FIFA Ranking: May 2015 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 7 May.

A very quiet month. Most of the changes are due to devaluation of results. Of course, there's USA's win vs. Mexico and UEFA's decision to award the Montenegro - Russia EURO 2016 qualifier to the guests.

Only one match left - a friendly:

30/Apr Suriname - Guyana

This is how the points and ranks could change for these 2 teams


Team - Min points - Max points - Worst rank - Best rank

Guyana	128	146	163	154
Suriname	115	141	170	155

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

Best movers:

12 - Dominica
6 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
5 - Russia, St. Lucia

Worst movers:

-9 - Mauritania
-6 - Grenada
-5 - Montenegro

Best movers in the top 50:

5 - Russia
1 - Czech Republic, Slovakia, Algeria, Wales

Worst movers in the top 50:

-4 - Mexico
-1 - USA, Denmark, Scotland, Tunisia, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Wales (21 - 22 in April 2015)

Timor-Leste (151 - 152 in April 2015)

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

Slovakia (19 - 18 in November 2010) - 4 years and 6 months

Uganda (71 - 70 in November 2010) - 4 years and 6 months

Macau (183 - 183 in June 2011) - 3 years and 11 months

Syria (125 - 122 in February 2012) - 3 years and 3 months

Bermuda (128 - 120 in October 2012) - 2 years and 7 months

Yemen (at least 168 - 165 in February 2013) - 2 years and 3 months

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

Georgia (139 - 156 in April 1994) - 21 years and 1 month

New Caledonia (175 - 178 in July 2007) - 7 years and 10 months

Grenada (171 - 176 in January 2008) - 7 years and 4 months

Malaysia (at most 165 - 166 in July 2008) - 6 years and 10 months

Montenegro (75 - 75 in October 2009) - 5 years and 7 months

Liberia (132 - 157 in May 2011) - 4 years

Bosnia-Herzegovina (32 - 39 in August 2011) - 3 years and 9 months

Hong Kong (at most 168 - 172 in November 2012) - 2 years and 6 months

Sri Lanka (188 - 193 in February 2013) - 2 years and 3 months

Wales will be ranked above Mexico for the first time ever.
Philippines will be ranked above Georgia for the first time ever.
Dominica will be ranked above Grenada for the first time ever.

May 2015 rank - Team - May 2015 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Germany	1687	0	0
2	Argentina	1494	0	4
3	Belgium	1457	0	0
4	Colombia	1412	0	0
5	Brazil	1372	0	18
6	Netherlands	1301	0	0
7	Portugal	1221	0	0
8	Uruguay	1176	0	0
9	Switzerland	1135	0	0
10	Spain	1132	0	0
11	France	1127	0	0
12	Romania	1086	0	0
13	Italy	1085	0	0
14	England	1030	0	0
15	Costa Rica	1016	0	2
16	Chile	1002	0	11
17	Croatia	977	0	0
18	Czech Republic	923	1	0
19	Slovakia	920	1	0
20	Algeria	917	1	0
21	Wales	916	1	0
22	Mexico	908	-4	-29
23	Côte d'Ivoire	907	0	0
24	Greece	900	0	0
25	Austria	891	0	0
26	Ghana	833	0	0
27	Russia	828	5	47
28	USA	825	-1	10
29	Denmark	808	-1	0
30	Scotland	796	-1	0
31	Tunisia	793	-1	0
32	Bosnia-Herzegovina	783	-1	0
33	Ukraine	772	0	0
34	Ecuador	762	0	3
35	Poland	753	0	0
36	Senegal	752	0	0
37	Cape Verde Islands	737	0	0
38	Iceland	728	0	0
39	Sweden	704	0	0
40	Iran	689	0	0
41	Guinea	678	0	0
42	Northern Ireland	672	0	0
43	Hungary	665	0	0
44	Serbia	664	0	0
45	Nigeria	659	0	7
46	Israel	649	0	0
47	Slovenia	648	0	0
48	Cameroon	627	0	0
49	Congo	624	0	0
50	Japan	614	0	0
51	Egypt	612	0	0
52	Turkey	603	0	0
53	Panama	587	0	0
54	Congo DR	584	0	0
55	Gabon	583	0	0
56	Mali	578	0	0
57	Albania	575	0	0
57	Korea Republic	575	0	0
59	South Africa	553	1	0
60	Zambia	552	-1	-4
61	Equatorial Guinea	549	0	0
62	Republic of Ireland	546	0	0
63	Peru	532	1	6
64	Australia	531	-1	0
65	Trinidad and Tobago	519	0	0
66	Burkina Faso	517	0	0
67	Bulgaria	505	0	0
68	United Arab Emirates	501	0	0
69	Venezuela	495	0	0
70	Norway	491	0	0
71	Uganda	485	1	0
72	Uzbekistan	476	1	0
73	Rwanda	474	1	0
74	Jamaica	466	1	0
75	Montenegro	457	-5	-34
76	Honduras	453	0	2
77	Armenia	449	0	0
78	Finland	446	0	0
79	Haiti	442	0	0
80	Togo	435	0	0
81	Paraguay	415	0	-3
82	China PR	408	0	0
83	Belarus	397	0	0
84	El Salvador	388	0	0
85	Latvia	387	0	0
86	Iraq	383	0	-2
86	Mozambique	383	0	-2
88	Sierra Leone	382	0	0
89	Angola	381	0	0
90	Guatemala	371	0	-1
90	Morocco	371	1	0
92	Bolivia	360	0	0
93	Estonia	358	0	0
94	Benin	357	0	0
95	Saudi Arabia	349	0	0
96	Cyprus	342	0	0
97	Malawi	341	0	0
97	Oman	341	0	0
99	Qatar	337	0	0
100	Lithuania	333	0	0
101	Ethiopia	321	0	0
102	Faroe Islands	318	0	0
103	Jordan	316	0	0
104	Botswana	314	0	0
105	FYR Macedonia	312	0	0
106	Antigua and Barbuda	311	0	0
107	Tanzania	304	0	2
108	Bahrain	299	0	0
109	Cuba	298	0	0
110	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	291	6	29
111	Sudan	288	-1	0
112	Libya	281	-1	0
112	St. Kitts and Nevis	281	-1	0
114	Namibia	279	-1	0
115	Canada	277	-1	0
116	Azerbaijan	264	-1	0
117	Kenya	258	0	0
118	Dominican Republic	257	0	0
119	Niger	252	0	0
120	Moldova	245	1	0
121	Lesotho	242	1	0
122	Burundi	237	1	0
123	Zimbabwe	235	0	-2
124	Vietnam	229	1	0
125	Syria	225	1	0
126	Kuwait	224	1	0
127	Liechtenstein	219	1	0
128	Bermuda	217	1	0
129	Mauritania	216	-9	-30
130	Barbados	215	0	0
131	St. Lucia	214	5	12
132	Guinea-Bissau	212	-1	0
132	Liberia	212	-1	0
134	Kazakhstan	210	-1	0
135	Afghanistan	208	0	5
136	Aruba	204	-2	0
137	Luxembourg	200	0	0
137	Philippines	200	2	7
139	Georgia	197	-1	0
140	Maldives	191	1	0
141	Palestine	190	-1	-2
142	Thailand	183	0	0
143	Tajikistan	173	0	-2
144	Central African Republic	163	0	0
144	Lebanon	163	0	0
144	New Zealand	163	0	0
147	India	161	0	0
148	Curaçao	159	0	0
149	Malta	158	0	0
150	Madagascar	156	0	0
151	Timor-Leste	151	1	0
152	Chad	150	-1	-5
153	Kyrgyzstan	148	0	2
154	Nicaragua	142	0	0
155	Korea DPR	139	2	2
156	Gambia	138	0	0
157	Myanmar	133	1	0
158	Belize	131	1	0
158	Indonesia	131	1	0
158	Turkmenistan	131	1	0
161	Singapore	130	1	0
162	Bhutan	128	1	0
162	Guyana	128	-7	-11
164	Dominica	121	13	25
165	Malaysia	120	-1	-3
166	Puerto Rico	119	0	0
167	Yemen	117	3	6
168	Bangladesh	116	-1	0
168	Hong Kong	116	-1	0
170	Suriname	115	-1	0
171	Grenada	113	-6	-7
172	Montserrat	107	-1	0
173	Pakistan	106	-1	0
174	US Virgin Islands	104	-1	0
175	New Caledonia	101	-1	0
176	Guam	97	-1	0
176	Swaziland	97	-1	0
178	Laos	88	0	0
179	Cambodia	86	0	0
179	Chinese Taipei	86	0	0
181	Nepal	70	0	-1
182	Brunei Darussalam	69	1	0
183	Macau	66	1	0
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	1	0
185	Comoros	65	1	0
185	Mauritius	65	-4	-6
185	Tahiti	65	1	0
188	Sri Lanka	64	-2	-1
189	Seychelles	60	0	0
190	Sao Tome e Principe	58	0	0
191	Cayman Islands	48	0	0
192	Solomon Islands	46	0	0
193	South Sudan	43	0	0
194	San Marino	40	0	0
195	Vanuatu	34	0	0
196	Fiji	30	0	0
196	Samoa	30	0	0
198	Bahamas	26	0	0
198	British Virgin Islands	26	0	0
200	Mongolia	19	0	0
201	Tonga	17	0	0
202	Papua New Guinea	13	0	0
203	American Samoa	12	0	0
204	Andorra	8	0	0
204	Eritrea	8	0	0
206	Somalia	6	0	0
207	Cook Islands	4	0	0
207	Djibouti	4	0	0
209	Anguilla	2	0	0

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