On Thursday, FIFA announced the new national team rankings. The Lithuanian national team led by Edgaras Jankauskas did not drop down - from 139th position, the national team climbed up to 138th.
The total points of the Lithuanian national team did not change. E. Jankauskas' coached team is surpassed by four future national teams in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers. These are England (10th place), Slovakia (32nd), Scotland (40th), and Slovenia (58th).
Lithuania is ahead of only one opponent - Malta. The latter dropped from 164th place to 165th.
So far, the Lithuanian national team cannot boast of a successful ranking among the Baltic countries. Estonia is the only team that is in the top hundred (93rd place), while Latvia ranks 107th.
At the top of the FIFA rankings is the world vice-champion Argentina (1532 points).
May's FIFA ranking leaders list (in parentheses - team placement in the February rankings):
1. (1) Argentina 1532 points
2. (2) Belgium 1364
3. (3) Chile 1353
4. (4) Colombia 1337
5. (5) Germany 1309
6. (6) Spain 1277
7. (7) Brazil 1251
8. (8) Portugal 1184
9. (9) Uruguay 1158
10. (10) England 1069
11. (11) Austria 1067
12. (12) Ecuador 1019
13. (13) Turkey 983
14. (14) Switzerland 974
15. (15) Italy 959
16. (16) Mexico 938
17. (17) Netherlands 931
18. (18) Hungary 925
19. (19) Romania 920
20. (20) Bosnia and Herzegovina 913
32. (32) Slovakia 784
40. (40) Scotland 687
61. (61) Slovenia 558
93. (93) Estonia 366
107. (108) Latvia 323
138. (139) Lithuania 254
165. (164) Malta 149
