No change in Iran's FIFA ranking

PTV - Iran's national football team stands fourth in Asia after seeing no change in its 51st position in the latest FIFA ranking in May.

Japan dropped one place to 37th, but remained in the first position in Asia, followed by Australia and South Korea, both of which did not move in the ranking either.

The small changes in this month's table resulted from the limited number of friendly matches across the globe since the April ranking.

Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands, England, Croatia, Romania, Ghana and Scotland retained their April position and remained the top 15 in the latest ranking.

Despite repeated requests by Iran's coach Ali Daei for at least one friendly ahead of the decisive June 2 match against the UAE, in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, the Iranian Football Federation (IFF) has not been able to arrange any such games.