FIFA Ranking: January 2009 final preview

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 played up to and including January 8th. This is the official deadline for matches, but FIFA may include more matches but not later than Sunday, January 11th.

No changes in the top 10.
Two countries moving up in the top 20: Egypt (up 1 place to 15th) and Nigeria (up 2 places to 19th).

Best movers: Somalia (22), Vietnam (17) and Gambia (13).

Worst movers: Kenya moving down 18 places, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (14) and Rwanda (13).

Best movers in the top 50

6 - Costa Rica
2 - Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria and Poland

Worst movers in the top 50

-5 - Saudi Arabia and Serbia
-3 - Ecuador
-2 - Iran

Three countries will improve their best ever ranking:

Egypt (15th - 16th in December 2008)
Gambia (75th - 83rd in April 2008)
Chad (118th - 119th in June 1997)

Uganda will return to their best ever ranking - 66th - first achieved in April 1995.

Three countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Tahiti (190th - 188th in December 2008)
Dominica (192nd - 191st in April 2008)
Andorra (195th - 194th in November 2008)

Three countries will return to their worst ever ranking:

United Arab Emirates (113th - November 2008)
Macau (197th - August 2008)
Central African Republic( 200th - November 2008)

January 2009 rank - Team - 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	Serbia	731	-5	-30
36	Denmark	716	1	0
37	Guinea	711	2	10
37	Republic of Ireland	711	1	0
39	Ecuador	697	-3	-32
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	615	-2	-11
45	Tunisia	615	1	10
47	Costa Rica	607	6	29
47	Hungary	607	0	4
49	Colombia	597	0	0
50	Lithuania	583	1	0
50	Senegal	583	0	-4
52	Northern Ireland	580	0	0
53	Saudi Arabia	562	-5	-38
54	Belgium	548	0	0
55	Finland	535	0	0
56	FYR Macedonia	533	0	0
57	Slovenia	532	0	0
58	Bolivia	528	0	0
59	Norway	526	0	0
60	Wales	522	0	0
61	Bosnia-Herzegovina	517	0	0
62	Burkina Faso	512	0	0
62	Gabon	512	0	0
64	Algeria	501	0	0
65	Venezuela	497	0	10
66	Jamaica	496	-1	9
66	Uganda	496	5	28
68	Angola	491	2	9
69	Uzbekistan	485	3	22
70	Congo	484	-2	0
71	Latvia	483	-4	-2
72	Peru	462	3	0
72	Trinidad and Tobago	462	5	3
74	South Africa	457	2	-4
75	Gambia	446	13	33
76	Zambia	431	-4	-32
77	Cuba	425	2	-14
78	Albania	424	3	0
78	Libya	424	4	1
80	Iceland	421	3	0
81	Belarus	420	3	0
81	Iraq	420	-9	-43
83	New Zealand	419	3	0
84	Bahrain	418	-4	-10
84	Panama	418	4	5
86	Kenya	413	-18	-71
86	Qatar	413	-2	-7
88	Canada	410	2	0
88	Congo DR	410	3	9
90	Togo	406	-4	-13
91	Rwanda	391	-13	-59
92	Austria	388	0	0
93	Sudan	382	0	-3
94	Cyprus	376	0	0
95	Moldova	373	2	0
96	Mozambique	372	-1	-3
97	Zimbabwe	371	0	-2
98	Tanzania	366	1	-6
99	Oman	365	-3	-9
100	Benin	362	1	0
101	Haiti	357	1	0
102	China PR	349	-2	-19
103	Ethiopia	348	0	0
104	Malawi	342	0	0
105	Syria	336	0	-1
106	Fiji	333	0	0
107	Cape Verde Islands	332	0	0
108	Georgia	328	0	0
109	Guatemala	325	0	-2
110	El Salvador	315	1	0
110	Sierra Leone	315	6	29
112	Armenia	313	1	10
113	United Arab Emirates	311	-3	-9
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
118	Kuwait	260	9	18
121	Luxembourg	259	0	0
122	Equatorial Guinea	257	1	0
123	Grenada	253	-5	-16
124	Thailand	250	2	2
125	Barbados	248	-3	-10
126	Jordan	244	-2	-6
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	Burundi	213	4	9
133	Kazakhstan	210	4	11
134	Azerbaijan	209	0	0
135	Madagascar	207	0	0
136	Singapore	205	-4	-14
137	Swaziland	190	1	0
138	Vietnam	182	17	60
139	Liberia	179	0	0
140	Vanuatu	176	1	0
141	Puerto Rico	173	1	0
142	India	168	1	0
142	Niger	168	1	0
144	Indonesia	165	-5	-14
145	Lebanon	162	5	16
145	Tajikistan	162	1	0
147	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	153	-14	-63
148	Malta	151	-1	0
149	Mauritania	149	9	37
149	Turkmenistan	149	-1	0
151	Liechtenstein	147	-2	0
152	Hong Kong	139	-1	0
153	Yemen	131	-8	-36
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	Somalia	57	22	52
179	Cambodia	56	-1	0
180	Palestine	52	-1	0
181	British Virgin Islands	50	-1	0
182	Brunei Darussalam	45	-1	0
182	Nicaragua	45	-1	0
184	Afghanistan	44	-1	0
185	Faroe Islands	42	-1	0
186	Djibouti	41	2	9
187	Dominican Republic	40	-2	0
188	Guinea-Bissau	38	-2	0
189	Bhutan	33	-2	0
190	Tahiti	32	-2	0
190	Tonga	32	-2	0
192	Dominica	25	-1	0
193	Mongolia	24	-1	0
194	Aruba	22	-1	0
195	Andorra	20	-1	0
196	US Virgin Islands	17	-1	0
197	Macau	10	-1	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	-1	0
199	Comoros	8	-1	0
200	Central African Republic	6	-1	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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