FIFA Ranking: October 2009 preview (VI)

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 11th, 2009.

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

1	Brazil	1604	1609	1677
2	Spain	1588	1552	1629
3	Netherlands	1376	1340	1340
4	Italy	1186	1149	1215
4	Germany	1186	1129	1224
6	Russia	1129	963	1021
7	England	1127	1017	1101
8	Argentina	1113	1005	1103
9	Croatia	1101	1027	1087
10	France	1040	960	1049
11	USA	974	1010	1055
12	Greece	971	851	921
13	Serbia	916	892	979
14	Australia	907	781	848
15	Switzerland	898	911	1060
16	Denmark	892	830	944
17	Portugal	880	1001	1042
18	Czech Republic	870	886	1012
19	Bulgaria	860	788	854
20	Côte d'Ivoire	852	903	903
21	Chile	846	823	909
22	Israel	844	782	936
23	Paraguay	842	879	981
24	Mexico	835	891	930
25	Ukraine	829	823	857
26	Romania	827	715	752
27	Turkey	826	687	738
28	Uruguay	820	838	966
29	Cameroon	819	939	970
30	Scotland	804	687	687
31	Northern Ireland	795	724	875
32	Egypt	786	798	798
32	Ghana	786	746	746
34	Nigeria	773	763	763
35	Gabon	759	691	691
36	Ecuador	749	697	798
36	Poland	749	609	699
38	Republic of Ireland	743	730	805
39	Costa Rica	735	688	745
40	Japan	734	715	735
41	Sweden	723	666	728
42	Honduras	712	722	754
43	Norway	709	751	751
44	Algeria	707	783	783
45	Slovakia	687	644	756
46	Bosnia-Herzegovina	682	721	870
47	Hungary	669	492	645
48	Colombia	657	675	775
49	Korea Republic	641	648	671
50	Tunisia	614	628	663
51	Venezuela	604	597	702
52	Burkina Faso	602	616	616
53	Mali	593	632	632
54	Slovenia	576	624	666
55	Guinea	574	461	461
56	FYR Macedonia	570	476	476
57	Morocco	560	511	511
58	Latvia	555	590	683
59	Bolivia	547	522	602
60	Iran	541	519	519
61	Finland	535	565	688
62	Lithuania	531	395	522
63	Trinidad and Tobago	517	439	498
64	Bahrain	506	519	519
65	Saudi Arabia	505	485	501
66	Canada	504	631	631
67	Wales	481	381	419
68	Belgium	479	474	533
69	Jamaica	477	470	470
70	Austria	473	524	682
71	Togo	454	403	449
72	Uganda	448	428	428
73	South Africa	445	381	398
74	Oman	432	417	483
75	Panama	431	464	464
76	Cyprus	429	489	611
77	Belarus	420	444	605
78	Benin	413	479	479
79	Congo	412	279	335
80	Senegal	410	368	432
81	Zambia	409	342	342
82	Libya	407	225	225
83	Qatar	400	343	354
84	Mozambique	399	383	383
85	El Salvador	398	397	439
85	Uzbekistan	398	403	403
87	Cuba	393	432	432
88	Moldova	390	370	459
89	Montenegro	380	391	526
90	Korea DPR	379	350	376
91	Peru	363	335	439
92	Angola	361	319	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	254
98	Iraq	340	349	349
99	Gambia	337	217	217
100	New Zealand	336	383	383
101	Namibia	331	271	271
102	Fiji	330	291	291
103	Barbados	325	355	355
104	Kenya	317	304	304
105	Malawi	312	363	363
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	283	283
111	Guatemala	297	200	200
112	Cape Verde Islands	296	316	316
112	Georgia	296	234	357
114	Estonia	287	233	303
115	Thailand	286	280	280
116	Luxembourg	282	177	353
117	Rwanda	279	247	247
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	230	242
124	Chad	233	130	130
125	Armenia	231	323	486
125	Burundi	231	214	214
127	Singapore	223	228	228
128	Hong Kong	221	207	207
129	Equatorial Guinea	219	163	163
129	Jordan	219	203	220
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	428
138	Vanuatu	177	99	99
139	Azerbaijan	173	172	293
140	Malta	166	132	257
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	239
152	Malaysia	123	128	128
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	123	105	105
154	Bermuda	119	128	128
155	Maldives	117	128	128
156	Swaziland	115	129	129
157	Eritrea	114	115	115
158	Philippines	108	108	108
159	Sri Lanka	103	103	103
160	Lesotho	101	106	106
161	Mauritania	99	70	70
162	Solomon Islands	97	60	60
163	Faroe Islands	96	218	404
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	53	53
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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