Indonesia were Southeast Asia’s prime movers in the latest FIFA world rankings released on Thursday after climbing 11 places into 154th spot.
There was also progress for Thailand, Myanmar and Singapore, who joined the Indonesians as the only four ASEAN teams to enjoy improvement for November.
Thailand are now 132nd in the world after moving up by six places, while Myanmar climbed up five spots to 150th following a 2-1 win over Cambodia and a 2-2 draw against India in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers.
Philippines remain the region’s highest-ranked side despite slipping two places to 118th, with Vietnam the closest to them in 125th.
Indonesia round off the top five with Singapore in sixth position with their ranking of 170, an improvement of three places from last month.
Laos fell the greatest as they dropped a staggering 22 spots to sit in 184th, and are only ahead of Brunei Darussalam and Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia.
FIFA world rankings (November 2017) – Southeast Asia
1) Philippines: 118th (-2)
2) Vietnam: 125th (-4)
3) Thailand: 132nd (+6)
4) Myanmar: 150th (+5)
5) Indonesia: 154th (+11)
6) Singapore: 170th (+3)
6) Cambodia: 170th (-)
8) Malaysia: 174th (-4)
9) Laos: 184th (-22)
10) Brunei Darussalam: 190th (-6)
11) Timor-Leste: 196th (-4)
Source : http://www.foxsportsasia.com/
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understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia.
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