FIFA Ranking: December 2013 preview

Next update: 13 December 2013.

Only the 2013 CECAFA Cup and three friendlies set to take place before the deadline for the December ranking.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

70 - Iran
42 - Liberia
39 - Saudi Arabia
35 - Vietnam
30 - Guam
26 - Hong Kong
26 - Seychelles
25 - Jordan
24 - Togo
24 - Laos


Most points lost (best case scenario):

-307 - Cuba
-135 - Antigua and Barbuda
-105 - Korea DPR
-102 - Dominican Republic
-55 - Haiti
-42 - Afghanistan
-27 - Nepal
-24 - Grenada
-22 - Sierra Leone
-21 - Bangladesh
-21 - Pakistan

At least two teams will improve their ranking:

Philippines (at least 131 - 137 in October 2013)
Guam (at least 165 - 178 in October 2012)



One team will return to its worst ever ranking:

Djibouti (204 - 204 in February 2013)

One team will drop to new worst ever ranking:

Yemen (at most 178 - 174 in April 2013)

November 2013 rank - Country - November 2013 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1507	1507	1507
2	Germany	1318	1318	1318
3	Argentina	1251	1251	1251
4	Colombia	1200	1200	1200
5	Portugal	1172	1172	1172
6	Uruguay	1132	1132	1132
7	Italy	1120	1120	1120
8	Switzerland	1113	1113	1113
9	Netherlands	1106	1106	1106
10	Brazil	1102	1102	1102
11	Belgium	1098	1098	1098
12	Greece	1055	1055	1055
13	England	1041	1041	1041
14	USA	1019	1019	1019
15	Chile	1014	1014	1014
16	Croatia	971	971	971
17	Côte d'Ivoire	918	918	918
18	Ukraine	907	907	907
19	France	893	893	893
20	Mexico	892	892	892
21	Bosnia-Herzegovina	886	899	899
22	Russia	870	870	870
23	Ecuador	852	852	852
24	Ghana	849	849	849
25	Denmark	831	831	831
26	Algeria	800	800	800
27	Sweden	793	793	793
28	Czech Republic	766	766	766
29	Slovenia	762	762	762
30	Serbia	752	752	752
31	Costa Rica	738	741	741
32	Romania	734	734	734
33	Scotland	717	717	717
34	Armenia	716	716	716
35	Venezuela	711	711	711
36	Nigeria	710	710	710
37	Panama	705	705	705
38	Egypt	699	695	695
39	Cape Verde Islands	698	698	698
39	Peru	698	698	698
41	Honduras	688	690	690
42	Mali	684	684	684
43	Turkey	677	677	677
44	Hungary	668	668	668
45	Iran	650	720	720
46	Austria	648	648	648
47	Cuba	641	334	334
48	Japan	638	638	638
49	Tunisia	632	632	632
50	Iceland	624	624	624
51	Cameroon	612	615	615
52	Paraguay	600	600	600
53	Montenegro	594	594	594
54	Korea Republic	577	577	577
54	Norway	577	577	577
56	Wales	574	574	574
57	Albania	571	571	571
58	Burkina Faso	569	591	591
59	Australia	564	565	565
60	Slovakia	557	557	557
61	South Africa	554	554	554
62	Israel	548	548	548
63	Libya	544	544	544
64	Finland	539	539	539
65	Senegal	536	536	536
66	Guinea	534	555	555
67	Republic of Ireland	528	528	528
68	Uzbekistan	526	526	526
69	Bolivia	519	519	519
70	Jordan	511	536	536
71	United Arab Emirates	508	507	507
72	Zambia	505	503	543
73	Haiti	495	440	440
74	Sierra Leone	493	471	471
75	Morocco	490	490	490
76	Bulgaria	486	486	486
77	Togo	480	504	504
78	Poland	473	461	461
79	Trinidad and Tobago	458	441	441
80	Gabon	453	453	453
81	Jamaica	441	439	439
82	Belarus	431	431	431
83	Congo DR	427	427	427
84	Congo	421	421	421
84	FYR Macedonia	421	425	425
86	Uganda	417	355	426
87	Oman	389	408	408
88	Dominican Republic	384	282	282
89	Angola	382	384	384
90	Northern Ireland	381	381	381
91	El Salvador	378	378	378
91	New Zealand	378	378	378
93	China PR	376	376	376
93	Ethiopia	376	354	395
95	Azerbaijan	363	363	363
96	Estonia	360	363	363
97	Moldova	359	359	359
98	Botswana	357	357	357
99	Saudi Arabia	352	391	391
100	Benin	342	342	342
101	Georgia	330	330	330
102	Lithuania	326	326	326
103	Qatar	320	325	325
104	Niger	318	318	318
105	Liberia	312	354	354
106	Central African Republic	310	310	310
106	Kuwait	310	315	315
106	Zimbabwe	310	292	304
109	Antigua and Barbuda	299	164	164
109	Iraq	299	292	292
111	Equatorial Guinea	294	294	294
112	Burundi	293	216	370
113	Korea DPR	292	187	187
114	Canada	291	291	291
115	Guatemala	287	287	287
116	Tajikistan	286	286	286
117	Kenya	281	252	316
118	Bahrain	275	292	292
119	Latvia	272	272	272
120	Mozambique	271	255	273
121	Malawi	270	272	272
122	New Caledonia	249	249	249
123	Lebanon	248	249	249
124	Luxembourg	243	243	243
124	Tanzania	243	222	293
126	Namibia	240	237	237
127	Cyprus	229	229	229
127	Rwanda	229	191	275
129	Afghanistan	226	184	184
130	Grenada	218	194	194
130	Sudan	218	203	301
132	Kazakhstan	216	216	216
133	Philippines	204	219	219
134	Gambia	202	202	202
135	Syria	200	207	207
136	Malta	198	198	198
137	Turkmenistan	195	195	195
138	Lesotho	187	187	187
139	Suriname	186	197	197
140	Myanmar	184	204	204
141	Tahiti	179	179	179
142	Palestine	173	192	192
142	Thailand	173	162	162
144	Hong Kong	158	184	184
144	Mauritania	158	180	180
146	Kyrgyzstan	155	155	155
147	St. Kitts and Nevis	150	150	150
148	India	149	141	141
149	Maldives	147	120	136
150	Guyana	146	149	149
151	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	142	142	142
152	Liechtenstein	141	141	141
152	Puerto Rico	141	141	141
154	Singapore	140	149	149
155	Sao Tome e Principe	139	139	139
156	Bangladesh	137	116	116
157	Belize	136	136	136
158	Malaysia	132	141	141
158	Vietnam	132	167	167
160	Nicaragua	130	130	130
161	St. Lucia	129	129	182
162	Indonesia	122	123	123
163	Laos	120	144	144
164	Chad	116	116	116
165	Nepal	113	86	86
166	Sri Lanka	108	90	90
167	Pakistan	107	86	86
168	Barbados	101	101	101
169	Guam	93	123	123
170	Faroe Islands	87	87	87
171	Solomon Islands	86	86	86
172	Bermuda	83	83	83
173	Aruba	82	87	87
174	Chinese Taipei	81	95	95
175	Curacao	67	65	65
175	Dominica	67	68	121
177	Yemen	64	54	54
178	Mauritius	62	66	66
179	Vanuatu	53	53	53
180	Mongolia	49	49	49
181	Fiji	47	47	47
182	Samoa	45	45	45
183	Guinea-Bissau	42	42	42
184	Bahamas	40	40	40
185	Swaziland	37	37	37
186	Madagascar	33	33	33
186	Montserrat	33	33	33
188	Cambodia	28	28	28
189	Brunei Darussalam	26	26	26
189	Timor-Leste	26	26	26
189	Tonga	26	26	26
192	US Virgin Islands	23	23	23
193	Comoros	22	17	17
194	Cayman Islands	21	21	21
194	Papua New Guinea	21	21	21
196	American Samoa	18	18	18
196	British Virgin Islands	18	18	18
198	Andorra	17	17	17
199	Eritrea	16	11	272
200	Seychelles	15	41	67
201	Macau	10	10	10
201	South Sudan	10	10	288
203	Djibouti	8	6	6
204	Somalia	6	8	246
205	Cook Islands	5	5	5
206	Anguilla	3	3	3
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	0
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

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