FIFA Ranking: June 2015 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 4 June.

39 matches in total - most of them in the 2015 COSAFA Cup and a World Cup qualifier: Thailand vs. Vietnam.

Besides Mexico, Ghana and Northern Ireland no other top 50 teams will be in action before the June ranking is released.



Three teams are sure to improve their best ever ranking:

Belgium (2 - 3 in April 2015)
Congo (at least 47 - 48 in September 2014)
Timor-Leste (at least 150 - 151 in May 2015)

One will drop to new lows:

Vanuatu (200 - 195 in April 2015)

Most points gained (worst case scenario):

113 - Czech Republic
92 - Slovakia
88 - Germany
86 - Equatorial Guinea
77 - Netherlands
76 - Israel
58 - Jamaica
56 - Montenegro
55 - Austria
52 - Belgium
52 - Palestine

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-128 - Rwanda
-105 - Maldives
-96 - Afghanistan
-81 - Guinea-Bissau
-70 - Mauritania
-68 - Benin
-66 - Armenia
-66 - Aruba
-63 - Liberia
-59 - Kyrgyzstan

May 2015 rank - Country - May 2015 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Germany	1687	1775	1775
2	Argentina	1494	1496	1496
3	Belgium	1457	1509	1509
4	Colombia	1412	1435	1435
5	Brazil	1372	1392	1392
6	Netherlands	1301	1378	1378
7	Portugal	1221	1229	1229
8	Uruguay	1176	1183	1183
9	Switzerland	1135	1146	1146
10	Spain	1132	1147	1147
11	France	1127	1164	1164
12	Romania	1086	1115	1115
13	Italy	1085	1101	1101
14	England	1030	1051	1051
15	Costa Rica	1016	1056	1056
16	Chile	1002	989	989
17	Croatia	977	992	992
18	Czech Republic	923	1036	1036
19	Slovakia	920	1012	1012
20	Algeria	917	941	941
21	Wales	916	929	929
22	Mexico	908	907	926
23	Côte d'Ivoire	907	916	916
24	Greece	900	899	899
25	Austria	891	946	946
26	Ghana	833	800	824
27	Russia	828	833	833
28	USA	825	823	823
29	Denmark	808	808	808
30	Scotland	796	818	818
31	Tunisia	793	808	808
32	Bosnia-Herzegovina	783	802	802
33	Ukraine	772	784	784
34	Ecuador	762	806	806
35	Poland	753	802	802
36	Senegal	752	782	782
37	Cape Verde Islands	737	746	746
38	Iceland	728	769	769
39	Sweden	704	737	737
40	Iran	689	717	717
41	Guinea	678	673	673
42	Northern Ireland	672	664	699
43	Hungary	665	685	685
44	Serbia	664	673	673
45	Nigeria	659	681	681
46	Israel	649	725	725
47	Slovenia	648	653	653
48	Cameroon	627	641	641
49	Congo	624	666	666
50	Japan	614	623	623
51	Egypt	612	570	592
52	Turkey	603	590	590
53	Panama	587	597	597
54	Congo DR	584	591	591
55	Gabon	583	583	583
56	Mali	578	623	623
57	Korea Republic	575	587	587
57	Albania	575	624	624
59	South Africa	553	481	548
60	Zambia	552	502	547
61	Equatorial Guinea	549	635	635
62	Republic of Ireland	546	581	581
63	Peru	532	546	546
64	Australia	531	532	532
65	Trinidad and Tobago	519	519	519
66	Burkina Faso	517	520	520
67	Bulgaria	505	537	537
68	United Arab Emirates	501	496	496
69	Venezuela	495	481	517
70	Norway	491	528	528
71	Uganda	485	504	504
72	Uzbekistan	476	479	479
73	Rwanda	474	346	346
74	Jamaica	466	524	524
75	Montenegro	457	513	513
76	Honduras	453	442	462
77	Armenia	449	383	383
78	Finland	446	410	410
79	Haiti	442	442	442
80	Togo	435	438	438
81	Paraguay	415	382	382
82	China PR	408	409	409
83	Belarus	397	400	400
84	El Salvador	388	371	394
85	Latvia	387	390	390
86	Mozambique	383	370	444
86	Iraq	383	381	381
88	Sierra Leone	382	387	387
89	Angola	381	374	374
90	Guatemala	371	348	394
90	Morocco	371	369	369
92	Bolivia	360	353	419
93	Estonia	358	370	370
94	Benin	357	289	289
95	Saudi Arabia	349	329	329
96	Cyprus	342	377	377
97	Malawi	341	296	381
97	Oman	341	319	319
99	Qatar	337	327	350
100	Lithuania	333	341	341
101	Ethiopia	321	324	324
102	Faroe Islands	318	318	318
103	Jordan	316	312	322
104	Botswana	314	276	341
105	FYR Macedonia	312	321	321
106	Antigua and Barbuda	311	313	313
107	Tanzania	304	215	332
108	Bahrain	299	299	299
109	Cuba	298	295	295
110	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	291	267	279
111	Sudan	288	292	292
112	Libya	281	238	238
112	St. Kitts and Nevis	281	275	275
114	Namibia	279	160	387
115	Canada	277	290	290
116	Azerbaijan	264	272	272
117	Kenya	258	220	220
118	Dominican Republic	257	256	256
119	Niger	252	251	251
120	Moldova	245	219	219
121	Lesotho	242	201	298
122	Burundi	237	194	270
123	Zimbabwe	235	196	370
124	Vietnam	229	211	257
125	Syria	225	225	253
126	Kuwait	224	218	218
127	Liechtenstein	219	207	207
128	Bermuda	217	217	217
129	Mauritania	216	146	146
130	Barbados	215	196	196
131	St. Lucia	214	186	199
132	Liberia	212	149	149
132	Guinea-Bissau	212	131	131
134	Kazakhstan	210	195	195
135	Afghanistan	208	112	112
136	Aruba	204	138	138
137	Philippines	200	183	183
137	Luxembourg	200	201	201
139	Georgia	197	173	173
140	Maldives	191	86	86
141	Palestine	190	242	242
142	Thailand	183	172	216
143	Tajikistan	173	173	173
144	New Zealand	163	180	180
144	Central African Republic	163	161	161
144	Lebanon	163	159	247
147	India	161	161	161
148	Curaçao	159	143	159
149	Malta	158	154	154
150	Madagascar	156	83	370
151	Timor-Leste	151	151	151
152	Chad	150	100	100
153	Kyrgyzstan	148	89	89
154	Nicaragua	142	138	138
155	Suriname	141	115	142
156	Korea DPR	139	132	163
157	Gambia	138	124	124
158	Myanmar	133	160	160
159	Turkmenistan	131	99	99
159	Indonesia	131	131	131
159	Belize	131	131	131
162	Singapore	130	126	136
163	Guyana	128	140	140
163	Bhutan	128	128	128
165	Dominica	121	112	138
166	Malaysia	120	121	121
167	Puerto Rico	119	114	114
168	Yemen	117	117	117
169	Hong Kong	116	118	118
169	Bangladesh	116	116	141
171	Grenada	113	102	124
172	Montserrat	107	74	74
173	Pakistan	106	106	106
174	US Virgin Islands	104	104	104
175	New Caledonia	101	111	111
176	Swaziland	97	61	213
176	Guam	97	97	97
178	Laos	88	99	99
179	Cambodia	86	86	86
179	Chinese Taipei	86	86	86
181	Nepal	70	70	70
182	Brunei Darussalam	69	69	69
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	66	33	33
183	Macau	66	66	66
185	Tahiti	65	71	71
185	Comoros	65	44	44
185	Mauritius	65	65	265
188	Sri Lanka	64	64	64
189	Seychelles	60	51	201
190	Sao Tome e Principe	58	58	58
191	Cayman Islands	48	48	48
192	Solomon Islands	46	44	44
193	South Sudan	43	24	24
194	San Marino	40	40	40
195	Vanuatu	34	17	17
196	Fiji	30	28	28
196	Samoa	30	21	21
198	Bahamas	26	26	26
198	British Virgin Islands	26	29	29
200	Mongolia	19	19	19
201	Tonga	17	17	17
202	Papua New Guinea	13	13	13
203	American Samoa	12	12	12
204	Andorra	8	8	8
204	Eritrea	8	8	8
206	Somalia	6	6	6
207	Cook Islands	4	4	4
207	Djibouti	4	4	4
209	Anguilla	2	2	2

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