FIFA Ranking: September 2011 preview

Next update: 9 September 2011.

Spain in pole position to claim first place in the rankings. Read more about Netherlands chances of remaining on top.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-88 - England
-52 - Peru
-41 - El Salvador
-35 - Syria
-26 - Samoa
-25 - Netherlands
-21 - Gabon and Chad
-17 - Germany and Zambia

Most points gained (worst case scenario):


106 - Tajikistan
31 - New Zealand
24 - Panama
14 - Ethiopia
13 - Jamaica
9 - Lesotho
7 - Comoros
6 - Grenada and Swaziland
5 - Cuba

Samoa and American Samoa avoid being unlisted. With no games they would have been removed from the ranking. Papua New Guinea return to the ranking.

Samoa will join the club of teams with 0 points.

August 2011 rank - Country - August 2011 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Netherlands	1596	1443	1571
2	Spain	1563	1498	1605
3	Germany	1330	1196	1313
4	England	1177	872	1089
5	Uruguay	1174	1154	1184
6	Brazil	1156	1085	1159
7	Italy	1110	961	1142
8	Portugal	1060	1055	1158
9	Argentina	1017	962	1046
10	Croatia	1009	894	1057
11	Chile	960	932	1005
12	Norway	943	778	969
13	Russia	940	841	1031
14	Greece	937	859	1053
15	Côte d'Ivoire	918	918	918
15	France	918	836	1016
15	Japan	918	862	963
18	Sweden	889	755	909
19	Montenegro	875	778	867
20	Mexico	864	830	881
21	Denmark	841	737	893
22	Australia	837	799	882
23	Slovenia	816	732	962
24	Turkey	811	656	827
25	Paraguay	807	780	825
26	Peru	806	708	754
26	Slovakia	806	620	843
28	USA	791	741	796
29	Serbia	784	698	855
30	Switzerland	757	746	886
31	Republic of Ireland	754	680	888
32	Israel	746	677	959
33	Korea Republic	745	713	779
34	Egypt	739	714	777
35	Colombia	730	696	735
36	Ghana	726	664	760
37	Belgium	675	659	773
38	Nigeria	659	573	680
39	Bosnia-Herzegovina	656	601	839
40	Burkina Faso	646	633	651
41	Belarus	645	554	774
42	Czech Republic	635	582	722
43	Jamaica	623	636	665
44	Venezuela	615	596	627
45	Hungary	613	553	754
46	Algeria	612	572	669
47	South Africa	602	574	652
48	Ukraine	598	531	628
49	Senegal	591	547	614
50	Honduras	589	564	612
51	Bulgaria	586	559	864
52	Cameroon	582	542	596
53	Iran	559	536	605
54	Romania	558	501	661
55	Scotland	554	425	651
56	Lithuania	552	436	624
57	Albania	546	474	667
57	Tunisia	546	493	595
59	Northern Ireland	545	477	672
60	Costa Rica	530	526	568
61	Morocco	529	504	593
62	Panama	524	548	587
63	Georgia	522	486	611
64	Libya	504	410	519
65	Poland	498	467	552
66	Ecuador	491	429	482
67	Gabon	482	461	461
68	Austria	472	402	656
69	China PR	464	443	507
69	Guinea	464	429	484
71	Armenia	456	400	610
72	Cape Verde Islands	444	372	500
73	Malawi	436	411	495
74	Zimbabwe	434	390	489
75	El Salvador	431	347	390
76	Cyprus	427	398	622
76	Zambia	427	380	410
78	Botswana	424	379	422
79	Finland	416	378	638
80	Uganda	411	411	451
81	Mali	408	401	519
82	Uzbekistan	401	379	468
83	Benin	394	346	417
84	Latvia	388	294	563
85	Bolivia	380	380	475
86	Estonia	374	366	537
87	Saudi Arabia	372	349	430
88	Moldova	364	255	485
88	Qatar	364	323	402
90	FYR Macedonia	358	329	507
91	Trinidad and Tobago	355	352	414
92	Jordan	348	330	407
92	Sierra Leone	348	274	488
94	New Zealand	346	377	377
95	Kuwait	341	323	383
96	Angola	338	321	428
97	Syria	337	302	302
98	Sudan	329	296	353
99	Cuba	327	332	332
99	Mozambique	327	280	426
101	Bahrain	325	289	358
102	Canada	319	307	395
103	Oman	312	292	372
104	Central African Republic	309	292	441
104	Niger	309	286	409
106	Antigua and Barbuda	308	268	353
107	Gambia	306	248	300
108	United Arab Emirates	299	287	343
109	Iraq	293	290	332
110	Suriname	285	233	319
111	Faroe Islands	273	244	585
112	Azerbaijan	272	262	440
113	Guatemala	261	254	302
114	Guyana	260	235	278
114	Korea DPR	260	241	317
116	Haiti	259	210	305
117	Wales	251	224	538
118	Grenada	249	255	300
119	Liechtenstein	247	225	546
120	Thailand	246	212	389
121	Togo	242	233	364
122	St. Kitts and Nevis	239	201	279
123	Liberia	238	230	346
124	Iceland	232	183	517
125	Tanzania	229	221	279
126	Kazakhstan	227	198	446
127	Congo DR	222	203	307
128	Luxembourg	211	186	383
129	Singapore	209	189	308
129	Vietnam	209	209	209
131	Indonesia	207	182	291
132	Congo	201	177	308
133	Dominican Republic	198	157	334
133	Kenya	198	180	200
133	Yemen	198	185	185
136	Dominica	193	171	213
136	Nepal	193	193	193
138	Rwanda	192	178	349
139	Bangladesh	182	183	183
140	Ethiopia	181	195	280
141	Fiji	180	128	182
142	Turkmenistan	179	179	179
143	Namibia	169	169	269
144	Puerto Rico	167	145	338
145	Burundi	164	154	229
146	Malaysia	158	158	158
147	Barbados	156	148	255
148	Belize	146	128	267
149	US Virgin Islands	144	144	379
150	Guinea-Bissau	142	106	178
151	Bahamas	141	141	141
152	Madagascar	139	115	324
153	Tajikistan	132	238	369
154	Chad	131	110	110
154	Equatorial Guinea	131	92	174
154	Hong Kong	131	124	124
157	Palestine	117	109	109
158	India	112	101	115
158	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	112	92	238
160	Lebanon	106	89	298
160	Mongolia	106	106	106
162	Maldives	105	105	105
162	Philippines	105	105	105
162	Vanuatu	105	53	100
165	New Caledonia	104	69	133
166	Curacao	103	75	206
167	Malta	102	94	401
168	Myanmar	99	98	98
169	Chinese Taipei	97	89	89
170	Aruba	92	92	92
170	Pakistan	92	78	115
172	Cayman Islands	90	84	367
172	Swaziland	90	96	192
174	Sri Lanka	86	84	84
175	Seychelles	85	82	82
176	Cambodia	83	84	84
177	Kyrgyzstan	79	75	75
177	Solomon Islands	79	27	90
179	Nicaragua	75	71	237
180	Laos	71	71	71
181	Afghanistan	70	70	70
182	Comoros	68	75	189
183	Tahiti	57	37	104
184	St. Lucia	54	46	162
185	Bermuda	40	30	287
185	Lesotho	40	49	49
187	British Virgin Islands	38	25	25
188	Mauritius	35	33	152
189	Eritrea	29	28	28
190	Mauritania	27	23	23
191	Samoa	26	0	0
192	Macau	25	25	25
193	Somalia	23	23	23
194	Tonga	15	3	3
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	13	13
196	Djibouti	12	12	12
197	Cook Islands	10	10	91
197	Guam	10	10	113
199	Brunei Darussalam	9	9	9
200	Anguilla	7	9	9
201	Bhutan	6	6	6
202	Timor-Leste	3	3	3
203	American Samoa	0	0	102
203	Andorra	0	0	256
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	318
-	Papua New Guinea	0	0	81

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