FIFA Ranking: October 2012 preview

Next update: Sometime next week.

Includes matches up to 6 September.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 3 October.

England's 3rd place adventure will most likely end - even if they win both their matches (against Moldova and Ukraine). Uruguay, Argentina and Portugal could all reach a higher total, dropping England to a probable 6th place.

Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-39 - Congo
-38 - Thailand
-35 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
-31 - Italy
-30 - Qatar
-30 - St. Kitts and Nevis
-25 - Fiji
-24 - Chad
-21 - Madagascar
-18 - Korea DPR


Most points gained (worst case scenario):

37 - Curacao
28 - Grenada
24 - Tajikistan
22 - Trinidad and Tobago
19 - Namibia
15 - Nicaragua
9 - Palestine
9 - India
8 - Cambodia
7 - Dominica

September 2012 rank - Country - September 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

 

1	Spain	1617	1545	1611
2	Germany	1437	1358	1459
3	England	1274	1131	1258
4	Portugal	1232	1166	1259
5	Uruguay	1217	1098	1344
6	Italy	1174	1057	1143
7	Argentina	1121	1057	1327
8	Netherlands	1044	966	1141
9	Croatia	1020	933	1084
10	Denmark	1006	906	1019
11	Greece	1001	927	1029
12	Brazil	996	903	1001
13	Russia	990	891	1014
14	Chile	984	948	1051
15	France	965	879	1011
16	Côte d'Ivoire	912	891	947
17	Ecuador	890	750	999
18	Sweden	875	828	859
19	Czech Republic	869	803	927
20	Switzerland	847	764	983
21	Mexico	845	777	925
22	Colombia	843	745	1102
23	Japan	793	758	818
24	Slovenia	784	694	1065
25	Australia	778	702	768
26	Republic of Ireland	768	696	757
27	Korea Republic	763	748	832
28	Algeria	734	669	802
29	Paraguay	728	665	861
30	Bosnia-Herzegovina	717	633	740
31	Ghana	714	674	737
32	Mali	710	676	717
33	USA	697	658	781
34	Norway	682	617	832
35	Turkey	678	599	809
36	Libya	666	578	701
37	Hungary	663	546	773
38	Egypt	634	607	642
39	Ukraine	628	592	706
40	Belgium	626	559	818
41	Tunisia	625	598	663
42	Serbia	624	566	776
42	Zambia	624	589	631
44	Gabon	617	577	641
45	Slovakia	616	534	660
45	Wales	616	551	849
47	Scotland	610	474	719
48	Montenegro	606	542	703
49	Austria	598	528	714
50	Panama	591	561	690
51	Peru	587	548	761
52	Venezuela	584	543	714
53	Armenia	575	452	595
54	Iran	573	549	590
55	Estonia	572	485	695
56	Poland	547	514	627
57	Romania	542	486	619
58	Nigeria	523	497	541
59	Sierra Leone	518	457	585
60	Jamaica	515	498	668
61	Cameroon	510	470	569
62	Senegal	508	492	600
63	Bolivia	501	465	618
64	Central African Republic	492	470	593
65	Cape Verde Islands	490	438	587
66	Costa Rica	487	465	623
67	El Salvador	481	392	466
68	Morocco	478	451	490
69	Guinea	472	450	489
70	Uzbekistan	470	431	536
71	Benin	468	414	474
72	Honduras	460	437	500
73	Canada	454	417	615
74	South Africa	448	424	500
75	Israel	446	390	690
76	Belarus	443	410	690
77	Haiti	439	347	524
78	China PR	437	413	465
78	Iraq	437	439	510
80	Angola	433	419	466
81	Korea DPR	429	399	411
82	Trinidad and Tobago	420	442	442
83	Congo	413	374	374
84	Albania	410	365	549
85	Burkina Faso	406	392	465
86	Georgia	405	368	715
87	Jordan	402	355	441
88	Uganda	401	394	458
89	Bulgaria	388	367	687
90	Malawi	385	365	443
91	Guatemala	384	344	431
92	Qatar	380	350	350
93	Oman	376	376	410
94	Latvia	375	284	669
95	New Zealand	366	312	390
96	Finland	365	339	580
97	FYR Macedonia	364	292	578
98	Zimbabwe	358	341	396
99	Togo	356	340	452
100	Kuwait	348	308	350
101	Antigua and Barbuda	340	324	444
102	Bermuda	333	277	482
103	Dominican Republic	332	236	377
103	Sudan	332	325	351
105	Saudi Arabia	328	303	399
106	Luxembourg	326	165	451
107	Azerbaijan	324	278	519
107	Equatorial Guinea	324	328	376
109	Mozambique	312	281	379
110	Congo DR	311	295	345
111	Liberia	310	275	425
112	Bahrain	308	291	291
113	St. Kitts and Nevis	306	276	276
114	Ethiopia	303	284	336
115	Namibia	299	318	318
116	Chad	290	266	266
116	Lithuania	290	234	750
118	Iceland	283	184	431
119	Tahiti	282	237	357
120	Rwanda	278	272	272
120	United Arab Emirates	278	260	288
122	Guyana	276	253	388
123	Botswana	275	277	341
124	Lebanon	271	247	314
125	Kenya	268	262	262
126	Niger	267	218	302
127	Turkmenistan	266	266	266
128	New Caledonia	261	207	381
129	Gambia	257	242	242
129	Northern Ireland	257	254	555
131	Thailand	244	190	206
132	Tanzania	243	240	240
133	Sao Tome e Principe	240	240	240
134	Burundi	238	232	232
135	Cyprus	232	234	446
136	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	225	190	190
137	Puerto Rico	210	185	318
138	Suriname	207	206	243
139	Grenada	206	234	234
139	Malta	206	156	522
141	Moldova	204	187	471
142	Kazakhstan	196	178	559
142	Tajikistan	196	220	220
144	Nicaragua	195	210	210
145	Belize	188	188	188
146	Vietnam	183	166	221
147	Cuba	175	179	391
148	Syria	170	169	169
149	Liechtenstein	168	150	556
150	Philippines	167	143	173
151	Palestine	161	170	170
152	Yemen	154	141	141
153	Solomon Islands	150	128	298
154	Faroe Islands	147	135	432
155	Fiji	146	121	121
156	Malaysia	136	126	142
157	Lesotho	135	135	135
158	Aruba	134	119	336
159	Hong Kong	133	133	133
159	Maldives	133	133	133
161	Curacao	129	166	166
161	Singapore	129	122	144
163	Madagascar	127	106	106
164	Samoa	124	124	124
165	Afghanistan	122	122	122
166	Nepal	121	121	121
167	Vanuatu	113	99	99
168	Indonesia	111	101	173
169	India	105	114	114
170	Bangladesh	103	103	103
171	Guinea-Bissau	98	98	98
172	Tonga	87	87	87
173	American Samoa	85	85	85
174	Dominica	84	91	307
175	Barbados	81	85	229
176	Chinese Taipei	79	46	97
177	Pakistan	72	72	72
178	US Virgin Islands	70	70	70
179	Sri Lanka	68	68	68
180	Bahamas	66	66	66
181	Cayman Islands	65	65	65
182	Mongolia	55	55	55
183	Myanmar	52	51	77
184	St. Lucia	50	55	55
185	Eritrea	45	45	45
185	Guam	45	45	97
187	Somalia	43	43	43
188	Cambodia	42	50	50
189	British Virgin Islands	40	34	182
190	Comoros	39	39	39
190	Seychelles	39	39	39
190	Swaziland	39	39	39
193	Laos	38	38	100
193	Papua New Guinea	38	38	38
195	Cook Islands	28	28	28
196	Djibouti	24	25	25
197	Kyrgyzstan	20	20	20
197	South Sudan	20	20	20
199	Andorra	15	13	341
200	Macau	13	11	63
200	Mauritius	13	13	13
202	Brunei Darussalam	5	5	31
203	Anguilla	4	4	4
204	Mauritania	3	3	3
205	Timor-Leste	2	2	2
206	Bhutan	0	0	0
206	Montserrat	0	0	66
206	San Marino	0	0	228
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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