Booters hit record low
After ending 2016 at their lowest-ever position on the FIFA rankings, the Bangladesh men's football began the new year by falling even further. The booters have dropped five further places and now find themselves in 190th place, 19 places above the lowest-ranked team.
Like their demotion in the last rankings, Bangladesh played no part this time either. They had not played a single game during the period of consideration, but the teams below them simply moved above them.
Seychelles, Bermuda, Solomon Islands, Liechtenstein and Brunei Darussalam all moved ahead of Bangladesh in the latest rankings.
The men in red and green are now the sixth-worst of the AFC sides, with Timor Leste (191), Sri Lanka (196), Pakistan (197) and Mongolia (198) below them.
Meanwhile, Bhutan -- who defeated Bangladesh for the first time ever in the AFC Cup Qualifiers last year -- moved up one place to 176th, while Nepal leapfrogged six places to 175th. India also moved up six places and are now sitting at 129th.
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