Jamaica moves up in FIFA rankings

Jamaica is among the significant movers on the latest release of the FIFA Coca-Cola world football rankings surging into the top 50.

The Reggae Boyz who held World Cup qualifiers South Korea to a 1-all draw last month in Turkey has climbed five places to be ranked 50th in the world.

The most significant mover this month however was World Cup qualifiers Iceland, climbing to an all-time high position of 18th after moving up two places.

Also making significant moves and entering the top 50 are Venezuela up to 48th after climbing up 4 places, and Hungary who moves up 5 places to49th, entering the top 50 at the expense of Cameroon who are down 6 places to 1st, Ghana at 54th down 4 places and Burkina Faso 57th, down 13 places.

The Reggae Boyz remains the number one ranked Caribbean team and 4th in CONCACAF behind Mexico who holds firm at 17, the USA moved up one place to 24th and Costa Rica who are up two places to 25th.

The top 15 remains the same with world champions Germany still ranked number one ahead of Brazil and Portugal.