Brazil has knocked Germany off the top of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings released on Thursday.

World champions Germany dropped to second despite winning the Confederations Cup after some rolling historical results were devalued.

Argentina is in third and modest Switzerland, with a 100 per cent record in World Cup qualifiers, are fourth, which is higher than they have been since 1994.

Poland, who boast Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski among their ranks, are at a historic high of fifth having dropped just two points in their own qualifiers as European champions Portugal dropped two places to fifth.

FIFA Rankings Top Five

1. Brazil

2. Germany

3. Argentina

4. Switzerland

5. Poland