Viet Nam’s national men’s football team is at the 96^th position in the latest FIFA rankings released on December 22.

Viet Nam’s national men’s football team is at the 96th position in the latest FIFA rankings. (Photo: Vietnam Plus)

This is the fifth year in a row that the Vietnamese team has been in the world’s top 100. Previously, the team's rankings were 100, 94, 93 and 98, respectively.

With this position, Viet Nam ranks 17^th in Asia and leads the Southeast Asia region.

For other Southeast Asian countries, Thailand ranks 111^th, followed by the Philippines (134^th), Malaysia (145^th), Indonesia (151^st) and Myanmar (159^th).

Brazil tops the world rankings with 1,840.77 points. Argentina and France hold the second and third positions while Belgium ranks fourth.

In Asia, Japan tops the continent at 20^th place, followed by Iran (24^th), the Republic of Korea (25^th) and Australia (27^th).

With its impressive performance at World Cup 2022, Morocco goes up 11 places to the 11^th spot.

Source: VNA