FIFA Ranking: January 2014 probable ranking

Next update: 10 January 2014.

Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings.

21/Dec Qatar - Bahrain 1 (Friendly)
25/Dec Oman - Bahrain 1 (Friendly)
25/Dec Qatar - Palestine 1 (Friendly)
26/Dec Kuwait - Lebanon 1 (Friendly)
28/Dec Bahrain - Iraq X (Friendly)


29/Dec Lebanon - Jordan 2 (Friendly)
31/Dec Iraq - Oman X (Friendly)
01/Jan Jordan - Kuwait X (Friendly)
04/Jan Oman - Jordan X Jordan PSO (Friendly)
04/Jan Qatar - Kuwait X Qatar PSO (Friendly)
07/Jan Gabon - Uganda X (Friendly)
07/Jan Oman - Kuwait X Oman PSO (Friendly)
07/Jan Qatar - Jordan X Jordan PSO (Friendly)
08/Jan Zimbabwe - Gabon 2 (Friendly)

Top 66 is already set.

Best movers in the top 50:

10 - Egypt
5 - Tunisia
4 - Cape Verde Islands

Worst movers in the top 50:

-4 - Scotland, Armenia and Venezuela
-2 - Peru and Hungary

Cape Verde Islands will climb to 35th, thus improving its best ever ranking (36th in August 2013).

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Norway (60 - 59 in December 2008)
Yemen (180 - 179 in December 2013)

Probable January 2014 rank - Team - Probable January 2014 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	1005	0	-9
16	Croatia	971	0	0
17	Côte d'Ivoire	912	0	-6
18	Ukraine	907	0	0
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	899	0	0
20	France	893	0	0
21	Mexico	892	0	0
22	Russia	870	0	0
23	Ghana	868	1	19
24	Ecuador	852	-1	0
25	Denmark	831	0	0
26	Sweden	793	1	0
27	Algeria	792	-1	-8
28	Czech Republic	766	0	0
29	Slovenia	762	0	0
30	Serbia	752	0	0
31	Egypt	748	10	53
32	Costa Rica	743	-1	2
33	Romania	734	-1	0
34	Iran	727	-1	7
35	Cape Verde Islands	726	4	28
35	Nigeria	726	2	16
37	Panama	722	1	17
38	Scotland	717	-4	0
39	Armenia	716	-4	0
40	Venezuela	715	-4	4
41	Peru	698	-2	0
42	Honduras	692	0	2
43	Tunisia	689	5	57
44	Turkey	677	-1	0
45	Mali	675	0	11
46	Hungary	668	-2	0
47	Austria	648	-1	0
48	Japan	641	-1	3
49	Iceland	624	0	0
50	Cameroon	616	0	1
51	Paraguay	607	0	7
52	Montenegro	594	0	0
53	Burkina Faso	585	0	-6
53	South Africa	585	9	31
55	Korea Republic	581	-1	4
56	Wales	574	0	0
57	Albania	571	0	0
57	Australia	571	1	6
59	Libya	566	0	8
60	Norway	558	-6	-19
61	Slovakia	557	-1	0
62	Guinea	555	-1	0
63	Israel	548	0	0
63	United Arab Emirates	548	8	41
65	Uzbekistan	546	3	20
66	Finland	539	-2	0
67	Republic of Ireland	528	0	0
68	Senegal	526	-3	-10
69	Bolivia	519	1	0
69	Zambia	519	0	-4
71	Jordan	509	-6	-27
71	Togo	509	1	5
73	Morocco	501	0	11
74	Saudi Arabia	487	13	96
75	Bulgaria	486	-1	0
76	Sierra Leone	464	-1	-7
77	Poland	461	-1	0
78	Trinidad and Tobago	441	0	0
79	Haiti	440	0	0
80	Congo DR	439	2	12
80	Gabon	439	-3	-14
80	Jamaica	439	0	0
83	Belarus	431	-2	0
84	FYR Macedonia	425	-1	0
85	Congo	421	-1	0
86	Oman	420	-1	12
87	Uganda	398	-1	-4
88	El Salvador	395	2	17
89	Angola	384	-1	0
90	Northern Ireland	381	-1	0
91	New Zealand	378	-1	0
92	China PR	376	0	0
93	Ethiopia	374	0	0
94	Estonia	366	0	3
95	Azerbaijan	363	-1	0
96	Moldova	359	0	0
97	Botswana	354	0	-3
97	Liberia	354	1	0
99	Benin	335	0	-7
100	Cuba	334	0	0
101	Georgia	330	0	0
102	Lithuania	326	0	0
102	Qatar	326	1	1
104	Kuwait	325	1	10
105	Niger	318	-1	0
106	Central African Republic	310	0	0
107	Equatorial Guinea	309	1	15
108	Kenya	304	1	11
109	Zimbabwe	293	-2	-6
110	Bahrain	291	0	-1
110	Canada	291	2	0
112	Guatemala	286	1	-1
113	Tajikistan	285	1	-1
114	Dominican Republic	282	1	0
114	Iraq	282	-4	-10
116	Latvia	272	0	0
117	Malawi	265	-1	-7
117	Mozambique	265	1	1
119	Tanzania	261	1	5
120	Sudan	258	-1	-1
121	New Caledonia	249	0	0
122	Luxembourg	243	1	0
123	Namibia	237	2	0
124	Burundi	230	0	-9
125	Cyprus	229	1	0
125	Lebanon	229	-4	-20
127	Philippines	219	0	0
128	Kazakhstan	216	0	0
129	Myanmar	204	1	0
130	Malta	198	2	0
130	Rwanda	198	3	1
132	Suriname	197	1	0
133	Turkmenistan	195	2	0
134	Grenada	194	2	0
135	Korea DPR	188	3	1
135	Syria	188	-6	-19
137	Hong Kong	185	3	1
138	Afghanistan	184	2	0
138	Gambia	184	-7	-18
138	Lesotho	184	0	-3
141	Mauritania	180	1	0
142	Tahiti	179	1	0
143	Palestine	174	-6	-18
144	Vietnam	166	0	-1
145	Antigua and Barbuda	164	0	0
146	Kyrgyzstan	155	1	0
146	St. Lucia	155	1	0
148	Thailand	153	-2	-9
149	Singapore	152	1	3
150	St. Kitts and Nevis	150	-1	0
151	Guyana	149	-1	0
152	Belize	146	7	10
153	Laos	144	-1	0
154	Malaysia	143	0	2
155	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	142	-2	0
156	India	141	-2	0
156	Liechtenstein	141	-2	0
156	Puerto Rico	141	-2	0
159	Nicaragua	137	1	7
160	Sao Tome e Principe	126	-2	-13
161	Indonesia	124	0	1
162	Guam	123	-1	0
163	Maldives	120	0	0
164	Bangladesh	116	0	0
164	Chad	116	0	0
166	Barbados	101	0	0
167	Chinese Taipei	95	0	0
167	Dominica	95	0	0
169	Sri Lanka	90	0	0
170	Aruba	87	0	0
170	Faroe Islands	87	0	0
172	Nepal	86	0	0
172	Pakistan	86	0	0
172	Solomon Islands	86	0	0
175	Bermuda	83	0	0
176	Seychelles	67	0	0
177	Mauritius	66	0	0
178	Curacao	65	0	0
179	Vanuatu	53	1	0
180	Yemen	50	-1	-4
181	Mongolia	49	0	0
182	Fiji	47	0	0
183	Samoa	45	0	0
184	Guinea-Bissau	42	0	0
185	Bahamas	40	0	0
186	Swaziland	37	0	0
187	Madagascar	33	0	0
187	Montserrat	33	0	0
189	Cambodia	28	0	0
190	Brunei Darussalam	26	0	0
190	Timor-Leste	26	0	0
190	Tonga	26	0	0
193	US Virgin Islands	23	0	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	0	0
200	Eritrea	11	0	0
201	Macau	10	0	0
201	South Sudan	10	0	0
203	Somalia	8	0	0
204	Djibouti	6	0	0
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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