FIFA Ranking: February 2014 preview

Next update: 7 February 2014.

5 matches left: 2 continental qualifiers (Oman - Jordan and Singapore - Jordan) and 3 friendlies (USA - Korea Republic and the final matches of the 2014 CHAN).

This is how the points and rankings could change:



Team - Minimum points - Maximum points - Minimum ranking - Maximum ranking

USA	1026	1044	15	13
Ghana	726	748	39	33
Nigeria	605	616	48	47
Korea Republic	556	584	61	53
Libya	505	532	69	66
Jordan	486	539	71	66
Oman	405	469	82	74
Zimbabwe	330	350	100	97
Singapore	152	234	149	124

In the ranking table below, the points displayed for these teams are the minimum values.

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Cape Verde Islands (27 - 35 in January 2014)
Armenia (30 - 34 in November 2013)
Panama (32 - 35 in September 2013)
Guam (160 - 161 in December 2013)

Two teams will drop to new lows:

Norway (at most 60 - 59 in December 2008)
Yemen (186 - 180 in January 2014)

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

Switzerland (6 - 4 in April 1994) - 19 years and 10 months
Austria (43 - 43 in July 2001) - 12 years and 7 months
United Arab Emirates (at least 59 - 59 in August 2002) - 11 years and 6 months
Liberia (96 - 96 in May 2003) - 10 years and 9 months
Kenya (108 - 98 in December 2009) - 4 years and 2 months
Pakistan (165 - 162 in September 2010) - 3 years and 5 months
Cameroon (46 - 42 in March 2011) - 2 years and 11 months
Northern Ireland (85 - 84 in October 2011) - 2 years and 4 months
Botswana (94 - 94 in January 2012) - 2 years and 1 month
Malaysia (at least 150 - 150 in February 2012) - 2 years

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

Japan (50 - 50 in September 2000) - 13 years and 5 months
Guyana (153 - 162 in May 2006) - 7 years and 9 months
Netherlands (10 - 10 in June 2008) - 5 years and 8 months
St. Kitts and Nevis (152 - 155 in February 2010) - 4 years
Georgia (103 - 110 in August 2010) - 3 years and 6 months
Guatemala (at most 126 - 126 in February 2011) - 3 years
Côte d'Ivoire (23 - 25 in March 2011) - 2 years and 11 months
Nicaragua (166 - 179 in August 2011) - 2 years and 6 months
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (156 - 158 in September 2011) - 2 years and 5 months
Zambia (at most 75 - 79 in December 2011) - 2 years and 2 months
Mali (at most 59 - 69 in January 2012) - 2 years and 1 month
Gabon (87 - 91 in January 2012) - 2 years and 1 month

Cape Verde Islands will be ranked above Czech Republic, Ghana and Romania for the first time ever.
Armenia and Panama will be ranked above Ghana for the first time ever.
United Arab Emirates will be ranked above Norway for the first time ever.
Mongolia will be ranked above Yemen for the first time ever.

United Arab Emirates will be ranked above South Africa for the first time in the last 18 years and 4 months.
Iceland will be ranked above Japan for the first time in the last 13 years and 8 months.
Belize will be ranked above Antigua and Barbuda for the first time in the last 11 years and 3 months.
Belize will be ranked above Guyana for the first time in the last 8 years and 5 months.
Uzbekistan will be ranked above Norway for the first time in the last 7 years and 1 month.

February 2014 rank - Team - February 2014 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Spain	1506	0	-1
2	Germany	1314	0	-4
3	Argentina	1255	0	4
4	Portugal	1219	1	47
5	Colombia	1211	-1	11
6	Switzerland	1159	2	46
7	Uruguay	1157	-1	25
8	Italy	1135	-1	15
9	Brazil	1125	1	23
10	Netherlands	1122	-1	16
11	Belgium	1117	0	19
12	Greece	1084	0	29
13	Chile	1038	2	33
14	England	1032	-1	-9
15	USA	1026	-1	7
16	Croatia	966	0	-5
17	Bosnia-Herzegovina	919	2	20
18	France	917	2	24
18	Ukraine	917	0	10
20	Denmark	907	5	76
21	Mexico	887	0	-5
22	Russia	862	0	-8
23	Côte d'Ivoire	841	-6	-71
24	Ecuador	831	-1	-21
25	Sweden	821	1	28
26	Algeria	819	1	27
27	Cape Verde Islands	799	8	73
27	Slovenia	799	2	37
29	Serbia	775	1	23
30	Armenia	771	8	55
31	Czech Republic	760	-3	-6
32	Panama	754	4	32
33	Romania	746	0	12
34	Scotland	742	3	25
35	Costa Rica	734	-3	-9
35	Venezuela	734	4	19
37	Egypt	729	-6	-19
37	Iran	729	-3	2
39	Ghana	726	-15	-125
40	Honduras	716	3	24
41	Peru	704	1	6
42	Turkey	703	3	26
43	Austria	678	4	30
44	Hungary	673	2	5
45	Tunisia	656	-1	-33
46	Cameroon	626	4	10
47	Iceland	613	2	-11
48	Nigeria	605	-7	-96
49	Paraguay	603	2	-4
50	Japan	601	-2	-40
51	Wales	598	4	24
52	Montenegro	594	0	0
53	Australia	576	3	5
54	Slovakia	574	6	17
55	Albania	571	1	0
56	Israel	570	7	22
57	Uzbekistan	569	8	23
58	United Arab Emirates	565	5	17
59	Mali	561	-19	-142
60	Norway	557	-1	-1
61	Korea Republic	556	-8	-25
62	Burkina Faso	554	-4	-12
62	Guinea	554	-1	-1
64	South Africa	550	-10	-26
65	Finland	540	1	1
66	Senegal	529	2	3
67	Republic of Ireland	528	0	0
68	Libya	505	-6	-47
69	Bolivia	494	0	-25
69	Poland	494	8	33
71	Bulgaria	486	3	0
71	Jordan	486	1	-18
73	Sierra Leone	484	3	20
74	Morocco	454	0	-32
75	Saudi Arabia	450	-2	-37
75	Zambia	450	-6	-69
77	Trinidad and Tobago	444	1	3
78	El Salvador	436	10	41
79	Haiti	430	0	-10
80	Jamaica	426	1	-13
81	Belarus	423	2	-8
82	Oman	405	-3	-35
83	FYR Macedonia	402	1	-23
84	Uganda	400	3	-13
85	Northern Ireland	397	5	16
86	Congo	393	-1	-28
87	Gabon	386	-2	-35
88	China PR	380	4	4
89	New Zealand	378	2	0
90	Togo	376	-19	-133
91	Congo DR	373	-10	-66
91	Estonia	373	2	7
93	Azerbaijan	372	1	9
94	Botswana	360	3	6
95	Angola	356	-6	-28
96	Liberia	354	1	0
97	Benin	335	2	0
98	Cuba	334	2	0
99	Qatar	331	2	-2
100	Zimbabwe	330	5	18
101	Ethiopia	329	-6	-32
102	Lithuania	326	1	0
103	Georgia	325	-1	-5
104	Niger	316	0	-2
105	Central African Republic	310	2	0
106	Bahrain	308	4	9
107	Moldova	305	-11	-54
108	Kenya	300	1	-4
109	Kuwait	299	-3	-12
110	Tajikistan	285	3	0
111	Dominican Republic	282	3	0
111	Latvia	282	5	10
113	Canada	275	-2	-16
114	Iraq	269	1	-11
115	Malawi	268	2	3
116	Tanzania	254	2	-7
117	New Caledonia	252	4	3
118	Equatorial Guinea	251	-10	-58
118	Mozambique	251	2	-5
120	Luxembourg	247	2	4
121	Lebanon	243	2	7
122	Cyprus	240	3	11
123	Sudan	236	-4	-22
124	Burundi	234	0	4
124	Namibia	234	1	5
126	Guatemala	229	-14	-57
127	Philippines	219	0	0
128	Kazakhstan	214	0	-2
129	Turkmenistan	203	4	8
130	Myanmar	200	-1	-4
131	Malta	199	-1	1
132	Suriname	197	0	0
133	Syria	196	2	8
134	Rwanda	195	-4	-3
135	Grenada	194	-1	0
136	Korea DPR	191	-1	3
137	Gambia	190	1	6
138	Afghanistan	184	0	0
139	Lesotho	182	-1	-2
140	Tahiti	179	1	0
141	Belize	176	11	30
142	Vietnam	172	1	6
143	Hong Kong	170	-6	-15
143	Palestine	170	-1	-4
145	Antigua and Barbuda	164	-1	0
146	Thailand	158	2	5
147	Kyrgyzstan	155	-1	0
147	St. Lucia	155	-1	0
149	Liechtenstein	152	7	11
149	Malaysia	152	5	9
149	Singapore	152	0	0
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	150	-2	0
153	Guyana	149	-2	0
153	India	149	3	8
155	Laos	146	-2	2
156	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	142	-1	0
157	Puerto Rico	141	-1	0
158	Indonesia	135	3	11
159	Mauritania	127	-14	-34
160	Guam	123	2	0
161	Sao Tome e Principe	122	-1	-4
162	Chad	121	2	5
163	Maldives	120	0	0
164	Bangladesh	116	0	0
165	Pakistan	107	7	21
166	Nicaragua	102	-7	-35
167	Barbados	101	-1	0
168	Nepal	98	4	12
169	Chinese Taipei	97	-2	2
170	Dominica	95	-3	0
171	Sri Lanka	90	-2	0
172	Aruba	87	-2	0
172	Faroe Islands	87	-2	0
174	Solomon Islands	86	-2	0
175	Bermuda	83	0	0
176	Seychelles	67	0	0
177	Mauritius	66	0	0
178	Curacao	65	0	0
179	Vanuatu	55	0	2
180	Mongolia	49	1	0
181	Fiji	47	1	0
182	Samoa	45	1	0
183	Guinea-Bissau	43	1	1
184	Bahamas	40	1	0
184	Swaziland	40	2	3
186	Yemen	39	-6	-11
187	Madagascar	33	0	0
187	Montserrat	33	0	0
189	Cambodia	30	0	2
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
200	Macau	11	1	1
202	South Sudan	10	-1	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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