FIFA Ranking: December 2013 final preview

Spain will again be Team of the Year (as it finished top of the pile).

Ukraine will be Mover of the Year (it gained 312 points). Armenia (259) and USA (237) will be 2nd and 3rd.

Burkina Faso will overtake Norway for the first time ever.
Jordan will overtake the Republic of Ireland for the first time ever.
Guam will overtake Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal for the first time ever.

Philippines will overtake Korea DPR for the first time since March 2000.
Myanmar will overtake Korea DPR for the first time since July 2001.



Best movers:

24 - Seychelles
14 - Vietnam and St. Lucia
12 - Iran and Saudi Arabia

Worst movers:

-53 - Cuba
-36 - Antigua and Barbuda
-27 - Dominican Republic

Best movers in the top 50:

12 - Iran
2 - Bosnia-Herzegovina

Worst movers in the top 50:

-53 - Cuba
-3 - Egypt

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Philippines (127 - 133 in November 2013)
Guam (161 - 169 in November 2013)

One team will return to its worst ever ranking:

Djibouti (204 - 204 in February 2013)

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Yemen (179 - 177 in October 2013)
Eritrea (200 - 199 in November 2013)

Antigua and Barbuda will have its worst ever fall: 36 spots. Previous worst drop: 18 places in August 1993 (strange, that was the first ever ranking, but that's data taken from FIFA itself).
Dominican Republic will also have its worst ever fall: 27 places. It dropped 19 places in December 2007.

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

Myanmar (130 - 130 in April 2001) - 12 years and 8 months
Jordan (65 - 63 in August 2005) - 8 years and 4 months
Laos (152 - 150 in January 2007) - 6 years and 11 months
Iran (33 - 32 in February 2007) - 6 years and 10 months
Palestine (137 - 137 in May 2007) - 6 years and 7 months
Malta (132 - 131 in August 2008) - 5 years and 4 months
Mauritania (142 - 140 in September 2008) - 5 years and 3 months
Kenya (109 - 98 in December 2009) - 4 years
Hong Kong (140 - 140 in March 2011) - 2 years and 9 months
Kazakhstan (128 - 126 in August 2011) - 2 years and 4 months
Seychelles (176 - 175 in August 2011) - 2 years and 4 months
Cameroon (50 - 50 in December 2011) - 2 years
Oman (85 - 85 in December 2011) - 2 years

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

Iraq (110 - 129 in November 1996) - 17 years and 1 month
Korea DPR (138 - 141 in May 2007) - 6 years and 7 months
Antigua and Barbuda (145 - 156 in January 2008) - 5 years and 11 months
Comoros (198 - 199 in October 2009) - 4 years and 2 months
Guinea-Bissau (184 - 188 in August 2010) - 3 years and 4 months
St. Kitts and Nevis (149 - 151 in September 2010) - 3 years and 3 months
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (153 - 158 in September 2011) - 2 years and 3 months
Bermuda (175 - 189 in September 2011) - 2 years and 3 months

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

1	Spain	1507	0	0
2	Germany	1318	0	0
3	Argentina	1251	0	0
4	Colombia	1200	0	0
5	Portugal	1172	0	0
6	Uruguay	1132	0	0
7	Italy	1120	0	0
8	Switzerland	1113	0	0
9	Netherlands	1106	0	0
10	Brazil	1102	0	0
11	Belgium	1098	0	0
12	Greece	1055	0	0
13	England	1041	0	0
14	USA	1019	0	0
15	Chile	1014	0	0
16	Croatia	971	0	0
17	Côte d'Ivoire	918	0	0
18	Ukraine	907	0	0
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	899	2	13
20	France	893	-1	0
21	Mexico	892	-1	0
22	Russia	870	0	0
23	Ecuador	852	0	0
24	Ghana	849	0	0
25	Denmark	831	0	0
26	Algeria	800	0	0
27	Sweden	793	0	0
28	Czech Republic	766	0	0
29	Slovenia	762	0	0
30	Serbia	752	0	0
31	Costa Rica	741	0	3
32	Romania	734	0	0
33	Iran	720	12	70
34	Scotland	717	-1	0
35	Armenia	716	-1	0
36	Venezuela	711	-1	0
37	Nigeria	710	-1	0
38	Panama	705	-1	0
39	Cape Verde Islands	698	0	0
39	Peru	698	0	0
41	Egypt	695	-3	-4
42	Honduras	690	-1	2
43	Mali	684	-1	0
44	Turkey	677	-1	0
45	Hungary	668	-1	0
46	Austria	648	0	0
47	Japan	638	1	0
48	Tunisia	632	1	0
49	Iceland	624	1	0
50	Cameroon	615	1	3
51	Paraguay	600	1	0
52	Montenegro	594	1	0
53	Burkina Faso	591	5	22
54	Korea Republic	577	0	0
54	Norway	577	0	0
56	Wales	574	0	0
57	Albania	571	0	0
58	Australia	565	1	1
59	Slovakia	557	1	0
60	Guinea	555	6	21
61	South Africa	554	0	0
62	Israel	548	0	0
63	Libya	544	0	0
64	Finland	539	0	0
65	Jordan	536	5	25
65	Senegal	536	0	0
67	Republic of Ireland	528	0	0
68	Uzbekistan	526	0	0
69	Zambia	523	3	18
70	Bolivia	519	-1	0
71	United Arab Emirates	507	0	-1
72	Togo	504	5	24
73	Morocco	490	2	0
74	Bulgaria	486	2	0
75	Sierra Leone	471	-1	-22
76	Poland	461	2	-12
77	Gabon	453	3	0
78	Trinidad and Tobago	441	1	-17
79	Haiti	440	-6	-55
80	Jamaica	439	1	-2
81	Belarus	431	1	0
82	Congo DR	427	1	0
83	FYR Macedonia	425	1	4
84	Congo	421	0	0
85	Oman	408	2	19
86	Uganda	402	0	-15
87	Saudi Arabia	391	12	39
88	Angola	384	1	2
89	Northern Ireland	381	1	0
90	El Salvador	378	1	0
90	New Zealand	378	1	0
92	China PR	376	1	0
93	Ethiopia	374	0	-2
94	Azerbaijan	363	1	0
94	Estonia	363	2	3
96	Moldova	359	1	0
97	Botswana	357	1	0
98	Liberia	354	7	42
99	Benin	342	1	0
100	Cuba	334	-53	-307
101	Georgia	330	0	0
102	Lithuania	326	0	0
103	Qatar	325	0	5
104	Niger	318	0	0
105	Kuwait	315	1	5
106	Central African Republic	310	0	0
107	Zimbabwe	299	-1	-11
108	Equatorial Guinea	294	3	0
109	Kenya	293	8	12
110	Bahrain	292	8	17
110	Iraq	292	-1	-7
112	Canada	291	2	0
113	Guatemala	287	2	0
114	Tajikistan	286	2	0
115	Dominican Republic	282	-27	-102
116	Latvia	272	3	0
116	Malawi	272	5	2
118	Mozambique	264	2	-7
119	Sudan	259	11	41
120	Tanzania	256	4	13
121	Lebanon	249	2	1
121	New Caledonia	249	1	0
123	Luxembourg	243	1	0
124	Burundi	239	-12	-54
125	Namibia	237	1	-3
126	Cyprus	229	1	0
127	Philippines	219	6	15
128	Kazakhstan	216	4	0
129	Syria	207	6	7
130	Myanmar	204	10	20
131	Gambia	202	3	0
132	Malta	198	4	0
133	Rwanda	197	-6	-32
133	Suriname	197	6	11
135	Turkmenistan	195	2	0
136	Grenada	194	-6	-24
137	Palestine	192	5	19
138	Korea DPR	187	-25	-105
138	Lesotho	187	0	0
140	Afghanistan	184	-11	-42
140	Hong Kong	184	4	26
142	Mauritania	180	2	22
143	Tahiti	179	-2	0
144	Vietnam	167	14	35
145	Antigua and Barbuda	164	-36	-135
146	Thailand	162	-4	-11
147	Kyrgyzstan	155	-1	0
147	St. Lucia	155	14	26
149	St. Kitts and Nevis	150	-2	0
150	Guyana	149	0	3
150	Singapore	149	4	9
152	Laos	144	11	24
153	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	142	-2	0
154	India	141	-6	-8
154	Liechtenstein	141	-2	0
154	Malaysia	141	4	9
154	Puerto Rico	141	-2	0
158	Sao Tome e Principe	139	-3	0
159	Belize	136	-2	0
160	Nicaragua	130	0	0
161	Guam	123	8	30
161	Indonesia	123	1	1
163	Maldives	120	-14	-27
164	Bangladesh	116	-8	-21
164	Chad	116	0	0
166	Barbados	101	2	0
167	Chinese Taipei	95	7	14
167	Dominica	95	8	28
169	Sri Lanka	90	-3	-18
170	Aruba	87	3	5
170	Faroe Islands	87	0	0
172	Nepal	86	-7	-27
172	Pakistan	86	-5	-21
172	Solomon Islands	86	-1	0
175	Bermuda	83	-3	0
176	Seychelles	67	24	52
177	Mauritius	66	1	4
178	Curacao	65	-3	-2
179	Yemen	54	-2	-10
180	Vanuatu	53	-1	0
181	Mongolia	49	-1	0
182	Fiji	47	-1	0
183	Samoa	45	-1	0
184	Guinea-Bissau	42	-1	0
185	Bahamas	40	-1	0
186	Swaziland	37	-1	0
187	Madagascar	33	-1	0
187	Montserrat	33	-1	0
189	Cambodia	28	-1	0
190	Brunei Darussalam	26	-1	0
190	Timor-Leste	26	-1	0
190	Tonga	26	-1	0
193	US Virgin Islands	23	-1	0
194	Cayman Islands	21	0	0
194	Papua New Guinea	21	0	0
196	American Samoa	18	0	0
196	British Virgin Islands	18	0	0
198	Andorra	17	0	0
198	Comoros	17	-5	-5
200	Eritrea	11	-1	-5
201	Macau	10	0	0
201	South Sudan	10	0	0
203	Somalia	8	1	2
204	Djibouti	6	-1	-2
205	Cook Islands	5	0	0
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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