FIFA Ranking: May 2011 preview (I)

Next update: April 29th, 2011.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 18 May.


Only two matches left before the deadline, both friendlies.

20 Apr Argentina - Ecuador
23 Apr Mozambique - Tanzania

Here's how the totals can change for these 4 teams:

Argentina (L: 1257, D: 1267, W: 1286)
Ecuador (L: 502, D: 523, W: 567)
Mozambique (L: 325, D: 336, W: 357)
Tanzania (L: 259, D: 265, W: 275)

The value displayed in the table below for each of these teams is the lowest possible value - thus even if they lose, their total won't go down.

Best movers:

11 - Senegal
10 - Afghanistan
9 - Jamaica

Worst movers:

-10 - Ecuador and Congo DR
-9 - Kyrgyzstan
-7 - Cambodia

Ecuador can avoid this by not losing against Argentina.

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Senegal
2 - South Africa
1 - Chile, Slovakia, Denmark and Sweden

Worst movers in the top 50:

-2 - Mexico and Burkina Faso
-1 - Japan, Belgium, Nigeria, Algeria, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Iran, Cameroon and Colombia

Best movers:

11 - Senegal
10 - Afghanistan
9 - Jamaica

Worst movers:

-10 - Ecuador and Congo DR
-9 - Kyrgyzstan
-7 - Cambodia

Ecuador can avoid this by not losing against Argentina.

Best movers in the top 50:

11 - Senegal
2 - South Africa
1 - Chile, Slovakia, Denmark and Sweden

Worst movers in the top 50:

-2 - Mexico and Burkina Faso
-1 - Japan, Belgium, Nigeria, Algeria, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Iran, Cameroon and Colombia

Jamaica and Costa Rica switch places, with the Reggae Boyz now 4th in CONCACAF.

May 2011 rank - Team - May 2011 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1857	0	0
2	Netherlands	1702	0	0
3	Brazil	1425	0	0
4	Germany	1413	0	27
5	Argentina	1257	0	-19
6	England	1163	0	0
7	Uruguay	1094	0	0
8	Portugal	1052	0	0
9	Italy	1019	0	0
10	Croatia	991	0	0
11	Norway	987	0	0
12	Greece	985	0	0
13	Chile	967	1	15
14	Japan	961	-1	0
15	Ghana	918	0	0
16	Serbia	907	0	0
17	Slovenia	903	0	0
18	Russia	896	0	0
19	France	883	0	0
20	Australia	876	0	0
21	Côte d'Ivoire	867	0	0
22	USA	855	0	0
23	Paraguay	847	0	4
24	Montenegro	820	0	0
25	Switzerland	819	0	0
26	Slovakia	809	1	0
27	Denmark	808	1	0
28	Mexico	802	-2	-16
28	Sweden	802	1	0
30	Turkey	795	0	0
31	Korea Republic	754	0	4
32	Czech Republic	722	0	0
33	Israel	709	0	0
34	Republic of Ireland	681	0	0
35	Ukraine	678	0	0
36	Egypt	676	0	0
37	South Africa	671	2	55
38	Belgium	654	-1	0
39	Nigeria	637	-1	0
40	Senegal	613	11	52
41	Algeria	609	-1	0
42	Romania	607	-1	0
43	Honduras	603	0	6
44	Burkina Faso	600	-2	0
45	Bosnia-Herzegovina	594	-1	0
46	Bulgaria	592	-1	0
47	Lithuania	577	-1	0
48	Iran	575	-1	0
49	Cameroon	572	-1	0
50	Albania	564	0	0
50	Colombia	564	-1	-4
52	Hungary	559	0	0
53	Belarus	557	0	0
54	Peru	548	0	0
55	Jamaica	546	9	24
56	Costa Rica	541	-1	1
57	Georgia	536	-1	0
58	Libya	534	0	0
59	Gabon	529	0	0
60	New Zealand	528	0	0
61	Tunisia	527	0	0
62	Armenia	524	0	0
62	Guinea	524	0	0
64	Northern Ireland	520	1	0
65	Scotland	517	1	0
66	Ecuador	502	-10	-34
67	Panama	493	1	5
68	Venezuela	489	-1	-12
69	Botswana	479	0	0
70	Mali	451	0	0
71	Poland	449	0	0
72	Malawi	446	6	16
73	Morocco	445	-1	0
74	Austria	443	-1	0
75	Estonia	440	-1	0
76	Canada	439	-1	0
77	China PR	438	0	6
77	Latvia	438	-1	0
79	Cape Verde Islands	421	0	0
80	Benin	418	0	0
81	Cuba	416	1	5
81	Finland	416	0	0
83	Uzbekistan	403	0	0
84	Uganda	402	0	0
85	FYR Macedonia	398	0	0
86	Moldova	394	0	0
87	El Salvador	391	0	3
88	Saudi Arabia	386	0	0
89	Cyprus	383	0	0
89	Iraq	383	2	3
89	Zambia	383	0	0
92	Qatar	380	-1	0
93	Jordan	378	0	-1
94	Trinidad and Tobago	353	0	9
95	Haiti	348	3	14
96	Bahrain	338	-1	0
97	Grenada	337	2	6
98	Niger	335	-1	0
99	Mozambique	325	-3	-12
100	Antigua and Barbuda	322	0	0
101	Kuwait	320	0	0
102	Bolivia	312	0	0
103	Gambia	308	0	0
104	Angola	295	3	7
104	Sudan	295	1	0
104	Syria	295	0	-2
107	Oman	294	-1	4
108	Azerbaijan	288	-1	0
109	Togo	285	0	0
110	Guyana	284	0	0
111	United Arab Emirates	273	0	0
112	Suriname	267	0	0
113	Central African Republic	263	1	0
114	Tanzania	259	-2	-8
115	Wales	258	0	0
116	Korea DPR	255	2	3
117	Iceland	254	-1	0
118	Sierra Leone	246	3	12
119	St. Kitts and Nevis	245	0	0
120	Thailand	242	0	6
121	Congo	232	1	0
122	Rwanda	228	1	0
123	Kenya	227	1	0
124	Guatemala	222	1	0
125	Luxembourg	221	1	0
126	Congo DR	219	-10	-35
126	Zimbabwe	219	3	7
128	Ethiopia	218	-1	0
129	Yemen	203	-1	-14
130	Indonesia	200	0	-1
131	Dominica	193	0	0
132	Barbados	180	0	-2
132	Puerto Rico	180	1	0
134	Vietnam	172	0	0
135	Tajikistan	171	-1	-1
136	Faroe Islands	168	0	0
136	Guinea-Bissau	168	0	0
138	Madagascar	164	0	2
139	Kazakhstan	151	1	0
140	Namibia	150	1	0
141	Turkmenistan	149	-2	-4
142	Equatorial Guinea	146	0	-2
143	Malaysia	144	1	0
144	Singapore	140	1	0
145	India	139	1	0
146	Hong Kong	138	1	0
147	Nepal	135	3	9
148	Maldives	133	-5	-13
149	Burundi	127	-1	0
149	Chad	127	-1	0
151	New Caledonia	123	0	0
152	Curacao	121	0	0
153	Liechtenstein	116	0	0
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	116	0	0
155	Fiji	103	1	0
156	Philippines	96	-1	-8
157	Liberia	93	2	5
158	Cayman Islands	90	-1	0
159	Swaziland	89	-1	0
160	Chinese Taipei	86	1	0
161	Malta	84	2	4
162	Bermuda	80	1	0
163	Bangladesh	79	3	4
164	Afghanistan	77	10	16
165	Vanuatu	76	0	0
166	Nicaragua	75	0	0
167	Myanmar	74	-6	-12
168	Pakistan	72	0	0
169	Kyrgyzstan	70	-9	-17
169	Sri Lanka	70	4	8
171	Palestine	67	-1	0
172	Belize	66	-1	0
172	Dominican Republic	66	-1	0
174	Laos	57	1	0
174	Tahiti	57	1	0
176	Cambodia	56	-7	-12
176	Lesotho	56	1	0
178	Lebanon	51	0	-4
179	Mongolia	48	0	-5
180	Mauritania	45	0	0
181	Eritrea	42	0	0
182	Solomon Islands	40	0	0
183	British Virgin Islands	38	0	0
184	Macau	32	0	-3
185	St. Lucia	31	0	0
186	Samoa	26	0	0
187	Somalia	23	0	0
188	Comoros	19	0	0
189	Mauritius	18	0	0
190	Cook Islands	17	0	0
190	Tonga	17	0	0
192	Djibouti	15	0	0
193	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	0	0
194	Seychelles	11	0	1
195	Guam	10	-1	0
196	Bahamas	9	0	0
196	Bhutan	9	0	0
196	Brunei Darussalam	9	3	3
199	Aruba	7	-1	0
200	Timor-Leste	3	0	0
200	US Virgin Islands	3	0	0
202	American Samoa	0	0	0
202	Andorra	0	0	0
202	Anguilla	0	0	0
202	Montserrat	0	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
202	San Marino	0	0	0

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