Bulgaria Climbs Four Positions in FIFA World Ranking

The Bulgarian men's national football team climbed four position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which was released on Thursday.

At present, Bulgaria occupies the 67^th place with 505 points, being one position behind the team of Burkina Faso and ahead of the United Arab Emirates, the website of FIFA informs.

The prestigious 2-2 draw, which Bulgaria achieved against Italy in the EURO 2016 Group H qualifier at the end of March, was the cause for the progress in the ranking.

The Italians themselves dropped with three positions to the 13^th place, while the leaders in Group H Croatia climbed two positions to the 17^th place.

All other teams in qualification Group H are behind Bulgaria, with Norway retaining its 70^th position, Azerbaijan climbing to 115^th, while Malta dropped to 149^th place.

The two top positions in the ranking remain unchanged, being occupied respectively by the reigning world champion Germany and its opponents in the 2014 final - Argentina.

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