FIFA Ranking: October 2009 preview (II)

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 September 6th, 2009.

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

1	Brazil	1604	1602	1684
2	Spain	1588	1581	1624
3	Netherlands	1376	1311	1427
4	Germany	1186	1144	1186
4	Italy	1186	1115	1212
6	Russia	1129	989	1113
7	England	1127	1008	1138
8	Argentina	1113	1054	1163
9	Croatia	1101	1133	1314
10	France	1040	959	1087
11	USA	974	966	1004
12	Greece	971	821	915
13	Serbia	916	884	1003
14	Australia	907	866	866
15	Switzerland	898	997	1115
16	Denmark	892	772	861
17	Portugal	880	862	966
18	Czech Republic	870	825	862
19	Bulgaria	860	893	1040
20	Côte d'Ivoire	852	944	944
21	Chile	846	824	929
22	Israel	844	719	789
23	Paraguay	842	820	949
24	Mexico	835	840	905
25	Ukraine	829	747	840
26	Romania	827	782	890
27	Turkey	826	765	870
28	Uruguay	820	702	803
29	Cameroon	819	807	938
30	Scotland	804	769	980
31	Northern Ireland	795	733	850
32	Egypt	786	774	774
32	Ghana	786	806	843
34	Nigeria	773	737	737
35	Gabon	759	648	804
36	Ecuador	749	683	762
36	Poland	749	706	791
38	Republic of Ireland	743	764	799
39	Costa Rica	735	692	727
40	Japan	734	681	708
41	Sweden	723	693	731
42	Honduras	712	745	794
43	Norway	709	648	747
44	Algeria	707	742	742
45	Slovakia	687	636	752
46	Bosnia-Herzegovina	682	661	791
47	Hungary	669	601	754
48	Colombia	657	710	844
49	Korea Republic	641	667	667
50	Tunisia	614	607	607
51	Venezuela	604	603	661
52	Burkina Faso	602	541	541
53	Mali	593	594	594
54	Slovenia	576	448	584
55	Guinea	574	541	541
56	FYR Macedonia	570	475	605
57	Morocco	560	550	550
58	Latvia	555	593	747
59	Bolivia	547	502	623
60	Iran	541	524	524
61	Finland	535	513	544
62	Lithuania	531	451	485
63	Trinidad and Tobago	517	505	565
64	Bahrain	506	508	545
65	Saudi Arabia	505	480	518
66	Canada	504	562	562
67	Wales	481	457	602
68	Belgium	479	416	468
69	Jamaica	477	494	494
70	Austria	473	400	545
71	Togo	454	466	466
72	Uganda	448	467	467
73	South Africa	445	421	458
74	Oman	432	422	439
75	Panama	431	447	447
76	Cyprus	429	389	459
77	Belarus	420	387	551
78	Benin	413	376	376
79	Congo	412	300	300
80	Senegal	410	401	435
81	Zambia	409	350	350
82	Libya	407	215	215
83	Qatar	400	351	371
84	Mozambique	399	423	423
85	El Salvador	398	377	420
85	Uzbekistan	398	405	405
87	Cuba	393	438	438
88	Moldova	390	353	471
89	Montenegro	380	320	437
90	Korea DPR	379	355	355
91	Peru	363	386	495
92	Angola	361	345	367
93	Albania	360	325	463
94	Tanzania	358	354	354
95	Syria	350	344	344
96	Iceland	345	363	387
96	Sudan	345	317	317
98	Iraq	340	345	345
99	Gambia	337	276	276
100	New Zealand	336	340	360
101	Namibia	331	351	351
102	Fiji	330	291	291
103	Barbados	325	355	355
104	Kenya	317	304	304
105	Malawi	312	394	394
106	Antigua and Barbuda	311	300	300
107	China PR	307	292	324
108	Grenada	305	306	306
109	Haiti	304	362	362
110	Kuwait	299	294	294
111	Guatemala	297	251	251
112	Cape Verde Islands	296	307	362
112	Georgia	296	281	309
114	Estonia	287	261	367
115	Thailand	286	287	287
116	Luxembourg	282	234	401
117	Rwanda	279	247	247
118	Congo DR	273	254	254
119	Suriname	272	247	247
120	Zimbabwe	259	203	203
121	Sierra Leone	241	117	117
122	Guyana	240	234	234
123	United Arab Emirates	238	244	244
124	Chad	233	140	140
125	Armenia	231	231	355
125	Burundi	231	203	203
127	Singapore	223	227	227
128	Hong Kong	221	216	216
129	Equatorial Guinea	219	168	168
129	Jordan	219	215	241
131	Madagascar	208	115	179
132	Botswana	202	206	246
133	Indonesia	201	201	201
134	New Caledonia	199	148	148
135	Niger	190	97	97
136	Ethiopia	181	182	182
136	Kazakhstan	181	179	241
138	Vanuatu	177	99	99
139	Azerbaijan	173	158	281
140	Malta	166	146	255
141	Nicaragua	165	165	165
142	Yemen	163	163	163
143	Kyrgyzstan	161	161	161
143	Liberia	161	161	161
145	Myanmar	150	157	157
146	Vietnam	149	164	164
147	Turkmenistan	146	133	133
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	139	132	157
149	India	134	158	158
150	Lebanon	132	133	133
151	Liechtenstein	125	104	220
152	Malaysia	123	113	121
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	123	99	118
154	Bermuda	119	128	128
155	Maldives	117	122	122
156	Swaziland	115	129	129
157	Eritrea	114	115	115
158	Philippines	108	108	108
159	Sri Lanka	103	103	103
160	Lesotho	101	100	121
161	Mauritania	99	96	96
162	Solomon Islands	97	60	60
163	Faroe Islands	96	96	244
164	Netherlands Antilles	88	85	85
165	Puerto Rico	87	87	87
166	Chinese Taipei	86	86	86
167	Bangladesh	85	84	84
168	Pakistan	84	83	83
169	Somalia	82	82	82
170	Laos	69	69	69
171	Cambodia	67	67	67
172	Tajikistan	65	70	70
173	Palestine	62	49	49
174	Mongolia	61	61	61
175	Nepal	60	60	60
176	Belize	57	57	57
177	Bahamas	53	47	47
178	Seychelles	52	45	45
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	45	45
180	Brunei Darussalam	46	46	46
181	Cayman Islands	44	44	44
182	Mauritius	43	39	39
183	Dominican Republic	40	41	41
184	Guinea-Bissau	38	38	38
184	Samoa	38	38	38
186	Cook Islands	34	34	34
186	Guam	34	34	34
188	Djibouti	33	33	33
189	St. Lucia	32	32	32
189	Tahiti	32	19	19
191	Afghanistan	30	30	30
191	British Virgin Islands	30	25	25
193	Macau	28	28	28
193	Tonga	28	28	28
195	Andorra	17	1	70
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	171

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