Holger's Osieck's Socceroos are still the number one ranked nation in Asia - but are now just three places ahead of Japan who moved up one slot to 29th.

Australia are at their lowest position since June 2009 when they were 29th before shooting up to 16th position the following month and have hovered around the top 20 ever since - until this month.

The Socceroos are now ranked behind Slovakia, USA and Paraguay, Switzerland, Serbia and Montenegro.

At the top of the table, Spain and Holland remain in first and second slots but Germany swapped places again with Brazil for third.

Argentina, England, Uruguay and Portugal stayed where they were while Egypt and Croatia also swapped places to round out the top ten.

USA were the biggest movers this month, surging six places to 18th place. New Zealand slipped four places to 63rd.