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Peru remains 11th in FIFA ranking

Photo: EFE

Photo: EFE

14:06 | Lausanne (Switzerland), Jun. 7.

Peru’s national soccer team retained the 11th spot (1125 points) in the latest monthly world ranking published on Thursday by Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

In this sense, the red-white squad is ranked above Denmark (12th; 1051 points), Mexico (15th; 989), Wales (18th; 953), Italy (19th; 951), and Croatia (20th; 945).

Among South American teams, Peru ranks fourth behind Brazil (2nd; 1431 points), Argentina (5th; 1241), and Chile (9th; 1135).

However, the Inca team surpasses Uruguay (14th; 1018), Colombia (16th; 986), Paraguay (32nd; 773), Venezuela (33rd; 755), Bolivia (59th; 536), and Ecuador (60th; 524).

The list is topped by Germany (1st), followed by Brazil (2nd), Belgium (3rd), Portugal (4th), Argentina (5th), Switzerland (6th), France (7th), Poland (8th), Chile (9th), and Spain (10th).

As is known, Peru will play its last friendly match against its Swedish counterpart in Gothenburg on June 9 at 6:15 PM (local time).

It must be noted Sweden dropped one place from last month's list and currently ranks 24th.

After this clash, Peruvians will travel to Moscow to participate in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia


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Published: 6/7/2018