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SPORT – Albania climb one spot in FIFA world ranking 

ZURICH, March 15 /ATA/ – Albanian national side jumped one spot to 58th in the FIFA/Coca-Cola world ranking, according to the latest ranking released by the world soccer governing body on Thursday.

The national team, coached by former Italy defender Christian Panucci, have accumulated 557 points, or four points more than in the previous ranking, consequently scaling up to 58th place, whereas Macedonian national side accumulated 441 points, falling to 75 from the 76th place in the previous ranking.

Kosovo also climbed one spot to the 176th in the FIFA world ranking after accumulating 97 points.

Croatian national side ranks 15th with 1 053 points, Serbia 34th, Bosnia and Herzegovina 41st , Montenegro 46th and Slovenia ranks 62nd.

Germany are the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking’s leaders with 1 609 points, followed by Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, France and Chili.

/ G.S a.jor. /u.sh/

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