The United Arab Emirates national team are ranked 66th in the world as per the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.

Following their historic 2-1 win away to Japan and a narrow defeat at home to Australia in the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, UAE have moved up by eight places having featured in 74th place in August.

Iran leads the way among the Asian teams, moving up two places to the 37th spot.

Argentina remained the highest ranked nation in the world and Belgium maintain their second place as well while Brazil’s Olympics triumph has seen them soar five places to number four.

Spain on the other hand have dropped out of the top ten for the first time since 2006, currently featuring in 11th place.