By Maureen Nakigozi

Federation of International in Football Association (FIFA) has released top 25 world rankings as of 4 July 2012.

Germany, England, Portugal, Italy, Chez Republic, Greece among others have increased to higher positions while Netherlands, Croatia, Denmark  have decreased as teams like Spain, Argentina, Sweden have remained steady in their former positions.

Top 25 Rankings as of 4 July 2012
Rank      Team                Points
1             Spain                   1691
2            Germany            1502
3            Uruguay             1297
4            England               1294
5            Portugal              1213
6            Italy                      1192
7            Argentina           1095
8            Netherlands       1079
9           Croatia                  1050
10        Denmark               1017
11         Brazil                      1012
12        Greece                    1003
13        Russia                      981
14        France                     980
15        Chile                          961
16        Côte d’Ivoire          939
17        Sweden                     909
18        Czech Republic     854
19        Mexico                     832
20       Japan                        829
21        Switzerland            828
22        Colombia                814
23        Australia                807
24        Norway                   780
25        Paraguay                772

Uganda Cranes  has this time risen in the FIFA ranking now at the 85 position from the 95th position with 363 in the previous rankings.

Uganda has risen nine positions with 409 points ahead of Angola with 407 and Burkina Faso with 405 points.