FIFA Ranking: September 2010 preview (IV)

Only one match left before the deadline: the friendly India - Thailand. The totals for these two teams could change as follows:

India (W: 131, D: 98, L:82)
Thailand (W:287, D: 279, L:275)

In the ranking table, the value displayed for these 2 teams is the minimum possible value. This means that even if they lose, their total can't drop.

Best movers

48 - Guinea-Bissau
33 - Montenegro
31 - Cape Verde Islands and Central African Republic

Worst movers

-24 - El Salvador
-22 - India
-21 - Iceland

India can avoid this by not losing against Thailand.

Best movers in the top 50:

33 - Montenegro
20 - Cyprus
14 - Northern Ireland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-19 - Latvia
-14 - Belgium
-13 - Venezuela

Saudi Arabia replace Bahrain in the AFC top 5.

Gabon up to 4th in Africa, overtaking Nigeria. Algeria out of the top 5.

Panama - 5th in CONCACAF. Trinidad & Tobago fall from 5th to 8th.

Seven teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Slovakia (16th - 17th in May 1997)
Burkina Faso (39th - 45th in July 2010)
Montenegro (40th - 64th in May 2010)
Cyprus (43rd - 57th in October 2007)
Belarus (55th - 57th in June 2008)
Uganda (63rd - 66 in April 1995)
Botswana (83rd - 93rd in July 2010)

Four teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Macau (197th - first achieved in August 2008)
Andorra (202nd - first achieved in November 2009)
Papua New Guinea (203rd - first achieved in July 2009)
San Marino (203rd - first achieved in July 2009)

Six teams will have their worst ever ranking:

France (27th - 25th in April 1998)
Romania (46th - 42nd in July 2010)
Poland (66th - 61st in March 1998)
Morocco (96th - 83rd in August 2010)
Congo DR (132nd - 124th in July 2010)
Mauritius (193rd - 183rd in August 2009)

September 2010 rank - Team - September 2010 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1824	0	-59
2	Netherlands	1663	0	4
3	Germany	1490	1	26
4	Brazil	1482	-1	-42
5	Argentina	1351	0	63
6	England	1191	1	66
7	Uruguay	1182	-1	30
8	Portugal	1049	0	-13
9	Egypt	1034	0	-19
10	Chile	1004	0	16
11	Croatia	998	3	30
12	Greece	973	0	-2
13	Italy	965	-2	-17
14	Norway	958	8	80
15	Serbia	945	-2	-24
16	Slovakia	919	11	90
17	Paraguay	904	-2	-57
18	USA	899	0	-32
19	Slovenia	897	0	-20
20	Ghana	889	3	15
21	Switzerland	882	-4	-58
21	Turkey	882	7	72
23	Côte d'Ivoire	877	3	34
24	Australia	874	-4	-37
25	Russia	868	-9	-88
26	Ukraine	838	-2	-32
27	France	835	-6	-55
28	Mexico	795	-3	-58
29	Denmark	781	0	-4
30	Japan	773	2	5
31	Gabon	768	3	13
32	Sweden	760	3	13
33	Republic of Ireland	745	3	11
34	Nigeria	733	-4	-40
35	Algeria	732	-2	-27
36	Israel	721	2	-12
37	Cameroon	717	3	7
37	Czech Republic	717	-6	-52
39	Burkina Faso	703	6	57
40	Colombia	684	-4	-50
40	Montenegro	684	33	236
42	Lithuania	675	10	104
43	Cyprus	643	20	120
44	Korea Republic	640	0	-11
45	Northern Ireland	638	14	98
46	Romania	631	-4	-66
47	Scotland	617	-6	-82
48	Peru	613	-9	-113
49	New Zealand	605	5	48
50	Bolivia	591	0	14
51	Hungary	567	11	33
52	Honduras	565	-6	-62
53	Costa Rica	561	0	-1
54	Bulgaria	556	-11	-116
55	Belarus	554	23	151
56	Tunisia	551	8	32
57	Iran	546	8	29
58	South Africa	545	8	41
59	Bosnia-Herzegovina	544	-2	-2
60	Venezuela	531	-13	-61
61	Austria	528	-1	-8
62	Belgium	526	-14	-63
63	Uganda	523	6	64
64	Finland	521	-13	-55
65	Mali	518	-10	-30
66	Poland	504	-10	-43
67	Albania	502	3	47
68	Latvia	494	-19	-85
69	Benin	489	-8	-46
70	Panama	487	27	173
71	FYR Macedonia	479	-5	-25
72	Ecuador	477	-14	-68
73	Saudi Arabia	460	-3	5
74	Zambia	433	-2	-16
75	Bahrain	432	-7	-34
76	Jamaica	425	6	53
77	Cape Verde Islands	422	31	161
78	Malawi	415	-4	-9
79	Senegal	405	12	67
80	Moldova	398	9	48
81	Guinea	394	21	108
82	China PR	389	-5	-17
83	Botswana	388	10	59
84	Wales	382	0	16
85	Estonia	375	9	54
86	Mozambique	374	-6	-7
87	Togo	371	-12	-50
88	Canada	359	13	72
89	Georgia	357	21	120
90	United Arab Emirates	349	0	1
91	Gambia	345	12	60
92	Oman	344	-11	-33
93	Angola	341	-6	-16
94	Trinidad and Tobago	334	-18	-84
95	Syria	331	-3	-5
96	Morocco	330	-13	-41
97	Kuwait	329	-12	-36
98	Uzbekistan	327	-10	-24
99	Jordan	318	-1	18
100	Iceland	308	-21	-77
101	Sudan	295	19	97
102	Azerbaijan	286	3	20
103	Qatar	278	-5	-22
104	Thailand	275	0	-1
105	Armenia	273	-9	-45
106	Korea DPR	271	-6	-17
107	Libya	262	-13	-59
107	Iraq	262	-1	-1
107	Yemen	262	2	13
110	El Salvador	252	-24	-108
111	Tanzania	240	0	5
112	Rwanda	225	-1	-10
113	Cuba	218	1	3
114	Kenya	215	2	5
115	Guatemala	214	4	13
116	Namibia	212	-1	-1
117	Congo	202	-11	-61
118	Zimbabwe	195	-5	-29
119	Singapore	189	1	-9
120	Guyana	182	2	-8
121	Barbados	180	6	6
122	Burundi	179	20	54
123	Antigua and Barbuda	175	6	7
123	Haiti	175	8	9
125	Vietnam	174	2	0
126	Kazakhstan	171	-1	-13
127	Fiji	161	3	-6
127	Grenada	161	5	-2
129	Turkmenistan	154	4	2
130	Luxembourg	153	-13	-56
131	Indonesia	152	4	9
132	Congo DR	144	-9	-43
132	Sierra Leone	144	5	14
134	Chad	142	-10	-43
135	Ethiopia	137	9	21
136	Hong Kong	135	-3	-17
137	Suriname	133	-11	-48
138	Faroe Islands	132	-20	-74
138	Liberia	132	18	38
140	Guinea-Bissau	127	48	108
141	Myanmar	126	-1	-1
142	Swaziland	122	-6	-14
143	Maldives	117	0	0
144	Malaysia	111	-5	-17
145	Tajikistan	108	3	2
145	Bangladesh	108	7	4
145	New Caledonia	108	9	9
148	Sri Lanka	104	5	3
149	Liechtenstein	102	-8	-24
150	Malta	96	1	-9
151	St. Kitts and Nevis	94	-6	-16
151	Lebanon	94	-3	-12
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	93	7	6
154	Niger	91	-9	-19
154	Madagascar	91	-6	-15
156	Lesotho	88	-1	-8
156	Nepal	88	3	0
158	Nicaragua	86	3	0
159	Kyrgyzstan	83	4	5
160	India	82	-22	-47
161	Eritrea	80	-4	-12
162	Bermuda	75	-4	-16
162	Pakistan	75	2	0
164	Equatorial Guinea	73	-19	-37
165	Philippines	67	0	0
166	Vanuatu	63	-4	-21
166	Netherlands Antilles	63	-1	-4
168	Mauritania	53	0	-9
169	Chinese Taipei	52	-4	-15
169	Puerto Rico	52	1	0
171	Central African Republic	50	31	50
172	Palestine	49	-1	-1
173	Comoros	43	-1	0
174	Solomon Islands	40	-5	-20
175	Somalia	39	-2	0
176	Laos	37	-3	-2
177	Cambodia	33	1	0
177	Dominica	33	1	0
179	Belize	32	1	0
179	Mongolia	32	1	0
181	Cayman Islands	26	-8	-13
181	Samoa	26	-5	-12
181	Dominican Republic	26	3	0
184	Seychelles	22	1	-2
185	Brunei Darussalam	21	2	0
186	Turks and Caicos Islands	19	-6	-13
186	St. Lucia	19	2	0
188	British Virgin Islands	18	3	0
188	Djibouti	18	3	0
190	Tonga	17	-4	-6
190	Cook Islands	17	3	0
190	Guam	17	3	0
193	Mauritius	16	-10	-11
194	Bahamas	13	-17	-21
194	Tahiti	13	-6	-6
194	Afghanistan	13	1	0
197	Macau	12	-1	0
198	Bhutan	9	-1	0
199	Aruba	7	-1	0
200	US Virgin Islands	5	-1	0
201	Timor-Leste	4	-1	0
202	Andorra	2	-1	0
203	Papua New Guinea	0	-1	0
203	San Marino	0	-1	0
203	American Samoa	0	-1	0
203	Anguilla	0	-1	0
203	Montserrat	0	-1	0

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