FIFA Ranking: November 2013 final preview

One match left: a friendly between Singapore and Cambodia.

Austria will be ranked above Norway (for the first time ever), Paraguay (June 1999) and Japan (May 2001).

Cuba will be ranked above Paraguay and Tunisia for the first time ever.

Libya will be ranked above the Republic of Ireland for the first time ever.

Canada will be ranked below Antigua and Barbuda, and Burundi for the first time ever.

Myanmar will be ranked above Thailand for the first time ever.

Ukraine will be ranked above Russia for the first time since September 2007.

Iran will be ranked above Paraguay for the first time since May 2006 and above Japan (May 2007).


Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Armenia (34 - 38 in October 2013)
Venezuela (35 - 36 in April 2013)
Afghanistan (129 - 132 in September 2013)
Philippines (133 - 137 in October 2013)

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Latvia (119 - 119 in June 2013)
Seychelles (200 - 200 in July 2013)

Six teams will drop to new lows:

Republic of Ireland (67 - 60 in October 2013)
Poland (78 - 75 in March 2012)
Canada (114 - 111 in October 2013)
Eritrea (199 - 198 in April 2013)
Somalia (204 - 203 in February 2013)
Cook Islands (205 - 204 in July 2013)

Guyana (-36) will have its worst ever drop in the ranking, while South Sudan (+3) will have its best ever climb.

Best movers:

27 - Cuba
13 - Egypt
10 - Cambodia

Worst movers:

-36 - Guyana
-31 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
-23 - St. Lucia

Best movers in the top 50:

27 - Cuba
13 - Egypt
9 - Portugal

Worst movers in the top 50:

12 - Wales
-7 - Honduras and Norway
-6 - Belgium

Some teams will reach their best ranking in the last couple of years:

United Arab Emirates (70 - 70 in May 2004) - 9 years and 6 months
Lesotho (138 - 133 in August 2006) - 7 years and 3 months
Cuba (47 - 46 in December 2006) - 6 years and 11 months
Palestine (142 - 142 in August 2007) - 6 years and 3 months
Mauritania (144 - 140 in September 2008) - 5 years and 2 months
Laos (163 - 162 in November 2008) - 5 years
Ukraine (18 - 14 in March 2009) - 4 years and 8 months
Scotland (33 - 30 in September 2009) - 4 years and 2 months
Myanmar (140 - 140 in August 2010) - 3 years and 3 months
Austria (46 - 45 in February 2011) - 2 years and 9 months
Maldives (149 - 148 in May 2011) - 2 years and 6 months

Others will drop to their worst ever ranking in the last couple of years:

Paraguay (52 - 63 in July 1996) - 17 years and 4 months
Australia (59 - 60 in July 2005) - 8 years and 4 months
Guyana (150 - 162 in May 2006) - 7 years and 6 months
Japan (48 - 48 in August 2006) - 7 years and 3 months
Mozambique (121 - 126 in April 2007) - 6 years and 7 months
Vietnam (158 - 159 in November 2008) - 5 years
Suriname (139 - 140 in April 2010) - 3 years and 7 months
Georgia (101 - 110 in August 2010) - 3 years and 3 months
Norway (54 - 56 in February 2009) - 4 years and 9 months
Russia (22 - 25 in September 2010) - 3 years and 2 months
Guatemala (115 - 116 in July 2011) - 2 years and 4 months
Iraq (109 - 109 in August 2011) - 2 years and 3 months
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (151 - 158 in September 2011) - 2 years and 2 months
Bermuda (172 - 189 in September 2011) - 2 years and 2 months

November 2013 rank - Team - November 2013 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1554	0	41
2	Germany	1318	0	7
3	Argentina	1251	0	-15
4	Colombia	1200	0	22
5	Portugal	1172	9	136
6	Uruguay	1132	0	-32
7	Italy	1120	1	-16
8	Switzerland	1113	-1	-25
9	Netherlands	1106	-1	-30
10	Brazil	1102	1	24
11	Belgium	1098	-6	-77
12	Greece	1055	3	72
13	England	1041	-3	-39
14	USA	1019	-1	-21
15	Chile	1014	-3	-37
16	Croatia	971	2	70
17	Côte d'Ivoire	918	0	1
18	Ukraine	907	2	36
19	France	893	2	23
20	Mexico	892	4	38
21	Bosnia-Herzegovina	886	-5	-39
22	Russia	870	-3	-4
23	Ecuador	852	-1	-10
24	Ghana	849	-1	-11
25	Denmark	831	1	7
26	Algeria	800	6	59
27	Sweden	793	-2	-57
28	Czech Republic	766	-1	-17
29	Slovenia	762	1	10
30	Serbia	752	-2	-26
31	Costa Rica	738	0	-6
32	Romania	734	-3	-33
33	Scotland	717	2	2
34	Armenia	716	4	29
35	Venezuela	711	2	19
36	Nigeria	710	-3	-14
37	Panama	705	-1	3
38	Egypt	699	13	89
39	Cape Verde Islands	698	3	36
39	Peru	698	0	12
41	Honduras	688	-7	-32
42	Mali	684	-1	16
43	Turkey	677	-3	7
44	Hungary	668	-1	32
45	Iran	650	4	37
46	Austria	648	7	52
47	Cuba	641	27	149
48	Japan	638	-4	4
49	Tunisia	632	-2	0
50	Iceland	624	-4	-9
51	Cameroon	612	8	58
52	Paraguay	600	-3	-13
53	Montenegro	594	1	10
54	Korea Republic	577	2	8
54	Norway	577	-7	-55
56	Wales	574	-12	-60
57	Albania	571	1	8
58	Burkina Faso	569	-6	-29
59	Australia	564	-2	0
60	Slovakia	557	5	29
61	Israel	548	5	33
62	Libya	544	-1	4
63	South Africa	541	-2	1
64	Finland	539	-1	1
65	Senegal	536	-1	6
66	Guinea	534	2	22
67	Republic of Ireland	528	-7	-22
68	Uzbekistan	526	-13	-56
69	Bolivia	519	2	23
70	Jordan	511	0	9
71	United Arab Emirates	508	0	12
72	Zambia	505	-5	-8
73	Haiti	495	7	31
74	Sierra Leone	493	-1	0
75	Morocco	490	2	12
76	Bulgaria	486	0	-1
77	Togo	480	-2	-8
78	Poland	473	-9	-30
79	Trinidad and Tobago	458	2	1
80	Gabon	453	4	15
81	Jamaica	441	1	-15
82	Belarus	431	1	-10
83	Congo DR	427	4	16
84	Congo	421	7	27
84	FYR Macedonia	421	2	-9
86	Uganda	417	-1	-14
87	Oman	389	5	8
88	Dominican Republic	384	-10	-90
89	Angola	381	4	1
89	Northern Ireland	381	1	-18
91	El Salvador	378	-2	-26
91	New Zealand	378	-12	-92
93	China PR	376	4	11
93	Ethiopia	376	2	0
95	Azerbaijan	363	-7	-44
96	Estonia	360	3	9
97	Moldova	359	-1	-10
98	Botswana	357	0	3
99	Saudi Arabia	352	2	14
100	Benin	342	-6	-36
101	Georgia	330	-1	-20
102	Lithuania	326	1	3
103	Qatar	320	2	7
104	Niger	318	6	12
105	Liberia	312	1	0
106	Central African Republic	310	1	0
106	Kuwait	310	3	3
108	Zimbabwe	306	-6	-22
109	Antigua and Barbuda	299	3	5
109	Iraq	299	-6	-24
111	Equatorial Guinea	294	8	21
112	Burundi	293	9	26
113	Korea DPR	292	-6	-18
114	Canada	291	-3	-5
115	Guatemala	287	-3	-7
116	Tajikistan	286	0	6
117	Kenya	281	1	7
118	Bahrain	275	5	9
119	Latvia	272	-2	-5
120	Malawi	270	4	7
121	Mozambique	267	-6	-15
122	New Caledonia	249	4	0
123	Lebanon	248	-2	-19
124	Luxembourg	243	3	-4
125	Tanzania	240	4	-2
126	Namibia	238	2	-8
127	Cyprus	229	7	10
127	Rwanda	229	2	-13
129	Afghanistan	226	4	3
130	Grenada	218	2	-15
130	Sudan	218	6	3
132	Kazakhstan	216	3	0
133	Philippines	204	4	-9
134	Gambia	202	5	0
135	Syria	200	6	17
136	Malta	198	4	6
137	Turkmenistan	195	-12	-59
138	Lesotho	187	3	4
139	Suriname	186	-8	-51
140	Myanmar	184	9	15
141	Tahiti	179	3	0
142	Palestine	173	4	-2
142	Thailand	173	1	-8
144	Hong Kong	158	4	-13
144	Mauritania	158	8	0
146	Kyrgyzstan	155	4	-6
147	St. Kitts and Nevis	150	0	-22
148	India	149	6	-2
149	Maldives	147	8	0
150	Guyana	146	-36	-140
151	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	142	-31	-129
152	Liechtenstein	141	6	0
152	Puerto Rico	141	7	2
154	Singapore	140	1	-9
155	Sao Tome e Principe	139	7	19
156	Bangladesh	137	6	17
157	Belize	136	-12	-42
158	Malaysia	132	2	-5
158	Vietnam	132	-7	-27
160	Nicaragua	130	-7	-25
161	St. Lucia	129	-23	-74
162	Indonesia	122	0	2
163	Laos	120	4	15
164	Chad	116	-8	-32
165	Nepal	113	0	-6
166	Sri Lanka	108	0	0
167	Pakistan	107	1	5
168	Barbados	101	5	19
169	Faroe Islands	87	6	6
170	Solomon Islands	86	1	0
171	Guam	85	0	-1
172	Bermuda	83	-11	-44
173	Aruba	82	0	0
174	Chinese Taipei	81	2	2
175	Curacao	67	-5	-21
175	Dominica	67	-6	-22
177	Yemen	64	0	-8
178	Mauritius	62	0	0
179	Vanuatu	53	3	0
180	Mongolia	49	3	0
181	Fiji	47	4	0
182	Samoa	45	-4	-17
183	Guinea-Bissau	42	-2	-14
184	Bahamas	40	4	0
185	Swaziland	37	-2	-12
186	Madagascar	33	-6	-24
186	Montserrat	33	3	0
188	Cambodia	28	10	8
189	Brunei Darussalam	26	4	0
189	Timor-Leste	26	4	0
189	Tonga	26	-3	-17
192	US Virgin Islands	23	-1	-7
193	Comoros	22	-3	-10
194	Cayman Islands	21	-2	-8
194	Papua New Guinea	21	3	0
196	American Samoa	18	-10	-25
196	British Virgin Islands	18	3	0
198	Andorra	17	2	1
199	Eritrea	16	-4	-8
200	Seychelles	15	-4	-8
201	Macau	10	3	0
201	South Sudan	10	3	0
203	Djibouti	8	-1	-3
204	Somalia	6	-3	-8
205	Cook Islands	5	-3	-6
206	Anguilla	3	0	0
207	Bhutan	0	0	0
207	San Marino	0	0	0
207	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	0

 

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