France and Switzerland on the rise

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The February edition of the FIFA / Coca- Cola reflects changes made by 42 international 'A' matches , 40 of which were friendly. The leading trio remains compound - in order - Spain , Germany and Argentina . However, the podium , Portugal (4th , up 1) and Colombia ( 5th , down 1) on the one hand , and Brazil (9th , up 1) and the Netherlands (10th , down 1) of on the other hand , exchange their seats, while Switzerland (6th , up 2) exceeds both Uruguay (7th , down 1) and Italy (8th , down 1) .

Of the 40 friendly matches , 28 matches were of African Nations Championship (CHAN ) . The tournament is open to players vying for the national championship of the country , saw its third edition compete in South Africa.

Last month , the following teams were able to grow more than five places: Cape Verde (27th , up 8) , Armenia (30th , up 8) , Slovakia ( 54th , up 6) , Israel (56th , up 7) , Uzbekistan ( 57th , up 8) , Poland ( 70th , up 7) , Liechtenstein (150th , up 6) and Pakistan ( 165th , up 7) . Some of them have benefited from the devaluation of past games . In contrast, the largest declines recorded this month relate to Mali ( 59th , less than 19 ) and Togo ( 90th , less 19) , which had last year at the same time in the African Cup Nations .

Only three teams have progressed ten or more seats compared to the previous ranking : St Vincent and the Grenadines ( 141st , plus 19 ) , El Salvador ( 78th, up 10) and Belize ( 142th , up 10) .

The top 50 remains a relatively closed circle only Paraguay ( 49th , up 2) makes his entrance in favor of Mali , bringing to nine the number of South American teams , while Africa account more than eight . Other confederations maintain about them the same number of representatives in the Top 50 : Championship ( 26) CONCACAF (5) AFC (2) and OFC ( 0) . A total of 55 international matches "A" have so far been recorded in 2014

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