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Former German international Lothar Matthaeus receives a T-shirt from the president of the Bulgarian Football Union Borislav Mikhailov (left) in Sept 2010. EPA/BGNES
Bulgaria's national football team has become 43rd in the world ranking of FIFA shortly after Lothar Matthaeus took over as head coach.
Matthaeus led the Bulgarians to two wins – 0:1 over Wales in the Euro 2012 qualifications, and 2:0 over Saudi Arabia in a friendly.
As a result, with 605 points, Bulgaria bounced off its 54th position in the FIFA ranking to which it sank after losing its first two Euro 2012 qualifiers – 4:0 to England in London, and 0:1 to Montenegro at home in Sofia.
From Bulgaria's opponents for Euro 2012, England is 6th with 1205 points, Switzerland is 23rd with 842 points, Montenegro is 26th with 827 points, and Wales is 104th with 319 points.
The FIFA World Ranking is topped by Spain, the Netherlands, Brazil, and Germany. Croatia and Russia have made it to the Top 10.
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