams in the world. Second place is held by the Czech Republic and third is Argentina.
FIFA Ranking 1. (1) Brazil - 829 2. (2) Czech Republic - 790 3. (3) Argentina – 785 4. (5) Holland - 783 5. (4). France - 765 6. (7). Mexico - 759 7. (6). England - 757 8. (9). Portugal - 755 9. (8). Spain - 747 10. (10) USA - 744 …13 (12). Greece - 720 ….14 (14). Turkey - 719 ….16. (19). Denmark - 713 …27. (30) Russia - 669 …35. (35). Norway - 640 …35. (39) Ukraine - 640 ….86. (93) Albania - 503 …102. (100). Georgia – 467.