FIFA Ranking: April 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.

FIFA will publish the April 2009 ranking on April 8th.

Kuwait - Iran 0 - 1 (March 23, 2009) lost A match status because Iran used 11 substitutes.
Solomon Islands - Vanuatu 1 - 2 (Friendly - July 7, 2008) and Djibouti - Somalia 2 - 3 (Friendly - December 23, 2008) have been added to the calculation.

Thanks jonny for the info!

Brazil overtake Italy for the 4th spot.
England climb 2 spots to 7th.
France return to the top 10, displacing Portugal in the process.

Uruguay, Switzerland and Bulgaria return to the top 20, with Ukraine, Israel and Romania going the other way.

Korea Republic take 3rd place in AFC from Iran.

Honduras replace Costa Rica as CONCACAF 3rd team.

Uruguay up to 3rd in CONMEBOL, replacing Paraguay.

England replace Croatia as UEFA's 5th team.

Best movers:

26 - Togo
21 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
19 - Faroe Islands

Worst movers:

-17 - Iceland
-13 - Belgium, Chinese Taipei and St. Lucia
-12 - Iran

Best movers in the top 50:

21 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
15 - Northern Ireland and Gabon
13 - Serbia

Worst movers in the top 50:

-13 - Belgium
-12 - Iran
-11 - Poland

Gambia will have their best ever ranking - 67th. Their previous best ranking was 73rd in February 2009.

Northern Ireland will revisit their best ever ranking - 27th, first achieved in August 2007.

Two countries will return to their worst ever ranking: Chinese Taipei (180th - May 1996) and British Virgin Islands (193rd - January 2008).

Eleven countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Sweden (33rd - 32nd in December 2008)
Morocco (50th - 49th in March 2008)
Peru (88th - 86th in February 2003)
Zimbabwe (106th - 102nd in December 2006)
United Arab Emirates (121st - 116th in March 2009)
St. Lucia (189th - 185th in March 2008)
Dominica (197th - 196th in February 2009)
Central African Republic (201st - 200th in November 2008)
Cook Islands (202nd - 201st in February 2008)
Papua New Guinea (202nd - 201st in November 2008)
San Marino (202nd - 201st in November 2008)

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

1	Spain	1729	0	63
2	Germany	1362	0	-4
3	Netherlands	1360	0	43
4	Brazil	1275	1	15
5	Italy	1271	-1	-13
6	Argentina	1201	0	-18
7	England	1173	2	90
8	Croatia	1151	-1	-18
9	Russia	1117	-1	-11
10	France	1074	2	70
11	Portugal	1013	-1	-12
12	Czech Republic	968	1	-30
13	Greece	927	6	64
14	Turkey	925	-3	-84
15	USA	919	2	23
16	Uruguay	909	5	73
17	Paraguay	896	-2	-12
18	Switzerland	882	4	51
19	Cameroon	871	-3	-29
20	Bulgaria	839	7	83
21	Israel	837	-3	-51
22	Ukraine	832	-8	-95
23	Serbia	819	13	111
24	Scotland	815	4	60
25	Mexico	808	-2	24
26	Chile	806	4	67
27	Northern Ireland	795	15	176
28	Romania	792	-8	-57
29	Denmark	789	9	88
30	Nigeria	781	-6	-2
31	Ghana	779	3	62
32	Australia	772	0	47
33	Sweden	769	-8	-13
34	Republic of Ireland	763	-8	-10
35	Japan	749	0	40
36	Egypt	743	-5	16
37	Bosnia-Herzegovina	737	21	208
38	Honduras	725	2	51
39	Costa Rica	720	-7	-5
40	Poland	719	-11	-28
41	Côte d'Ivoire	706	-4	0
42	Ecuador	697	-3	2
43	Colombia	674	4	75
44	Hungary	662	4	66
45	Korea Republic	641	-1	23
45	Norway	641	0	25
47	Slovakia	627	6	57
48	Gabon	616	15	111
49	Mali	606	-3	-1
50	Morocco	597	-9	-41
51	Finland	588	6	53
52	Tunisia	585	2	25
53	Guinea	583	-3	0
54	Iran	580	-12	-39
55	Saudi Arabia	575	0	32
56	Burkina Faso	559	10	64
57	Lithuania	557	-5	-16
58	Bolivia	554	-2	17
59	Venezuela	553	6	55
60	Panama	547	-9	-30
61	Latvia	541	10	69
62	Belgium	538	-13	-51
63	Slovenia	511	-4	-16
64	FYR Macedonia	507	-3	-18
65	Togo	505	26	120
66	Senegal	497	-6	-29
67	Gambia	492	6	27
67	Uganda	492	2	15
69	Congo	491	-7	-16
70	Jamaica	484	0	8
71	Bahrain	476	-4	-8
72	Algeria	475	-8	-26
73	Wales	467	-5	-14
74	Cyprus	460	10	53
75	Trinidad and Tobago	456	0	15
76	Uzbekistan	455	-2	5
77	South Africa	452	-5	-17
78	Austria	446	10	53
78	New Zealand	446	1	21
80	Belarus	431	8	38
81	Oman	423	0	5
82	Libya	419	0	8
83	Rwanda	416	2	10
84	Sudan	413	4	20
85	Iraq	408	-3	-3
86	Mozambique	400	7	23
87	Angola	399	-9	-31
88	Peru	398	-11	-34
89	Zambia	396	3	13
90	Canada	393	4	18
91	Albania	390	-11	-30
92	Iceland	387	-17	-54
93	Benin	385	-7	-11
93	Moldova	385	5	23
95	Congo DR	384	0	11
96	Qatar	376	-9	-18
97	Syria	357	-1	-10
98	Cuba	355	1	-5
99	China PR	353	1	-2
99	Ethiopia	353	2	5
101	Tanzania	342	2	6
102	El Salvador	339	4	10
103	Korea DPR	334	4	10
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	Georgia	322	2	8
110	Sierra Leone	319	0	4
111	Guatemala	303	2	0
112	Malawi	302	-4	-17
113	Thailand	298	5	6
114	Bermuda	296	4	4
115	Estonia	294	11	34
116	Antigua and Barbuda	293	8	21
117	Equatorial Guinea	284	-8	-33
117	Montenegro	284	-5	-26
119	Haiti	283	-2	-10
120	Kuwait	281	-6	-18
121	Namibia	280	-6	-17
121	United Arab Emirates	280	-5	-15
123	Barbados	279	6	34
124	Armenia	268	-4	-17
124	Botswana	268	-3	-15
126	Luxembourg	259	-4	-21
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	Burundi	224	2	7
133	Singapore	220	-1	-9
134	Vietnam	216	2	0
135	Madagascar	215	3	6
136	Kazakhstan	214	-6	-29
136	Swaziland	214	3	6
138	Indonesia	210	-1	0
139	Vanuatu	201	4	25
140	Nicaragua	195	0	0
141	Azerbaijan	190	-7	-27
141	Liberia	190	1	11
143	Hong Kong	183	-2	2
144	Tajikistan	172	4	6
145	Niger	168	2	0
146	Yemen	167	-3	-9
147	India	156	2	0
147	Kyrgyzstan	156	8	22
149	Netherlands Antilles	152	4	10
150	Lebanon	148	1	3
151	Malta	141	-5	-28
151	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	141	6	11
153	Puerto Rico	139	-8	-31
153	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	1	0
155	Liechtenstein	134	-4	-11
156	Mauritania	130	-6	-19
157	Turkmenistan	124	-1	-7
158	Maldives	122	0	-4
159	Myanmar	121	0	0
160	Eritrea	114	0	6
161	Malaysia	105	0	-2
162	Philippines	103	2	5
163	Lesotho	100	-1	-5
163	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
165	Sri Lanka	97	-1	-1
166	Faroe Islands	96	19	54
167	Somalia	82	12	25
168	Cayman Islands	76	0	0
169	Nepal	74	3	4
170	Laos	73	0	0
171	Palestine	71	3	6
172	Mauritius	69	1	0
173	Seychelles	68	-2	-4
174	Samoa	64	2	0
175	Belize	60	3	-2
175	Cambodia	60	5	4
177	Pakistan	58	-11	-30
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	Afghanistan	40	0	-4
184	Djibouti	40	2	-1
184	Dominican Republic	40	3	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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