FIFA Ranking: October 2009 preview (V)

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 7th, 2009.

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

1	Brazil	1604	1609	1742
2	Spain	1588	1515	1629
3	Netherlands	1376	1323	1374
4	Italy	1186	1120	1273
4	Germany	1186	997	1224
6	Russia	1129	963	1204
7	England	1127	1017	1220
8	Argentina	1113	944	1103
9	Croatia	1101	986	1087
10	France	1040	926	1049
11	USA	974	966	1055
12	Greece	971	733	921
13	Serbia	916	784	979
14	Australia	907	766	878
15	Switzerland	898	841	1060
16	Denmark	892	710	944
17	Portugal	880	897	1042
18	Czech Republic	870	763	1012
19	Bulgaria	860	788	947
20	Côte d'Ivoire	852	878	953
21	Chile	846	743	909
22	Israel	844	689	936
23	Paraguay	842	780	981
24	Mexico	835	857	930
25	Ukraine	829	692	857
26	Romania	827	715	892
27	Turkey	826	687	828
28	Uruguay	820	729	966
29	Cameroon	819	848	970
30	Scotland	804	687	750
31	Northern Ireland	795	724	875
32	Egypt	786	743	798
32	Ghana	786	746	816
34	Nigeria	773	681	763
35	Gabon	759	561	691
36	Ecuador	749	697	896
36	Poland	749	609	804
38	Republic of Ireland	743	685	894
39	Costa Rica	735	647	745
40	Japan	734	661	735
41	Sweden	723	666	834
42	Honduras	712	722	806
43	Norway	709	716	751
44	Algeria	707	716	783
45	Slovakia	687	644	856
46	Bosnia-Herzegovina	682	657	870
47	Hungary	669	492	798
48	Colombia	657	675	876
49	Korea Republic	641	648	671
50	Tunisia	614	567	663
51	Venezuela	604	597	795
52	Burkina Faso	602	484	616
53	Mali	593	558	632
54	Slovenia	576	495	666
55	Guinea	574	461	565
56	FYR Macedonia	570	440	476
57	Morocco	560	511	627
58	Latvia	555	590	840
59	Bolivia	547	375	602
60	Iran	541	519	519
61	Finland	535	482	688
62	Lithuania	531	395	611
63	Trinidad and Tobago	517	439	552
64	Bahrain	506	509	537
65	Saudi Arabia	505	485	501
66	Canada	504	631	631
67	Wales	481	381	523
68	Belgium	479	356	533
69	Jamaica	477	470	470
70	Austria	473	409	682
71	Togo	454	403	570
72	Uganda	448	428	428
73	South Africa	445	381	424
74	Oman	432	417	483
75	Panama	431	464	464
76	Cyprus	429	376	611
77	Belarus	420	391	605
78	Benin	413	346	479
79	Congo	412	279	335
80	Senegal	410	368	432
81	Zambia	409	342	431
82	Libya	407	225	225
83	Qatar	400	343	406
84	Mozambique	399	383	515
85	El Salvador	398	397	486
85	Uzbekistan	398	403	403
87	Cuba	393	432	432
88	Moldova	390	370	570
89	Montenegro	380	318	526
90	Korea DPR	379	350	376
91	Peru	363	335	580
92	Angola	361	304	359
93	Albania	360	334	467
94	Tanzania	358	328	328
95	Syria	350	344	344
96	Iceland	345	337	372
96	Sudan	345	254	340
98	Iraq	340	349	349
99	Gambia	337	217	217
100	New Zealand	336	354	441
101	Namibia	331	271	271
102	Fiji	330	291	291
103	Barbados	325	355	355
104	Kenya	317	304	368
105	Malawi	312	321	448
106	Antigua and Barbuda	311	300	300
107	China PR	307	312	312
108	Grenada	305	303	303
109	Haiti	304	378	378
110	Kuwait	299	270	283
111	Guatemala	297	200	200
112	Cape Verde Islands	296	316	316
112	Georgia	296	234	433
114	Estonia	287	233	386
115	Thailand	286	280	280
116	Luxembourg	282	177	527
117	Rwanda	279	247	337
118	Congo DR	273	239	299
119	Suriname	272	242	242
120	Zimbabwe	259	196	196
121	Sierra Leone	241	117	117
122	Guyana	240	234	234
123	United Arab Emirates	238	228	248
124	Chad	233	130	130
125	Armenia	231	323	671
125	Burundi	231	214	214
127	Singapore	223	228	228
128	Hong Kong	221	207	335
129	Equatorial Guinea	219	163	163
129	Jordan	219	203	239
131	Madagascar	208	112	112
132	Botswana	202	214	214
133	Indonesia	201	201	201
134	New Caledonia	199	148	148
135	Niger	190	85	85
136	Ethiopia	181	182	182
136	Kazakhstan	181	223	560
138	Vanuatu	177	99	99
139	Azerbaijan	173	140	293
140	Malta	166	132	284
141	Nicaragua	165	165	165
142	Yemen	163	158	158
143	Kyrgyzstan	161	161	161
143	Liberia	161	98	98
145	Myanmar	150	157	157
146	Vietnam	149	172	172
147	Turkmenistan	146	145	145
148	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	139	140	140
149	India	134	160	160
150	Lebanon	132	136	136
151	Liechtenstein	125	139	285
152	Malaysia	123	128	128
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	123	105	105
154	Bermuda	119	128	128
155	Maldives	117	128	154
156	Swaziland	115	129	129
157	Eritrea	114	115	115
158	Philippines	108	108	108
159	Sri Lanka	103	96	110
160	Lesotho	101	106	106
161	Mauritania	99	70	70
162	Solomon Islands	97	60	60
163	Faroe Islands	96	218	608
164	Netherlands Antilles	88	85	85
165	Puerto Rico	87	87	87
166	Chinese Taipei	86	88	88
167	Bangladesh	85	83	83
168	Pakistan	84	79	79
169	Somalia	82	82	82
170	Laos	69	69	69
171	Cambodia	67	68	68
172	Tajikistan	65	76	76
173	Palestine	62	44	72
174	Mongolia	61	61	61
175	Nepal	60	60	60
176	Belize	57	57	57
177	Bahamas	53	47	47
178	Seychelles	52	44	44
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	45	45
180	Brunei Darussalam	46	46	46
181	Cayman Islands	44	44	44
182	Mauritius	43	38	38
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	34	34
189	St. Lucia	32	32	32
189	Tahiti	32	19	19
191	Afghanistan	30	32	32
191	British Virgin Islands	30	25	25
193	Macau	28	28	28
193	Tonga	28	28	28
195	Andorra	17	2	189
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	156

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