FIFA Ranking: January 2009 probable ranking (I)

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Until January 8th (the deadline for matches), there will be group matches in the CECAFA Cup and Gulf Cup. Before those, some friendlies mainly involving Asian and African teams preparing for said tournaments.
There are also two matches that didn't make it to the last ranking: Serbia - Poland 0 - 1 and Jamaica - Grenada 2 - 0.

There will be some teams moving because of devaluation of results - many of them from Africa. Most eye catching will be Egypt, up one place to 15th and really challenging Cameroon for highest ranked African team. Also on the up, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Costa Rica.

St. Vincent and the Grenadines will drop 15 places to 148th.

There will be an update on January 8th or earlier.

Probable January 2009 rank - Team - Probable January 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1663	0	0
2	Germany	1389	0	8
3	Netherlands	1338	0	0
4	Italy	1326	0	0
5	Brazil	1246	0	0
6	Argentina	1180	0	0
7	Croatia	1142	0	0
8	England	1115	0	0
9	Russia	1103	0	0
10	Turkey	1016	0	0
11	Czech Republic	1007	0	0
11	France	1007	0	0
11	Portugal	1007	0	0
14	Cameroon	989	0	0
15	Egypt	971	1	77
16	Ukraine	909	-1	0
17	Nigeria	891	2	15
18	Paraguay	889	-1	0
19	Israel	877	-1	0
20	Greece	872	0	0
21	Romania	858	0	0
22	USA	853	0	0
23	Uruguay	828	0	0
24	Switzerland	824	0	0
25	Ghana	813	0	-2
26	Mexico	811	0	0
27	Côte d'Ivoire	785	2	14
28	Bulgaria	782	-1	0
29	Australia	777	-1	0
30	Chile	757	1	0
31	Sweden	749	1	1
32	Poland	748	2	13
33	Scotland	739	0	0
34	Japan	734	1	0
35	Ecuador	733	1	4
36	Serbia	731	-6	-30
37	Denmark	716	0	0
38	Guinea	711	1	10
38	Republic of Ireland	711	0	0
40	Honduras	689	0	0
41	Morocco	641	0	-8
42	Korea Republic	629	0	-2
43	Mali	627	2	12
44	Slovakia	621	0	0
45	Iran	616	-2	-10
46	Tunisia	615	0	10
47	Saudi Arabia	610	1	10
48	Costa Rica	607	5	29
48	Hungary	607	-1	4
50	Colombia	597	-1	0
51	Lithuania	583	0	0
51	Senegal	583	-1	-4
53	Northern Ireland	580	-1	0
54	Belgium	548	0	0
55	Finland	535	0	0
56	FYR Macedonia	533	0	0
57	Slovenia	532	0	0
58	Kenya	530	10	46
59	Bolivia	528	-1	0
60	Norway	526	-1	0
61	Uganda	524	10	56
62	Wales	522	-2	0
63	Bosnia-Herzegovina	517	-2	0
64	Burkina Faso	512	-2	0
64	Gabon	512	-2	0
66	Algeria	501	-2	0
67	Venezuela	497	-2	10
68	Jamaica	496	-3	9
69	Angola	491	1	9
70	Uzbekistan	485	2	22
71	Congo	484	-3	0
72	Latvia	483	-5	-2
73	Rwanda	482	5	32
74	Zambia	473	-2	10
75	Iraq	463	-3	0
76	Peru	462	-1	0
76	Trinidad and Tobago	462	1	3
78	South Africa	457	-2	-4
79	Gambia	446	9	33
80	Bahrain	428	0	0
81	Cuba	425	-2	-14
82	Albania	424	-1	0
82	Libya	424	0	1
84	Qatar	423	0	3
85	Iceland	421	-2	0
86	Belarus	420	-2	0
87	New Zealand	419	-1	0
88	Panama	418	0	5
89	Sudan	412	4	27
90	Canada	410	0	0
90	Congo DR	410	1	9
92	Togo	406	-6	-13
93	Austria	388	-1	0
94	Cyprus	376	0	0
95	Zimbabwe	374	2	1
96	Moldova	373	1	0
97	Mozambique	372	-2	-3
97	Tanzania	372	2	0
99	Benin	362	2	0
100	China PR	358	0	-10
101	Haiti	357	1	0
102	Oman	354	-6	-20
103	Ethiopia	348	0	0
104	Syria	344	1	7
105	Malawi	342	-1	0
106	Fiji	333	0	0
107	Cape Verde Islands	332	0	0
108	Georgia	328	0	0
109	Guatemala	325	0	-2
110	United Arab Emirates	320	0	0
111	El Salvador	315	0	0
111	Sierra Leone	315	5	29
113	Armenia	313	0	10
114	Montenegro	310	-2	0
115	Namibia	296	0	9
116	Korea DPR	285	-3	-18
117	Botswana	283	0	0
118	Chad	260	1	0
118	Estonia	260	1	0
120	Luxembourg	259	1	0
121	Equatorial Guinea	257	2	0
122	Thailand	256	4	8
123	Grenada	253	-5	-16
124	Jordan	250	0	0
124	Kuwait	250	3	8
126	Barbados	248	-4	-10
127	Antigua and Barbuda	239	1	1
128	Guyana	231	3	5
128	Suriname	231	1	0
130	Bermuda	230	-6	-20
131	New Caledonia	229	-1	0
132	Kazakhstan	210	5	11
132	Singapore	210	0	-9
134	Azerbaijan	209	0	0
135	Madagascar	207	0	0
136	Burundi	204	0	0
137	Swaziland	190	1	0
138	Liberia	179	1	0
139	Vanuatu	176	2	0
140	Puerto Rico	173	2	0
141	Indonesia	172	-2	-7
142	India	168	1	0
142	Niger	168	1	0
144	Yemen	165	1	-2
145	Lebanon	162	5	16
145	Tajikistan	162	1	0
145	Vietnam	162	10	40
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	153	-15	-63
149	Malta	151	-2	0
150	Mauritania	149	8	37
150	Turkmenistan	149	-2	0
152	Liechtenstein	147	-3	0
153	Hong Kong	139	-2	0
154	Netherlands Antilles	128	-2	0
154	St. Kitts and Nevis	128	-2	0
156	Myanmar	127	0	7
157	Maldives	125	-3	-2
158	Kyrgyzstan	112	0	0
159	Malaysia	109	-3	-11
160	Eritrea	108	2	5
161	Lesotho	106	0	0
162	Philippines	103	-2	-5
163	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
164	Sri Lanka	98	-1	-2
165	Seychelles	91	1	0
166	Pakistan	89	-1	-3
167	Chinese Taipei	85	0	0
168	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	0	0
169	Laos	80	0	0
170	Bahamas	74	0	0
170	Mauritius	74	0	0
172	Cayman Islands	73	0	0
173	Belize	71	0	0
174	Nepal	70	0	0
175	Bangladesh	68	-1	-2
176	Samoa	64	0	0
176	St. Lucia	64	0	0
178	Cambodia	56	0	0
179	Palestine	52	0	0
180	British Virgin Islands	50	0	0
181	Brunei Darussalam	45	0	0
181	Nicaragua	45	0	0
183	Afghanistan	44	0	0
184	Faroe Islands	42	0	0
185	Dominican Republic	40	0	0
186	Guinea-Bissau	38	0	0
187	Bhutan	33	0	0
188	Djibouti	32	0	0
188	Tahiti	32	0	0
188	Tonga	32	0	0
191	Dominica	25	0	0
192	Mongolia	24	0	0
193	Aruba	22	0	0
194	Andorra	20	0	0
195	US Virgin Islands	17	0	0
196	Macau	10	0	0
197	Timor-Leste	9	0	0
198	Comoros	8	0	0
199	Central African Republic	6	0	0
200	Somalia	5	0	0
201	American Samoa	0	0	0
201	Anguilla	0	0	0
201	Cook Islands	0	0	0
201	Guam	0	0	0
201	Montserrat	0	0	0
201	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
201	San Marino	0	0	0

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