FIFA Ranking: Colombia December 2008 detailed point totals

I don't get the same value as FIFA does, but that's because there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

The columns are as follows: Match date, Opponents' FIFA trigramme, FIFA match points for Colombia.

"0.2 time frame"

15-Jan-2005	KOR	491.28
17-Jan-2005	GUA	120.615
23-Feb-2005	MEX	179.52
09-Mar-2005	USA	0
26-Mar-2005	VEN	334.125
30-Mar-2005	ARG	0
31-May-2005	ENG	0
04-Jun-2005	PER	1254.825
08-Jun-2005	ECU	1210.275
06-Jul-2005	PAN	0
10-Jul-2005	HON	0
12-Jul-2005	TRI	1194.93
17-Jul-2005	MEX	1590.435
21-Jul-2005	PAN	0
04-Sep-2005	URU	0
08-Oct-2005	CHI	306.9
12-Oct-2005	PAR	1232.55

"0.3 time frame"

01-Mar-2006	VEN	129.69
24-May-2006	ECU	159.39
27-May-2006	ROU	176.115
30-May-2006	POL	510.435
02-Jun-2006	GER	0
04-Jun-2006	MAR	452.64
16-Aug-2006	CHI	458.64

"0.5 time frame"

07-Feb-2007	URU	0
25-Mar-2007	SUI	543.51
28-Mar-2007	PAR	502.74
09-May-2007	PAN	395.28
03-Jun-2007	MNE	148.5
05-Jun-2007	JPN	142.74
23-Jun-2007	ECU	458.64
28-Jun-2007	PAR	0
02-Jul-2007	ARG	0
05-Jul-2007	USA	1515.24
22-Aug-2007	MEX	518.805
08-Sep-2007	PER	143.08
12-Sep-2007	PAR	496.86
14-Oct-2007	BRA	482.65
17-Oct-2007	BOL	269.5
17-Nov-2007	VEN	1058.4
20-Nov-2007	ARG	1470

"1.0 time frame"

06-Feb-2008	URU	168.56
26-Mar-2008	HON	0
30-Apr-2008	VEN	414.54
29-May-2008	IRL	0
03-Jun-2008	FRA	0
14-Jun-2008	PER	333.2
18-Jun-2008	ECU	345.45
20-Aug-2008	ECU	0
06-Sep-2008	URU	0
10-Sep-2008	CHI	0
11-Oct-2008	PAR	0
15-Oct-2008	BRA	480.2
19-Nov-2008	NGA	488.61

Adding it up:

Year - Points - Matches - Multiplier - Total

-4	7915.455	17	0.2	93.123
-3	1886.91	7	0.3	80.86757
-2	8145.945	17	0.5	239.5866
-1	2230.56	13	1	171.5815

My total: 585.1587275. FIFA has 597. However, my software makes adjustments based on previous month differences and Colombia had 601 in my final December 2008 FIFA ranking preview.

Look at the unweighted averages for each year:

-4	465.615
-3	269.5586
-2	479.1732
-1	171.5815

Colombia really lost it in the last 12 months. No wonder they plunged in the rankings.

Top 5 most valuable individual matches:

17-Jul-2005 Mexico - Colombia 1 - 2 (Gold Cup 2005) 1590.435
05-Jul-2007 Colombia - USA 1 - 0 (Copa America 2007) 1515.24
20-Nov-2007 Colombia - Argentina 2 - 1 (2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier) 1470
04-Jun-2005 Colombia - Peru 5 - 0 (2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifier) 1254.825
12-Oct-2005 Paraguay - Colombia 0 - 1 (2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifier) 1232.55

Top 5 most valuable matches (actual averaged value):

05-Jul-2007 Colombia - USA 1 - 0 (Copa America 2007) 44.566
20-Nov-2007 Colombia - Argentina 2 - 1 (2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier) 43.235
19-Nov-2008 Colombia - Nigeria 1 - 0 (Friendly) 37.585
15-Oct-2008 Brazil - Colombia 0 - 0 (2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier) 36.938
30-Apr-2008 Colombia - Venezuela 5 - 2 (Friendly) 31.888

Colombia's two best results are from more than an year ago! Then they have 2 friendlies and a draw in a qualifier.

Colombia also dropped in the Elo ratings. In the last 12 months, they've lost 19 places and 90 ranking points.

Colombia will probably drop one spot in the January 2009 FIFA ranking, as Costa Rica are expected to climb.

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