FIFA Ranking: October 2009 preview (III)

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.

Next update: October 2nd, 2009.

Only four matches left before the deadline, all friendlies:

South Africa - Madagascar
St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Vincent / Grenadines
Mexico - Colombia
China PR - Botswana

This is how these teams' totals could change:

South Africa (W: 432, D: 425, L: 421)
Madagascar (W: 179, D: 136, L: 115)
St. Kitts and Nevis (W: 118, D: 105, L: 99)
St. Vincent / Grenadines (W: 157, D: 140, L: 132)
Mexico (W: 905, D: 892, L: 886)
Colombia (W: 747, D: 722, L: 710)
China PR (W: 312, D: 304, L: 300)
Botswana (W: 246, D: 219, L: 206)

In the ranking table, the value displayed for these teams is the minimum possible value. This means that even if they lose, their total can't drop.

A lot of movement in the top 10. Switzerland replacing France.

Best movers:

44 - Faroe Islands
32 - Armenia
22 - Malawi

Worst movers:

-44 - Libya
-32 - Sierra Leone
-27 - Congo

Best movers in the top 50:

13 - Cameroon
10 - Slovakia
9 - Paraguay and Republic of Ireland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-14 - Gabon
-11 - Denmark
-10 - Greece

Ghana leave Egypt behind and claim third place for themselves. Last month they were're tied for 3rd in CAF. Algeria replace Nigeria as Africa's 5th team.

Honduras overtake Costa Rica and are now 3rd in CONCACAF. Canada to 5th, replacing Trinidad and Tobago.

Paraguay reclaim the 3rd spot in CONMEBOL from Chile.

Italy are now alone in UEFA's 3rd place, dropping from last month's tie with Germany. England replace Russia as Europe's 5th team.

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Côte d'Ivoire (15th - 18th in August 2006)
Latvia (50th - 51st in December 2003)
Philippines (156th - 157th in November 2008)
Mongolia (172nd - 173rd in July 2007)

Two teams will return to their best ever ranking:

Venezuela (48th - first achieved in April 2004)
Barbados (93rd - first achieved in June 2000)

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Mauritius (183rd - first achieved in August 2009)
British Virgin Islands (193rd - first achieved in January 2008)

Five teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Belgium (80th - 71st in June 2007)
Zambia (99th - 92nd in February 2009)
Zimbabwe (129th - 120th in August 2009)
Tahiti (194th - 191st in July 2009)
Andorra (202nd - 196th in May 2009)

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

1	Brazil	1684	0	80
2	Spain	1624	0	36
3	Netherlands	1427	0	51
4	Italy	1212	0	26
5	Germany	1186	-1	0
6	England	1138	1	11
7	Croatia	1133	2	32
8	Russia	1113	-2	-16
9	Argentina	1054	-1	-59
10	Switzerland	1036	5	138
11	USA	1004	0	30
12	France	1002	-2	-38
13	Portugal	966	4	86
14	Paraguay	949	9	107
15	Côte d'Ivoire	944	5	92
16	Cameroon	938	13	119
17	Serbia	923	-4	7
18	Bulgaria	893	1	33
19	Mexico	886	5	51
20	Australia	866	-6	-41
21	Czech Republic	862	-3	-8
22	Greece	852	-10	-119
23	Chile	824	-2	-22
24	Romania	818	2	-9
25	Ghana	806	7	20
26	Uruguay	803	2	-17
27	Denmark	801	-11	-91
28	Turkey	800	-1	-26
29	Republic of Ireland	799	9	56
30	Israel	789	-8	-55
31	Ukraine	778	-6	-51
32	Egypt	774	0	-12
33	Scotland	769	-3	-35
34	Ecuador	762	2	13
35	Slovakia	752	10	65
36	Norway	747	7	38
37	Honduras	745	5	33
38	Algeria	742	6	35
39	Nigeria	737	-5	-36
40	Northern Ireland	733	-9	-62
41	Sweden	731	0	8
42	Colombia	710	6	53
43	Japan	708	-3	-26
44	Poland	706	-8	-43
45	Bosnia-Herzegovina	704	1	22
46	Costa Rica	692	-7	-43
47	Korea Republic	667	2	26
48	Venezuela	661	3	57
49	Gabon	648	-14	-111
50	Latvia	644	8	89
51	Tunisia	607	-1	-7
52	Hungary	601	-5	-68
53	Mali	594	0	1
54	Slovenia	584	0	8
55	Canada	562	11	58
56	Morocco	550	1	-10
57	Burkina Faso	541	-5	-61
57	Guinea	541	-2	-33
59	Iran	524	1	-17
60	Finland	523	1	-12
61	Bahrain	520	3	14
62	Trinidad and Tobago	505	1	-12
63	Bolivia	502	-4	-45
64	Jamaica	494	5	17
65	Saudi Arabia	493	0	-12
66	FYR Macedonia	475	-10	-95
67	Uganda	467	5	19
68	Togo	466	3	12
69	Wales	457	-2	-24
70	Lithuania	451	-8	-80
71	Austria	449	-1	-24
72	Panama	447	3	16
73	Belarus	442	4	22
74	Cuba	438	13	45
75	Oman	427	-1	-5
76	Mozambique	423	8	24
77	South Africa	421	-4	-24
78	El Salvador	420	7	22
79	Senegal	418	1	8
80	Belgium	416	-12	-63
81	Cyprus	412	-5	-17
82	Uzbekistan	405	3	7
83	Malawi	394	22	82
84	Moldova	393	4	3
85	Iceland	387	11	42
86	Peru	386	5	23
87	Benin	376	-9	-37
88	Albania	371	5	11
89	Haiti	362	20	58
90	New Zealand	360	10	24
91	Montenegro	359	-2	-21
92	Qatar	358	-9	-42
93	Armenia	355	32	124
93	Barbados	355	10	30
93	Korea DPR	355	-3	-24
96	Tanzania	354	-2	-4
97	Angola	352	-5	-9
98	Namibia	351	3	20
99	Zambia	350	-18	-59
100	Iraq	345	-2	5
101	Syria	344	-6	-6
102	Cape Verde Islands	326	10	30
103	Sudan	317	-7	-28
104	Grenada	306	4	1
105	Kenya	304	-1	-13
106	Antigua and Barbuda	300	0	-11
106	China PR	300	1	-7
106	Congo	300	-27	-112
109	Kuwait	294	1	-5
110	Fiji	291	-8	-39
111	Thailand	287	4	1
112	Georgia	281	0	-15
113	Gambia	276	-14	-61
114	Estonia	261	0	-26
115	Congo DR	254	3	-19
116	Guatemala	251	-5	-46
117	Rwanda	247	0	-32
117	Suriname	247	2	-25
119	Faroe Islands	244	44	148
119	United Arab Emirates	244	4	6
121	Kazakhstan	241	15	60
122	Guyana	234	0	-6
122	Luxembourg	234	-6	-48
124	Singapore	227	3	4
125	Hong Kong	216	3	-5
126	Jordan	215	3	-4
126	Libya	215	-44	-192
128	Botswana	206	4	4
129	Burundi	203	-4	-28
129	Zimbabwe	203	-9	-56
131	Indonesia	201	2	0
132	Ethiopia	182	4	1
133	Equatorial Guinea	168	-4	-51
134	Nicaragua	165	7	0
135	Vietnam	164	11	15
136	Yemen	163	6	0
137	Kyrgyzstan	161	6	0
137	Liberia	161	6	0
139	Azerbaijan	158	0	-15
139	India	158	10	24
141	Myanmar	157	4	7
142	New Caledonia	148	-8	-51
143	Malta	146	-3	-20
144	Liechtenstein	143	7	18
145	Chad	140	-21	-93
146	Lebanon	133	4	1
146	Turkmenistan	133	1	-13
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	132	0	-7
149	Swaziland	129	7	14
150	Bermuda	128	4	9
151	Maldives	122	4	5
152	Malaysia	121	0	-2
153	Sierra Leone	117	-32	-124
154	Eritrea	115	3	1
154	Madagascar	115	-23	-93
156	Philippines	108	2	0
157	Sri Lanka	103	2	0
158	Lesotho	100	2	-1
159	St. Kitts and Nevis	99	-7	-24
159	Vanuatu	99	-21	-78
161	Niger	97	-26	-93
162	Mauritania	96	-1	-3
163	Puerto Rico	87	2	0
164	Chinese Taipei	86	2	0
165	Netherlands Antilles	85	-1	-3
166	Bangladesh	84	1	-1
167	Pakistan	83	1	-1
168	Somalia	82	1	0
169	Tajikistan	70	3	5
170	Laos	69	0	0
171	Cambodia	67	0	0
172	Mongolia	61	2	0
173	Nepal	60	2	0
173	Solomon Islands	60	-11	-37
175	Belize	57	1	0
176	Palestine	49	-3	-13
177	Bahamas	47	0	-6
178	Brunei Darussalam	46	2	0
179	Seychelles	45	-1	-7
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	0	-6
181	Cayman Islands	44	0	0
182	Dominican Republic	41	1	1
183	Mauritius	39	-1	-4
184	Guinea-Bissau	38	0	0
184	Samoa	38	0	0
186	Cook Islands	34	0	0
186	Guam	34	0	0
188	Djibouti	33	0	0
189	St. Lucia	32	0	0
190	Afghanistan	30	1	0
191	Macau	28	2	0
191	Tonga	28	2	0
193	British Virgin Islands	25	-2	-5
194	Tahiti	19	-5	-13
195	Bhutan	17	0	0
196	Dominica	12	1	0
197	Aruba	11	1	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	1	0
199	Comoros	8	1	0
199	US Virgin Islands	8	1	0
201	Central African Republic	4	1	0
202	Andorra	1	-7	-16
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	0

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