FIFA's top 10

Israel's national soccer team has jumped two places according to new FIFA rankings and now stand at 36 place in the world with 721 points. Spain and Holland take the two top places in the rankings after reaching the recent World Cup Finals. France are a big surprise in the rankings after their early exit in the tournament standing at a lowly 27th place. Also featuring in FIFA's top ten are Germany who finished 3rd in the World Cup who knock Brazil out of 3rd place into 4th place. Argentina stay in 5th place, and despite England's flop, they jump one place to 6th place. Uruguay move up to to 7th place and Portugal, Egypt and Chile wrap up the top ten. Two of Israel's competitors in their group for the European Championships feature in the top spots, Croatia are 11th and Greece in 12th.