TEHRAN, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran's national soccer team remained its last month's 36th place in the new rating list of FIFA, Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.

The Iranian team is still the best Asian football team in the rankings, followed by Australia (40), Japan (60) and South Korea (61).

World champion Germany (1,544 points) tops May FIFA ranking.

Germany is followed by Brazil (1,384), Belgium (1,346), Portugal (1,306), Argentina (1,254), Switzerland (1,179), France (1,166), Spain (1,162), Chile (1,146) and Poland (1,128).?