Booters hit all-time low in rankings
The Bangladesh football team hit rock-bottom as they were ranked at an all-time low of 196th by the world's governing body in the latest FIFA Rankings.
The men in red and green dropped seven places despite playing no games the past month as other teams moved ahead of them. There are only nine active teams below Bangladesh in the rankings, while six others are inactive.
In April of 1996, Bangladesh reached their highest-ever place in the rankings as they climbed to 110th. By the end of 2010 they were 159th.
Since 2010 they played 45 matches that were taken into FIFA's consideration, having won nine of them. They drew a further 12 and racked up 24 losses, more than half their games.
Bangladesh have not played a match under consideration so far in 2016. As a result their ranking may worsen over the coming months. However, as of yet Bangladesh are not the lowest-ranked team in the Asian Football Confederation -- Mongolia (197th), Sri Lanka (198th) and Pakistan (200th) ¬are lower.
On the international front, Germany overtook Brazil at the top of the rankings while Gareth Bales's Wales have moved ahead of England, who are 15th, to grab British bragging rights.
Argentina's troubled campaign saw them slide to fourth place, with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal moving up to third.
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