FIFA Ranking: October 2015 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 1 October.

Top 40 already set.

Only two matches left - both friendlies.



This is how the points and ranks could change for these 16 teams:

Team - Minimum points - Maximum points - Worst rank - Best rank

Senegal	684	700	42	41
Gabon	507	529	68	65
Rwanda	364	414	93	78
Mauritania	340	399	100	84

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

Best movers:

65 - Liberia
54 - South Sudan
44 - Nicaragua

Worst movers:

-28 - Cyprus, FYR Macedonia
-20 - Afghanistan
-19 - Venezuela, Niger

Best movers in the top 50:

35 - Norway
16 - Cape Verde Islands
9 - Turkey

Worst movers in the top 50:

-19 - Venezuela
-9 - Sweden, Poland
-8 - Scotland

7 teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Wales (8 - 9 in September 2015)
Austria (11 - 13 in September 2015)
Nicaragua (at least 95 - 132 in February 2009)
Aruba (115 - 120 in June 2014)
South Sudan (144 - 185 in September 2014)
American Samoa (164 - 173 in September 2012)
Cook Islands (166 - 169 in August 2000)

1 will return to its best ever ranking:

Belize (118 - 118 in July 2015)

3 will return to their worst ever ranking:

Italy (17 - 17 in July 2015)
Sweden (45 - 45 in March 2015)
Kuwait (128 - 128 in February 2015)

7 will drop to new lows:

Malaysia (171 - 170 in April 2008)
Indonesia (171 - 170 in September 2013)
Suriname (181 - 169 in April 2015)
Nepal (190 - 188 in March 2008)
Solomon Islands (197 - 192 in May 2015)
Vanuatu (201 - 200 in June 2015)
Papua New Guinea (206 - 203 in June 2011)

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

Mauritania (at least 100 - 100 in August 1996) - 19 years and 2 months
Liberia (at least 95 - 94 in April 2003) - 12 years and 6 months
Mauritius (168 - 163 in July 2008) - 7 years and 3 months
Sudan (at least 85 - 85 in May 2009) - 6 years and 5 months
Czech Republic (15 - 15 in October 2009) - 6 years
Northern Ireland (35 - 30 in October 2009) - 6 years

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

FYR Macedonia (132 - 147 in May 1994) - 21 years and 5 months
Honduras (at most 89 - 91 in December 1998) - 16 years and 10 months
Chad (175 - 175 in February 2003) - 12 years and 8 months
New Zealand (148 - 156 in September 2007) - 8 years and 1 month
Bangladesh (182 - 182 in July 2008) - 7 years and 3 months
Tajikistan (160 - 165 in December 2009) - 5 years and 10 months
Uruguay (20 - 21 in February 2010) - 5 years and 8 months

Austria will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time ever.
Antigua and Barbuda will be ranked above Honduras for the first time ever.
Nicaragua will be ranked above Canada for the first time ever.
Algeria will be ranked above Uruguay for the first time in the last 16 years and 4 months.
Czech Republic will be ranked above Italy for the first time in the last 9 years and 5 months.
Guatemala will be ranked above Honduras for the first time in the last 9 years and 1 month.

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

1	Argentina	1419	0	-23
2	Germany	1401	1	153
3	Belgium	1387	-1	118
4	Portugal	1235	2	49
5	Colombia	1228	-1	4
6	Spain	1223	5	101
7	Brazil	1204	-2	-5
8	Wales	1195	1	49
9	Chile	1177	-1	28
10	England	1161	0	18
11	Austria	1100	2	62
12	Switzerland	1044	5	33
13	Romania	1042	-6	-134
14	Netherlands	1004	-2	-50
15	Czech Republic	983	5	43
16	Croatia	965	-2	-72
17	Italy	962	-1	-50
18	Slovakia	936	-3	-77
19	Algeria	927	0	-28
20	Uruguay	919	-2	-83
21	Côte d'Ivoire	916	0	-8
22	France	899	2	6
23	Iceland	882	0	-12
24	Ukraine	874	5	62
25	Ghana	849	2	22
26	Russia	845	6	65
27	Mexico	842	-1	-6
28	Denmark	835	-6	-66
29	USA	807	-1	-16
30	Bosnia-Herzegovina	787	0	-24
31	Ecuador	765	3	1
32	Albania	755	-7	-123
33	Hungary	741	4	1
34	Norway	739	35	243
35	Northern Ireland	724	6	37
36	Tunisia	722	-3	-52
37	Turkey	717	9	82
38	Iran	703	2	-13
39	Scotland	702	-8	-87
40	Cape Verde Islands	701	16	112
41	Costa Rica	691	-2	-40
42	Senegal	684	-4	-50
43	Poland	680	-9	-84
44	Greece	676	0	19
45	Sweden	672	-9	-84
46	Slovenia	662	-1	9
47	Israel	659	-1	24
48	Cameroon	640	-6	-31
49	Congo	637	-7	-35
50	Peru	623	-2	-5
51	Egypt	620	-2	1
52	Nigeria	600	1	1
53	Korea Republic	590	4	16
54	Republic of Ireland	587	-3	-18
55	Japan	582	3	12
55	Guinea	582	8	47
57	Jamaica	576	-5	-26
58	Australia	567	3	19
59	Trinidad and Tobago	564	-5	-30
60	Congo DR	563	5	34
61	Paraguay	552	-6	-40
62	Mali	546	-2	-4
63	Serbia	538	3	10
64	Finland	534	28	183
65	Panama	529	-6	-22
66	Equatorial Guinea	510	-4	-36
66	Bolivia	510	1	-11
68	Gabon	507	-5	-28
69	Venezuela	500	-19	-112
70	United Arab Emirates	491	0	7
71	Zambia	487	3	23
72	Montenegro	470	5	40
73	South Africa	465	-1	-4
74	Uzbekistan	464	2	11
75	Uganda	455	-4	-23
76	Burkina Faso	427	-3	-41
77	Haiti	418	10	33
78	Bulgaria	414	-10	-89
79	Togo	411	0	-7
80	Morocco	407	5	16
81	China PR	405	3	12
82	Guatemala	401	16	68
83	Antigua and Barbuda	400	22	96
84	Sudan	399	5	22
85	Faroe Islands	396	-10	-63
85	Iraq	396	-3	-3
87	Estonia	388	-7	-17
88	Saudi Arabia	384	5	34
89	Honduras	379	-8	-25
90	Armenia	377	-7	-17
91	Qatar	365	3	18
92	Rwanda	364	-14	-62
93	El Salvador	363	14	63
94	Nicaragua	360	45	162
94	Liberia	360	66	206
96	Angola	353	-8	-28
97	Belarus	350	0	15
98	Jordan	348	-7	-8
99	Benin	341	16	72
100	Mauritania	340	14	67
101	Malawi	339	-5	3
102	Oman	338	-2	9
103	Latvia	335	-13	-31
104	Canada	333	-2	14
105	Libya	328	-7	-5
105	Azerbaijan	328	5	37
107	Mozambique	327	-12	-13
108	Ethiopia	315	-5	2
109	Zimbabwe	313	-1	15
110	Georgia	308	37	128
111	Botswana	305	7	39
112	St. Kitts and Nevis	303	7	47
113	Burundi	302	21	84
114	Cyprus	300	-28	-86
115	Aruba	299	22	98
116	Lithuania	298	-7	4
117	Cuba	294	-4	14
118	Belize	292	10	65
119	Dominican Republic	290	4	42
120	Niger	287	-19	-39
121	Sierra Leone	286	-16	-18
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	284	-6	16
123	Bahrain	283	-11	2
123	Syria	283	-2	32
125	Namibia	274	-14	-10
126	Central African Republic	271	42	153
127	Madagascar	262	-6	11
128	Kuwait	260	-1	25
129	Korea DPR	252	-3	15
130	Palestine	246	-11	-10
131	Kenya	245	-15	-23
132	FYR Macedonia	239	-28	-66
132	Moldova	239	-8	-6
134	Philippines	238	-9	-3
135	Swaziland	224	0	11
136	Tanzania	218	4	23
137	Guyana	210	17	45
138	Bermuda	209	-6	-11
139	St. Lucia	208	-8	-14
140	Lesotho	201	-12	-26
140	Lebanon	201	-7	-18
142	Luxembourg	199	-1	5
142	Kazakhstan	199	3	15
144	South Sudan	198	54	176
145	Thailand	196	-8	-5
146	Kyrgyzstan	195	9	35
147	Guinea-Bissau	193	-5	2
148	New Zealand	188	-12	-21
149	Vietnam	187	3	21
150	Afghanistan	183	-20	-43
150	Guam	183	-4	1
152	Curaçao	181	-4	3
153	Hong Kong	180	-2	11
154	Barbados	175	-10	-11
155	Turkmenistan	172	-6	0
156	Liechtenstein	170	-6	-1
157	Singapore	164	0	5
157	Malta	164	3	10
159	Grenada	159	-1	4
160	Tajikistan	156	-2	1
161	Gambia	154	-18	-35
162	Samoa	152	34	127
163	Myanmar	147	-1	5
164	American Samoa	145	35	128
165	Puerto Rico	134	-13	-32
166	Cook Islands	132	39	128
167	India	128	-12	-32
168	Mauritius	123	17	67
169	New Caledonia	120	-3	0
170	Timor-Leste	118	-7	-12
171	Indonesia	111	-6	-10
171	Malaysia	111	-2	-4
173	Bhutan	106	-9	-22
174	Dominica	102	-2	4
175	Chad	100	-4	0
176	Maldives	96	1	14
177	Pakistan	89	-7	-16
178	US Virgin Islands	88	-2	0
179	Laos	85	-5	-7
180	Yemen	82	-5	-8
181	Suriname	79	-15	-41
182	Bangladesh	77	-9	-18
183	Chinese Taipei	69	-4	-3
184	Montserrat	67	-6	-7
184	Seychelles	67	8	24
186	Cambodia	66	-6	0
187	Brunei Darussalam	61	-5	0
188	Fiji	60	-7	-4
188	Tahiti	60	-6	-1
190	Nepal	51	-5	-5
191	Sri Lanka	49	-7	-10
191	Cayman Islands	49	-4	0
193	Macau	48	-6	-1
193	Comoros	48	-3	0
193	São Tomé e Príncipe	48	-3	0
196	San Marino	35	-3	-5
197	Solomon Islands	33	-10	-16
197	Turks and Caicos Islands	33	-3	0
199	British Virgin Islands	27	-4	0
200	Tonga	17	-1	0
201	Vanuatu	13	-4	-10
202	Eritrea	8	-1	0
203	Mongolia	6	-1	0
203	Somalia	6	-1	0
205	Andorra	5	-3	-1
206	Djibouti	4	-1	0
206	Papua New Guinea	4	-1	0
208	Anguilla	0	0	0
208	Bahamas	0	0	0

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