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Fifa rankings: Wales enter world top 10 for first time

Gareth Bale
9 July 2015Last updated at 09:05

Fifa rankings: Wales enter world top 10 for first time

Wales have achieved their highest Fifa world ranking, entering the top 10 for the first time.
Chris Coleman's side have moved up 12 places to 10th, with England one place above in ninth, up six places.
Graphic showing current Fifa rankings top 10 and where those teams were previously
Wales' previous highest ranking was 22nd and as recently as August 2011, they were as low as 117th.
They enter the top 10 after Gareth Bale's goal secured a 1-0 win over Belgium in a Euro 2016 qualifier in June.
They are three points clear at the top of Group B with four games remaining as they bid to reach their first major finals since 1958.
Wales find themselves above reigning European champions Spain in the rankings, with Vicente del Bosque's side down two places in 12th.
"It's a remarkable achievement but it's testimony to all the hard work the players 

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