PLDC - Tehran, FIFA has issued its newest world rankings today, on Thursday, September 12th.

In the September edition of the FIFA ranking table, Iran has moved up 5 spots, to take the 48th spot in the world with 633 points.

Iran has also moved up one spot to take the second position in Asia and to surpass Australia. Now Iran only trails behind number one ranked Japan, who has 671 points.

Interestingly enough, Iran hasn't played any matches in the last month, so the changes in the rankings are due to other countries losing their matches.

By: Arman Tamjidi