FIFA Ranking: September 2009 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 up to and including August 6th, 2009.

August 2009 rank - Country - July 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Brazil	1642	1588	1604
2	Spain	1590	1558	1588
3	Netherlands	1379	1358	1411
4	Germany	1195	1143	1186
5	Italy	1181	1173	1213
6	Russia	1161	1129	1210
7	England	1135	1110	1163
8	Argentina	1080	1065	1113
9	France	1059	1006	1040
10	Croatia	1031	983	1101
11	Greece	1001	971	1024
12	USA	991	974	1021
13	Switzerland	930	876	941
14	Serbia	925	889	916
15	Denmark	909	892	949
16	Australia	896	869	907
17	Portugal	881	866	880
18	Côte d'Ivoire	874	898	898
19	Ukraine	869	829	880
20	Paraguay	856	842	880
21	Uruguay	851	820	858
22	Czech Republic	850	824	870
23	Bulgaria	839	811	859
24	Scotland	837	804	965
25	Israel	822	828	884
26	Chile	817	810	846
27	Romania	814	775	827
28	Turkey	809	777	826
29	Cameroon	803	767	819
30	Mexico	799	781	835
31	Gabon	789	743	793
32	Northern Ireland	784	777	830
33	Egypt	779	776	804
34	Nigeria	773	773	773
35	Ghana	772	754	786
36	Ecuador	768	740	768
37	Republic of Ireland	758	743	794
38	Costa Rica	742	735	782
39	Japan	729	734	734
40	Poland	706	705	749
41	Sweden	702	686	723
42	Slovakia	687	676	706
43	Hungary	681	669	727
44	Bosnia-Herzegovina	680	682	721
45	Colombia	668	630	693
46	Honduras	664	667	712
47	Algeria	661	646	707
48	Korea Republic	626	608	641
49	Tunisia	614	630	630
50	Norway	606	577	709
51	Burkina Faso	598	602	654
52	Finland	593	537	580
53	FYR Macedonia	589	569	635
54	Venezuela	583	572	604
55	Morocco	570	551	582
56	Latvia	563	555	614
57	Guinea	562	560	602
58	Mali	551	551	593
59	Lithuania	545	513	533
60	Slovenia	539	534	576
61	Iran	534	519	541
62	Belgium	533	480	528
63	Bolivia	522	547	547
64	Saudi Arabia	520	505	519
65	Bahrain	502	507	507
66	Canada	498	504	504
67	Wales	494	481	510
68	Austria	493	473	526
69	Jamaica	489	480	504
70	Trinidad and Tobago	478	481	517
71	Togo	468	454	485
72	South Africa	449	445	475
73	Cyprus	445	429	458
74	Belarus	444	420	598
75	Libya	441	407	407
75	Uganda	441	448	448
77	Zambia	425	409	447
78	Panama	417	431	431
79	Uzbekistan	412	398	398
80	Oman	411	413	432
81	El Salvador	408	398	451
82	Mozambique	402	411	411
83	Benin	400	394	448
84	Senegal	399	366	410
85	Qatar	397	400	400
86	Korea DPR	396	356	387
87	Moldova	389	371	391
88	Cuba	383	393	393
89	Congo	378	387	461
89	Peru	378	363	363
91	Sudan	367	343	343
92	Iceland	358	331	374
93	Tanzania	350	342	359
94	Albania	347	326	360
95	Syria	343	335	356
96	Congo DR	339	275	334
96	Montenegro	339	330	380
98	Gambia	337	337	337
99	New Zealand	336	336	336
100	Iraq	334	340	340
101	Fiji	333	330	330
102	Angola	332	326	362
103	Georgia	326	296	311
103	Namibia	326	331	331
105	Kenya	325	334	334
106	Barbados	320	326	326
107	Guatemala	316	297	297
108	Antigua and Barbuda	312	311	311
108	China PR	312	303	318
108	Malawi	312	312	312
111	Suriname	309	272	272
112	Estonia	308	289	331
113	Grenada	305	305	305
114	Cape Verde Islands	296	296	296
115	Haiti	295	304	304
116	Kuwait	292	298	298
117	Rwanda	287	278	305
117	Thailand	287	286	286
119	Luxembourg	284	282	335
120	Zimbabwe	281	265	265
121	Guyana	269	240	240
122	Jordan	245	219	219
123	Armenia	243	231	273
124	United Arab Emirates	242	238	238
125	Sierra Leone	241	241	241
126	Chad	233	233	233
127	Singapore	228	215	238
128	Burundi	220	231	231
129	Equatorial Guinea	219	219	219
130	Kazakhstan	208	181	181
131	Botswana	207	201	201
132	Madagascar	202	208	208
133	Niger	187	190	190
134	Hong Kong	186	170	248
134	Indonesia	186	202	202
136	Ethiopia	178	181	181
137	Azerbaijan	175	174	296
138	New Caledonia	168	199	199
139	Nicaragua	165	165	165
140	Liberia	161	161	161
141	Yemen	159	163	163
142	Vanuatu	152	177	177
143	Bermuda	150	119	119
144	Vietnam	149	149	149
145	Turkmenistan	142	145	145
146	Malta	140	140	166
147	Myanmar	139	150	150
148	Lebanon	138	122	182
149	St. Kitts and Nevis	135	135	135
150	Liechtenstein	133	124	185
150	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	133	138	138
152	Malaysia	120	121	121
153	Swaziland	119	115	115
154	Maldives	117	117	117
155	Tajikistan	116	65	65
156	India	112	83	189
156	Sri Lanka	112	100	166
158	Philippines	108	108	108
159	Eritrea	106	114	114
160	Kyrgyzstan	102	141	220
161	Mauritania	99	99	99
161	Solomon Islands	99	97	97
163	Faroe Islands	96	96	300
164	Lesotho	95	96	96
165	Netherlands Antilles	88	88	88
166	Puerto Rico	87	87	87
167	Pakistan	85	85	85
168	Somalia	82	82	82
169	Bangladesh	80	85	85
170	Cayman Islands	76	44	44
171	Laos	73	69	69
172	Chinese Taipei	70	64	162
173	Cambodia	64	67	67
173	Samoa	64	38	38
175	Mongolia	61	61	61
176	Nepal	60	60	60
177	Belize	57	57	57
177	Palestine	57	55	111
179	Bahamas	53	53	53
179	Seychelles	53	53	53
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	51	51
182	Brunei Darussalam	46	46	46
183	Mauritius	45	43	43
184	Dominican Republic	40	40	40
184	Tonga	40	28	28
186	Guinea-Bissau	38	38	38
187	Cook Islands	34	34	34
187	Guam	34	34	151
189	Djibouti	33	33	33
190	St. Lucia	32	32	32
190	Tahiti	32	32	32
192	Afghanistan	30	30	30
192	British Virgin Islands	30	30	30
194	Macau	28	28	28
195	Andorra	17	18	18
195	Bhutan	17	17	17
197	Dominica	12	12	12
198	Aruba	11	11	11
199	Timor-Leste	9	9	9
200	Comoros	8	8	8
200	US Virgin Islands	8	8	8
202	Central African Republic	4	4	4
203	American Samoa	0	0	0
203	Anguilla	0	0	0
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	131

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