FIFA Ranking: February 2009 preview (II)

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.

Included matches: up to and including January 28th, 2009. Matches left to play: 5 matches at the UNCAF Nations Cup and a couple of friendlies.

February 2009 current rank - Team - February 2009 current points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1693	0	30
2	Germany	1403	0	14
3	Netherlands	1357	0	19
4	Italy	1318	0	-8
5	Brazil	1248	0	2
6	Argentina	1181	0	1
7	Croatia	1175	0	33
8	England	1136	0	21
9	Russia	1119	0	16
10	Turkey	1040	0	24
11	France	1026	0	19
12	Czech Republic	1020	-1	13
12	Portugal	1020	-1	13
14	Ukraine	936	2	27
15	Paraguay	922	3	33
16	Cameroon	900	-2	-89
17	Romania	880	4	22
18	Israel	878	1	1
19	Greece	864	1	-8
20	USA	858	2	5
21	Switzerland	856	3	32
22	Uruguay	849	1	21
23	Nigeria	827	-6	-64
24	Mexico	791	2	-20
25	Sweden	780	6	32
26	Bulgaria	773	2	-9
27	Australia	760	2	-17
28	Poland	754	3	6
29	Republic of Ireland	747	8	36
30	Chile	743	0	-14
31	Egypt	742	-16	-232
32	Scotland	739	1	0
33	Serbia	737	2	6
34	Denmark	725	2	9
35	Côte d'Ivoire	713	-8	-72
35	Ghana	713	-10	-100
37	Costa Rica	705	10	99
37	Honduras	705	3	16
39	Japan	694	-5	-40
40	Ecuador	692	-1	-5
41	Morocco	654	0	14
42	Slovakia	636	2	15
43	Korea Republic	633	-1	5
44	Hungary	630	3	24
45	Iran	623	1	10
46	Guinea	608	-8	-102
47	Mali	603	-4	-23
48	Lithuania	595	2	12
49	Northern Ireland	593	3	13
50	Colombia	584	-1	-13
51	Slovenia	570	6	38
52	Tunisia	568	-7	-47
53	Belgium	567	1	19
54	Senegal	565	-4	-18
55	Saudi Arabia	556	-2	-3
56	Norway	550	3	24
57	Finland	545	-2	10
58	Bolivia	537	0	9
59	Bosnia-Herzegovina	535	2	18
59	FYR Macedonia	535	-3	2
61	Burkina Faso	520	1	8
62	Gabon	515	0	3
63	Jamaica	508	3	14
64	Wales	501	-4	-21
65	Algeria	497	-1	-4
66	Latvia	493	4	9
67	Uzbekistan	491	2	6
68	Venezuela	490	-3	-6
69	Congo	486	1	2
69	South Africa	486	5	28
71	Peru	478	1	16
72	Uganda	477	-4	-12
73	Gambia	465	2	19
74	Bahrain	461	15	54
75	Panama	459	8	42
76	Angola	455	-9	-37
77	Iceland	444	3	23
78	Trinidad and Tobago	440	-5	-21
79	Albania	435	-1	11
80	Libya	432	-2	8
81	Benin	422	18	60
82	New Zealand	419	0	0
83	Austria	414	9	26
84	Sudan	412	9	29
85	Rwanda	407	6	16
86	Iraq	406	-1	-6
87	Canada	398	-1	-12
87	Togo	398	3	-7
89	Belarus	394	-8	-26
89	Oman	394	5	18
91	Qatar	385	-5	-25
92	Zambia	381	-16	-49
93	Cuba	380	-16	-45
94	Congo DR	374	-8	-36
95	Mozambique	372	3	0
95	Syria	372	10	36
97	Cyprus	368	-3	-8
98	Kenya	367	-14	-46
99	Moldova	364	-2	-9
100	Zimbabwe	350	-4	-24
101	Ethiopia	348	1	0
102	El Salvador	343	8	28
103	Malawi	342	0	0
104	Tanzania	341	-3	-11
105	China PR	339	-1	-1
106	Fiji	333	0	0
107	Cape Verde Islands	332	0	0
108	Georgia	328	0	0
109	Guatemala	324	0	-1
110	Sierra Leone	315	0	0
111	Montenegro	310	2	0
112	Haiti	302	-12	-55
113	Grenada	298	10	45
114	Namibia	297	1	1
115	Bermuda	291	16	62
115	Thailand	291	9	39
117	United Arab Emirates	288	-3	-16
118	Botswana	283	-1	0
119	Korea DPR	280	-3	-7
120	Luxembourg	279	1	20
121	Armenia	278	-9	-35
122	Antigua and Barbuda	265	5	23
122	Estonia	265	-4	5
124	Equatorial Guinea	255	-2	-2
125	Chad	249	-7	-11
126	Jordan	246	0	2
126	Kuwait	246	-8	-14
128	Barbados	243	-3	-5
129	Suriname	231	0	0
130	New Caledonia	229	1	0
131	Singapore	225	4	18
132	Guyana	218	-3	-13
133	Burundi	217	-5	-19
134	Vietnam	216	4	34
135	Azerbaijan	210	-1	1
135	Indonesia	210	9	43
137	Swaziland	209	0	19
138	Kazakhstan	207	-5	-3
138	Madagascar	207	-3	0
140	Liberia	179	-1	0
141	Vanuatu	176	-1	0
142	Hong Kong	174	10	35
143	Puerto Rico	170	-2	-3
144	Niger	168	-2	0
145	Tajikistan	162	1	0
146	India	161	-4	-7
147	Yemen	155	6	24
148	Lebanon	150	-3	-13
149	Mauritania	149	0	0
150	Liechtenstein	147	1	0
151	Netherlands Antilles	142	3	14
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	2	11
153	Malta	134	-5	-17
154	Turkmenistan	131	-5	-18
155	Maldives	126	2	0
156	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	123	-9	-30
157	Myanmar	121	-1	-6
158	Kyrgyzstan	112	1	0
159	Eritrea	108	1	0
160	Nicaragua	105	22	60
161	Lesotho	103	0	-3
161	Malaysia	103	-3	-11
163	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
164	Philippines	98	-2	-4
164	Sri Lanka	98	0	0
166	Pakistan	89	-1	0
167	Chinese Taipei	85	-1	0
168	Cayman Islands	76	3	3
169	Bahamas	74	0	0
169	Mauritius	74	0	0
171	Laos	73	-3	-7
172	Seychelles	72	0	0
173	Nepal	70	1	0
174	Bangladesh	68	1	0
175	Samoa	64	1	0
175	St. Lucia	64	1	0
177	Belize	62	-4	-9
178	Somalia	57	0	0
179	Cambodia	56	0	0
179	Palestine	56	1	4
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	-14	-32
182	British Virgin Islands	50	-1	0
183	Brunei Darussalam	45	-1	0
184	Afghanistan	44	0	0
185	Faroe Islands	42	0	0
186	Djibouti	41	0	0
187	Dominican Republic	40	0	0
188	Guinea-Bissau	38	0	0
189	Bhutan	33	0	0
190	Tahiti	32	0	0
190	Tonga	32	0	0
192	Mongolia	24	1	0
193	Aruba	22	1	0
194	US Virgin Islands	17	2	0
195	Andorra	14	0	-6
196	Dominica	12	-4	-13
197	Macau	10	0	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	0	0
199	Comoros	8	0	0
200	Central African Republic	6	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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