European champions Spain led the way in an unchanged top 10 of the world football rankings issued on Wednesday by the ruling body FIFA, dpa reported.
Spain have 1,693 points to rank ahead of Euro 2008 finalists Germany (1,403) and the Netherlands (1,357).
World champions Italy (1,318), Brazil (1,248), Argentina (1,181), Croatia (1,175), England (1,136), Russia (1,119) and Turkey (1,040) complete the top 10.