FIFA Ranking: September 2013 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on September 12th.

Very important month for Uzbekistan and Jordan - involved in the AFC World Cup play-off. Also the CAF group stage ends this month and besides the actual qualification, teams will also be interested in their FIFA ranking as it will be used to seed the play-off draw.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

124 - Northern Ireland
49 - Cuba
35 - Tahiti
32 - Iran
31 - Antigua and Barbuda
25 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
19 - Panama
18 - Syria
16 - Samoa
15 - Equatorial Guinea


Most points lost (best case scenario):

-121 - Suriname
-112 - Puerto Rico
-54 - Netherlands
-47 - Solomon Islands
-45 - El Salvador
-43 - Canada
-33 - Montserrat
-26 - Dominican Republic
-24 - Japan
-22 - Brazil
-22 - Greece

August 2013 rank - Country - August 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

 

1	Spain	1484	1440	1536
2	Germany	1257	1128	1261
3	Colombia	1219	1055	1308
4	Argentina	1210	1176	1263
5	Netherlands	1165	998	1111
6	Italy	1142	1057	1199
7	Portugal	1099	967	1081
8	Croatia	1098	971	1130
9	Brazil	1089	1016	1067
10	Belgium	1079	1047	1159
11	Greece	1038	905	1016
12	Uruguay	998	950	1126
13	Bosnia-Herzegovina	995	819	1049
14	England	994	855	1025
15	Switzerland	987	810	1064
16	Russia	979	803	968
17	Ecuador	972	820	1047
18	Côte d'Ivoire	962	883	941
19	USA	960	942	1043
20	Mexico	879	837	943
21	Chile	871	859	998
22	Peru	855	732	951
23	France	838	702	859
24	Ghana	830	762	860
25	Norway	801	646	825
26	Czech Republic	797	738	984
27	Denmark	788	709	825
28	Montenegro	774	721	858
28	Ukraine	774	723	884
30	Sweden	765	707	836
31	Hungary	749	658	869
32	Mali	735	729	811
33	Romania	732	612	846
34	Algeria	730	679	762
35	Nigeria	700	683	709
36	Cape Verde Islands	696	660	739
37	Japan	695	630	671
38	Albania	689	652	920
39	Venezuela	688	574	841
40	Panama	679	698	783
41	Serbia	661	503	762
42	Costa Rica	651	657	748
43	Honduras	640	607	714
44	Republic of Ireland	639	570	751
45	Slovenia	634	575	754
46	Australia	630	603	638
46	Wales	630	606	859
48	Burkina Faso	618	590	628
49	Paraguay	614	571	820
50	Scotland	610	468	694
51	Cameroon	604	485	595
52	Iran	601	633	633
53	Bulgaria	596	499	694
53	Tunisia	596	580	643
55	Austria	595	522	788
56	Korea Republic	594	549	615
57	New Zealand	582	495	574
58	Turkey	573	465	613
59	Uzbekistan	566	529	680
60	Zambia	550	515	583
61	Egypt	544	540	611
62	Slovakia	542	422	703
63	Israel	540	501	703
64	Bolivia	538	517	726
65	Finland	537	514	741
66	Armenia	534	447	736
67	South Africa	530	510	544
68	Guinea	526	487	577
69	Libya	518	462	590
70	Iceland	499	412	701
71	Jordan	495	437	538
72	Poland	493	472	610
73	Belarus	482	443	569
74	Haiti	476	471	495
75	Morocco	474	464	548
76	Jamaica	469	407	598
77	Uganda	468	458	511
78	Senegal	452	435	534
78	Trinidad and Tobago	452	414	449
80	Sierra Leone	443	404	497
81	Gabon	440	443	533
82	Togo	436	430	486
83	El Salvador	431	386	386
84	United Arab Emirates	429	412	465
85	Estonia	423	368	578
86	Dominican Republic	421	395	395
87	Congo DR	407	352	470
88	Central African Republic	398	331	437
89	FYR Macedonia	395	394	584
90	Cuba	389	438	438
91	Canada	386	320	343
92	Congo	385	367	429
93	Guatemala	377	335	366
93	New Caledonia	377	383	383
95	China PR	370	341	362
95	Oman	370	382	382
97	Georgia	369	315	575
98	Angola	364	351	420
99	Equatorial Guinea	348	363	518
100	Suriname	344	223	223
101	Botswana	339	337	409
102	Ethiopia	338	346	386
103	Liberia	335	295	368
104	Iraq	328	325	325
105	Niger	323	312	370
106	Lithuania	321	250	375
107	Saudi Arabia	316	307	364
108	Mozambique	314	259	330
109	Northern Ireland	307	431	702
110	Korea DPR	306	317	317
111	Qatar	305	299	320
112	Kuwait	304	296	296
113	Benin	302	309	398
114	Tajikistan	301	281	281
115	Azerbaijan	298	277	391
116	Zimbabwe	292	276	344
117	Bahrain	286	271	271
118	Malawi	283	269	345
119	Latvia	280	217	429
120	Lebanon	277	251	274
121	Antigua and Barbuda	272	303	303
122	Grenada	264	268	268
123	Cyprus	256	225	534
123	Moldova	256	237	392
125	Turkmenistan	254	254	254
126	Burundi	251	256	256
127	Guyana	250	234	234
128	Tanzania	249	230	267
129	Kenya	243	243	271
130	Puerto Rico	241	129	129
131	Namibia	240	239	274
131	Rwanda	240	233	276
133	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	238	263	263
134	Malta	236	199	466
135	Kyrgyzstan	228	186	245
135	Sudan	228	207	234
137	Thailand	223	206	206
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	218	212	212
139	Afghanistan	214	184	240
140	Luxembourg	210	179	385
141	Philippines	208	200	200
142	St. Lucia	207	210	210
143	Belize	205	184	184
144	Hong Kong	180	159	182
145	India	177	120	167
146	Barbados	175	157	157
147	Syria	174	192	213
148	Liechtenstein	173	142	354
149	Kazakhstan	172	185	368
150	Palestine	168	164	164
151	Mauritania	159	114	195
152	Solomon Islands	152	105	105
153	Maldives	150	100	187
154	Tahiti	147	182	182
155	Singapore	142	131	157
156	Bermuda	139	139	139
156	Vietnam	139	144	144
158	Bangladesh	138	107	164
158	Nicaragua	138	144	144
160	Chad	135	138	138
160	Lesotho	135	144	176
162	Malaysia	133	128	149
163	Dominica	124	112	112
163	Gambia	124	129	222
165	Myanmar	120	121	132
165	Sao Tome e Principe	120	120	120
167	Aruba	114	114	114
167	Pakistan	114	88	126
169	Indonesia	99	102	102
170	Nepal	95	87	147
170	Sri Lanka	95	86	158
172	Laos	84	84	84
173	Yemen	83	80	80
174	Mauritius	82	71	71
175	Faroe Islands	81	52	285
176	Chinese Taipei	75	70	70
177	Guam	71	70	70
178	Vanuatu	67	53	53
179	Montserrat	66	33	33
180	Swaziland	62	48	48
181	Curacao	61	72	72
182	Guinea-Bissau	58	56	56
183	Brunei Darussalam	52	52	52
183	Timor-Leste	52	52	52
185	Fiji	50	47	47
185	Madagascar	50	57	57
187	Mongolia	49	49	49
188	Samoa	46	62	62
189	Tonga	43	43	43
190	US Virgin Islands	42	42	42
191	Bahamas	40	40	40
192	Cayman Islands	33	36	36
192	Comoros	33	33	33
194	American Samoa	30	43	43
195	Eritrea	24	24	24
195	Seychelles	24	23	23
197	Papua New Guinea	23	21	21
198	British Virgin Islands	21	21	21
199	Cambodia	20	20	20
200	Somalia	14	14	14
201	Macau	13	13	13
202	Djibouti	11	11	11
203	South Sudan	10	10	10
204	Cook Islands	9	11	11
205	Andorra	8	16	332
206	Anguilla	2	2	2
207	Bhutan	0	0	111
207	San Marino	0	0	281
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

 

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