FIFA Ranking: December 2015 preview (II)

Next update: 27 November 2015.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 3 December.

14 matches remaining - all part of the 2015 CECAFA Cup (and thus friendlies).


This is how the points and ranks could change for these 11 teams:.

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

Uganda	499	532	68	66
Kenya	313	357	112	97
Rwanda	303	346	112	98
Malawi	290	325	120	106
Burundi	278	318	125	107
Ethiopia	266	303	130	110
Tanzania	249	281	137	122
Sudan	218	280	143	122
South Sudan	162	234	156	141
Djibouti	0	68	205	186
Somalia	0	97	205	177

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

Belgium keep the top spot and will be "Team of the Year".

This is the top 10 of the Mover of the Year (based on points gained in 2015):

1	Turkey	329
2	Hungary	313
3	Nicaragua	295
4	Republic of Ireland	291
5	Australia	261
6	Chile	251
7	Equatorial Guinea	247
8	Spain	228
8	Austria	228
10	Wales	226

Best movers:

32 - Libya
25 - Benin
21 - Chad

Worst movers:

-19 - Liberia
-18 - St. Kitts and Nevis
-12 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Best movers in the top 50:

13 - Hungary, Finland
11 - Republic of Ireland
10 - Sweden, Peru

Worst movers in the top 50:

-9 - Czech Republic
-8 - Scotland, Norway
-7 - Cape Verde Islands

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Hungary (20 - 27 in September 2011)
Nicaragua (92 - 95 in October 2015)
Kyrgyzstan (at least 109 - 119 in August 2006)

One will return to its worst ever ranking:

Eritrea (at most 204 - 204 in July 2015)

Eight teams will drop to new lows:

Denmark (42 - 38 in March 2009)
Honduras (at most 100 - 95 in November 2015)
Lithuania (at most 125 - 123 in November 2015)
Kuwait (at most 137 - 133 in November 2015)
Indonesia (at most 179 - 174 in November 2015)
Suriname (at most 191 - 184 in November 2015)
Solomon Islands (at most 200 - 199 in November 2015)
Tonga (at most 204 - 202 in November 2011)

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

Turkmenistan (at least 120 - 120 in May 2006) - 9 years and 7 months

Finland (43 - 43 in October 2008) - 7 years and 2 months

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

Nigeria (65 - 76 in January 2000) - 15 years and 11 months

New Caledonia (at most 181 - 188 in May 2006) - 9 years and 7 months

Puerto Rico (172 - 196 in January 2008) - 7 years and 11 months

Montenegro (85 - 89 in September 2009) - 6 years and 3 months

Ecuador will be ranked above Italy and Netherlands for the first time ever.
Hungary will be ranked above France and Russia for the first time ever.
Congo will be ranked above Scotland for the first time ever.
Uganda will be ranked above Israel for the first time ever.
Nicaragua will be ranked above Guatemala and Honduras for the first time ever.
Kyrgyzstan will be ranked above Bahrain, Georgia and Lithuania for the first time ever.
US Virgin Islands will be ranked above Indonesia for the first time ever.
Montserrat will be ranked above Suriname for the first time ever.
Turkmenistan will be ranked above Bahrain for the first time in the last 14 years and 2 months.
Ecuador will be ranked above Croatia for the first time in the last 12 years and 9 months.
Republic of Ireland will be ranked above Greece for the first time in the last 10 years and 4 months.

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

1	Belgium	1494	0	54
2	Argentina	1455	1	72
3	Spain	1370	3	83
4	Germany	1347	-2	-41
5	Chile	1273	0	-15
6	Brazil	1251	2	43
7	Portugal	1219	-3	-145
8	Colombia	1211	-1	-22
9	England	1106	0	-73
10	Austria	1091	0	-39
11	Uruguay	1074	1	23
12	Switzerland	1050	-1	-23
13	Ecuador	1040	8	119
14	Netherlands	994	2	18
15	Italy	991	-2	-49
16	Romania	980	-2	-59
17	Wales	974	-2	-58
18	Croatia	958	1	34
19	Côte d'Ivoire	950	3	60
20	Hungary	945	13	186
21	Turkey	933	-3	-8
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	898	-2	-25
22	Mexico	898	2	17
24	Russia	895	-1	10
25	France	868	-1	-13
26	Czech Republic	860	-9	-114
26	Slovakia	860	1	3
28	Algeria	845	-2	-27
29	Ukraine	842	-1	36
30	Northern Ireland	825	-1	28
31	Republic of Ireland	810	11	151
32	USA	784	1	25
33	Ghana	778	-3	-15
34	Poland	776	4	64
35	Sweden	771	10	124
36	Iceland	761	-5	-31
37	Costa Rica	759	3	88
38	Albania	746	-2	23
39	Cape Verde Islands	745	-7	-17
40	Tunisia	711	1	43
41	Greece	706	-4	-12
42	Denmark	685	-7	-58
43	Finland	663	13	77
44	Senegal	661	-5	-17
45	Iran	653	-2	2
46	Paraguay	647	1	37
47	Peru	644	10	61
48	Congo	638	4	45
49	Trinidad and Tobago	628	5	40
50	Guinea	621	3	32
51	Korea Republic	617	-3	11
52	Scotland	609	-8	-40
53	Japan	607	-3	4
54	Jamaica	591	7	32
54	Norway	591	-8	-46
54	Serbia	591	-5	-15
57	Australia	585	3	12
57	Egypt	585	0	2
59	Cameroon	583	-8	-14
60	Congo DR	580	-5	-7
61	Slovenia	565	3	18
62	Mali	552	1	0
63	Panama	544	2	29
64	United Arab Emirates	543	3	48
65	Nigeria	541	-6	-41
66	Belarus	514	4	35
67	Bolivia	500	10	58
68	Uganda	499	0	8
69	Equatorial Guinea	498	0	11
69	Israel	498	-8	-61
71	Bulgaria	494	-5	-3
72	South Africa	487	3	26
73	Zambia	481	-2	4
74	Uzbekistan	470	-3	-7
75	Morocco	469	4	47
76	Gabon	468	-3	-2
77	Haiti	467	-4	-3
78	Benin	461	25	128
79	Cyprus	441	-3	-3
80	Saudi Arabia	432	0	15
81	Libya	427	32	130
82	Antigua and Barbuda	409	-2	-8
83	Venezuela	408	0	0
84	China PR	405	0	2
85	Montenegro	403	-7	-23
86	Qatar	401	-1	4
87	Jordan	399	-5	-12
88	Canada	388	14	53
89	Burkina Faso	381	4	18
89	Iraq	381	-2	-11
91	Cuba	377	17	65
92	Nicaragua	370	8	29
93	Estonia	369	-3	-1
94	Guatemala	368	-3	1
95	Botswana	364	10	37
96	Togo	363	-8	-23
97	Faroe Islands	357	-8	-28
98	El Salvador	344	-4	-17
99	Niger	339	6	12
100	Honduras	338	-5	-21
100	Latvia	338	-1	-4
102	Oman	333	-10	-32
103	Angola	330	-5	-14
103	Korea DPR	330	17	42
105	Liberia	329	-19	-65
106	Kyrgyzstan	324	18	47
107	Zimbabwe	318	2	13
108	Mozambique	317	17	43
109	Kenya	313	16	39
110	Rwanda	303	-14	-53
111	Central African Republic	302	-1	0
112	Chad	301	24	61
113	Aruba	298	-1	-1
114	Mauritania	297	-10	-31
115	Azerbaijan	296	0	3
116	Sierra Leone	295	5	14
117	Turkmenistan	294	4	13
118	Malawi	290	-21	-61
119	St. Kitts and Nevis	289	-18	-51
120	Georgia	286	-9	-15
121	Armenia	285	6	14
122	Bahrain	278	-7	-15
122	Burundi	278	-15	-43
124	Syria	276	8	22
125	Lithuania	274	-2	-5
126	Belize	273	-9	-19
127	Madagascar	272	-9	-18
128	Ethiopia	266	-14	-28
128	Kazakhstan	266	3	10
128	Namibia	266	-10	-24
131	Swaziland	265	-1	7
132	Thailand	263	12	61
133	Palestine	259	5	26
134	FYR Macedonia	257	5	27
135	Hong Kong	252	10	53
136	Tanzania	249	-1	4
137	Kuwait	239	-4	-13
137	Lebanon	239	3	11
137	Philippines	239	0	3
140	Luxembourg	237	6	40
141	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	221	-12	-41
142	Sudan	218	-14	-49
143	St. Lucia	216	0	12
144	Barbados	214	-2	8
145	Guinea-Bissau	207	-4	-9
146	Vietnam	200	1	7
147	Tajikistan	196	13	37
148	Singapore	195	4	16
149	Afghanistan	194	7	26
150	Curaçao	192	0	10
150	New Zealand	192	9	29
152	Lesotho	185	-5	-8
153	Dominican Republic	180	-4	-7
154	Moldova	172	0	-5
155	São Tomé e Príncipe	170	2	5
156	Guam	162	-1	-8
156	South Sudan	162	-22	-84
158	Myanmar	155	3	-2
159	Bermuda	154	-8	-27
160	Maldives	150	6	9
161	Guyana	144	-9	-35
162	Malta	143	-4	-21
163	Grenada	139	4	2
164	Gambia	135	4	0
164	Liechtenstein	135	-1	-19
166	India	132	6	10
167	Cook Islands	128	2	-4
167	Samoa	128	-3	-24
169	American Samoa	127	-4	-17
169	Malaysia	127	2	0
169	Timor-Leste	127	-7	-28
172	Comoros	120	5	31
172	Puerto Rico	120	-2	-9
174	Mauritius	119	-1	2
174	Yemen	119	5	38
176	Dominica	107	-1	3
177	Laos	88	-1	-2
177	US Virgin Islands	88	1	0
179	Indonesia	84	-5	-24
180	Cambodia	83	3	5
181	New Caledonia	80	-1	0
182	Bangladesh	78	-2	-2
182	Chinese Taipei	78	5	7
184	Pakistan	76	1	0
185	Brunei Darussalam	74	1	0
186	Fiji	68	4	8
187	Montserrat	67	1	0
188	Bhutan	64	-8	-16
189	Seychelles	56	0	-4
189	Tahiti	56	2	0
191	Suriname	55	-7	-22
192	Nepal	49	0	-2
193	Vanuatu	47	8	34
194	Sri Lanka	45	0	0
195	Macau	44	0	0
196	Cayman Islands	43	-3	-6
197	Turks and Caicos Islands	33	0	0
198	San Marino	28	-2	-7
199	British Virgin Islands	27	-1	0
200	Solomon Islands	26	-1	0
201	Andorra	6	4	1
201	Mongolia	6	2	0
203	Papua New Guinea	4	3	0
204	Anguilla	0	3	0
204	Bahamas	0	3	0
204	Djibouti	0	3	0
204	Eritrea	0	-2	-8
204	Somalia	0	-1	-6
204	Tonga	0	-4	-17

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