Reigning World and European champions Spain continue to sit at the top with 1617 points. India have gone a place down to 169th ranking despite winning the recently concluded Nehru Cup football tournament.
Even Maldives (159) and Nepal (166), who participated in the Nehru Cup, are ahead of India.
The biggest jumps in the top 20 were Ecuador and Switzerland, who both went up three places to 17 and 20th, respectively. Five time World Cup winners Brazil moved one place above to 12th place.
FIFA rankings on Sept 5:
1. Spain
2. Germany
3. England
4. Portugal (+1)
5. Uruguay (-1)
6. Italy
7. Argentina
8. Netherlands
9. Croatia
10. Denmark
11. Greece (+1)
12. Brazil (+1)
13. Russia (-2)
14. Chile (+1)
15. France (-1)
16. Ivory Coast
17. Ecuador (+3)
18. Sweden (-1)
19. Czech Republic
20. Switzerland (+3)
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