FIFA Ranking: November 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 October 18th, 2009.

October 2009 rank - Country - October 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Brazil	1632	1594	1630
2	Spain	1629	1559	1622
3	Netherlands	1340	1245	1347
4	Italy	1215	1203	1245
5	Germany	1161	1119	1204
6	Argentina	1103	1051	1126
7	England	1101	1063	1117
8	Croatia	1087	1087	1087
9	France	1049	984	1192
10	Portugal	1042	983	1181
11	USA	1025	1006	1027
12	Russia	982	906	1132
13	Switzerland	961	924	978
14	Cameroon	949	938	1035
15	Czech Republic	928	906	906
16	Greece	921	850	1117
17	Chile	909	891	932
18	Mexico	904	931	931
19	Côte d'Ivoire	903	870	973
20	Serbia	892	908	908
21	Paraguay	879	833	886
22	Ukraine	857	804	1034
23	Bulgaria	854	811	853
24	Australia	848	799	863
25	Uruguay	838	781	960
26	Israel	837	837	837
27	Denmark	830	774	860
28	Egypt	798	755	864
29	Algeria	781	756	893
30	Northern Ireland	775	789	789
30	Colombia	775	736	736
32	Nigeria	763	746	860
33	Slovakia	758	791	791
34	Republic of Ireland	755	706	945
35	Honduras	754	757	757
36	Romania	752	720	758
37	Norway	751	724	780
38	Ghana	746	705	806
39	Turkey	737	729	729
40	Japan	735	676	721
41	Sweden	728	756	756
42	Bosnia-Herzegovina	721	643	903
43	Costa Rica	707	676	785
44	Ecuador	697	750	750
45	Gabon	691	660	769
46	Scotland	687	665	717
47	Latvia	683	724	724
48	Korea Republic	671	637	677
49	Slovenia	663	615	897
50	Hungary	645	640	640
51	Venezuela	632	646	646
51	Mali	632	624	739
53	Canada	631	625	678
54	Tunisia	629	613	687
55	Burkina Faso	616	562	650
56	Poland	609	576	576
57	Finland	606	605	605
58	Austria	524	520	586
59	Lithuania	523	526	526
60	Bolivia	522	541	593
61	Bahrain	519	506	548
62	Iran	518	465	528
63	Morocco	511	476	608
64	Saudi Arabia	500	486	522
65	Cyprus	489	472	472
66	FYR Macedonia	476	438	517
67	Benin	475	465	534
68	Belgium	474	441	497
69	Jamaica	469	443	463
70	Panama	464	468	468
71	Guinea	461	449	577
72	Trinidad and Tobago	459	421	421
73	Belarus	444	462	462
74	Peru	439	447	447
75	Montenegro	436	446	446
76	Cuba	432	331	331
77	Uganda	428	428	428
78	Wales	418	380	426
79	Oman	417	416	482
80	Uzbekistan	403	379	437
80	Togo	403	389	499
82	El Salvador	397	408	408
83	New Zealand	383	344	433
84	Mozambique	382	355	489
85	South Africa	381	363	404
86	Haiti	377	383	383
87	Iceland	372	340	393
88	Moldova	371	339	339
89	Senegal	368	362	362
90	Malawi	365	337	448
91	Korea DPR	359	398	398
92	Barbados	355	238	238
93	Iraq	349	349	349
94	Qatar	347	345	380
95	Syria	344	320	383
96	Zambia	340	324	384
97	Albania	334	316	349
98	Angola	330	326	364
99	Tanzania	328	317	317
100	Armenia	325	323	323
101	Cape Verde Islands	316	316	316
102	China PR	313	302	335
103	Estonia	306	295	319
104	Kenya	304	292	369
105	Grenada	303	298	298
106	Antigua and Barbuda	300	216	216
107	Congo	297	302	302
108	Fiji	291	174	174
109	Kuwait	283	229	323
110	Thailand	280	257	331
111	Namibia	271	246	290
112	Congo DR	256	261	261
113	Sudan	253	247	318
114	Rwanda	246	231	315
115	United Arab Emirates	242	234	234
115	Suriname	242	124	124
117	Georgia	234	203	203
117	Guyana	234	163	163
119	Singapore	228	184	297
120	Libya	225	228	228
121	Kazakhstan	224	227	227
122	Faroe Islands	218	220	220
122	Gambia	218	218	218
124	Burundi	214	214	214
125	Botswana	213	195	227
125	Azerbaijan	213	209	209
127	Hong Kong	207	130	269
128	Jordan	204	181	275
129	Indonesia	201	180	317
130	Guatemala	200	203	203
131	Zimbabwe	197	213	235
132	Ethiopia	182	182	182
133	Luxembourg	177	171	214
134	Vietnam	172	153	274
135	Nicaragua	165	165	165
136	Equatorial Guinea	163	163	163
137	Kyrgyzstan	161	103	103
138	India	160	163	163
139	Yemen	158	158	158
140	Myanmar	157	163	163
141	New Caledonia	148	147	147
142	Turkmenistan	145	139	193
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	139	136	136
143	Liechtenstein	139	114	114
145	Lebanon	136	129	192
146	Malta	132	133	133
147	Chad	130	130	130
148	Swaziland	129	136	176
148	Maldives	129	133	133
150	Bermuda	128	133	133
150	Malaysia	128	110	238
152	Sierra Leone	117	137	137
153	Eritrea	115	115	115
154	Madagascar	113	108	108
155	Philippines	108	83	83
156	Lesotho	106	93	136
156	St. Kitts and Nevis	106	94	94
158	Sri Lanka	103	108	108
159	Vanuatu	99	101	101
160	Liberia	98	98	98
161	Chinese Taipei	88	93	93
162	Puerto Rico	87	87	87
163	Niger	86	86	86
164	Netherlands Antilles	85	65	65
165	Bangladesh	82	82	82
165	Somalia	82	82	82
167	Pakistan	80	88	88
168	Tajikistan	76	88	88
169	Mauritania	70	70	70
170	Laos	69	55	55
171	Cambodia	68	59	59
172	Mongolia	61	61	61
173	Solomon Islands	60	60	60
173	Nepal	60	53	53
175	Belize	57	57	57
176	Palestine	53	54	54
177	Bahamas	47	47	47
178	Brunei Darussalam	46	25	25
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	45	45
180	Seychelles	44	44	108
180	Cayman Islands	44	36	36
182	Dominican Republic	41	41	41
183	Mauritius	38	40	65
183	Samoa	38	38	38
183	Guinea-Bissau	38	29	29
186	Cook Islands	34	34	34
186	Djibouti	34	34	34
186	Guam	34	34	34
189	St. Lucia	32	32	32
189	Afghanistan	32	25	25
191	Macau	28	31	31
191	Tonga	28	28	28
193	British Virgin Islands	25	25	25
194	Tahiti	19	19	19
195	Bhutan	17	17	17
196	Dominica	12	12	12
197	Aruba	11	11	11
198	Timor-Leste	9	5	5
199	Comoros	8	20	72
199	US Virgin Islands	8	8	8
201	Central African Republic	4	4	4
201	Andorra	4	3	3
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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