Malaysia showed inconsistent performance in 2013 and was placed at 158th position in January followed by 159th (February), 164th (March), 163rd (April) and 161st (May) before maintaining 159th place in June and July.
The Harimau Malaya squad slipped three rungs in August (162) before moving up one rung in September and fell two spots to 160th in October before improving to 158th place in November and 154th in December.
The latest rankings saw Malaysia in the same league as countries such
as Guyana (151), Belize (152), Liechtenstein, Puerto Rico and India
(156) and apart from Nicaragua at 159th in the world.
At the Asian level, Malaysia maintained the 30th position out of 46 countries.
Meanwhile, Harimau Muda A (National Under-23 squad) chief coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee was appointed temporary Harimau Malaya coach after the Football Association of Malaysia decided not to renew the contract of Datuk K. Rajagobal at the end of December.
The 2013 Confederation Cup runner-up, Spain, kept the top rank as the best football team in the world with 1,507 points while Germany and Argentina were ranked second and third best in the world, respectively.
Germany and Argentina collected 1,318 points and 1,252 points, respectively
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