5 March 2012
Updated to account for the removal of two matches from FIFA.com: Lebanon - Iraq 1 - 0 (22 Jan 2012) and China PR - Kuwait 2 - 0 (22 Feb 2012).
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FIFA will publish the ranking on 7 March.
Netherlands return to 2nd spot, Brazil climb to 5th. Argentina return to the top 10.
Best movers:
54 - São Tomé e Príncipe
30 - Chad
29 - Congo
Worst movers:
-21 - Puerto Rico
-18 - Iceland and Turkmenistan
-13 - Liectenstein
Best movers in the top 50:
10 - Ukraine
7 - Montenegro and Estonia
4 - USA and Korea Republic
Worst movers in the top 50:
-7 - Turkey
-6 - Wales
-4 - Iran and Jamaica
Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:
Estonia (47th - 52nd in January 2012)
Chad (111th - 118th in January 2009)
Sao Tome e Principe (114th - 168th in February 2012)
Aruba will return to their best ever ranking - 164th - first achieved in February 1994.
Seven teams will drop to new lows:
Poland (75th - 73rd in December 2010)
Cyprus (129th - 127th in December 2011)
Thailand (139th - 137th in December 2006)
Barbados (170th - 169th in February 2012)
Myanmar (177th - 174th in February 2012)
Sri Lanka (186th - 182nd in February 2012)
Macau (199th - 197th in August 2008)
Japan drop to 3rd in AFC, overtaken by Korea Republic. China PR out of the AFC top 5, replaced by Uzbekistan.
Netherlands replace Germany as UEFA's 2nd team.
March 2012 rank - Team - March 2012 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
| 1 | Spain | 1561 | 0 | -5 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1379 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | Germany | 1332 | -1 | -37 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 1289 | 0 | -28 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1157 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | England | 1121 | -1 | -58 |
| 7 | Portugal | 1106 | -1 | -49 |
| 8 | Argentina | 1102 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Italy | 1062 | -1 | -53 |
| 10 | Croatia | 1049 | -1 | -52 |
| 11 | Denmark | 1025 | -1 | -65 |
| 12 | Russia | 1003 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Greece | 953 | 1 | -26 |
| 14 | Chile | 950 | -2 | -46 |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 944 | 0 | -23 |
| 16 | France | 938 | 1 | 8 |
| 17 | Sweden | 926 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 891 | -2 | -59 |
| 19 | Republic of Ireland | 872 | 1 | -21 |
| 20 | Australia | 868 | 2 | 36 |
| 21 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 850 | -2 | -70 |
| 22 | Mexico | 849 | -1 | -33 |
| 23 | Ghana | 820 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Norway | 797 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Paraguay | 791 | 2 | 10 |
| 26 | Serbia | 779 | -1 | -12 |
| 27 | USA | 772 | 4 | 22 |
| 28 | Slovenia | 765 | -1 | -16 |
| 29 | Czech Republic | 762 | 0 | -13 |
| 30 | Korea Republic | 751 | 4 | 37 |
| 31 | Colombia | 748 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Turkey | 747 | -7 | -44 |
| 33 | Japan | 740 | -3 | -22 |
| 34 | Peru | 720 | -1 | -23 |
| 35 | Algeria | 710 | 1 | 26 |
| 35 | Slovakia | 710 | 3 | 35 |
| 37 | Hungary | 658 | 0 | -20 |
| 38 | Israel | 651 | -3 | -57 |
| 39 | Ecuador | 648 | 1 | 4 |
| 40 | Belgium | 642 | -1 | -21 |
| 41 | Zambia | 630 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Mali | 629 | 2 | 4 |
| 43 | Gabon | 617 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | Armenia | 601 | -3 | -38 |
| 44 | Montenegro | 601 | 7 | 16 |
| 46 | Venezuela | 593 | 0 | -22 |
| 47 | Estonia | 585 | 7 | 9 |
| 48 | Wales | 580 | -6 | -55 |
| 49 | Ukraine | 578 | 10 | 29 |
| 50 | Panama | 576 | -1 | -18 |
| 51 | Iran | 574 | -4 | -32 |
| 51 | Scotland | 574 | -3 | -28 |
| 53 | Romania | 573 | -1 | -10 |
| 54 | Jamaica | 571 | -4 | -18 |
| 55 | Libya | 566 | -2 | -15 |
| 56 | Tunisia | 564 | 0 | -9 |
| 57 | Nigeria | 557 | -1 | -16 |
| 58 | El Salvador | 554 | -4 | -22 |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 550 | 4 | 11 |
| 60 | South Africa | 549 | -2 | -10 |
| 61 | Egypt | 547 | 0 | 2 |
| 62 | Morocco | 545 | 0 | 2 |
| 63 | Cape Verde Islands | 542 | 6 | 65 |
| 64 | Honduras | 533 | -5 | -16 |
| 65 | Guinea | 509 | 0 | -8 |
| 66 | Cameroon | 505 | 0 | 3 |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 502 | 10 | 47 |
| 68 | China PR | 495 | 8 | 39 |
| 69 | Belarus | 490 | -2 | -4 |
| 70 | Senegal | 482 | -2 | -8 |
| 71 | Austria | 472 | 0 | 3 |
| 72 | Haiti | 469 | -1 | 0 |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 465 | -9 | -68 |
| 74 | Georgia | 462 | 7 | 26 |
| 75 | Poland | 461 | -5 | -9 |
| 76 | Iraq | 460 | 3 | 21 |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 451 | -2 | -11 |
| 78 | Latvia | 444 | -4 | -19 |
| 79 | Canada | 443 | -8 | -26 |
| 80 | Albania | 432 | -2 | -20 |
| 81 | Angola | 424 | 2 | 0 |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 423 | 3 | 7 |
| 83 | Jordan | 420 | -1 | -11 |
| 84 | Finland | 412 | -5 | -27 |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 406 | 3 | -2 |
| 86 | Guatemala | 404 | -2 | -18 |
| 87 | Northern Ireland | 400 | -1 | -12 |
| 88 | Qatar | 388 | 8 | 16 |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 388 | 1 | -19 |
| 88 | Uganda | 388 | -1 | -23 |
| 91 | Lithuania | 383 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | Oman | 381 | 3 | 4 |
| 93 | Antigua and Barbuda | 380 | -3 | -25 |
| 94 | Bahrain | 373 | 3 | 7 |
| 95 | Kuwait | 368 | -4 | -31 |
| 96 | Malawi | 354 | 2 | -8 |
| 97 | Togo | 349 | -3 | -31 |
| 98 | Vietnam | 347 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Guyana | 341 | -7 | -47 |
| 100 | Botswana | 338 | 4 | 10 |
| 101 | Congo | 331 | 29 | 86 |
| 102 | FYR Macedonia | 328 | -1 | -17 |
| 103 | Bermuda | 321 | 2 | 0 |
| 104 | Mozambique | 319 | -2 | -13 |
| 105 | Rwanda | 316 | 3 | 8 |
| 106 | Bolivia | 307 | 1 | -2 |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 307 | -7 | -41 |
| 108 | Equatorial Guinea | 305 | 2 | 0 |
| 109 | Sudan | 300 | 2 | -2 |
| 110 | Korea DPR | 299 | -4 | -15 |
| 111 | Chad | 293 | 30 | 86 |
| 112 | Kenya | 292 | 11 | 25 |
| 113 | Niger | 289 | -2 | -13 |
| 114 | Sao Tome e Principe | 288 | 54 | 175 |
| 115 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 287 | 2 | 0 |
| 116 | Congo DR | 286 | 3 | 6 |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 285 | -8 | -21 |
| 117 | Cuba | 285 | -1 | -5 |
| 117 | Faroe Islands | 285 | 1 | 0 |
| 120 | New Zealand | 284 | 0 | 13 |
| 121 | Iceland | 277 | -18 | -53 |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 275 | 10 | 32 |
| 123 | Gambia | 271 | -8 | -21 |
| 124 | Lebanon | 270 | -10 | -29 |
| 125 | Liberia | 268 | 0 | 10 |
| 126 | Syria | 267 | -4 | -3 |
| 127 | Benin | 264 | 9 | 27 |
| 127 | Luxembourg | 264 | 6 | 24 |
| 129 | Cyprus | 262 | -2 | 10 |
| 130 | Suriname | 254 | -4 | 0 |
| 131 | Central African Republic | 251 | -3 | 0 |
| 132 | Burundi | 250 | 11 | 51 |
| 132 | Namibia | 250 | -12 | -21 |
| 134 | Puerto Rico | 249 | -21 | -52 |
| 135 | Dominican Republic | 247 | -6 | 0 |
| 136 | Belize | 238 | -1 | 0 |
| 137 | Grenada | 236 | -4 | -4 |
| 137 | Liechtenstein | 236 | -13 | -27 |
| 139 | Thailand | 235 | -9 | -10 |
| 140 | Ethiopia | 231 | -3 | 1 |
| 141 | Tanzania | 228 | -2 | 4 |
| 142 | Kazakhstan | 224 | -4 | -1 |
| 143 | Moldova | 216 | -1 | 11 |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 211 | 0 | 22 |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 210 | -5 | -8 |
| 146 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 188 | -1 | 16 |
| 147 | Indonesia | 160 | -1 | -1 |
| 148 | Malta | 152 | 11 | 19 |
| 148 | Yemen | 152 | -1 | -7 |
| 150 | Samoa | 149 | 1 | 0 |
| 150 | Singapore | 149 | -2 | -6 |
| 152 | Malaysia | 148 | -2 | -5 |
| 153 | Nepal | 144 | -1 | 0 |
| 154 | Curacao | 142 | -1 | 0 |
| 155 | Bahamas | 141 | -1 | 0 |
| 156 | Philippines | 136 | 0 | -3 |
| 157 | Fiji | 133 | 2 | 0 |
| 158 | Hong Kong | 132 | 5 | 6 |
| 158 | India | 132 | -4 | -9 |
| 160 | Lesotho | 131 | 1 | 0 |
| 160 | Palestine | 131 | 2 | 3 |
| 162 | New Caledonia | 126 | 1 | 0 |
| 163 | Madagascar | 123 | -5 | -12 |
| 164 | Aruba | 120 | 1 | 0 |
| 164 | Bangladesh | 120 | -7 | -18 |
| 166 | Cambodia | 114 | 6 | 10 |
| 167 | Turkmenistan | 113 | -18 | -41 |
| 168 | Chinese Taipei | 110 | -2 | -6 |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 110 | -2 | -6 |
| 170 | Barbados | 107 | -1 | 0 |
| 171 | Mongolia | 106 | -1 | 0 |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 103 | 1 | 0 |
| 173 | Laos | 96 | -2 | -9 |
| 174 | Dominica | 95 | 2 | 0 |
| 174 | Maldives | 95 | 1 | -3 |
| 176 | Tonga | 88 | 1 | 0 |
| 177 | Myanmar | 86 | -3 | -13 |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 179 | Swaziland | 83 | 0 | 0 |
| 180 | US Virgin Islands | 82 | 0 | 0 |
| 181 | Pakistan | 76 | 0 | 0 |
| 182 | Solomon Islands | 75 | 0 | 0 |
| 183 | Tahiti | 73 | 1 | 0 |
| 184 | Cayman Islands | 72 | 1 | 0 |
| 185 | St. Lucia | 65 | 1 | 0 |
| 186 | Sri Lanka | 62 | -4 | -13 |
| 187 | American Samoa | 61 | 0 | 0 |
| 188 | Comoros | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| 189 | Seychelles | 47 | 0 | -6 |
| 190 | Eritrea | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 191 | Somalia | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 192 | Kyrgyzstan | 39 | 0 | -3 |
| 193 | Guam | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 194 | Papua New Guinea | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 195 | Mauritius | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 196 | Cook Islands | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 197 | British Virgin Islands | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 197 | Djibouti | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 199 | Macau | 20 | -3 | -9 |
| 200 | Anguilla | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 201 | Bhutan | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 201 | Brunei Darussalam | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | Mauritania | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 204 | Timor-Leste | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 205 | Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 205 | Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 205 | San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 205 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Good work Edgar
ReplyDeletenext month (4)
if Libya will not play any match they will be more then 600 points for the first time
602 points for Libya
this will make Libya in the top 50 99% :)
for the first time since 1993
Hussein Budejaja
Poland's drop getting sillier by every month.. now even behind Haiti!
ReplyDeleteI’m not sure if you had read my other comment, but FIFA has removed the match between Iraq and Lebanon on January 22nd, and this will give Iraq +17pts (460 instead of 443) and Lebanon -7pts (270 instead of 277)…:)
ReplyDeleteI did read it, but I was on a different computer and I had the flu :)
DeleteI have updated the values.
Does this include the 5 matches FIFA changed from results to "Awarded" recently.
ReplyDeletewell, I guess not, because these changes only concerned CONCACAF countries, and also the results (win/loss) didn't change...
Delete@EngelRS4
ReplyDeleteCan we know the reason why Iraq&Lebanon removed from Ranking? This is very important point for FIFA Ranking transparency for other cases also!
Tarek
Hello Tarek,
DeleteI'm sorry, but I also have no clue why this match has been removed... I had just noticed that it disappeared from the matchlist at fifa.com...
and btw. I also noticed (but don't know why) the match between China and Kuwait on Feb 22nd was removed too…
Most likely one or both the teams involved asked for the match to be removed.
Deletewell in this case, it was most probably Iraq who wanted to have it removed...;)
DeleteChina - Kuwait , more than 6 subs.
ReplyDeleteThanks jonny!
Delete@ EDGAR
ReplyDeleteI think that FIFA Should control more "Considering match or not". As Example, Jordan Vs Thailand friendly Match on Oct,2011 which finished 0-0, there was 10 subs, and it was considered in FIFA Ranking?!!
Tarek
Why did not Jordan FA report that the match should not be counted as "A" match because there were too many subs ?
DeleteExactly, why didn't Jordan FA report this?
Deleteany special coverage for afc presidents cup results??
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't cover club competitions.
Delete@ Edgar.... I do wonder whether the integrity of the rankings in starting to be compromised by omitting games. If a nation knows that their rankings points will drop even by winning a friendly they can throw on an extra couple of substitutions and have the game disregarded. Thoughts?
ReplyDeleteyes, I agree concerning your general thought (to influence including of matches by making more substitutions than allowed)
Deletealthough in this case, this couldn’t have been the reason, because neither Lebanon nor Iraq did more than 6 substitutions…
so my guess is that this match was removed due to the fact that all officials (referee and linesmen) were Lebanese…
@Clifton,EDGAR
ReplyDeleteYou are right, specially that the countries are interested in Ranking now beacuse it affects Draw POTs, so FIFA should control this more.Considering Matches Should be clear before the result/end of match. Tarek
When will be deadline for 06/06/2012 ranking update?
ReplyDeleteThe official deadline - on 31 May 2012. FIFA might include more matches though.
DeleteAzerbaijan v Palestine on 29.2 removed as FIFA did not approve the change of referee for the match.
ReplyDeleteI can give an insight on how the match report process works.
In FIFA's regulations, every FA must tell FIFA IN ADVANCE about any upcoming matches. In reality, this does not happen and FIFA does nothing. They rely on third party sources for information instead. In the regulations, FAs should be fined if they do not submit a match report. In reality, this does not happen, and FIFA does nothing.
On some occasions, FAs DO submit official match reports to FIFA. In these cases, FIFA must go by what the match report says. If the match report says "we used 3 substitutes", then this becomes official for FIFA (even if the FA actually used more than 6 subs, but wrote something different in the match report - this has happened already more than once).
FIFA now has a separate A match committee to deal specifically with these cases and communicate directly with FAs.
I have always said FIFA would make things easier for themselves with this simple plan:
Buy every FA a fax machine/Blackberry/any kind of communication device.
Tell them to fax/email/text match reports to FIFA after every game.
Alternatively, make it the responsibility of the match referee as part of his match report.
In this day and age, FIFA should not be missing matches played by their own FAs. But it happens. Sometimes FIFA knows nothing about certain matches, despite the fact that they have been organised by FAs in membership of FIFA.