Bafana drop 11 places in the latest FIFA rankings

South Africa have dropped 11 places in the latest FIFA rankings on Wednesday and are now placed 71st on the list.

Bafana Bafana have also dropped out of the top 10 African teams. They are now ranked 14th.

Uruguay reached an all-time high of third while Spain stayed top and Germany moved into second.  

The Copa America champions’ climb from fourth place was due to the mathematical intricacies of the rankings system as they have not played a game since the previous rankings were issued on March 7.  

Netherlands dropped to fourth from second, the first time the Dutch have been out of the top three since June 2010.  

Ivory Coast remain the highest ranked African team at 15.

Rankings (last month’s positions in brackets)  

1. (1) Spain  

2. (3) Germany  

3. (4) Uruguay  

4. (2) Netherlands  

5. (7) Portugal  

6. (5) Brazil  

7. (6) England  

8. (10) Croatia  

9. (11) Denmark  

10. (8) Argentina  

15. (15) Ivory Coast

22. (23) Ghana

38. (35) Algeria

39. (42) Mali

40. (41) Zambia

42. (43) Gabon

46. (55) Libya

55. (64) Egypt
60. (57) Nigeria
62. (61) Morocco
63. (73) Sierra Leone
64. (66) Cameroon
67. (65) Guinea
71. (60) South Africa