FIFA Ranking: September 2014 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 18 September.

Quite a busy month - 138 matches.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

36 - Namibia

31 - Rwanda

29 - Wales

25 - Saudi Arabia

24 - Cuba

21 - Tahiti

18 - Israel

15 - Benin

13 - Antigua and Barbuda

10 - Equatorial Guinea

10 - New Caledonia

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-111 - Venezuela
-73 - Uruguay
-56 - Gambia
-46 - Poland
-43 - Central African Republic
-42 - Palestine
-36 - Croatia
-34 - Jamaica
-34 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
-33 - Nepal

August 2014 rank - Country - August 2014 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

 

1	Germany	1736	1690	1800
2	Argentina	1604	1591	1631
3	Netherlands	1507	1456	1560
4	Colombia	1495	1488	1532
5	Belgium	1407	1359	1453
6	Uruguay	1316	1179	1243
7	Brazil	1241	1221	1291
7	Spain	1241	1144	1279
9	Switzerland	1218	1175	1296
10	France	1212	1152	1224
11	Portugal	1152	1150	1230
12	Chile	1100	1072	1124
13	Greece	1092	1052	1151
14	Italy	1069	928	1068
15	Costa Rica	1023	924	1061
16	Croatia	964	883	928
17	Mexico	942	932	983
18	USA	937	906	936
19	Bosnia-Herzegovina	925	837	891
20	England	915	792	935
21	Ecuador	910	859	933
22	Ukraine	901	818	1019
23	Russia	899	818	875
24	Algeria	880	793	926
25	Côte d'Ivoire	840	783	972
26	Denmark	818	681	895
27	Romania	740	663	837
28	Scotland	738	714	962
29	Sweden	724	597	734
29	Venezuela	724	447	613
31	Serbia	723	622	693
32	Turkey	711	586	752
33	Nigeria	673	628	705
34	Hungary	656	548	660
35	Czech Republic	650	630	875
36	Armenia	648	556	755
36	Ghana	648	603	690
38	Egypt	645	513	785
39	Slovenia	643	555	668
40	Austria	624	561	743
41	Wales	623	652	714
42	Tunisia	617	449	701
43	Honduras	596	499	651
44	Japan	593	545	623
45	Slovakia	584	433	616
46	Iceland	573	507	646
47	Paraguay	564	469	598
48	Iran	563	572	572
49	Montenegro	553	484	591
50	Sierra Leone	533	424	784
51	Uzbekistan	528	447	556
52	Peru	522	477	563
53	Norway	512	410	601
54	Cameroon	507	451	601
55	Finland	502	444	491
56	Jordan	500	444	484
57	Korea Republic	499	469	537
58	Burkina Faso	493	417	557
59	Senegal	491	393	645
60	Mali	488	471	628
61	Poland	482	436	436
62	Libya	475	440	468
63	Panama	474	388	687
64	Guinea	471	413	709
65	United Arab Emirates	464	393	503
66	Republic of Ireland	448	402	506
67	Oman	447	421	458
68	Israel	439	457	698
69	South Africa	438	377	523
70	Albania	437	395	571
71	Bolivia	434	346	555
72	Bulgaria	429	381	570
73	Azerbaijan	413	329	538
74	Cape Verde Islands	411	351	604
75	Angola	408	312	618
76	FYR Macedonia	407	286	491
77	Benin	405	420	420
78	Congo	395	378	557
79	Australia	391	363	439
80	Trinidad and Tobago	384	374	374
81	Morocco	381	354	411
81	Uganda	381	361	468
83	Saudi Arabia	377	402	446
84	Zambia	375	342	466
85	Jamaica	373	321	339
86	Botswana	371	356	568
87	Togo	365	245	628
88	Belarus	363	315	414
88	Palestine	363	273	321
90	Zimbabwe	358	353	353
91	Iraq	357	357	408
92	Qatar	348	333	393
93	Congo DR	344	271	585
93	Estonia	344	284	454
95	Georgia	341	290	489
95	Northern Ireland	341	259	435
97	China PR	334	302	368
98	New Zealand	330	274	338
99	Moldova	325	320	422
100	Latvia	324	251	376
101	Rwanda	318	349	349
102	Gabon	311	281	437
103	Lithuania	306	254	337
104	Kenya	305	288	288
105	Lesotho	302	254	424
106	Malawi	295	269	451
107	Bahrain	289	282	305
107	Mozambique	289	259	364
109	Luxembourg	288	193	332
110	Tanzania	285	290	290
111	Kuwait	280	250	283
112	Ethiopia	275	222	379
113	Equatorial Guinea	270	280	280
114	Namibia	269	305	305
115	Lebanon	263	264	264
115	Sudan	263	208	420
117	Haiti	262	266	370
118	Niger	261	217	496
119	Liberia	260	241	241
120	Central African Republic	252	209	209
120	Tajikistan	252	213	275
122	Canada	250	216	265
123	Guinea-Bissau	242	226	226
124	Aruba	233	233	233
124	Cuba	233	257	361
126	Dominican Republic	230	232	482
127	El Salvador	223	215	660
128	Philippines	221	204	237
129	Afghanistan	217	214	214
129	Burundi	217	213	213
131	Kazakhstan	213	181	309
131	Suriname	213	154	217
133	Mauritania	204	198	198
134	Guatemala	203	208	730
134	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	203	188	347
136	New Caledonia	199	209	209
137	Turkmenistan	197	197	197
138	St. Lucia	195	163	283
139	Vietnam	192	193	193
140	Chad	184	185	185
140	Cyprus	184	164	479
142	Grenada	182	187	315
143	Madagascar	179	180	180
144	Kyrgyzstan	176	158	179
145	Maldives	174	183	183
146	Korea DPR	167	160	160
147	Syria	161	154	154
148	Gambia	157	101	101
149	Antigua and Barbuda	156	169	411
150	India	143	116	116
150	Malta	143	133	437
152	Singapore	140	142	174
153	Guyana	136	127	333
153	Indonesia	136	128	128
155	Malaysia	134	142	142
155	Puerto Rico	134	80	218
157	Thailand	126	116	116
158	Swaziland	125	118	118
159	St. Kitts and Nevis	124	122	329
160	Myanmar	121	107	193
161	Hong Kong	118	94	120
162	Belize	117	103	716
163	Guam	102	102	102
164	Pakistan	100	77	77
165	Montserrat	99	86	86
166	Nepal	95	62	62
167	Liechtenstein	94	81	346
168	Dominica	93	78	181
169	Barbados	92	82	170
170	Bangladesh	87	65	65
171	Tahiti	85	106	106
172	Laos	84	84	84
173	Bermuda	83	83	83
173	Solomon Islands	83	64	64
175	Comoros	78	80	80
175	Nicaragua	78	83	694
177	Sao Tome e Principe	72	72	72
178	Sri Lanka	71	51	102
179	Chinese Taipei	70	70	189
180	Seychelles	68	59	102
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	66	66
182	Curacao	63	69	206
183	Faroe Islands	61	67	282
184	Yemen	59	56	56
185	South Sudan	43	43	43
186	Macau	41	41	41
186	Vanuatu	41	33	33
188	Mauritius	37	32	32
189	Fiji	31	30	30
190	Mongolia	29	29	29
191	Samoa	28	37	37
191	US Virgin Islands	28	28	28
193	Bahamas	26	26	26
193	Brunei Darussalam	26	26	26
193	Timor-Leste	26	26	26
193	Tonga	26	26	26
197	Cayman Islands	21	23	23
198	American Samoa	18	26	26
199	Andorra	16	9	245
200	Papua New Guinea	14	13	39
201	British Virgin Islands	13	13	13
201	Cambodia	13	13	13
203	Eritrea	11	11	11
204	Somalia	8	8	8
205	Djibouti	6	6	6
206	Cook Islands	5	6	6
207	Anguilla	1	1	245
208	Bhutan	0	0	0
208	San Marino	0	0	144

 

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