FIFA Ranking: December 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 November 22nd, 2009.

Next update: December 10th, 2009.

This month you won't see a probable ranking because it's not worth it. The top 74 teams will not be playing matches.
There are two competitions: CECAFA Cup and SAFF Cup. The CECAFA Cup will feature a non-FIFA team (Zanzibar), while Zimbabwe will field an U-23 side. India will do the same in the SAFF Cup. On top of that, I could find no info regarding the quarterfinals match-ups for CECAFA.

November 2009 rank - Country - November 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1622	1627	1627
2	Brazil	1592	1568	1568
3	Netherlands	1279	1288	1288
4	Italy	1215	1209	1209
5	Portugal	1181	1176	1176
6	Germany	1170	1173	1173
7	France	1122	1117	1117
8	Argentina	1085	1085	1085
9	England	1063	1076	1076
10	Croatia	1050	1042	1042
11	Cameroon	1035	1035	1035
12	Greece	1028	1016	1016
13	Russia	1019	1026	1026
14	USA	980	980	980
15	Mexico	931	931	931
16	Côte d'Ivoire	927	934	934
17	Chile	926	936	936
18	Switzerland	924	924	924
19	Uruguay	901	909	909
20	Serbia	900	916	916
21	Australia	863	863	863
22	Nigeria	848	848	848
23	Czech Republic	843	828	828
24	Ukraine	842	848	848
25	Israel	837	823	823
26	Denmark	835	820	820
27	Bulgaria	827	801	801
28	Algeria	823	823	823
29	Egypt	820	833	833
30	Paraguay	816	806	806
31	Norway	780	760	760
32	Romania	763	745	745
33	Slovenia	756	767	767
34	Slovakia	755	751	751
35	Ecuador	750	738	738
36	Republic of Ireland	746	746	746
37	Ghana	739	747	747
38	Honduras	738	738	738
39	Northern Ireland	737	730	730
40	Colombia	736	736	736
41	Turkey	729	728	728
42	Sweden	727	721	721
43	Japan	709	709	709
44	Costa Rica	694	701	701
45	Latvia	670	677	677
46	Scotland	665	665	665
47	Mali	662	662	662
48	Gabon	660	660	660
49	Burkina Faso	650	650	650
50	Venezuela	646	646	646
51	Bosnia-Herzegovina	643	642	642
52	Korea Republic	625	625	625
53	Tunisia	613	614	614
54	Finland	605	592	592
55	Hungary	603	613	613
56	Poland	575	556	556
57	Bolivia	573	573	573
57	Canada	573	573	573
59	Benin	534	532	532
60	Lithuania	525	521	521
61	Bahrain	524	524	524
62	Austria	520	523	523
63	Iran	518	507	507
64	Belgium	504	492	492
65	Saudi Arabia	501	509	509
66	FYR Macedonia	491	495	495
67	Morocco	476	477	477
68	Cyprus	472	471	471
69	Panama	468	469	469
70	Peru	467	471	471
70	Togo	467	467	467
72	Mozambique	462	462	462
73	Montenegro	456	456	456
74	Jamaica	451	404	404
75	Guinea	450	459	459
76	Uzbekistan	437	440	440
77	New Zealand	433	400	400
78	Uganda	428	409	453
79	Wales	427	420	420
80	Belarus	426	406	406
81	Trinidad and Tobago	421	400	400
82	El Salvador	407	412	412
83	Oman	403	410	410
84	Korea DPR	399	377	377
85	Haiti	384	349	349
86	South Africa	377	377	377
87	Qatar	374	376	376
88	Iraq	364	364	364
89	Senegal	362	361	361
90	Zambia	358	351	380
91	Syria	348	346	346
92	Iceland	346	346	346
93	Moldova	338	338	338
94	Angola	337	337	337
94	Malawi	337	326	326
96	Cuba	331	218	218
97	China PR	328	340	340
98	Albania	327	336	336
99	Armenia	323	321	321
100	Congo	320	320	320
101	Cape Verde Islands	316	331	331
102	Estonia	303	308	308
103	Grenada	298	144	144
103	Kuwait	298	301	301
105	Kenya	292	316	345
106	Tanzania	291	280	316
107	Thailand	289	296	296
108	Zimbabwe	265	265	265
109	Congo DR	261	271	271
110	Rwanda	255	277	296
111	Singapore	247	260	260
111	Sudan	247	268	268
111	United Arab Emirates	247	248	248
114	Namibia	246	246	246
115	Barbados	238	181	181
116	Azerbaijan	237	237	237
117	Guyana	232	191	191
118	Libya	228	232	232
119	Kazakhstan	226	200	200
120	Faroe Islands	220	222	222
121	Botswana	219	219	219
122	Gambia	218	224	224
123	Antigua and Barbuda	216	176	176
124	Burundi	214	195	264
125	Georgia	203	202	202
125	Guatemala	203	205	205
127	Indonesia	198	206	206
128	Jordan	185	256	256
128	Luxembourg	185	185	185
130	Vietnam	184	203	203
131	Ethiopia	182	179	309
132	Yemen	177	176	176
133	Fiji	174	167	167
134	Nicaragua	165	165	165
135	Equatorial Guinea	163	152	152
135	India	163	158	158
135	Myanmar	163	142	142
138	Swaziland	152	152	152
139	New Caledonia	147	126	126
140	Turkmenistan	139	139	139
141	Hong Kong	137	137	137
141	Sierra Leone	137	145	145
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	136	112	112
144	Bermuda	133	138	138
144	Suriname	133	133	133
146	Maldives	132	102	157
147	Chad	130	130	130
147	Lebanon	130	126	126
149	Malta	128	128	128
150	Lesotho	120	120	120
151	Eritrea	115	66	137
152	Liechtenstein	110	110	110
152	Malaysia	110	97	112
154	Sri Lanka	108	97	132
155	Madagascar	105	105	105
156	Kyrgyzstan	103	103	103
157	Vanuatu	101	108	108
158	Liberia	98	98	98
159	St. Kitts and Nevis	94	107	107
160	Chinese Taipei	93	93	93
161	Pakistan	88	78	142
162	Puerto Rico	87	87	87
162	Tajikistan	87	86	86
164	Niger	86	92	92
165	Bangladesh	83	72	136
165	Philippines	83	83	83
167	Somalia	82	64	124
168	Netherlands Antilles	80	80	80
169	Mauritania	70	70	70
170	Mongolia	61	61	61
171	Solomon Islands	60	60	60
172	Cambodia	59	56	56
173	Belize	57	57	57
174	Laos	55	44	44
175	Palestine	54	57	57
176	Nepal	53	52	105
177	Bahamas	47	42	42
178	Comoros	46	46	46
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	45	45
180	Seychelles	44	44	44
181	Dominican Republic	41	26	26
182	Mauritius	40	40	40
183	Samoa	38	38	38
184	Cayman Islands	36	36	36
185	Cook Islands	34	34	34
185	Djibouti	34	27	115
185	Guam	34	34	34
188	St. Lucia	32	32	32
189	Macau	31	31	31
190	Guinea-Bissau	29	20	20
191	Tonga	28	28	28
192	Afghanistan	25	19	72
192	British Virgin Islands	25	25	25
192	Brunei Darussalam	25	25	25
195	Tahiti	19	19	19
196	Bhutan	17	17	81
197	Dominica	12	12	12
198	Aruba	11	11	11
199	US Virgin Islands	8	8	8
200	Central African Republic	4	4	4
200	Timor-Leste	4	4	4
202	Andorra	3	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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