The Indian football team on Sunday improved five places to be ranked 101st in the FIFA world rankings. India beat Myanmar (1-0) and Kyrgyzstan (2-0) in the tri-nation football tournament held in Imphal recently. India is now one place below New Zealand and one place above Kenya. India has a score of 1200.66 and is ranked 19th among 46 Asian countries.

Japan is on top in Asia. India's best ranking has been 94 in 1996. World champions Argentina move to the top with a one-place advantage. After that there are teams from France, Brazil, Belgium, England, Netherlands, Croatia, Italy, Portugal and Spain. This is the first list of the year in the FIFA World Rankings, the previous list was released in December.