Argentina national team are the world’s best, according to the Fifa /Coca-Cola World Ranking.
The Albicelestes move up from third place and replace Germany for the top spot, the first time in seven years.
Argentina have had steady improvements finishing as runners up in the just concluded Copa America tournament.
Argentina’s Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Gonzalo Higuain and Angel Di Maria react during the Copa America
Meanwhile the new Copa America winners Chile have moved up eight positions, only just missing out on a top-ten ranking at number 11.
New entries in the top ten are Romania (8th, up 4), England (9th, up 6) and Wales (12th, up to 10th).
The rankings have been done due to the many matches that have been played: with 26 Copa América matches, 99 qualifying matches for the World Cup or continental tournaments and 88 friendlies with last year’s World Cup matches loosing value.
African Champions, Cote D’Ivoire climbed up from third to second while Algeria still maintained top spot.
2015 AFCON runners up, Ghana climbed from fifth to third, just as Tunisia dropped two places to fourth.
Equatorial Guinea records the biggest move, climbing 69 places from a previous 118 to 49 place and Uganda is now ranked 73 in the world.
full list of men rankings
World champions USA back on top
The USA have reclaimed pole position in the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking demoting Germany to second place by some distance.
The two heavyweights played each other in the semi-finals in Montreal, with the Americans coming out on top.
full list of women rankings