Yugoslavia jumps to 9th place

Zurich, November 15 - Yugoslavia remained among top ten of the FIFA world rankings, jumping from 10th to 9th place.

Brazil is still in the lead ahead of World Cup and European champions France, and Argentina.

Newly crowned Asian champions Japan were the biggest movers, going from 49th to 34th.

FIFA rankings (ranking, last month's ranking, points)

1.  (1) Brazil         818 points 
2.  (2) France         801 
3.  (3) Argentina      762 
4.  (4) Czech Republic 748 
5.  (6) Italy          746 
6.  (5) Spain          742 
7.  (7) Portugal       740 
8.  (8) Germany        715 
9. (10) YUGOSLAVIA     712 
10. (9) Netherlands    711