FIFA Ranking: November 2009 probable ranking (III)

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.

Already included: matches up to and including November 15th, 2009.

Next update: November 20th, 2009.

Probably...

Spain will return to the top.

A lot of movement in the top 10.

Russia will replace Croatia in the top 10.
England and Argentina will both lose 3 places.
Portugal (+2) and France (+3) will climb in the rankings.

Best movers:

23 - Zimbabwe
21 - Comoros
13 - Mozambique

Worst movers:

-29 - Suriname
-24 - Fiji
-22 - Barbados

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Uruguay
10 - Ecuador
7 - Norway, Nigeria, Egypt and Ukraine

Worst movers in the top 50:

-13 - Algeria
-8 - Paraguay and Czech Republic
-7 - Republic of Ireland and Colombia

Iran overtake Bahrain for Asia's 4th place.
Algeria drop out of the African top 5, replaced by Ghana.
Uruguay up to 3rd in South America.
France replace England in the UEFA top 5.

Six teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Latvia (45th - 47th in October 2009)
Burkina Faso (49th - 50th in June 2009)
Benin (59th - 67th in October 2009)
Montenegro (72nd - 75th in October 2009)
Mongolia (170th - 172nd in October 2009)
Comoros (178th - 180th in June 2007)

Three teams will return to their best ever ranking:

Spain (1st - first achieved in July 2008)
Uruguay (14th - first achieved in May 1994)
Côte d'Ivoire (18th - first achieved in August 2006)

Three teams will have their worst ever ranking:

Morocco (67th - 63rd in October 2009)
Tahiti (195th - 194th in October 2009)
Andorra (202nd - 201st in October 2009)

Probable November 2009 rank - Team - Probable November 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1622	1	-7
2	Brazil	1592	-1	-40
3	Netherlands	1311	0	-29
4	Italy	1215	0	0
5	Germany	1200	0	39
6	France	1192	3	143
7	Russia	1132	5	150
8	Portugal	1115	2	73
9	Argentina	1085	-3	-18
10	England	1063	-3	-38
11	Croatia	1050	-3	-37
12	Cameroon	1035	2	86
13	USA	987	-2	-38
14	Uruguay	960	11	122
15	Ukraine	957	7	100
16	Mexico	931	2	27
17	Switzerland	924	-4	-37
18	Côte d'Ivoire	907	1	4
19	Chile	903	-2	-6
20	Greece	895	-4	-26
21	Egypt	888	7	90
22	Serbia	879	-2	-13
23	Australia	863	1	15
23	Czech Republic	863	-8	-65
25	Nigeria	848	7	85
26	Israel	837	0	0
27	Bulgaria	827	-4	-27
28	Denmark	803	-1	-27
29	Paraguay	800	-8	-79
30	Norway	780	7	29
31	Slovakia	770	2	12
32	Romania	763	4	11
33	Honduras	752	2	-2
34	Ecuador	750	10	53
35	Ghana	739	3	-7
36	Northern Ireland	737	-6	-38
37	Colombia	736	-7	-39
38	Turkey	729	1	-8
39	Sweden	727	2	-1
40	Japan	709	0	-26
41	Republic of Ireland	706	-7	-49
42	Algeria	700	-13	-81
43	Bosnia-Herzegovina	687	-1	-34
44	Costa Rica	676	-1	-31
45	Latvia	670	2	-13
46	Scotland	665	0	-22
47	Mali	662	4	30
48	Gabon	660	-3	-31
49	Burkina Faso	650	6	34
50	Venezuela	646	1	14
51	Korea Republic	638	-3	-33
52	Slovenia	615	-3	-48
53	Tunisia	613	1	-16
54	Finland	605	3	-1
55	Hungary	603	-5	-42
56	Canada	590	-3	-41
57	Bolivia	573	3	51
58	Poland	556	-2	-53
59	Benin	534	8	59
60	Iran	530	2	12
61	Lithuania	526	-2	3
62	Austria	520	-4	-4
63	Bahrain	519	-2	0
64	Saudi Arabia	501	0	1
65	Belgium	487	3	13
66	FYR Macedonia	478	0	2
67	Morocco	476	-4	-35
68	Cyprus	472	-3	-17
69	Panama	468	1	4
70	Togo	467	10	64
71	Mozambique	461	13	79
72	Montenegro	456	3	20
73	Jamaica	450	-4	-19
74	Guinea	449	-3	-12
75	Uzbekistan	437	5	34
76	New Zealand	433	7	50
77	Uganda	428	0	0
78	Belarus	426	-5	-18
78	Peru	426	-4	-13
78	Wales	426	0	8
81	Trinidad and Tobago	421	-9	-38
82	El Salvador	408	0	11
83	Oman	403	-4	-14
84	Korea DPR	398	7	39
85	Haiti	383	1	6
86	Qatar	381	8	34
87	South Africa	377	-2	-4
88	Syria	363	7	19
89	Senegal	362	0	-6
90	Iraq	358	3	9
90	Zambia	358	6	18
92	Iceland	346	-5	-26
93	Moldova	339	-5	-32
94	Angola	337	4	7
94	Malawi	337	-4	-28
96	Cuba	331	-20	-101
97	China PR	328	5	15
98	Albania	327	-1	-7
99	Thailand	324	11	44
100	Armenia	323	0	-2
101	Congo	320	6	23
102	Cape Verde Islands	316	-1	0
103	Estonia	303	0	-3
104	Grenada	298	1	-5
104	Kuwait	298	5	15
106	Kenya	292	-2	-12
107	Tanzania	291	-8	-37
108	Zimbabwe	265	23	68
109	Congo DR	261	3	5
110	Rwanda	254	4	8
111	United Arab Emirates	253	4	11
112	Sudan	247	1	-6
113	Namibia	246	-2	-25
114	Barbados	238	-22	-117
115	Guyana	232	2	-2
116	Libya	228	4	3
117	Kazakhstan	227	4	3
118	Faroe Islands	220	4	2
119	Botswana	218	6	5
119	Gambia	218	3	0
121	Antigua and Barbuda	216	-15	-84
122	Burundi	214	2	0
123	Singapore	206	-4	-22
124	Georgia	203	-7	-31
124	Guatemala	203	6	3
126	Indonesia	198	3	-3
127	Azerbaijan	194	-2	-19
128	Yemen	189	11	31
129	Jordan	185	-1	-19
129	Luxembourg	185	4	8
131	Ethiopia	182	1	0
132	Fiji	174	-24	-117
133	Vietnam	168	1	-4
134	Nicaragua	165	1	0
135	Equatorial Guinea	163	1	0
135	India	163	3	3
135	Myanmar	163	5	6
138	Swaziland	152	10	23
139	New Caledonia	147	2	-1
140	Turkmenistan	139	2	-6
141	Hong Kong	137	-14	-70
141	Sierra Leone	137	11	20
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	136	0	-3
144	Bermuda	133	6	5
144	Maldives	133	4	4
144	Suriname	133	-29	-109
147	Chad	130	0	0
148	Lebanon	129	-3	-7
149	Malta	128	-3	-4
150	Lesotho	119	6	13
151	Eritrea	115	2	0
152	Liechtenstein	110	-9	-29
152	Malaysia	110	-2	-18
154	Madagascar	108	0	-5
154	Sri Lanka	108	4	5
156	Kyrgyzstan	103	-19	-58
157	Vanuatu	101	2	2
158	Liberia	98	2	0
159	St. Kitts and Nevis	94	-3	-12
160	Chinese Taipei	93	1	5
161	Pakistan	88	6	8
161	Tajikistan	88	7	12
163	Puerto Rico	87	-1	0
164	Niger	86	-1	0
165	Philippines	83	-10	-25
166	Bangladesh	82	-1	0
166	Somalia	82	-1	0
168	Netherlands Antilles	80	-4	-5
169	Mauritania	70	0	0
170	Mongolia	61	2	0
171	Solomon Islands	60	2	0
172	Cambodia	59	-1	-9
173	Belize	57	2	0
174	Laos	55	-4	-14
175	Palestine	54	1	1
176	Nepal	53	-3	-7
177	Bahamas	47	0	0
178	Comoros	46	21	38
179	Turks and Caicos Islands	45	0	0
180	Seychelles	44	0	0
181	Dominican Republic	41	1	0
182	Mauritius	40	1	2
183	Samoa	38	0	0
184	Cayman Islands	36	-4	-8
185	Cook Islands	34	1	0
185	Djibouti	34	1	0
185	Guam	34	1	0
188	St. Lucia	32	1	0
189	Macau	31	2	3
190	Guinea-Bissau	29	-7	-9
191	Tonga	28	0	0
192	Afghanistan	25	-3	-7
192	British Virgin Islands	25	1	0
192	Brunei Darussalam	25	-14	-21
195	Tahiti	19	-1	0
196	Bhutan	17	-1	0
197	Dominica	12	-1	0
198	Aruba	11	-1	0
199	US Virgin Islands	9	0	1
200	Timor-Leste	5	-2	-4
201	Central African Republic	4	0	0
202	Andorra	3	-1	-1
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

---

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.