FIFA Ranking: October 2014 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 23 October.

Quite a busy month - 141 matches.

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

29 - Cuba
23 - Colombia
14 - Vietnam
10 - Philippines
9 - El Salvador
9 - Chad
9 - Guam
8 - Liberia
8 - Korea DPR
7 - Rwanda
7 - Curaçao
7 - Nicaragua


Most points lost (best case scenario):

-67 - New Caledonia
-49 - New Zealand
-42 - Uruguay
-42 - Equatorial Guinea
-40 - Guatemala
-36 - USA
-36 - Dominica
-35 - Ecuador
-33 - Grenada
-28 - Argentina

September 2014 rank - Country - September 2014 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

 

1	Germany	1765	1649	1766
2	Argentina	1631	1555	1603
3	Colombia	1488	1511	1511
4	Netherlands	1456	1343	1447
5	Belgium	1444	1326	1455
6	Brazil	1291	1244	1307
7	Uruguay	1243	1149	1201
8	Spain	1228	1069	1227
9	France	1202	1125	1191
10	Switzerland	1175	1029	1162
11	Portugal	1150	1068	1222
12	Chile	1100	1019	1075
13	Italy	1068	968	1064
14	Greece	1052	920	1071
15	Costa Rica	988	932	974
16	Mexico	963	911	954
17	USA	936	843	900
18	England	935	823	919
19	Croatia	928	842	1002
20	Algeria	926	881	989
21	Ecuador	889	812	854
22	Côte d'Ivoire	879	768	915
23	Russia	875	742	892
24	Ukraine	855	735	920
25	Bosnia-Herzegovina	851	755	1002
26	Romania	837	705	966
27	Denmark	833	715	1035
28	Czech Republic	812	651	870
29	Scotland	714	533	766
29	Wales	714	501	860
31	Tunisia	701	606	868
32	Sweden	662	572	726
33	Ghana	661	613	721
34	Iceland	646	571	816
34	Serbia	646	539	820
36	Senegal	645	590	859
37	Nigeria	642	612	651
38	Turkey	637	589	792
39	Austria	622	542	810
40	Slovakia	616	580	861
41	Cape Verde Islands	604	600	832
42	Cameroon	601	555	678
43	Montenegro	591	487	711
44	Iran	572	540	571
45	Albania	571	509	824
46	Bulgaria	570	532	985
47	Peru	563	527	621
48	Burkina Faso	557	445	594
48	Congo	557	487	641
48	Guinea	557	492	847
48	Japan	557	539	600
52	Armenia	556	380	605
53	Slovenia	555	379	683
54	Hungary	548	447	684
55	Panama	540	546	605
56	Honduras	535	470	532
57	Guatemala	534	466	494
58	Uzbekistan	530	461	537
59	Mali	526	497	570
60	Paraguay	514	423	534
61	Egypt	513	484	658
62	Republic of Ireland	506	470	618
63	Korea Republic	501	470	527
64	Israel	498	370	615
65	Finland	491	459	756
66	Venezuela	476	388	474
67	South Africa	458	435	596
68	Libya	455	440	440
69	Jordan	450	420	450
70	Poland	436	409	715
71	Northern Ireland	435	374	625
72	El Salvador	431	440	440
73	Congo DR	430	379	663
73	United Arab Emirates	430	404	463
75	Sierra Leone	424	373	661
76	Norway	421	355	481
76	Oman	421	391	492
78	Benin	420	413	413
79	Uganda	418	389	435
80	Antigua and Barbuda	411	363	665
81	Estonia	403	369	576
82	Saudi Arabia	402	310	402
83	Gabon	392	369	546
84	Australia	390	349	403
85	Cyprus	388	348	728
86	Trinidad and Tobago	374	334	598
87	Morocco	371	326	380
88	Zambia	365	357	448
89	Belarus	364	301	578
90	Iraq	357	336	383
91	Botswana	356	298	484
92	Zimbabwe	353	332	355
93	Rwanda	349	356	356
94	Bolivia	346	273	385
95	Azerbaijan	344	233	537
96	Qatar	342	314	369
97	China PR	341	317	369
98	Malawi	340	292	522
99	Latvia	333	290	594
100	Jamaica	321	284	323
101	Angola	312	270	425
102	Palestine	311	255	305
103	Lithuania	309	266	486
104	Bahrain	305	281	340
105	Moldova	302	226	435
106	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	301	251	302
107	Dominican Republic	295	299	582
107	Niger	295	228	406
109	Mozambique	294	268	413
110	Georgia	290	271	525
111	Kenya	288	273	299
112	FYR Macedonia	286	263	527
113	Namibia	284	284	284
114	Equatorial Guinea	280	238	238
115	Lesotho	277	247	361
115	Tanzania	277	280	280
117	St. Kitts and Nevis	276	245	412
118	New Zealand	274	225	225
119	Haiti	266	261	431
120	Canada	265	267	267
121	Lebanon	264	246	284
122	Cuba	257	286	359
123	St. Lucia	256	197	386
124	Kuwait	250	231	276
125	Togo	245	250	559
126	Liberia	241	249	249
127	Kazakhstan	239	218	608
127	Luxembourg	239	233	580
129	Aruba	233	218	218
130	Burundi	226	232	232
130	Guinea-Bissau	226	226	226
132	Ethiopia	222	214	364
133	Sudan	221	194	402
134	Philippines	218	228	228
135	Afghanistan	214	204	217
136	Tajikistan	213	214	214
137	Central African Republic	209	178	236
137	Grenada	209	176	176
137	New Caledonia	209	142	142
140	Mauritania	198	195	195
141	Turkmenistan	197	197	197
142	Vietnam	194	208	208
143	Myanmar	193	174	217
144	Chad	185	194	194
145	Maldives	183	183	183
146	Madagascar	180	180	180
147	Suriname	175	167	167
148	Curaçao	164	171	291
149	Singapore	163	110	142
150	Korea DPR	160	168	168
151	Kyrgyzstan	158	152	168
152	Syria	154	154	210
153	Guyana	148	148	148
154	Malaysia	134	115	161
155	Malta	133	129	514
156	Indonesia	130	116	129
157	Puerto Rico	126	119	119
158	India	116	119	219
158	Thailand	116	102	154
160	Swaziland	114	117	117
161	Barbados	112	66	275
162	Tahiti	106	100	100
163	Belize	103	99	99
164	Guam	102	111	111
164	Hong Kong	102	90	187
166	Gambia	101	90	90
167	Dominica	89	53	53
168	Montserrat	86	86	86
169	Laos	84	86	141
170	Bermuda	83	80	80
170	Nicaragua	83	90	90
172	Liechtenstein	81	80	425
172	Seychelles	81	81	81
174	Comoros	80	80	80
175	Pakistan	77	51	51
176	Sri Lanka	76	76	76
177	Sao Tome e Principe	72	72	72
178	Chinese Taipei	70	39	64
179	Faroe Islands	67	42	450
180	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	66	66
181	Bangladesh	65	68	68
182	Solomon Islands	64	53	53
183	Nepal	62	61	61
184	Yemen	58	62	62
185	South Sudan	43	43	43
186	Macau	41	40	66
187	Samoa	37	37	37
188	Vanuatu	33	33	33
189	Mauritius	32	32	32
190	Fiji	30	30	30
191	Mongolia	29	29	29
192	US Virgin Islands	28	20	20
193	American Samoa	26	26	26
193	Bahamas	26	26	26
193	Brunei Darussalam	26	15	96
193	Timor-Leste	26	15	121
193	Tonga	26	26	26
198	Cayman Islands	23	10	10
199	British Virgin Islands	13	8	56
199	Cambodia	13	14	112
199	Papua New Guinea	13	13	13
202	Eritrea	11	11	11
203	Andorra	9	9	500
204	Somalia	8	8	8
205	Cook Islands	6	6	6
205	Djibouti	6	6	6
207	Anguilla	1	2	2
208	Bhutan	0	0	0
208	San Marino	0	0	552

 

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