FIFA Ranking: October 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 31st, 2009.

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

1	Brazil	1604	1514	1684
2	Spain	1588	1515	1624
3	Netherlands	1376	1271	1427
4	Germany	1186	1112	1186
4	Italy	1186	1068	1212
6	Russia	1129	942	1113
7	England	1127	968	1138
8	Argentina	1113	1054	1285
9	Croatia	1101	1017	1314
10	France	1040	920	1166
11	USA	974	934	1004
12	Greece	971	821	1069
13	Serbia	916	884	1003
14	Australia	907	866	901
15	Switzerland	898	840	1115
16	Denmark	892	721	962
17	Portugal	880	820	1050
18	Czech Republic	870	786	940
19	Bulgaria	860	810	1040
20	Côte d'Ivoire	852	826	944
21	Chile	846	798	981
22	Israel	844	719	908
23	Paraguay	842	726	949
24	Mexico	835	793	905
25	Ukraine	829	710	840
26	Romania	827	729	995
27	Turkey	826	706	870
28	Uruguay	820	702	876
29	Cameroon	819	675	938
30	Scotland	804	614	980
31	Northern Ireland	795	692	932
32	Egypt	786	733	774
32	Ghana	786	746	843
34	Nigeria	773	702	808
35	Gabon	759	648	960
36	Ecuador	749	683	848
36	Poland	749	674	856
38	Republic of Ireland	743	671	799
39	Costa Rica	735	692	781
40	Japan	734	681	742
41	Sweden	723	598	731
42	Honduras	712	707	794
43	Norway	709	625	794
44	Algeria	707	647	742
45	Slovakia	687	595	834
46	Bosnia-Herzegovina	682	605	791
47	Hungary	669	601	886
48	Colombia	657	617	844
49	Korea Republic	641	633	667
50	Tunisia	614	572	678
51	Venezuela	604	572	723
52	Burkina Faso	602	541	704
53	Mali	593	565	651
54	Slovenia	576	448	649
55	Guinea	574	541	609
56	FYR Macedonia	570	475	747
57	Morocco	560	519	611
58	Latvia	555	445	747
59	Bolivia	547	502	753
60	Iran	541	519	533
61	Finland	535	475	544
62	Lithuania	531	451	485
63	Trinidad and Tobago	517	505	615
64	Bahrain	506	495	570
65	Saudi Arabia	505	468	543
66	Canada	504	562	562
67	Wales	481	457	602
68	Belgium	479	416	603
69	Jamaica	477	494	494
70	Austria	473	359	545
71	Togo	454	428	542
72	Uganda	448	467	467
73	South Africa	445	421	490
74	Oman	432	422	439
75	Panama	431	447	447
76	Cyprus	429	389	560
77	Belarus	420	387	730
78	Benin	413	337	454
79	Congo	412	300	300
80	Senegal	410	388	461
81	Zambia	409	350	441
82	Libya	407	215	215
83	Qatar	400	351	371
84	Mozambique	399	347	423
85	El Salvador	398	377	470
85	Uzbekistan	398	394	427
87	Cuba	393	438	438
88	Moldova	390	336	506
89	Montenegro	380	320	606
90	Korea DPR	379	355	355
91	Peru	363	260	495
92	Angola	361	335	388
93	Albania	360	325	463
94	Tanzania	358	354	354
95	Syria	350	344	344
96	Iceland	345	327	458
96	Sudan	345	317	414
98	Iraq	340	345	345
99	Gambia	337	276	276
100	New Zealand	336	340	360
101	Namibia	331	344	365
102	Fiji	330	291	291
103	Barbados	325	355	355
104	Kenya	317	304	353
105	Malawi	312	291	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	274	362
112	Georgia	296	281	443
114	Estonia	287	261	459
115	Thailand	286	287	287
116	Luxembourg	282	199	471
117	Rwanda	279	247	354
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	499
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	211	249
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	367
140	Malta	166	146	277
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	183
149	India	134	158	158
150	Lebanon	132	133	133
151	Liechtenstein	125	104	382
152	Malaysia	123	109	129
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	123	80	118
154	Bermuda	119	128	128
155	Maldives	117	122	122
156	Swaziland	115	114	157
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	383
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	257
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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