Zurich - European champion Spain maintained its massive lead atop the latest world football rankings issued on Wednesday by the ruling body FIFA.

Spain leads the way in an unchanged top 10 with 1,729 points from Germany (1,362), the Netherlands (1,360), Brazil (1,281), world champion Italy (1,271), Argentina (1,195), Croatia (1,151), Russia (1,117) and France (1,074). (dpa)