9月1日，國際足聯(lián)公布了9月份各國國家隊的最新排名，中國隊憑借在8月份亞洲杯上的出色表現(xiàn)，排名迅速躥升了13位，達到了目前的第48位。但在亞洲，排在前四位的球隊仍然是日本、伊朗、韓國、沙特，四強格局并未發(fā)生變化。約旦、伊拉克、巴林也都排在中國隊之前。新華社報道如下：World soccer governing body, FIFA, has released its latest rankings Wednesday. China rose to 48th place with 572 points, 3 ranks up from August. Top 10 teams remain unchanged since few A-level international games were held in the past month, when the Athens Olympics took center stage. FIFA是Federation Internationale de Football Association（法語）的縮寫，表示“國際足球聯(lián)盟”。