Wales have returned to the top ten of the Fifa world rankings with Spain falling to eleventh.
Wales head coach Chris Coleman
Wales have risen to 10th in latest rankings set by FIFA, one spot above former European and World champions Spain after Chris Coleman’s side beat Moldova 4-0 in the international break.
The Dragons reached the top 10 for the first time in July 2015 and achieved a record of eighth in October last year during their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
Wales’ Gareth Bale scores
It’s been a remarkable turn around for Wales, in August in 2011 they were languishing in 117th but the upturn in fortunes has been remarkable since the appointment of Chris Coleman who has taken the nation up with some of the strongest nations in the continent.
England sit two places below the Welsh in twelfth after Sam Allardyce won his first game in charge against Slovakia with a late Adam Lallana strike being the difference, as the Three Lions look to put what happened in France to bed.
England’s Adam Lallana celebrates scoring their first goal with team mates
Scotland have risen a whopping seven places into 44th as they put five past Malta in their opening game of the qualifying campaign, The Scots leapfrog the likes of Serbia, Korea Republic and Denmark.
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