FIFA Ranking: June 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.

The official deadline for matches to be included in the June 2009 was two days ago. However, FIFA may include more matches, but no later than Sunday, May 31st.

Included: Matches up to and including May 27th, 2009.

On Monday I will post a list of possible changes if FIFA do include matches played up to Sunday.

A lot of movement in the top 10, with Netherlands (2nd), Italy (4th) and Croatia (7th) moving up one place, at the expense of Germany (3rd), Brazil (5th) and England (8th).

Ukraine and Serbia return to the top 20, with Cameroon and Bulgaria dropping out. The last time Serbia was in the top 20 was in August 2007. The Indomitable Lions exit the top 20 after 14 months.

Finland and Burkina replace Mali and Morocco in the top 50.

Paraguay retake 3rd place in CONMEBOL from Uruguay.

Netherlands up to 2nd in UEFA, replacing Germany.

Best movers:

14 - Libya
12 - Sierra Leone
10 - Cape Verde Islands

Worst movers:

-17: Ethiopia
-12: Moldova and Kyrgyzstan
-10 - Senegal

Best movers in the top 50:

7 - Burkina Faso
5 - Denmark, Republic of Ireland and Slovakia
4 - Paraguay

Worst movers in the top 50:

-8 - Chile
-6 - Ghana
-5 - Greece, Mali, Morocco

Four countries will improve their best ever ranking:

Burkina Faso (50th - 54th in May 2007)
Gambia (65th - 69th in April 2009)
Grenada (102nd - 103rd in May 2009)
Montenegro (110th - 111th in February 2009)

Netherlands will return to their best ever position (2nd), first achieved in November 1993.

Two countries will revisit their worst ever ranking:

United Arab Emirates (122nd - April 2009)
Mauritius (174th - April 2008)

Tow countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Morocco (55th - 50th in April 2009)
Peru (89th - 88th in April 2009)

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

1	Spain	1761	0	32
2	Netherlands	1442	1	82
3	Germany	1418	-1	56
4	Italy	1292	1	21
5	Brazil	1288	-1	7
6	Argentina	1203	0	8
7	Croatia	1200	1	49
8	England	1195	-1	22
9	Russia	1167	0	50
10	France	1067	0	-7
11	Portugal	1004	0	-9
12	Turkey	965	2	42
13	Paraguay	961	4	55
14	USA	947	1	28
15	Czech Republic	943	-3	-25
16	Switzerland	931	2	48
17	Uruguay	922	-1	13
18	Greece	920	-5	-7
19	Ukraine	892	3	60
20	Serbia	871	3	52
21	Cameroon	855	-2	-16
22	Scotland	840	2	25
23	Bulgaria	838	-3	-2
24	Denmark	836	5	46
25	Israel	826	-4	-10
26	Mexico	822	-1	19
27	Northern Ireland	819	0	24
28	Nigeria	802	2	21
29	Republic of Ireland	797	5	36
30	Romania	790	-2	-2
31	Australia	779	1	3
32	Japan	768	3	19
33	Sweden	766	0	-3
34	Chile	764	-8	-32
35	Bosnia-Herzegovina	763	3	26
36	Honduras	761	3	25
37	Ghana	750	-6	-29
38	Côte d'Ivoire	745	-2	2
39	Poland	722	1	-2
40	Egypt	721	-3	-21
41	Costa Rica	695	0	-26
42	Slovakia	692	5	66
43	Hungary	687	0	25
44	Ecuador	686	-2	-9
45	Colombia	678	-1	18
46	Korea Republic	654	0	13
47	Norway	638	-2	-4
48	Gabon	616	0	0
49	Finland	614	2	23
50	Burkina Faso	608	7	49
51	Tunisia	599	1	14
52	Guinea	587	1	5
52	Iran	587	1	5
54	Mali	583	-5	-21
55	Morocco	570	-5	-23
56	Saudi Arabia	568	-1	-9
56	Venezuela	568	0	3
58	Bolivia	565	0	11
59	Latvia	553	2	12
60	Belgium	548	2	14
61	Lithuania	544	-2	-6
62	Panama	536	-2	-11
62	Slovenia	536	1	26
64	FYR Macedonia	515	0	8
65	Gambia	514	4	23
66	Algeria	490	6	15
67	Uganda	480	1	-12
68	Togo	475	-3	-31
69	Libya	474	14	55
70	Austria	473	9	27
71	South Africa	471	6	18
72	Bahrain	468	-1	-8
73	Jamaica	467	-3	-13
73	Trinidad and Tobago	467	1	4
75	Congo	466	-8	-27
76	Senegal	463	-10	-34
77	Cyprus	461	-2	1
78	Wales	459	-5	-9
79	Oman	452	2	20
80	Iraq	450	6	42
81	Uzbekistan	443	-5	-12
82	Belarus	432	0	1
83	New Zealand	431	-5	-19
84	Sudan	429	1	17
85	Congo DR	424	3	29
86	Sierra Leone	421	12	62
87	Mozambique	411	-7	-25
88	Canada	410	1	16
89	Peru	405	-2	8
90	Zambia	404	0	11
91	Benin	403	3	17
92	Albania	400	0	10
92	Iceland	400	2	14
92	Rwanda	400	-8	-17
95	Cape Verde Islands	385	10	50
95	Qatar	385	1	9
97	Angola	374	-6	-18
98	China PR	363	-1	-7
99	El Salvador	358	3	13
100	Cuba	353	0	-2
101	Zimbabwe	345	5	11
102	Grenada	344	1	0
102	Kenya	344	7	17
104	Syria	342	-5	-16
105	Georgia	339	5	17
105	Moldova	339	-12	-48
107	Korea DPR	338	-1	4
108	Fiji	333	0	0
109	Tanzania	332	-5	-10
110	Montenegro	331	7	47
111	Malawi	316	1	14
112	Estonia	312	1	14
113	Guatemala	311	-2	2
114	Kuwait	302	4	20
115	Antigua and Barbuda	296	1	3
115	Bermuda	296	0	0
117	Thailand	289	-4	-9
118	Botswana	278	5	4
118	Ethiopia	278	-17	-69
120	Barbados	277	0	-1
120	Luxembourg	277	6	18
122	United Arab Emirates	268	-2	-10
123	Suriname	266	6	13
124	Haiti	263	-2	-13
125	Equatorial Guinea	261	-6	-18
126	Armenia	260	-1	-8
127	Jordan	259	0	4
128	Guyana	255	-1	0
129	Namibia	249	-5	-21
130	Chad	246	0	-5
131	Madagascar	242	0	11
132	Kazakhstan	230	5	16
133	New Caledonia	229	-1	0
134	Singapore	226	0	6
135	Liberia	219	3	12
136	Swaziland	217	-1	0
137	Vietnam	216	-1	0
138	Indonesia	210	1	4
139	Burundi	208	-6	-16
140	Azerbaijan	201	2	8
140	Vanuatu	201	0	0
142	Nicaragua	195	-1	0
143	Hong Kong	186	0	3
144	Niger	171	0	3
145	Netherlands Antilles	160	2	8
146	Yemen	157	-1	-5
147	India	155	-1	-1
148	Tajikistan	147	-1	-5
149	Maldives	142	0	0
150	Malta	140	0	-1
151	Puerto Rico	139	3	0
151	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	3	0
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	136	-3	-5
154	Turkmenistan	131	-1	-9
155	Myanmar	129	3	0
156	Liechtenstein	125	0	-9
157	Lebanon	121	2	0
158	Eritrea	120	2	6
159	Malaysia	109	4	4
160	Philippines	108	6	18
161	Sri Lanka	107	1	0
162	Kyrgyzstan	105	-12	-36
163	Mauritania	104	-6	-26
164	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
165	Lesotho	99	-4	-10
166	Faroe Islands	96	-1	0
167	Pakistan	88	0	0
168	Somalia	82	1	0
169	Cayman Islands	76	1	0
169	Nepal	76	4	4
171	Bangladesh	73	3	3
171	Chinese Taipei	73	-3	-13
171	Laos	73	1	0
174	Mauritius	70	-3	-4
175	Palestine	69	0	0
176	Mongolia	68	0	0
177	Belize	64	2	4
177	Samoa	64	0	0
179	Cambodia	63	0	3
180	Seychelles	61	-2	0
181	Bahamas	53	0	0
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	0	0
183	Brunei Darussalam	46	3	8
184	Afghanistan	44	-1	0
185	Djibouti	41	-1	1
186	Dominican Republic	40	-2	0
187	Guinea-Bissau	38	-1	0
188	Guam	34	0	0
189	St. Lucia	32	0	0
189	Tahiti	32	0	0
189	Tonga	32	0	0
192	Bhutan	30	2	7
192	British Virgin Islands	30	0	0
194	Macau	27	-1	1
195	Aruba	22	0	0
196	Andorra	18	0	0
197	Dominica	12	0	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	0	0
199	Comoros	8	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	8	0	0
201	Central African Republic	4	0	0
202	American Samoa	0	0	0
202	Anguilla	0	0	0
202	Cook Islands	0	0	0
202	Montserrat	0	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
202	San Marino	0	0	0

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2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (25 May 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the November 2007 FIFA ranking.

Assumptions:

- UEFA will again have 13 spots
- UEFA will again use the system with 9 groups
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- FIFA will hold the draw in November 2011

The November 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between November 2007 and November 2011. We already have the "0.2" part (matches played between November 2007 and November 2008) - that's basically 10% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.3" part (matches played between November 2008 and November 2009). A lot can and will change before November 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving European teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, EURO 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

UEFA will only use the national team coefficient for the European Championships draws (qualifying and final tournament).

This is the November 2011 ranking (for UEFA only) using matches played up to and including May 25th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2009 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.3" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Bosnia-Herzegovina's average drops again - they've scheduled a new friendly against Uzbekistan in June.

 1 Spain               289
 2 Netherlands         238
 3 Germany             181
 4 Croatia             166
 5 England             164
 6 Russia              161
 7 Switzerland         158
 8 Greece              152
 9 Israel              147
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10 Serbia              146
11 France              142
11 Italy               142
13 Bulgaria            137
14 Ukraine             135
15 Denmark             134
16 Turkey              129
17 Bosnia-Herzegovina  126
17 Northern Ireland    126
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17 Republic of Ireland 126
20 Portugal            117
21 Czech Republic      113
22 Hungary             112
23 Slovakia            111
24 Sweden              107
25 Poland              103
26 Latvia              100
27 Lithuania            95
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28 Scotland             89
29 Austria              87
30 Slovenia             85
31 Romania              83
32 Belarus              76
33 Belgium              74
34 Montenegro           73
35 Finland              71
36 Norway               67
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37 Wales                64
38 Estonia              55
39 Cyprus               54
39 FYR Macedonia        54
41 Albania              53
42 Iceland              52
43 Luxembourg           45
44 Armenia              35
45 Kazakhstan           34
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46 Georgia              32
47 Azerbaijan           24
48 Faroe Islands        23
48 Moldova              23
50 Malta                21
51 Liechtenstein         5
52 Andorra               0
52 San Marino            0

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Restructurarea amanata din nou

Fotbalul românesc, după modelul spaniol!

Membrii Adunării Generale a FRF au luat astăzi în discuţie adaptarea competiţiilor interne modelului spaniol, începând cu sezonul 2014-2015. Acesta ar înseamna ca Liga a II-a să treacă la o singură serie cu 20 sau 22 de echipe, iar al treilea eşalon va fi format din trei serii cu câte 20 sau 22 de echipe.

Ediţia viitoare a Ligii a doua îşi va păstra formatul actual, primele modificări urmând să apara în sezonul 2010-2011, după cum urmează:

Liga I - 18 echipe din care vor retrograda 4;

Liga II - două serii a câte 16 formaţii şi vor retrograda câte 3 din fiecare serie;

Liga a III-a - şase serii a câte 16 echipe şi vor retrograda locurile 14, 15, 16, plus cele mai slabe trei locuri 13.

Hotărârea de astăzi înseamnă, în acelaşi timp, o renunţare la proiectul propus de Mircea Sandu, preşedintele FRF, acesta militând în ultimele luni pentru un sistem competiţional la nivelul ligii a doua cu două serii a câte 12 echipe, cu stabilirea ierarhiei finale în urma turneelor play-off şi play-out. Acest sistem nu este însă agreat de preşedinţii de cluburi şi nu a mai fost supus votului Adunării Generale.

Cititi tot articolul pe liga2.ro

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Liga a II-a: Sezonul 2009-2010 (25 mai 2009)

Componenta esalonului secund pe baza clasamentelor primelor trei divizii la data de 25 mai 2009.

Seria I

Farul Constanta
CS Otopeni
Gloria Buzau
CSM Ploiesti
Petrolul Ploiesti
FC Botosani
Concordia Chiajna
Dunarea Galati
Dinamo II Bucuresti
FCM Bacau
Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti
CS Buftea
FC Snagov
Cetatea Suceava
CSM Ramnicu Sarat
Steaua II Bucuresti
Victoria Branesti
Tricolorul Breaza

Tricolorul Breaza - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Seria a II-a

Gaz Metan Medias
CSM Ramnicu Valcea
FCM Targu Mures
FC Drobeta Turnu Severin
Dacia Mioveni
UTA Arad
Jiul Petrosani
Liberty Oradea
FC Bihor Oradea
Minerul Lupeni
Muresul Deva
Ariesul Turda
Universitatea Cluj
Dunarea Giurgiu
Gaz Metan Craiova
Fortuna Covaci
FC Baia Mare
FCM Caracal

FCM Caracal - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Dunarea Giurgiu mutata din Seria I.

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Liga a II-a: Sezonul 2009-2010 (6 mai 2009)

Componenta esalonului secund pe baza clasamentelor primelor trei divizii la data de 6 mai 2009.

Seria I

Farul Constanta
CS Otopeni
Gloria Buzau
CSM Ploiesti
Petrolul Ploiesti
Dunarea Galati
Concordia Chiajna
FC Botosani
FCM Bacau
CS Buftea
Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti
FC Snagov
Dinamo II Bucuresti
Cetatea Suceava
CSM Ramnicu Sarat
Steaua II Bucuresti
Victoria Branesti
Tricolorul Breaza

Tricolorul Breaza - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Seria a II-a

Gaz Metan Medias
FCM Targu Mures
CSM Ramnicu Valcea
FC Drobeta Turnu Severin
Dacia Mioveni
FC Bihor Oradea
UTA Arad
Ariesul Turda
Minerul Lupeni
Jiul Petrosani
Liberty Oradea
Muresul Deva
Dunarea Giurgiu
ACU Arad
Gaz Metan Craiova
Fortuna Covaci
FC Baia Mare
FCM Caracal

FCM Caracal - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Dunarea Giurgiu mutata din Seria I.

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FIFA Ranking: June 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 April 30th, 2009.

Next update: Not before May 25th.

A lot of changes due to devaluation of results.

Netherlands up to 2nd.

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

1	Spain	1761	0	32
2	Netherlands	1442	1	82
3	Germany	1418	-1	56
4	Italy	1292	1	21
5	Brazil	1288	-1	7
6	Argentina	1207	0	12
7	Croatia	1200	1	49
8	England	1195	-1	22
9	Russia	1167	0	50
10	France	1067	0	-7
11	Portugal	1004	0	-9
12	Turkey	965	2	42
13	Paraguay	963	4	57
14	USA	947	1	28
15	Czech Republic	943	-3	-25
16	Switzerland	931	2	48
17	Uruguay	922	-1	13
18	Greece	920	-5	-7
19	Ukraine	892	3	60
20	Serbia	871	3	52
21	Cameroon	855	-2	-16
22	Scotland	840	2	25
23	Bulgaria	838	-3	-2
24	Denmark	836	5	46
25	Israel	826	-4	-10
26	Mexico	822	-1	19
27	Northern Ireland	819	0	24
28	Nigeria	802	2	21
29	Republic of Ireland	797	5	36
30	Chile	794	-4	-2
31	Romania	790	-3	-2
32	Australia	779	0	3
33	Sweden	766	0	-3
34	Japan	765	1	16
35	Bosnia-Herzegovina	763	3	26
36	Honduras	761	3	25
37	Ghana	750	-6	-29
38	Côte d'Ivoire	745	-2	2
39	Poland	722	1	-2
40	Ecuador	721	2	26
40	Egypt	721	-3	-21
42	Costa Rica	719	-1	-2
43	Slovakia	692	4	66
44	Hungary	687	-1	25
45	Colombia	678	-1	18
46	Korea Republic	654	0	13
47	Norway	638	-2	-4
48	Gabon	616	0	0
49	Finland	614	2	23
50	Burkina Faso	608	7	49
51	Tunisia	599	1	14
52	Guinea	587	1	5
53	Iran	586	0	4
54	Mali	583	-5	-21
55	Saudi Arabia	580	0	3
55	Venezuela	580	1	15
57	Morocco	570	-7	-23
58	Bolivia	565	0	11
59	Panama	561	1	14
60	Latvia	553	1	12
61	Belgium	548	1	14
62	Lithuania	544	-3	-6
63	Slovenia	536	0	26
64	Congo	520	3	27
65	FYR Macedonia	515	-1	8
66	Gambia	514	3	23
67	Algeria	490	5	15
68	Jamaica	482	2	2
69	Uganda	480	-1	-12
70	Togo	475	-5	-31
71	Libya	474	12	55
72	Austria	473	7	27
73	South Africa	471	4	18
74	Bahrain	468	-3	-8
75	Trinidad and Tobago	467	-1	4
76	Senegal	463	-10	-34
77	Cyprus	461	-2	1
78	Wales	459	-5	-9
79	Oman	452	2	20
80	Iraq	450	6	42
81	Uzbekistan	443	-5	-12
82	Belarus	432	0	1
83	New Zealand	430	-5	-20
84	Sudan	429	1	17
85	Congo DR	423	3	28
86	Sierra Leone	421	12	62
87	Mozambique	411	-7	-25
88	Canada	410	1	16
89	Peru	405	-2	8
90	Zambia	404	0	11
91	Benin	403	3	17
92	Albania	400	0	10
92	Iceland	400	2	14
92	Rwanda	400	-8	-17
95	Cape Verde Islands	385	10	50
96	Qatar	378	0	2
97	Angola	374	-6	-18
98	China PR	363	-1	-7
99	Zimbabwe	359	7	25
100	Cuba	353	0	-2
101	El Salvador	349	1	4
102	Tanzania	345	2	3
103	Grenada	344	0	0
103	Kenya	344	6	17
105	Syria	342	-6	-16
106	Georgia	339	4	17
106	Moldova	339	-13	-48
108	Korea DPR	338	-2	4
109	Fiji	333	-1	0
110	Montenegro	331	7	47
111	Malawi	316	1	14
112	Estonia	312	1	14
113	Guatemala	311	-2	2
114	Kuwait	302	4	20
115	Antigua and Barbuda	296	1	3
115	Bermuda	296	0	0
117	Thailand	289	-4	-9
118	Botswana	278	5	4
118	Ethiopia	278	-17	-69
120	Barbados	277	0	-1
120	Luxembourg	277	6	18
122	United Arab Emirates	268	-2	-10
123	Suriname	266	6	13
124	Haiti	265	-2	-11
125	Equatorial Guinea	261	-6	-18
126	Armenia	260	-1	-8
127	Guyana	255	0	0
128	Namibia	249	-4	-21
129	Jordan	248	-2	-7
130	Chad	246	0	-5
131	Madagascar	242	0	11
132	Kazakhstan	230	5	16
133	New Caledonia	229	-1	0
134	Singapore	226	0	6
135	Liberia	219	3	12
136	Swaziland	217	-1	0
137	Vietnam	216	-1	0
138	Indonesia	210	1	4
139	Burundi	208	-6	-16
140	Azerbaijan	201	2	8
140	Vanuatu	201	0	0
142	Nicaragua	195	-1	0
143	Hong Kong	186	0	3
144	Niger	171	0	3
145	Netherlands Antilles	160	2	8
146	Yemen	157	-1	-5
147	India	155	-1	-1
148	Tajikistan	147	-1	-5
149	Maldives	142	0	0
150	Malta	140	0	-1
151	Puerto Rico	139	3	0
151	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	3	0
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	136	-3	-5
154	Turkmenistan	131	-1	-9
155	Myanmar	129	3	0
156	Liechtenstein	125	0	-9
157	Lebanon	121	2	0
158	Eritrea	120	2	6
159	Malaysia	109	4	4
160	Philippines	108	6	18
161	Sri Lanka	107	1	0
162	Kyrgyzstan	105	-12	-36
163	Mauritania	104	-6	-26
164	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
165	Lesotho	99	-4	-10
166	Faroe Islands	96	-1	0
167	Pakistan	88	0	0
168	Somalia	82	1	0
169	Cayman Islands	76	1	0
169	Nepal	76	4	4
171	Bangladesh	73	3	3
171	Chinese Taipei	73	-3	-13
171	Laos	73	1	0
174	Mauritius	70	-3	-4
175	Palestine	69	0	0
176	Mongolia	68	0	0
177	Belize	64	2	4
177	Samoa	64	0	0
179	Cambodia	63	0	3
180	Seychelles	61	-2	0
181	Bahamas	53	0	0
182	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	0	0
183	Brunei Darussalam	46	3	8
184	Afghanistan	44	-1	0
185	Djibouti	41	-1	1
186	Dominican Republic	40	-2	0
187	Guinea-Bissau	38	-1	0
188	Guam	34	0	0
189	St. Lucia	32	0	0
189	Tahiti	32	0	0
189	Tonga	32	0	0
192	Bhutan	30	2	7
192	British Virgin Islands	30	0	0
194	Macau	27	-1	1
195	Aruba	22	0	0
196	Andorra	18	0	0
197	Dominica	12	0	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	0	0
199	Comoros	8	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	8	0	0
201	Central African Republic	4	0	0
202	American Samoa	0	0	0
202	Anguilla	0	0	0
202	Cook Islands	0	0	0
202	Montserrat	0	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
202	San Marino	0	0	0

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About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.