FIFA Ranking: February 2009 preview (I)

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

January 2009 rank - Country - January 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1663	1693	1693
2	Germany	1389	1403	1403
3	Netherlands	1338	1357	1357
4	Italy	1326	1318	1318
5	Brazil	1246	1248	1248
6	Argentina	1180	1181	1181
7	Croatia	1142	1175	1175
8	England	1115	1136	1136
9	Russia	1103	1119	1119
10	Turkey	1016	1040	1040
11	Czech Republic	1007	1020	1020
11	France	1007	1026	1026
11	Portugal	1007	1020	1020
14	Cameroon	989	900	900
15	Egypt	974	713	742
16	Ukraine	909	936	936
17	Nigeria	891	827	827
18	Paraguay	889	922	922
19	Israel	877	878	878
20	Greece	872	864	864
21	Romania	858	880	880
22	USA	853	822	858
23	Uruguay	828	849	849
24	Switzerland	824	856	856
25	Ghana	813	713	713
26	Mexico	811	791	823
27	Côte d'Ivoire	785	713	713
28	Bulgaria	782	773	773
29	Australia	777	750	778
30	Chile	757	743	743
31	Poland	748	754	754
31	Sweden	748	742	818
33	Scotland	739	739	739
34	Japan	734	692	750
35	Serbia	731	737	737
36	Denmark	716	725	725
37	Republic of Ireland	711	747	747
38	Guinea	710	608	608
39	Ecuador	697	692	692
40	Honduras	689	610	757
41	Morocco	640	654	654
42	Korea Republic	628	594	627
43	Mali	626	603	603
44	Slovakia	621	636	636
45	Tunisia	615	568	568
46	Iran	613	616	639
47	Costa Rica	606	554	766
47	Hungary	606	630	630
49	Colombia	597	597	597
50	Lithuania	583	595	595
50	Senegal	583	565	565
52	Northern Ireland	580	593	593
53	Saudi Arabia	559	556	556
54	Belgium	548	567	567
55	Finland	535	523	574
56	FYR Macedonia	533	535	535
57	Slovenia	532	570	570
58	Bolivia	528	537	537
59	Norway	526	550	550
60	Wales	522	501	501
61	Bosnia-Herzegovina	517	535	535
62	Burkina Faso	512	520	520
62	Gabon	512	515	515
64	Algeria	501	497	497
65	Venezuela	496	490	490
66	Jamaica	494	508	508
67	Angola	492	455	455
68	Uganda	489	477	477
69	Uzbekistan	485	433	485
70	Congo	484	486	486
70	Latvia	484	493	493
72	Peru	462	478	478
73	Trinidad and Tobago	461	440	440
74	South Africa	458	482	482
75	Gambia	446	465	465
76	Zambia	430	392	392
77	Cuba	425	380	380
78	Albania	424	435	435
78	Libya	424	432	432
80	Iceland	421	444	444
81	Belarus	420	394	394
82	New Zealand	419	419	419
83	Panama	417	372	716
84	Kenya	413	367	403
85	Iraq	412	406	406
86	Canada	410	398	398
86	Congo DR	410	374	374
86	Qatar	410	385	385
89	Bahrain	407	403	467
90	Togo	405	398	398
91	Rwanda	391	407	407
92	Austria	388	414	414
93	Sudan	383	412	412
94	Cyprus	376	368	368
94	Oman	376	374	394
96	Zimbabwe	374	350	350
97	Moldova	373	364	364
98	Mozambique	372	372	372
99	Benin	362	422	422
100	Haiti	357	302	302
101	Tanzania	352	341	341
102	Ethiopia	348	348	348
103	Malawi	342	342	342
104	China PR	340	339	339
105	Syria	336	334	382
106	Fiji	333	333	333
107	Cape Verde Islands	332	332	332
108	Georgia	328	328	328
109	Guatemala	325	315	502
110	El Salvador	315	313	470
110	Sierra Leone	315	315	315
112	Armenia	313	278	278
113	Montenegro	310	310	310
114	United Arab Emirates	304	288	330
115	Namibia	296	297	297
116	Korea DPR	287	280	287
117	Botswana	283	283	283
118	Chad	260	249	249
118	Estonia	260	265	265
118	Kuwait	260	246	303
121	Luxembourg	259	279	279
122	Equatorial Guinea	257	255	255
123	Grenada	253	298	298
124	Thailand	252	275	322
125	Barbados	248	243	243
126	Jordan	244	246	269
127	Antigua and Barbuda	242	265	265
128	Burundi	236	217	217
129	Guyana	231	218	218
129	Suriname	231	231	231
131	Bermuda	229	291	291
131	New Caledonia	229	229	229
133	Kazakhstan	210	207	207
134	Azerbaijan	209	202	235
135	Madagascar	207	207	207
135	Singapore	207	196	225
137	Swaziland	190	209	209
138	Vietnam	182	216	216
139	Liberia	179	179	179
140	Vanuatu	176	176	176
141	Puerto Rico	173	170	170
142	India	168	161	161
142	Niger	168	168	168
144	Indonesia	167	186	258
145	Lebanon	163	133	201
146	Tajikistan	162	162	162
147	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	153	123	123
148	Malta	151	134	134
149	Mauritania	149	149	149
149	Turkmenistan	149	131	131
151	Liechtenstein	147	147	147
152	Hong Kong	139	174	237
153	Yemen	131	123	155
154	Netherlands Antilles	128	142	142
154	St. Kitts and Nevis	128	139	139
156	Myanmar	127	121	121
157	Maldives	126	126	126
158	Malaysia	114	103	103
159	Kyrgyzstan	112	112	112
160	Eritrea	108	108	108
161	Lesotho	106	103	103
162	Philippines	102	98	98
163	Solomon Islands	100	100	100
164	Sri Lanka	98	98	98
165	Pakistan	89	89	89
166	Chinese Taipei	85	85	85
167	Turks and Caicos Islands	83	51	51
168	Laos	80	73	73
169	Bahamas	74	74	74
169	Mauritius	74	74	74
171	Cayman Islands	73	76	76
172	Seychelles	72	72	72
173	Belize	71	45	478
174	Nepal	70	70	70
175	Bangladesh	68	68	68
176	Samoa	64	64	64
176	St. Lucia	64	64	64
178	Somalia	57	57	57
179	Cambodia	56	56	56
180	Palestine	52	56	56
181	British Virgin Islands	50	50	50
182	Brunei Darussalam	45	45	45
182	Nicaragua	45	45	696
184	Afghanistan	44	44	44
185	Faroe Islands	42	42	42
186	Djibouti	41	41	41
187	Dominican Republic	40	40	40
188	Guinea-Bissau	38	38	38
189	Bhutan	33	33	33
190	Tahiti	32	32	32
190	Tonga	32	32	32
192	Dominica	25	12	12
193	Mongolia	24	24	24
194	Aruba	22	22	22
195	Andorra	20	14	14
196	US Virgin Islands	17	17	17
197	Macau	10	10	10
198	Timor-Leste	9	9	9
199	Comoros	8	8	8
200	Central African Republic	6	6	6
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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