FIFA Ranking: April 2016 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 7 April.

A lot of changes, including the top team, as Argentina return to the top after 6 months.

Best movers:

45 - Guinea-Bissau
30 - Chad
29 - St. Kitts and Nevis

Worst movers:

-24 - Aruba
-22 - Azerbaijan
-18 - Korea DPR

Best movers in the top 50:

17 - Australia
9 - Egypt
8 - Costa Rica

Worst movers in the top 50:

-16 - Cape Verde Islands
-15 - Finland
-10 - Albania

Australia climb from 6th to 2nd in AFC, with Japan dropping from 2nd to 4th and United Arab Emirates going out of the top 5.

New number 1 in Africa, as Algeria climb from 3rd to 1st. Cape Verde Islands drop from 1st to 6th, with Tunisia also out of the top 5. Senegal and Egypt in the all important top 5.

USA again drop to 3rd in CONCACAF, Costa Rica now second. Panama up to 4th, knocking Jamaica out of the top 5.

Colombia overtake Brazil - and are now 3rd in South America.

Germany and Spain switch places, with Die Mannschaft now second in Europe.

Ten teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Chile (3 - 5 in March 2016)
Hungary (18 - 19 in March 2016)
Northern Ireland (26 - 27 in June 2009)
St. Kitts and Nevis (92 - 101 in November 2015)
Chad (97 - 112 in June 2012)
Kyrgyzstan (100 - 105 in March 2016)
Guinea-Bissau (102 - 115 in July 1994)
Belize (114 - 117 in November 2015)
Philippines (116 - 124 in July 2015)
Comoros (159 - 164 in June 2011)

Seven will drop to new lows:

Lithuania (139 - 128 in March 2016)
New Zealand (161 - 159 in November 2015)
Liechtenstein (173 - 172 in September 2014)
Malaysia (174 - 171 in February 2016)
Indonesia (185 - 180 in February 2016)
New Caledonia (191 - 188 in May 2006)
Tahiti (196 - 195 in March 2010)

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

Mauritius (154 - 153 in October 2007) - 8 years and 6 months
Kazakhstan (116 - 105 in March 2008) - 8 years and 1 month
Poland (27 - 27 in May 2008) - 7 years and 11 months
Turkey (13 - 12 in June 2009) - 6 years and 10 months

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

FYR Macedonia (141 - 147 in May 1994) - 21 years and 11 months
Angola (121 - 123 in July 1994) - 21 years and 9 months
Nigeria (67 - 76 in January 2000) - 16 years and 3 months
Netherlands (17 - 21 in June 2000) - 15 years and 10 months
Pakistan (190 - 192 in May 2001) - 14 years and 11 months
Croatia (23 - 24 in September 2006) - 9 years and 7 months
Montenegro (94 - 96 in August 2009) - 6 years and 8 months
Tajikistan (164 - 165 in December 2009) - 6 years and 4 months
Germany (5 - 6 in May 2010) - 5 years and 11 months

Chile will be ranked above Germany for the first time ever.
Northern Ireland will be ranked above Russia for the first time ever.
Kyrgyzstan will be ranked above Iraq for the first time ever.
Philippines will be ranked above Bahrain for the first time ever.
Northern Ireland will be ranked above Czech Republic for the first time in the last 21 years and 9 months.
Hungary will be ranked above Croatia for the first time in the last 20 years and 7 months.
Poland will be ranked above Czech Republic for the first time in the last 20 years and 7 months.
St. Kitts and Nevis will be ranked above Estonia for the first time in the last 19 years and 7 months.
Colombia will be ranked above Germany for the first time in the last 13 years and 11 months.
Turkey will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time in the last 13 years and 5 months.
Mexico will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time in the last 11 years and 1 month.
Turkey will be ranked above Italy for the first time in the last 10 years.


April 2016 rank - Team - April 2016 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

 

1	Argentina	1532	1	75
2	Belgium	1352	-1	-154
3	Chile	1348	2	41
4	Colombia	1337	4	122
5	Germany	1309	-1	-46
6	Spain	1277	-3	-97
7	Brazil	1251	-1	-3
8	Portugal	1184	-1	-50
9	Uruguay	1158	2	76
10	England	1069	-1	-43
11	Austria	1067	-1	-28
12	Ecuador	1019	1	-20
13	Turkey	983	7	40
14	Switzerland	974	-2	-96
15	Italy	959	-1	-40
16	Mexico	934	6	32
17	Netherlands	931	-2	-66
18	Hungary	925	1	-26
19	Romania	922	-3	-68
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	913	1	-4
21	France	907	3	36
22	Ukraine	880	5	35
23	Croatia	856	-5	-109
24	Wales	839	-7	-145
25	Costa Rica	826	8	42
26	Northern Ireland	825	2	-8
27	Poland	821	4	32
27	Russia	821	-4	-71
29	Czech Republic	810	-4	-51
29	USA	810	1	18
31	Republic of Ireland	792	-2	-17
32	Slovakia	784	-6	-74
33	Algeria	771	4	28
34	Côte d'Ivoire	738	2	-6
35	Iceland	724	3	-17
36	Sweden	713	-2	-56
37	Greece	695	2	-23
38	Ghana	693	3	37
39	Paraguay	690	4	48
40	Scotland	687	5	70
41	Denmark	686	-1	-20
42	Iran	672	2	45
43	Senegal	651	5	48
44	Egypt	648	9	59
45	Albania	632	-10	-122
46	Peru	625	-4	-21
47	Cape Verde Islands	620	-16	-169
47	Tunisia	620	0	11
49	Norway	605	2	11
50	Australia	601	17	95
51	Congo DR	596	7	31
52	Panama	593	3	17
53	Trinidad and Tobago	592	-4	-6
54	Jamaica	585	-2	-8
55	Serbia	581	-5	-15
56	Korea Republic	579	1	13
57	Japan	577	-1	2
58	Guinea	570	5	30
59	Congo	562	0	-2
60	Saudi Arabia	559	0	-3
61	Finland	558	-15	-57
61	Slovenia	558	-7	-19
63	Cameroon	556	-2	5
64	Morocco	555	17	131
65	Mali	551	8	61
66	Uzbekistan	549	8	65
67	Nigeria	534	-5	-13
68	United Arab Emirates	521	-4	4
69	Bulgaria	508	1	8
70	South Africa	507	0	7
71	Haiti	502	-7	-15
72	Uganda	491	-5	-15
73	Benin	489	4	25
74	Venezuela	476	1	-4
75	Burkina Faso	469	11	77
76	Israel	467	-9	-39
77	Belarus	465	-13	-52
78	Zambia	460	0	3
79	Bolivia	440	-7	-59
80	Cyprus	426	-1	-16
81	China PR	423	15	72
82	Jordan	418	0	4
83	Equatorial Guinea	416	-7	-63
83	Qatar	416	-3	-25
85	Antigua and Barbuda	413	5	40
86	Honduras	403	3	28
87	Rwanda	401	-2	4
88	Gabon	395	-5	-17
89	Guatemala	387	6	33
90	Faroe Islands	383	3	26
91	Botswana	379	1	9
92	St. Kitts and Nevis	368	29	84
93	Estonia	366	-5	-10
94	Montenegro	365	-10	-44
95	Canada	357	-8	-28
96	Central African Republic	355	14	53
97	Chad	348	30	73
98	El Salvador	347	1	7
99	Oman	346	-2	4
100	Kyrgyzstan	340	5	16
101	Mozambique	338	-1	1
102	Guinea-Bissau	336	45	129
103	Mauritania	334	3	14
103	Togo	334	-2	1
105	Iraq	333	-14	-38
106	Nicaragua	329	4	27
107	Malawi	326	-3	-3
108	Latvia	323	-10	-18
109	Liberia	322	-8	-11
110	Armenia	316	6	20
110	Syria	316	13	37
112	Korea DPR	314	-18	-42
112	Libya	314	-5	-5
114	Belize	307	5	21
115	Kenya	303	-12	-28
116	Kazakhstan	300	9	24
116	Philippines	300	19	37
118	Sierra Leone	298	-3	1
119	Thailand	297	-1	9
120	Niger	296	-12	-16
121	Angola	291	-12	-15
122	Burundi	290	7	17
123	Ethiopia	289	-3	4
123	Georgia	289	-1	6
125	Cuba	285	10	22
126	Kuwait	284	7	19
127	Zimbabwe	281	4	10
128	Turkmenistan	277	-15	-21
129	Sudan	276	6	13
130	Tanzania	274	-5	-2
131	Palestine	273	-14	-17
132	Bahrain	271	0	2
133	Guyana	270	23	105
134	Azerbaijan	269	-22	-31
134	Swaziland	269	-10	-8
136	Namibia	267	-3	2
137	Aruba	259	-24	-39
138	Madagascar	257	-8	-15
139	Lithuania	254	-11	-20
140	St. Lucia	238	4	22
141	FYR Macedonia	235	-3	-22
142	Hong Kong	234	-3	-19
143	Barbados	231	0	4
144	Vietnam	228	2	18
145	Luxembourg	221	-3	-12
146	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	220	-5	-23
147	Afghanistan	210	4	18
148	Lesotho	202	5	16
148	Singapore	202	0	4
150	São Tomé e Príncipe	197	24	80
151	Dominican Republic	193	8	43
152	Curaçao	191	-1	-1
152	Puerto Rico	191	18	64
154	Mauritius	188	18	68
155	South Sudan	182	-15	-64
156	Moldova	181	0	16
157	Grenada	176	4	37
157	Lebanon	176	-12	-39
159	Comoros	166	14	47
160	Maldives	165	-2	4
161	New Zealand	163	-12	-33
162	Guam	151	-8	-18
162	India	151	-2	9
164	Malta	149	-3	10
164	Tajikistan	149	-14	-44
166	Myanmar	147	-12	-22
167	Gambia	145	-3	10
168	Dominica	137	8	28
169	Bermuda	135	-5	0
170	American Samoa	128	-3	0
170	Cook Islands	128	-3	0
170	Samoa	128	-3	0
173	Liechtenstein	120	-10	-17
174	Malaysia	119	-8	-10
175	Timor-Leste	110	-5	-17
176	Yemen	98	-1	-14
177	Bangladesh	87	0	-13
178	Seychelles	83	13	27
179	Nepal	80	6	10
180	Vanuatu	72	14	25
181	Chinese Taipei	70	0	-10
182	Cambodia	68	1	-11
182	Fiji	68	4	0
182	Laos	68	-4	-20
185	Indonesia	65	-7	-23
186	Bhutan	64	7	15
187	Sri Lanka	58	2	-4
188	Montserrat	57	-1	-10
188	Suriname	57	2	0
190	Pakistan	54	-3	-13
191	New Caledonia	53	-10	-27
192	Solomon Islands	46	8	20
193	US Virgin Islands	44	-15	-44
194	Macau	42	1	-2
195	Brunei Darussalam	37	-11	-37
196	Tahiti	35	-5	-21
197	Turks and Caicos Islands	33	0	0
198	Papua New Guinea	30	4	26
199	Cayman Islands	20	-3	-22
199	San Marino	20	-1	-8
201	British Virgin Islands	14	-2	-13
202	Andorra	5	-1	-1
203	Mongolia	4	-1	0
204	Anguilla	0	0	0
204	Bahamas	0	0	0
204	Djibouti	0	0	0
204	Eritrea	0	0	0
204	Somalia	0	0	0
204	Tonga	0	0	0

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