In the updated ranking of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) published today, the Ukrainian national team rose by 3 positions and currently occupies 39th place. As before, the ranking list is headed by the Brazilians. In second position is the Czech team. The top ten also includes the national teams of Argentina, France, the Netherlands, England, Mexico, Spain, Portugal and Italy. \n \nUkraine's opponents in qualifying group 2 for the 2006 World Cup are placed as follows: 12 - Greece, 14 - Turkey, 19 - Denmark,. 93 - Albania, 100 - Georgia, 149 - Kazakhstan. \n