No change in Iran's FIFA ranking

Japan dropped one place to 37th, but remained in the first position in Asia, followed by Australia and South Korea, both of which did not move in the ranking either.

The small changes in this month's table resulted from the limited number of friendly matches across the globe since the April ranking.

Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands, England, Croatia, Romania, Ghana and Scotland retained their April position and remained the top 15 in the latest ranking.

Despite repeated requests by Iran's coach Ali Daei for at least one friendly ahead of the decisive June 2 match against the UAE, in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) has not been able to arrange any such games.

Ranking	Team	Pts May 08	+/- Ranking Apr 08		+/- Pts Apr 08
1	Argentina	1520	0		1
2	Brazil	1518	0		9
3	Italy	1396	0		5
4	Spain	1323	0		4
5	Germany	1264	0		3
6	Czech Republic	1244	0		10
7	France	1205	0		0
8	Greece	1196	0		9
9	Portugal	1131	0		6
10	Netherlands	1123	0		-1
11	England	1098	0		0
12	Romania	1082	0		-3
13	Croatia	1044	0		3
14	Ghana	1010	0		4
15	Scotland	1007	0		3
16	Cameroon	1005	1		9
17	Mexico	988	-1		-9
18	Bulgaria	948	0		-5
19	Colombia	909	0		-2
20	Israel	905	0		7
21	USA	889	0		0
22	Côte d'Ivoire	870	0		2
23	Sweden	862	1		4
24	Paraguay	857	2		13
25	Turkey	856	-2		-4
25	Russia	856	0		5
27	Poland	848	1		9
28	Uruguay	840	-1		0
29	Norway	836	-1		-3
30	Egypt	822	0		0
31	Serbia	813	0		6
32	Ukraine	774	0		11
33	Denmark	761	0		-1
34	Finland	704	1		4
34	Northern Ireland	704	0		0
36	Honduras	691	2		23
37	Japan	684	-1		3
38	Moldova	670	-1		1
39	Nigeria	660	0		1
40	Guinea	656	1		7
41	Chile	641	-1		-12
41	Republic of Ireland	641	1		4
43	Australia	634	0		0
44	Mali	632	0		3
45	Morocco	630	1		9
46	Senegal	627	-1		0
46	Belgium	627	2		7
48	Switzerland	617	-2		-4
49	Lithuania	616	-1		-4
50	Korea Republic	612	0		2

Ranking	Team	Pts May 08	+/- Ranking Apr 08		+/- Pts Apr 08
51	Iran	599	0		0
52	Wales	597	0		0
53	Tunisia	587	0		-4
54	Saudi Arabia	576	0		0
55	Ecuador	569	0		0
56	FYR Macedonia	551	0		5
57	Hungary	546	-1		0
58	Cyprus	542	0		0
59	Uzbekistan	534	1		0
60	Belarus	533	1		2