Iran jumped a whopping 15 positions up in the latest FIFA Ranking published today.

After the three consecutive wins in the FIFA World Cup 2014 Brazil qualification rounds and the qualification to the finals rounds in Brazil next year, it was expects that Team Melli will recover the lost ground in the ranking as well. Iran accumulated  596 points in the July 2013 ranking  to jump to 52 in the table after a disappointing tally of last month which saw it drop to 67.

Iran also regained the 4th ranking in Asia after Japan, Australia and South Korea and just ahead of Uzbekistan.