FIFA Ranking: April 2009 intermediate ranking

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 March 29th, 2009.

As it stands now...

Japan go top of the AFC FIFA Ranking, with Korea Republic up to 3rd.

Ghana knock Egypt to take third in CAF.

Uruguay replace Paraguay as CONMEBOL third best.

Best movers so far:

28 - Togo
19 - Faroe Islands
17 - Gabon

Worst movers so far:

-20 - Bolivia
-13 - Chinese Taipei and St. Lucia
-11 - Iceland, Kenya, Kuwait and British Virgin Islands

Best movers in the top 50:

17 - Gabon
14 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
12 - Serbia

Worst movers in the top 50:

-10 - Poland
-9 - Iran and Morocco
-8 - Scotland

Current April 2009 rank - Team - Current April 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1707	0	41
2	Germany	1343	0	-23
2	Netherlands	1343	1	26
4	Italy	1280	0	-4
5	Brazil	1240	0	-20
6	Argentina	1238	0	19
7	Croatia	1172	0	3
8	Russia	1140	0	12
9	England	1096	0	13
10	France	1027	2	23
11	Portugal	1020	-1	-5
12	Czech Republic	999	1	1
13	Turkey	956	-2	-53
14	Uruguay	917	7	81
15	Paraguay	903	0	-5
16	USA	896	1	0
17	Israel	886	1	-2
18	Ukraine	883	-4	-44
19	Cameroon	871	-3	-29
20	Switzerland	866	2	35
21	Greece	856	-2	-7
22	Mexico	826	1	42
23	Romania	814	-3	-35
24	Chile	809	6	70
24	Serbia	809	12	101
26	Sweden	794	-1	12
27	Nigeria	781	-3	-2
28	Ghana	779	6	62
29	Bulgaria	764	-2	8
30	Republic of Ireland	758	-4	-15
31	Japan	749	4	40
32	Australia	746	0	21
33	Côte d'Ivoire	743	4	37
33	Egypt	743	-2	16
35	Denmark	735	3	34
36	Scotland	720	-8	-35
37	Costa Rica	715	-5	-10
37	Northern Ireland	715	5	96
39	Poland	714	-10	-33
40	Ecuador	694	-1	-1
41	Colombia	693	6	94
42	Honduras	686	-2	12
43	Hungary	661	5	65
44	Bosnia-Herzegovina	653	14	124
45	Korea Republic	623	-1	5
46	Gabon	616	17	111
46	Norway	616	-1	0
48	Finland	612	9	77
49	Mali	606	-3	-1
50	Morocco	595	-9	-43
51	Iran	585	-9	-34
51	Tunisia	585	3	25
53	Guinea	583	-3	0
54	Lithuania	574	-2	1
55	Saudi Arabia	565	0	22
56	Belgium	563	-7	-26
57	Burkina Faso	559	9	64
58	Panama	554	-7	-23
59	Slovenia	545	0	18
60	FYR Macedonia	540	1	15
61	Slovakia	533	-8	-37
62	Latvia	516	9	44
63	Togo	505	28	120
64	Senegal	502	-4	-24
65	Venezuela	493	0	-5
66	Gambia	492	7	27
66	Uganda	492	3	15
68	Congo	491	-6	-16
69	Jamaica	484	1	8
69	Wales	484	-1	3
71	Cyprus	480	13	73
72	Algeria	475	-8	-26
73	Uzbekistan	470	1	20
74	South Africa	468	-2	-1
75	Trinidad and Tobago	466	0	25
76	Bolivia	462	-20	-75
77	Bahrain	456	-10	-28
78	New Zealand	446	1	21
79	Oman	423	2	5
80	Libya	419	2	8
81	Rwanda	416	4	10
82	Angola	415	-4	-15
83	Sudan	413	5	20
84	Peru	412	-7	-20
85	Albania	410	-5	-10
86	Iceland	408	-11	-33
86	Iraq	408	-4	-3
88	Mozambique	400	5	23
89	Zambia	396	3	13
90	Canada	393	4	18
91	Moldova	390	7	28
92	Benin	385	-6	-11
93	Congo DR	384	2	11
93	Qatar	384	-6	-10
95	Belarus	381	-7	-12
96	Austria	359	-8	-34
97	Syria	357	-1	-10
98	Cuba	355	1	-5
99	China PR	353	1	-2
99	Ethiopia	353	2	5
101	El Salvador	349	5	20
102	Korea DPR	345	5	21
103	Tanzania	342	0	6
104	Cape Verde Islands	333	1	1
104	Fiji	333	0	0
106	Zimbabwe	329	-4	-16
107	Kenya	327	-11	-40
108	Grenada	324	14	44
109	Sierra Leone	319	1	4
110	Georgia	314	1	0
111	Guatemala	303	2	0
112	Malawi	302	-4	-17
113	Thailand	298	5	6
114	Bermuda	296	4	4
115	Antigua and Barbuda	293	9	21
116	Namibia	292	-1	-5
117	Haiti	291	0	-2
118	United Arab Emirates	285	-2	-10
119	Equatorial Guinea	284	-10	-33
120	Luxembourg	283	2	3
120	Montenegro	283	-8	-27
122	Barbados	279	7	34
123	Armenia	278	-3	-7
124	Botswana	277	-3	-6
125	Kuwait	272	-11	-27
126	Estonia	263	0	3
127	Guyana	255	1	0
128	Jordan	254	-1	-4
129	Suriname	253	2	22
130	Chad	251	-5	-11
131	New Caledonia	229	1	0
132	Kazakhstan	225	-2	-18
133	Burundi	224	1	7
134	Singapore	220	-2	-9
135	Vietnam	216	1	0
136	Madagascar	215	2	6
137	Swaziland	214	2	6
138	Indonesia	210	-1	0
139	Nicaragua	195	1	0
140	Azerbaijan	190	-6	-27
140	Liberia	190	2	11
142	Hong Kong	183	-1	2
143	Vanuatu	176	0	0
144	Tajikistan	172	4	6
145	Niger	168	2	0
146	Yemen	167	-3	-9
147	India	156	2	0
148	Netherlands Antilles	152	5	10
149	Kyrgyzstan	148	6	14
149	Lebanon	148	2	3
151	Malta	145	-5	-24
152	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	141	5	11
153	Puerto Rico	139	-8	-31
153	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	1	0
155	Liechtenstein	137	-4	-8
156	Mauritania	130	-6	-19
157	Maldives	126	1	0
158	Turkmenistan	124	-2	-7
159	Myanmar	121	0	0
160	Eritrea	114	0	6
161	Malaysia	105	0	-2
162	Philippines	103	2	5
163	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
164	Lesotho	99	-2	-6
165	Sri Lanka	97	-1	-1
166	Faroe Islands	96	19	54
167	Cayman Islands	76	1	0
168	Nepal	74	4	4
169	Laos	73	1	0
170	Mauritius	69	3	0
171	Seychelles	68	0	-4
172	Samoa	64	4	0
173	Palestine	63	1	-2
174	Belize	60	4	-2
174	Cambodia	60	6	4
176	Pakistan	58	-10	-30
177	Somalia	57	2	0
178	Bahamas	53	-9	-21
178	Bangladesh	53	-4	-12
180	Chinese Taipei	52	-13	-29
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	0	0
182	Brunei Darussalam	47	1	2
183	Mongolia	42	10	23
184	Djibouti	41	2	0
185	Afghanistan	40	-1	-4
185	Dominican Republic	40	2	0
187	Guinea-Bissau	38	1	0
188	Guam	34	13	34
189	Bhutan	32	0	-1
189	St. Lucia	32	-13	-32
189	Tahiti	32	1	0
189	Tonga	32	1	0
193	British Virgin Islands	30	-11	-20
194	Aruba	22	-2	0
195	Andorra	18	0	4
195	Macau	18	2	8
197	Dominica	12	-1	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	0	0
199	Comoros	8	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	8	-5	-9
201	Central African Republic	4	-1	0
202	American Samoa	0	-1	0
202	Anguilla	0	-1	0
202	Cook Islands	0	-1	0
202	Montserrat	0	-1	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	-1	0
202	San Marino	0	-1	0

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