FIFA Ranking: October 2011 preview

Next update: 14 October 2011.

Spain's top spot in danger, but Netherlands need results to go their way to return to the top.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-67 - New Zealand
-35 - Benin
-27 - Yemen
-26 - Burkina Faso and Kyrgyzstan
-21 - Namibia
-19 - Gabon and Mauritania
-15 - Australia
-14 - Netherlands

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

47 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
37 - Iraq and Guyana
22 - Botswana
21 - Iran
16 - Barbados
15 - Syria
13 - Faroe Islands, Vietnam and Palestine

September 2011 rank - Country - September 2011 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1605	1414	1624
2	Netherlands	1571	1367	1557
3	Germany	1290	1141	1352
4	Uruguay	1184	1141	1288
5	Portugal	1158	966	1196
6	Italy	1142	1006	1217
7	Brazil	1132	1046	1144
8	England	1089	1046	1210
9	Croatia	1057	920	1157
10	Argentina	1024	961	1117
11	Greece	1000	821	1044
12	France	956	835	1027
13	Russia	954	831	975
14	Chile	932	859	1036
15	Japan	924	872	911
16	Côte d'Ivoire	910	844	900
17	Denmark	893	773	1030
18	Switzerland	886	756	1023
19	Australia	882	821	867
20	Mexico	866	859	889
21	Serbia	855	810	1056
22	Bosnia-Herzegovina	839	763	949
23	Norway	835	744	839
24	Paraguay	825	758	908
25	Sweden	792	733	955
26	Montenegro	777	586	987
27	Hungary	754	669	765
27	Turkey	754	718	967
29	Korea Republic	749	711	770
29	Republic of Ireland	749	693	812
31	USA	741	693	744
32	Colombia	738	676	757
33	Slovenia	732	637	786
34	Belgium	729	619	818
35	Peru	724	658	839
36	Egypt	713	712	775
37	Ghana	700	658	761
38	Israel	677	627	669
39	Slovakia	662	603	823
40	Czech Republic	656	514	736
41	Burkina Faso	651	555	625
42	Senegal	614	580	626
43	Nigeria	613	579	714
44	Armenia	610	509	768
45	Jamaica	606	592	620
46	Algeria	605	599	713
47	Venezuela	598	557	684
48	Cameroon	596	556	634
49	Romania	584	522	680
50	Iran	576	597	644
51	South Africa	574	560	666
52	Scotland	572	520	731
53	Honduras	564	535	578
53	Panama	564	546	578
55	Bulgaria	558	447	585
56	Belarus	554	511	624
57	Costa Rica	549	522	550
58	Estonia	537	472	572
59	Morocco	534	499	567
60	Ukraine	531	473	551
61	Tunisia	526	457	542
62	Libya	519	462	587
62	Mali	519	451	518
64	Georgia	499	475	632
65	Poland	496	481	520
66	Zimbabwe	490	449	590
67	Gabon	489	470	470
68	Sierra Leone	488	455	647
69	Ecuador	481	477	579
70	Northern Ireland	477	421	650
71	Albania	474	424	678
72	Finland	471	394	655
73	China PR	469	451	496
74	Latvia	460	405	606
75	Lithuania	459	416	549
76	Guinea	447	405	531
77	Austria	442	372	489
78	Malawi	439	387	428
79	Uzbekistan	421	419	451
80	Trinidad and Tobago	414	400	466
81	Bolivia	412	273	500
82	Uganda	411	385	411
83	Zambia	409	404	485
84	Angola	407	364	404
85	Jordan	406	405	434
86	Cyprus	398	259	559
87	Canada	395	375	453
88	El Salvador	390	385	427
89	New Zealand	377	310	310
90	Wales	374	346	619
91	Cape Verde Islands	372	356	500
92	Benin	370	260	335
93	Niger	369	352	470
94	FYR Macedonia	366	320	558
95	Botswana	364	386	386
95	Togo	364	359	509
97	Qatar	360	362	381
98	Azerbaijan	359	265	487
98	Saudi Arabia	359	329	362
100	Kuwait	352	345	359
101	Syria	347	362	362
102	Antigua and Barbuda	345	326	381
103	Sudan	338	327	415
104	Bahrain	335	324	378
105	Cuba	332	332	332
106	Oman	319	317	395
107	Iceland	316	300	509
108	Haiti	305	258	332
109	Iraq	303	340	374
110	Guatemala	302	286	341
111	Central African Republic	296	251	393
112	United Arab Emirates	287	276	356
113	Suriname	286	262	364
114	Luxembourg	284	263	396
115	Mozambique	280	227	281
116	Guyana	278	315	362
117	Thailand	274	248	328
118	Liechtenstein	270	249	388
119	Namibia	269	248	248
120	Grenada	265	246	273
121	Korea DPR	258	255	294
122	Moldova	255	214	420
123	St. Kitts and Nevis	252	261	348
124	Gambia	248	231	377
125	Faroe Islands	244	257	257
126	Tanzania	240	232	285
127	Liberia	230	216	343
128	Congo DR	225	223	304
129	Vietnam	209	222	262
130	Kenya	200	189	237
131	Kazakhstan	198	196	467
132	Ethiopia	196	174	232
133	Belize	195	177	302
134	Nepal	193	176	189
135	Dominican Republic	189	180	344
136	Singapore	188	175	238
137	Yemen	185	158	158
138	Bangladesh	183	183	183
139	Indonesia	182	178	233
140	Burundi	179	183	301
140	Turkmenistan	179	172	172
142	Rwanda	178	177	277
143	Congo	177	123	187
144	Puerto Rico	173	129	338
145	Lebanon	163	146	218
146	Fiji	158	158	158
146	Malaysia	158	155	186
148	Dominica	154	151	312
149	Barbados	148	164	313
150	US Virgin Islands	144	104	283
151	Bahamas	141	141	141
151	Equatorial Guinea	141	139	139
153	Malta	138	128	368
154	New Caledonia	128	128	128
155	Hong Kong	124	91	139
155	Nicaragua	124	115	222
157	Tajikistan	117	112	220
158	Madagascar	115	110	198
158	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	115	162	222
160	Chad	110	99	256
161	Palestine	108	121	121
162	Guinea-Bissau	106	106	231
162	India	106	115	115
162	Mongolia	106	106	106
165	Maldives	105	114	114
165	Philippines	105	110	143
167	Lesotho	104	106	106
168	Myanmar	98	101	101
169	Swaziland	95	86	120
170	Aruba	92	92	92
170	Pakistan	92	91	91
172	Chinese Taipei	89	93	126
173	Vanuatu	88	88	88
174	Cambodia	84	85	85
174	Cayman Islands	84	51	313
176	Sri Lanka	83	83	83
177	Seychelles	82	82	82
178	Curacao	79	76	247
179	Comoros	75	72	151
179	Kyrgyzstan	75	49	49
179	Solomon Islands	75	75	75
182	Laos	71	74	74
183	Afghanistan	70	69	69
184	Tahiti	68	73	73
185	St. Lucia	46	53	232
186	Guam	36	36	36
187	Papua New Guinea	34	34	34
188	Mauritius	33	32	160
189	Bermuda	30	30	299
190	Eritrea	28	28	28
191	British Virgin Islands	25	23	23
191	Macau	25	25	80
193	Mauritania	23	4	4
193	Somalia	23	23	23
195	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	13	13
196	Djibouti	12	12	12
197	Cook Islands	10	10	10
198	Anguilla	9	9	9
198	Brunei Darussalam	9	9	9
200	Bhutan	6	6	6
201	Timor-Leste	3	3	3
201	Tonga	3	3	3
203	American Samoa	0	0	0
203	Andorra	0	0	384
203	Montserrat	0	0	0
203	Samoa	0	0	0
203	San Marino	0	0	73

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