Qatar Football AssociationNews
18.07.2016 2:36 in :

ZURICH: Qatar have jumped five spots in world rankings, FIFA has announced.

According the rankings list released by FIFA, Qatar are ranked 79.

Last month Qatar were ranked 84.

Qatar, coached by Daniel Carreno, have a tally of 425 points.

‘Al Anabi’ are a notch behind Jordan who have 438 points.

In Asia, Qatar are ranked 9th.

Iran are the top side in Asian continent. Iran are ranked 39 in the world.

South Korea are second in Asia, ranked 48th in the world.

Uzbekistan are third in Asia. Uzbekistan are ranked 56 in the world.

Japan (57) are ranked fourth in Asia followed by Socceroos (58) and Saudi Arabia (65).

The UAE are ranked 7th in Asia followed by Jordan at 8th.

Qatar will play a number of friendlies in August before their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Iran on September 1 in Tehran.