FIFA Ranking: November 2015 preview (II)

FIFA will publish the ranking on 5 November.

30 games left, all in Africa. One World Cup qualifier and 29 friendlies (most of them 2016 CHAN qualifiers).

The top 50 is pretty much set, only 7 African teams could change it. For more stats, see the probable ranking.


Most points gained (worst case scenario):

224 - Turkey
156 - Ecuador
144 - Cyprus
136 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
132 - Uruguay
129 - Belarus
129 - Portugal
117 - São Tomé e Príncipe
111 - Chile
109 - Turkmenistan

Most points lost (best case scenario):

-163 - Wales
-115 - Slovenia
-106 - Armenia
-103 - Dominican Republic
-102 - Norway
-100 - Israel
-93 - Venezuela
-92 - Denmark
-90 - Iceland
-79 - Slovakia

October 2015 rank - Country - October 2015 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Argentina	1419	1383	1383
2	Germany	1401	1388	1388
3	Belgium	1387	1440	1440
4	Portugal	1235	1364	1364
5	Colombia	1228	1233	1233
6	Spain	1223	1287	1287
7	Brazil	1204	1208	1208
8	Wales	1195	1032	1032
9	Chile	1177	1288	1288
10	England	1161	1179	1179
11	Austria	1100	1130	1130
12	Switzerland	1044	1073	1073
13	Romania	1042	1039	1039
14	Netherlands	1004	976	976
15	Czech Republic	983	974	974
16	Croatia	965	924	924
17	Italy	962	1040	1040
18	Slovakia	936	857	857
19	Algeria	927	872	872
20	Uruguay	919	1051	1051
21	Côte d'Ivoire	916	863	918
22	France	899	881	881
23	Iceland	882	792	792
24	Ukraine	874	806	806
25	Ghana	849	769	817
26	Russia	845	885	885
27	Mexico	842	881	881
28	Denmark	835	743	743
29	USA	807	759	759
30	Bosnia-Herzegovina	787	923	923
31	Ecuador	765	921	921
32	Albania	755	723	723
33	Hungary	741	759	759
34	Norway	739	637	637
35	Northern Ireland	724	797	797
36	Tunisia	722	652	689
37	Turkey	717	941	941
38	Senegal	713	652	705
39	Iran	703	651	651
40	Scotland	702	649	649
41	Cape Verde Islands	701	762	762
42	Costa Rica	691	671	671
43	Poland	680	712	712
44	Greece	676	718	718
45	Sweden	672	647	647
46	Slovenia	662	547	547
47	Israel	659	559	559
48	Cameroon	640	563	615
49	Congo	636	582	647
50	Peru	623	583	583
51	Egypt	620	583	583
52	Nigeria	600	543	601
53	Korea Republic	590	606	606
54	Republic of Ireland	587	659	659
55	Guinea	582	560	619
55	Japan	582	603	603
57	Jamaica	576	559	559
58	Australia	567	573	573
59	Trinidad and Tobago	564	588	588
60	Congo DR	563	552	573
61	Paraguay	552	610	610
62	Mali	546	527	565
63	Serbia	538	605	605
64	Finland	534	586	586
65	Gabon	529	462	478
65	Panama	529	515	515
67	Bolivia	510	442	442
67	Equatorial Guinea	510	487	487
69	Venezuela	501	408	408
70	United Arab Emirates	491	495	495
71	Zambia	487	460	485
72	Montenegro	470	426	426
73	South Africa	465	449	472
74	Uzbekistan	464	477	477
75	Uganda	455	441	491
76	Burkina Faso	427	354	412
77	Haiti	418	470	470
78	Bulgaria	414	497	497
79	Togo	411	377	428
80	Morocco	407	356	422
81	China PR	405	403	403
82	Guatemala	401	367	367
83	Antigua and Barbuda	400	417	417
84	Sudan	399	267	374
85	Faroe Islands	396	385	385
85	Iraq	396	392	392
87	Estonia	388	370	370
88	Saudi Arabia	384	417	417
89	Honduras	379	359	359
89	Mauritania	379	316	387
91	Armenia	377	271	271
92	Qatar	365	397	397
93	Rwanda	364	356	356
94	El Salvador	363	361	361
95	Liberia	360	394	394
95	Nicaragua	360	341	341
97	Angola	353	312	377
98	Belarus	350	479	479
99	Jordan	348	411	411
100	Benin	341	333	333
101	Malawi	339	351	351
102	Oman	338	365	365
103	Latvia	335	342	342
104	Canada	333	335	335
105	Azerbaijan	328	293	293
105	Libya	328	297	401
107	Mozambique	327	265	320
108	Ethiopia	315	277	311
109	Zimbabwe	313	284	315
110	Georgia	308	301	301
111	Botswana	305	327	327
112	St. Kitts and Nevis	303	340	340
113	Burundi	302	295	347
114	Cyprus	300	444	444
115	Aruba	299	299	299
116	Lithuania	298	279	279
117	Cuba	294	312	312
118	Belize	292	292	292
119	Dominican Republic	290	187	187
120	Niger	287	290	346
121	Sierra Leone	286	281	281
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	284	262	262
123	Bahrain	283	293	293
123	Syria	283	254	254
125	Namibia	274	290	290
126	Central African Republic	271	269	388
127	Madagascar	262	290	290
128	Kuwait	260	252	252
129	Korea DPR	252	288	288
130	Palestine	246	233	233
131	Kenya	245	274	274
132	FYR Macedonia	239	230	230
132	Moldova	239	177	177
134	Philippines	238	236	236
135	Swaziland	224	232	258
136	Tanzania	218	245	245
137	Guyana	210	179	179
138	Bermuda	209	181	181
139	St. Lucia	208	204	204
140	Lebanon	201	228	228
140	Lesotho	201	188	217
142	Kazakhstan	199	256	256
142	Luxembourg	199	197	197
144	South Sudan	198	246	246
145	Thailand	196	202	202
146	Kyrgyzstan	195	277	277
147	Guinea-Bissau	193	216	216
148	New Zealand	188	163	163
149	Vietnam	187	193	193
150	Afghanistan	183	168	168
150	Guam	183	170	170
152	Curaçao	181	182	182
153	Hong Kong	180	199	199
154	Barbados	175	206	206
155	Turkmenistan	172	281	281
156	Liechtenstein	170	154	154
157	Malta	164	164	164
157	Singapore	164	179	179
159	Grenada	159	137	137
160	Tajikistan	156	159	159
161	Gambia	154	135	135
162	Samoa	152	152	152
163	Myanmar	147	157	157
164	American Samoa	144	144	144
165	Puerto Rico	134	129	129
166	Cook Islands	132	132	132
167	India	128	122	122
168	Mauritius	123	117	117
169	New Caledonia	120	80	80
170	Timor-Leste	118	155	155
171	Indonesia	111	108	108
171	Malaysia	111	127	127
173	Bhutan	106	80	80
174	Dominica	102	104	104
175	Chad	100	183	297
176	Maldives	96	141	141
177	Pakistan	89	76	76
178	US Virgin Islands	88	88	88
179	Laos	85	90	90
180	Yemen	82	81	81
181	Suriname	79	77	77
182	Bangladesh	77	80	80
183	Chinese Taipei	69	71	71
184	Montserrat	67	67	67
184	Seychelles	67	60	60
186	Cambodia	66	78	78
187	Brunei Darussalam	61	74	74
188	Tahiti	60	56	56
189	Fiji	60	60	60
190	Nepal	51	51	51
191	Cayman Islands	49	49	49
191	Sri Lanka	49	45	45
193	Comoros	48	89	89
193	Macau	48	44	44
193	São Tomé e Príncipe	48	165	165
196	San Marino	35	35	35
197	Solomon Islands	33	26	26
197	Turks and Caicos Islands	33	33	33
199	British Virgin Islands	27	27	27
200	Tonga	17	17	17
201	Vanuatu	13	13	13
202	Eritrea	8	8	8
203	Mongolia	6	6	6
203	Somalia	6	6	6
205	Andorra	5	5	5
206	Djibouti	4	0	69
206	Papua New Guinea	4	4	4
208	Anguilla	0	0	0
208	Bahamas	0	0	0

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