New Delhi: The Indian football team continued to paint a grim picture as they dropped a whopping 12 places to languish at the 167th position in the latest FIFA rankings, while World Cup finalists Argentina continue to maintain the top spot.
India were in the 155th spot rankings last month. The dip follows poor performances in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers where India have lost all three group matches played so far.
They are scheduled to face Turkmenistan and Oman, in two away matches on October 8 and 13, respectively.
Meanwhile, reigning world champions Germany are second ahead of Belgium, while Spain moved back into the top 10 in sixth after two wins in the European championship qualifiers.
Portugal climbed two steps to fourth at the expense of Colombia, who slid to fifth. Five-time world champions Brazil dropped two rungs to seventh, followed by Wales.
Reigning Copa America champions Chile are in the ninth place, ahead of England.