Jordan drops again in FIFA rankings

By Aline Bannayan - Apr 09,2015 - Last updated at Apr 09,2015

AMMAN — Jordan dropped two more spots to 103rd in the latest FIFA World Rankings issued on Thursday.

Jordan dropped to 13th among Asian teams trailing Iran (40), Japan (50), South Korea (57), Australia (63), the UAE (68), Uzbekistan (73), China (82), Oman (96), and Iraq (86), Saudi Arabia (95), Oman (97) and Qatar (99). The top 10 is still led by Germany, followed by Argentina, Belgium, Columbia, Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal, Uruguay, Switzerland and Spain. France and Italy dropped out of the top 10.

The latest drop came following two friendlies in the past two weeks the results of which were vital in deciding the team's position among Asian teams ahead of the upcoming draw for qualifiers doubling as part of the qualification for the 2018 World Cup and the 2019 Asian Cup.

Jordan lost 2-1 to Saudi Arabia and 1-0 to Syria.

Had Jordan scored two wins, it would have secured a top eight position as head of a group and avoided playing heavyweight Asian teams in the first phase of the qualifiers.

In their last official competition, Jordan was eliminated from the 2015 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup, following which it dropped out of the top 100. Jordan's best ever FIFA ranking was 37th in 2004 after reaching the Asian Cup quarter-final which they repeated in 2011.

Jordan's FIFA monthly rank

Month	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
January	93	72	95	81	107	-	126	112	94
February	97	69	92	82	84	106	126	111	85
March	101	66	90	83	80	106	127	106	81
April	103	64	76	81	92	102	127	105	80
May		64	77	81	93	103	127	104	82
June		63	75	80	83	104	126	100	87
July		57	76	84	91	98	122	114	98
August		56	71	83	92	98	122	114	99
September		69	73	87	85	99	129	113	99
October		74	70	78	81	95	128	112	111
November		86	70	90	82	95	128	118	122
December		81	65	94	82	104	111	124	120