Football: Kazakhstan moves three lines up in FIFA ranking

Kazakhstan national men’s football team has moved three lines up in the International Football Federation ranking, Vesti.kz reports. The Kazakhstan team coached by Miroslav Beranek is ranked 139th with 212 points. The team is ahead of Turkmenistan in the ranking. Spanish team is still the leader of the ranking. Germany is in the second place. Kazakhstan’s team will be playing against the German team on March 22 in Astana as part of the 2014 World Championship qualification round. Argentina is ranked third in the rating. FIFA ranking as of March 14: 1 (1). Spain - 1610 points, 2 (2). Germany - 1473 **, 3 (3). Argentina - 1309, 4 (4). The UK - 1174, 5 (5). Italy - 1173, 6 (6). Colombia - 1159, 7 (7). Portuguese - 1133, 8 (8). The Netherlands - 1106, 9 (9). Croatia - 1080, 10 (10). Russia - 1064, ... 21 (21). Sweden - 849 **; 40 (39). Ireland - 627 **; 79 (76). Austria - 453 **; 139 (142). Kazakhstan - 212; 153 (155). Faroe Islands - 151 **. ** - teams that will play against Kazakhstan in the World Championship qualification round.