Jordan climbs up to 109th spot in FIFA Rankings

AMMAN — Jordan went up one spot to 109th in the latest FIFA Rankings issued on the Thursday as the national football team prepares to resume its Asian Cup qualifying journey following the end of the local football competition.

The squad is still out of the Asian top 10 trailing Iran (28), South Korea (43), Japan (44), Australia (50), Saudi Arabia (52), Uzbekistan (60), the UAE (74), Syria (80), China (81), Qatar (89) and India (100). 

Brazil, which booked a slot to the 2018 World Cup, leads World Rankings at No. 1 followed by Argentina, Germany, Chile, Columbia, France, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland and Spain. 

African finalists Egypt are the top ranked Arab team at 19th, followed by Tunisia 42nd, Morocco 53rd and Algeria 54th.

Jordan beat Hong Kong 4-0 in a friendly and will now regroup on May 22 after the Jordan Cup final for a training camp which includes a friendly against Iraq on June 2 and a second match against Hong Kong on June 6 before playing their second 2019 Asian Cup Group C qualifier on June 12 against Vietnam. 

Jordan leads the group.