World and European champion Spain will end the year as the world's number-one ranked football team for the fourth consecutive year.
FIFA announced its latest rankings with an unchanged top 15, with Spain ahead of Netherlands and Germany.
The Socceroos have dropped a place to 23rd after Bosnia-Herzegovina rose three spots to 20th, despite a 6-2 aggregate European Championship play-off defeat to Portugal.
Spain lost its number one status to the Netherlands for a one-month spell in August following a defeat to Italy, but quickly regained it.
Although Vicente del Bosque's side lost to England in November, Holland's recent defeats to Sweden and third-place Germany ensured the tiki-taka masters go into the new year on top.
Tags: soccer, social-sciences, sport, spain First posted December 22, 2011 09:08:06
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