Team Melli maintained its rank unchanged from last month at  52 in the world in the latest FIFA ranking published by the World Football body on Thursday.

However, Iran overtook South Korea into the third place in Asia for yet another humiliation to its bitter rival whom Iran defeated twice in the World Cup 2014 qualifiers. South Korea dropped 13 places in the overall ranking to 56  with four steps below Iran. Japan with 695 points in the 37th and Australia with 630 in the 46th position are still at the top of the Continental ranking table ahead of Iran on 601 points and South Korea at 594.

The three team in Iran group of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup are ranked as followed.

Kuwait : 304 points in 112 (12 in Asia)
Lebanon : 277 points in 120 (17 in Asia)
Thailand : 223 points in 137 (20 in Asia)