FIFA Ranking: November 2012 preview

Next update: 19 October 2012.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 7 November.

Two second round groups of the Caribbean Championship qualifiers will also take place in October, but I don't have the exact dates. However, they are scheduled after 19 October (my next update).

Spain still safe in first place. Even if they lose to Belarus and France, Germany would still be three points behind them even with wins against the Republic of Ireland and Sweden.

Thailand will fall to its worst ever raking, dropping to at least 144th - at worst 155th. Their previous worst ever ranking was 141st in April 2012.


Most points dropped (best case scenario):

-68 - Grenada
-56 - Gambia
-42 - Bermuda
-29 - Thailand
-20 - US Virgin Islands
-19 - Netherlands
-18 - Namibia
-18 - Slovenia
-14 - Cayman Islands
-10 - Yemen

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

29 - Haiti
23 - Burundi
23 - Nicaragua
22 - Dominican Republic
22 - Botswana
22 - Suriname
21 - Puerto Rico
16 - Chad
15 - Congo DR
12 - Equatorial Guinea

October 2012 rank - Country - October 2012 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1611	1486	1619
2	Germany	1459	1305	1481
3	Portugal	1259	1164	1300
4	Argentina	1208	1093	1349
5	England	1196	1115	1220
6	Netherlands	1141	1019	1128
7	Uruguay	1140	1047	1268
8	Italy	1106	1010	1169
9	Colombia	1102	935	1110
10	Greece	1029	892	1065
11	Croatia	1023	940	1078
12	Russia	1014	905	1084
13	France	1011	907	1060
14	Brazil	1001	931	994
15	Switzerland	983	845	1053
16	Côte d'Ivoire	951	918	974
17	Chile	948	853	1070
18	Denmark	944	821	1032
19	Mexico	925	883	984
20	Ecuador	902	774	1032
21	Sweden	859	764	897
22	Czech Republic	837	753	858
23	Japan	818	770	850
24	Algeria	802	788	907
25	Korea Republic	776	728	819
26	Norway	764	662	871
27	Mali	759	725	772
28	Republic of Ireland	757	651	806
29	Bosnia-Herzegovina	740	641	832
30	Belgium	723	647	881
31	Ghana	722	714	762
32	USA	720	682	776
33	Serbia	706	643	824
34	Australia	702	642	719
35	Slovenia	694	506	702
36	Turkey	689	639	830
37	Peru	681	584	766
38	Paraguay	665	596	800
39	Venezuela	635	565	669
40	Egypt	634	613	648
41	Zambia	631	633	674
42	Ukraine	630	564	686
43	Panama	625	578	673
44	Montenegro	623	543	691
45	Tunisia	620	562	647
46	Romania	619	557	801
47	Gabon	610	581	630
48	Slovakia	608	542	797
49	Central African Republic	593	581	698
49	Hungary	593	507	753
51	Cape Verde Islands	587	511	650
52	Jamaica	583	542	642
53	Libya	578	551	677
54	Poland	573	523	644
55	Bulgaria	565	514	852
56	Scotland	556	488	782
57	Wales	551	362	675
58	Iran	549	508	611
59	Austria	528	426	526
60	Haiti	524	553	553
61	Canada	516	487	612
62	Guinea	515	485	522
63	Nigeria	511	498	553
64	Armenia	503	444	624
65	Georgia	501	464	675
66	Honduras	500	457	635
67	Sierra Leone	499	479	604
68	Senegal	492	471	579
69	Estonia	485	399	536
70	Uzbekistan	479	440	501
71	Cameroon	475	433	569
72	Bolivia	465	379	675
72	Costa Rica	465	427	509
74	Benin	453	457	457
75	Morocco	451	439	482
76	South Africa	448	413	467
77	Trinidad and Tobago	442	349	490
78	El Salvador	441	402	547
78	Jordan	441	413	485
80	Iraq	439	390	484
81	Guatemala	431	402	541
82	Israel	423	343	452
83	Angola	419	395	446
84	Albania	414	372	573
85	China PR	413	424	424
86	Korea DPR	411	392	421
87	Belarus	410	352	666
88	Finland	407	352	496
89	Zimbabwe	396	383	437
90	Uganda	394	364	428
91	Burkina Faso	392	342	423
92	New Zealand	390	358	404
93	Togo	377	370	479
94	Congo	374	309	388
95	Oman	370	357	427
96	Malawi	365	337	421
97	Iceland	362	314	597
98	Liberia	357	333	432
99	Mozambique	352	318	386
100	Sudan	351	341	365
101	Qatar	350	312	413
102	Dominican Republic	346	368	368
103	Congo DR	345	360	416
104	FYR Macedonia	334	292	588
105	Equatorial Guinea	328	340	397
106	Antigua and Barbuda	324	281	455
107	Cyprus	321	258	622
108	Namibia	318	281	299
109	Lebanon	314	321	321
110	Lithuania	311	271	547
111	Azerbaijan	309	277	434
112	Kuwait	308	306	318
113	New Caledonia	303	246	297
113	Saudi Arabia	303	283	313
115	Bahrain	291	266	293
116	United Arab Emirates	288	283	344
117	Northern Ireland	287	274	520
118	Ethiopia	284	274	333
118	Latvia	284	228	444
120	Bermuda	277	235	235
120	Botswana	277	299	361
122	Guyana	276	264	456
122	St. Kitts and Nevis	276	261	489
124	Rwanda	272	268	286
125	Chad	266	282	282
125	Turkmenistan	266	219	275
127	Tahiti	265	215	317
128	Kenya	262	248	274
129	Puerto Rico	244	265	265
130	Suriname	243	265	265
131	Gambia	242	186	186
132	Sao Tome e Principe	240	240	240
132	Tanzania	240	237	237
134	Grenada	234	166	166
135	Burundi	232	255	255
136	Tajikistan	220	225	225
137	Niger	218	223	312
138	Nicaragua	210	233	233
139	Thailand	206	177	177
140	Vietnam	203	183	266
141	Solomon Islands	202	202	289
142	Luxembourg	191	179	400
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	190	179	296
144	Belize	188	179	179
145	Moldova	187	156	329
146	Cuba	179	163	358
147	Kazakhstan	178	150	452
147	Philippines	178	179	209
149	Palestine	170	154	170
150	Syria	169	172	172
151	Curacao	166	134	308
152	Barbados	158	158	158
153	Malta	156	166	389
154	Aruba	154	154	154
155	Liechtenstein	150	147	331
156	Dominica	146	151	151
157	Yemen	141	131	131
158	Faroe Islands	135	138	665
158	Lesotho	135	129	151
160	Hong Kong	133	108	134
160	Maldives	133	135	135
162	Malaysia	126	114	142
162	Singapore	126	115	127
164	Samoa	124	124	124
165	Nepal	123	116	116
166	Afghanistan	122	121	121
167	Fiji	121	121	121
168	India	114	116	123
169	Bangladesh	112	114	114
170	Indonesia	111	103	125
171	Madagascar	106	106	106
172	Vanuatu	99	99	99
173	Guinea-Bissau	98	98	98
174	Tonga	87	87	87
175	American Samoa	85	85	85
176	Chinese Taipei	80	90	90
177	Pakistan	72	72	124
178	Guam	71	71	71
179	US Virgin Islands	70	50	50
180	Sri Lanka	68	68	68
181	Bahamas	66	66	66
181	Montserrat	66	66	66
183	Cayman Islands	65	51	51
184	Myanmar	60	63	166
185	Mongolia	55	55	55
185	St. Lucia	55	33	278
187	Eritrea	45	45	45
188	Somalia	43	43	43
189	Cambodia	42	49	153
190	Comoros	39	36	36
190	Seychelles	39	39	39
190	Swaziland	39	30	82
193	Laos	38	37	141
193	Papua New Guinea	38	38	38
195	British Virgin Islands	34	34	34
196	Cook Islands	28	28	28
197	Djibouti	25	17	17
198	Kyrgyzstan	20	20	20
198	Macau	20	22	22
198	South Sudan	20	20	20
201	Andorra	13	13	361
201	Mauritius	13	13	13
203	Brunei Darussalam	5	0	103
204	Anguilla	4	4	270
205	Mauritania	3	3	3
206	Timor-Leste	2	0	103
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	375
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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