FIFA Ranking: September 2014 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 18 September.

Four matches left - the finals of the Copa Centroamericana and a friendly.

13/09 Honduras - Nicaragua
13/09 El Salvador - Panama
13/09 Guatemala - Costa Rica
14/09 Indonesia - Malaysia


This is how the points and rankings could change for these 4 teams:

Team - Minimum points - Maximum points - Minimum rank - Maximum rank

Costa Rica	962	988	16	15
Guatemala	534	730	58	29
Honduras	514	535	60	55
Panama	488	540	66	55
El Salvador	431	556	72	52
Malaysia	134	148	155	153
Indonesia	117	130	158	156
Nicaragua	83	283	170	114

In the table below, I've used the minimum points for these 4 teams.

Best movers:

76 - Guatemala
69 - Antigua and Barbuda
55 - El Salvador and Cyprus

Guatemala could climb a total of 106 places, while El Salvador could climb an extra 20 places.

Worst movers:

-38 - Togo
-37 - Venezuela
-36 - FYR Macedonia

Best movers in the top 50:

32 - Cape Verde Islands
29 - Congo
25 - Bulgaria

Guatemala could top this list, should they win against Costa Rica.

Worst movers in the top 50:

-37 - Venezuela
-25 - Sierra Leone
-22 - Egypt

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Iceland (at least 35 - 37 in September 1994)
Congo (at least 49 - 57 in October 2008)
Antigua and Barbuda (80 - 83 in November 2011)

One team will return to its best ever ranking:

Colombia (3 - 3 in July 2013)

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Korea Republic (at most 62 - 62 in February 1996)
Gambia (at most 166 - 166 in March 2006)

Six teams will drop to new lows:

Norway (76 - 60 in February 2014)
Togo (at most 125 - 123 in April 1994)
Syria (at most 152 - 150 in October 2012)
Thailand (at most 158 - 157 in July 2014)
Liechtenstein (172 - 167 in July 2014)
Cayman Islands (198 - 197 in August 2014)

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

Wales (at least 30 - 27 in March 1994) - 20 years and 6 months
Guatemala (at least 58 - 50 in August 2006) - 8 years and 1 month
St. Lucia (at least 124 - 116 in October 2006) - 7 years and 11 months
Tunisia (at least 32 - 32 in January 2007) - 7 years and 8 months
Senegal (at least 37 - 34 in October 2007) - 6 years and 11 months
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (106 - 101 in December 2007) - 6 years and 9 months
Congo DR (73 - 68 in September 2008) - 6 years
Rwanda (93 - 84 in May 2009) - 5 years and 4 months
Seychelles (172 - 170 in July 2009) - 5 years and 2 months
Romania (26 - 26 in September 2009) - 5 years
France (9 - 9 in May 2010) - 4 years and 4 months
Turks and Caicos Islands (180 - 180 in August 2010) - 4 years and 1 month
Cameroon (at least 43 - 42 in March 2011) - 3 years and 6 months
Guinea (at least 49 - 45 in March 2011) - 3 years and 6 months
Cyprus (85 - 76 in August 2011) - 3 years and 1 month
Northern Ireland (at least 72 - 70 in September 2011) - 3 years
Curaçao (0 - 149 in November 2011) - 2 years and 10 months
Slovakia (at least 41 - 39 in June 2012) - 2 years and 3 months
Bahrain (104 - 102 in August 2012) - 2 years and 1 month
Latvia (99 - 94 in September 2012) - 2 years

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

Algeria will be ranked above Russia for the first time ever.
Wales will be ranked above Sweden for the first time ever.
Albania will be ranked above Japan for the first time ever.
Norway will be ranked below Congo, Guatemala, Libya, El Salvador and Congo DR for the first time ever.
Australia will be ranked below Uganda and Antigua and Barbuda for the first time ever.
Antigua and Barbuda will be ranked above Jamaica for the first time ever.
St. Kitts and Nevis will be ranked above Canada for the first time ever.
Congo will be ranked above Paraguay, Egypt, Republic of Ireland, Korea Republic, Israel, Poland for the first time ever.
Congo DR will be ranked above Morocco for the first time ever.

Wales will be ranked above Serbia for the first time in the last 18 years.
Tunisia will be ranked above Ghana for the first time in the last 6 years and 11 months.
Iceland will be ranked above Turkey for the first time in the last 19 years.
Iceland will be ranked above Slovenia for the first time in the last 14 years and 11 months.
Iceland will be ranked above Hungary for the first time in the last 10 years and 2 months.
Poland will be ranked above Norway for the first time in the last 5 years.
Northern Ireland will be ranked above Australia for the first time in the last 5 years and 3 months.
Saudi Arabia will be ranked above Australia for the first time in the last 8 years and 4 months.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines will be ranked above Canada for the first time in the last 7 years and 6 months.

Guatemala, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, Cyprus, St. Kitts and Nevis, Curaçao and Albania will improve on their best ever moves up the ranking.
Togo, Venezuela, FYR Macedonia, Norway, Azerbaijan, Hungary and Nepal will experience their worst drop ever.
Cape Verde Islands and Northern Ireland will match their best ever climbs.

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

1	Germany	1765	0	29
2	Argentina	1631	0	27
3	Colombia	1488	1	-7
4	Netherlands	1456	-1	-51
5	Belgium	1444	0	37
6	Brazil	1291	1	50
7	Uruguay	1243	-1	-73
8	Spain	1228	-1	-13
9	France	1202	1	-10
10	Switzerland	1175	-1	-43
11	Portugal	1150	0	-2
12	Chile	1100	0	0
13	Italy	1068	1	-1
14	Greece	1052	-1	-40
15	Costa Rica	988	0	-35
16	Mexico	963	1	21
17	USA	936	1	-1
18	England	935	2	20
19	Croatia	928	-3	-36
20	Algeria	926	4	46
21	Ecuador	889	0	-21
22	Côte d'Ivoire	879	3	39
23	Russia	875	0	-24
24	Ukraine	855	-2	-46
25	Bosnia-Herzegovina	851	-6	-74
26	Romania	837	1	97
27	Denmark	833	-1	15
28	Czech Republic	812	7	162
29	Scotland	714	-1	-24
29	Wales	714	12	91
31	Tunisia	701	11	84
32	Sweden	662	-3	-62
33	Ghana	661	3	13
34	Iceland	646	12	73
34	Serbia	646	-3	-77
36	Senegal	645	23	154
37	Nigeria	642	-4	-31
38	Turkey	637	-6	-74
39	Austria	622	1	-2
40	Slovakia	616	5	32
41	Cape Verde Islands	604	33	193
42	Cameroon	601	12	94
43	Montenegro	591	6	38
44	Iran	572	4	9
45	Albania	571	25	134
46	Bulgaria	570	26	141
47	Peru	563	5	41
48	Burkina Faso	557	10	64
48	Congo	557	30	162
48	Guinea	557	16	86
48	Japan	557	-4	-36
52	Armenia	556	-16	-92
53	Slovenia	555	-14	-88
54	Hungary	548	-20	-108
55	Panama	540	8	66
56	Honduras	535	-13	-61
57	Guatemala	534	77	331
58	Uzbekistan	530	-7	2
59	Mali	526	1	38
60	Paraguay	514	-13	-50
61	Egypt	513	-23	-132
62	Republic of Ireland	506	4	58
63	Korea Republic	501	-6	2
64	Israel	498	4	59
65	Finland	491	-10	-11
66	Venezuela	476	-37	-248
67	South Africa	458	2	20
68	Libya	455	-6	-20
69	Jordan	450	-13	-50
70	Poland	436	-9	-46
71	Northern Ireland	435	24	94
72	El Salvador	431	55	208
73	Congo DR	430	20	86
73	United Arab Emirates	430	-8	-34
75	Sierra Leone	424	-25	-109
76	Norway	421	-23	-91
76	Oman	421	-9	-26
78	Benin	420	-1	15
79	Uganda	418	2	37
80	Antigua and Barbuda	411	69	255
81	Estonia	403	12	59
82	Saudi Arabia	402	1	25
83	Gabon	392	19	81
84	Australia	390	-5	-1
85	Cyprus	388	55	204
86	Trinidad and Tobago	374	-6	-10
87	Morocco	371	-6	-10
88	Zambia	365	-4	-10
89	Belarus	364	-1	1
90	Iraq	357	1	0
91	Botswana	356	-5	-15
92	Zimbabwe	353	-2	-5
93	Rwanda	349	8	31
94	Bolivia	346	-23	-88
95	Azerbaijan	344	-22	-69
96	Qatar	342	-4	-6
97	China PR	341	0	7
98	Malawi	340	8	45
99	Latvia	333	1	9
100	Jamaica	321	-15	-52
101	Angola	312	-26	-96
102	Palestine	311	-14	-52
103	Lithuania	309	0	3
104	Bahrain	305	3	16
105	Moldova	302	-6	-23
106	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	301	28	98
107	Dominican Republic	295	19	65
107	Niger	295	11	34
109	Mozambique	294	-2	5
110	Georgia	290	-15	-51
111	Kenya	288	-7	-17
112	FYR Macedonia	286	-36	-121
113	Namibia	284	1	15
114	Equatorial Guinea	280	-1	10
115	Lesotho	277	-10	-25
115	Tanzania	277	-5	-8
117	St. Kitts and Nevis	276	42	152
118	New Zealand	274	-20	-56
119	Haiti	266	-2	4
120	Canada	265	2	15
121	Lebanon	264	-6	1
122	Cuba	257	2	24
123	St. Lucia	256	15	61
124	Kuwait	250	-13	-30
125	Togo	245	-38	-120
126	Liberia	241	-7	-19
127	Kazakhstan	239	4	26
127	Luxembourg	239	-18	-49
129	Aruba	233	-5	0
130	Burundi	226	-1	9
130	Guinea-Bissau	226	-7	-16
132	Ethiopia	222	-20	-53
133	Sudan	221	-18	-42
134	Philippines	218	-6	-3
135	Afghanistan	214	-6	-3
136	Tajikistan	213	-16	-39
137	Central African Republic	209	-17	-43
137	Grenada	209	5	27
137	New Caledonia	209	-1	10
140	Mauritania	198	-7	-6
141	Turkmenistan	197	-4	0
142	Vietnam	194	-3	2
143	Myanmar	193	17	72
144	Chad	185	-4	1
145	Maldives	183	0	9
146	Madagascar	180	-3	1
147	Suriname	175	-16	-38
148	Curacao	164	34	101
149	Singapore	163	3	23
150	Korea DPR	160	-4	-7
151	Kyrgyzstan	158	-7	-18
152	Syria	154	-5	-7
153	Guyana	148	0	12
154	Malaysia	134	1	0
155	Malta	133	-5	-10
156	Indonesia	130	-3	-6
157	Puerto Rico	126	-2	-8
158	India	116	-8	-27
158	Thailand	116	-1	-10
160	Swaziland	114	-2	-11
161	Barbados	112	8	20
162	Tahiti	106	9	21
163	Belize	103	-1	-14
164	Guam	102	-1	0
164	Hong Kong	102	-3	-16
166	Gambia	101	-18	-56
167	Dominica	89	1	-4
168	Montserrat	86	-3	-13
169	Laos	84	3	0
170	Bermuda	83	3	0
170	Nicaragua	83	5	5
172	Liechtenstein	81	-5	-13
172	Seychelles	81	8	13
174	Comoros	80	1	2
175	Pakistan	77	-11	-23
176	Sri Lanka	76	2	5
177	Sao Tome e Principe	72	0	0
178	Chinese Taipei	70	1	0
179	Faroe Islands	67	4	6
180	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	1	0
181	Bangladesh	65	-11	-22
182	Solomon Islands	64	-9	-19
183	Nepal	62	-17	-33
184	Yemen	58	0	-1
185	South Sudan	43	0	0
186	Macau	41	0	0
187	Samoa	37	4	9
188	Vanuatu	33	-2	-8
189	Mauritius	32	-1	-5
190	Fiji	30	-1	-1
191	Mongolia	29	-1	0
192	US Virgin Islands	28	-1	0
193	American Samoa	26	5	8
193	Bahamas	26	0	0
193	Brunei Darussalam	26	0	0
193	Timor-Leste	26	0	0
193	Tonga	26	0	0
198	Cayman Islands	23	-1	2
199	British Virgin Islands	13	2	0
199	Cambodia	13	2	0
199	Papua New Guinea	13	1	-1
202	Eritrea	11	1	0
203	Andorra	9	-4	-7
204	Somalia	8	0	0
205	Cook Islands	6	1	1
205	Djibouti	6	0	0
207	Anguilla	1	0	0
208	Bhutan	0	0	0
208	San Marino	0	0	0

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