India drops one place to 163rd in FIFA rankings

New Delhi: Indian football team slipped one place to occupy 163rd position in the latest FIFA rankings issued on Thursday.

India, who beat Laos 1-0 in Vientiane in a play-off match of the 2019 Asian Cup Qualifiers today, are one place behind Myanmar among the Asian countries at 29th place.

Iran and Korea are the two highest ranked teams in Asia, at 39th and 50th respectively.

Overall, there has been no movement with Argentina and Belgium occupying the number one and two spot respectively.