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ENGLAND'S desperate display in the World Cup has left them just seven places above Scotland in the FIFA world rankings.

Roy Hodgson's men, who bombed out of Brazil 2014 in the group stages after defeats to Italy and Uruguay and a 0-0 draw with Costa Rica, have dropped ten places in the international standings.

They now sit behind Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mexico and Croatia in 20th place while Gordon Strachan's Scotland are ranked 27th.

Scotland will be able to further close the gap with a result in the forthcoming friendly in November at Celtic Park.

The SFA's English chief executive Stewart Regan tweeted this morning: "England drop 10 places in #FIFA rankings to 20th with Scotland 27th. A win in Germany in Sept and we may be leap-frogging ;-) #cmonscotland"

Germany are now ranked number one in the world by FIFA following their World Cup triumph.

Holland have risen 12 places to third behind Argentina while Colombia are in fourth place.

Meanwhile Brazil and Spain both fell down the standings after their poor performances this summer.