Argentina Finish 2007 on Top

Brazil may have cleaned up at the FIFA World Player of the Year awards, but arch-rivals Argentina at least finished 2007 on top of the FIFA World Rankings. The final rankings of 2007 were calculated yesterday, and the albiceleste finished 21 points ahead of the seleção, who in turn finished four points ahead of World Cup holders Italy. Not a whole lot of movement from November’s rankings, with no change at all in the top 20. Biggest movers from the start of 2007 were Mozambique (up 53 places to 75th position) New Caledonia (up 58 places to 118th) and the All Whites of New Zealand (up 36 places to 95th.) Top 50 after the jump.

1 Argentina 1523 pts
2 Brazil 1502
3 Italy 1498
4 Spain 1349
5 Germany 1298
6 Czech Republic 1290
7 France 1243
8 Portugal 1241
9 Netherlands 1170
10 Croatia 1129
11 Greece 1114
12 England 1113
13 Romania 1088
14 Scotland 990
15 Mexico 982
16 Turkey 924
17 Colombia 907
18 Bulgaria 881
19 USA 876
20 Nigeria 875
21 Paraguay 873
22 Poland 862
23 Russia 861
24 Sweden 853
24 Cameroon 853
26 Israel 852
27 Serbia 844
28 Uruguay 831
29 Norway 827
30 Ukraine 824
31 Denmark 797
32 Northern Ireland 780
33 Guinea 758
34 Japan 748
35 Republic of Ireland 731
36 Finland 697
37 Côte d’Ivoire 688
38 Senegal 687
39 Egypt 686
39 Morocco 686
41 Iran 677
42 Korea Republic 663
43 Ghana 659
44 Switzerland 657
45 Chile 655
46 Mali 652
47 Tunisia 639
48 Australia 607
49 Belgium 600
50 Hungary 588