FIFA Ranking: September 2016 preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 15 September.

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Gibraltar enter the ranking with 0 points.



Best movers:

35 - Bolivia
28 - Malawi
24 - Dominican Republic

Worst movers:

-35 - Central African Republic
-34 - Puerto Rico
-23 - Finland

Best movers in the top 50:

12 - Australia
8 - Peru
7 - Scotland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-20 - Norway
-14 - Venezuela
-10 - Egypt

Five teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Guinea-Bissau (73 - 75 in July 2016)
St. Kitts and Nevis (77 - 80 in July 2016)
Kazakhstan (83 - 96 in August 2016)
Comoros (152 - 155 in July 2016)
Kosovo (168 - 190 in July 2016)

Gambia will return to their worst ever ranking - 169 in February 2015.

Four teams will fall to new lows:

Denmark (46 - 44 in July 2016)
Israel (98 - 82 in July 2012)
Kuwait (159 - 144 in July 2016)
Bangladesh (185 - 183 in June 2008)

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

Swaziland (101 - 100 in June 1994) - 22 years and 3 months
Curaçao (122 - 121 in November 1995) - 20 years and 10 months
Papua New Guinea (162 - 162 in June 2005) - 11 years and 3 months
Uzbekistan (49 - 45 in January 2007) - 9 years and 8 months
Saudi Arabia (52 - 48 in December 2008) - 7 years and 9 months
Belarus (57 - 56 in September 2011) - 5 years

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

FYR Macedonia (146 - 147 in May 1994) - 22 years and 4 months
Iraq (128 - 129 in November 1996) - 19 years and 10 months
Oman (111 - 116 in August 2003) - 13 years and 1 month
El Salvador (140 - 141 in November 2007) - 8 years and 10 months
Ghana (43 - 43 in January 2008) - 8 years and 8 months
Gabon (104 - 104 in March 2008) - 8 years and 6 months
Slovenia (67 - 73 in October 2008) - 7 years and 11 months
Estonia (130 - 131 in November 2008) - 7 years and 10 months
Montenegro (107 - 110 in June 2009) - 7 years and 3 months
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (164 - 164 in April 2010) - 6 years and 5 months
Zambia (92 - 97 in March 2011) - 5 years and 6 months

A couple of interesting overtakes:

Bosnia and Herzegovina will be ranked above Netherlands for the first time ever.
Belarus and Uganda will be ranked above Norway for the first time ever.
Guinea-Bissau will be ranked above Jamaica and Finland for the first time ever.
St. Kitts and Nevis will be ranked above Jamaica, Finland, Qatar and Israel for the first time ever.
Kazakhstan will be ranked above Finland, Qatar, Zambia and Israel for the first time ever.
Philippines will be ranked above Iraq and Estonia for the first time ever.
Yemen, India, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Malaysia will be ranked above Kuwait for the first time ever.
Luxembourg will be ranked above FYR Macedonia for the first time in the last 22 years and 2 months.
Iran will be ranked above Russia for the first time in the last 10 years and 4 months.

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

 

1	Argentina	1646	0	61
2	Belgium	1369	0	-32
3	Germany	1347	1	28
4	Brazil	1323	5	167
4	Colombia	1323	-1	-8
6	Chile	1284	-1	-32
7	Portugal	1228	-1	-38
8	France	1188	-1	-1
9	Uruguay	1173	3	43
10	Wales	1161	1	24
11	Spain	1141	-3	-24
12	England	1130	1	23
13	Italy	1124	-3	-31
14	Croatia	1059	1	37
15	Mexico	1057	-1	15
16	Switzerland	1020	2	63
17	Poland	984	-1	-27
18	Costa Rica	943	3	60
19	Ecuador	917	-2	-85
20	Hungary	913	-1	-2
21	Turkey	885	-2	-30
22	USA	874	4	26
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	863	6	50
24	Netherlands	861	2	13
25	Peru	841	8	64
26	Austria	839	-4	-36
27	Iceland	829	-4	-42
28	Slovakia	820	-4	-47
29	Ukraine	799	1	-2
30	Northern Ireland	798	-2	-24
31	Republic of Ireland	774	0	-26
32	Romania	773	-7	-83
33	Czech Republic	762	1	-6
34	Côte d'Ivoire	752	2	4
35	Algeria	749	-3	-32
36	Paraguay	720	6	84
37	Iran	712	2	38
38	Russia	685	0	-43
39	Senegal	684	2	30
40	Albania	678	-3	-61
41	Sweden	677	-1	21
42	Tunisia	662	3	35
43	Ghana	658	-8	-91
44	Scotland	652	7	68
45	Australia	643	12	94
46	Denmark	637	-2	7
47	Korea Republic	634	1	25
48	Greece	622	4	43
49	Uzbekistan	621	6	61
50	Serbia	602	-3	-10
51	Congo DR	589	5	35
52	Saudi Arabia	588	9	48
53	Egypt	587	-10	-45
54	Congo	585	9	52
55	Mali	580	4	38
56	Japan	574	-7	-21
57	Belarus	573	13	66
58	Morocco	570	-5	-4
59	Cameroon	565	-5	-6
60	Venezuela	562	-14	-59
61	Guinea	549	5	28
62	Panama	539	7	31
62	South Africa	539	2	10
64	Nigeria	534	3	21
65	Uganda	509	0	-16
66	United Arab Emirates	504	8	20
67	Burkina Faso	502	6	16
67	Slovenia	502	-8	-40
69	Trinidad and Tobago	490	-1	-21
70	Norway	487	-20	-101
71	Benin	483	1	-6
72	Cape Verde Islands	475	-14	-70
73	Guinea-Bissau	474	2	0
74	Bulgaria	470	3	24
75	Bolivia	468	35	130
76	Libya	466	17	100
77	St. Kitts and Nevis	457	4	34
78	China PR	445	0	0
79	Guatemala	443	3	49
80	Jamaica	430	-9	-62
81	Equatorial Guinea	424	4	35
82	Honduras	421	2	31
83	Kazakhstan	411	13	52
84	Finland	409	-23	-131
85	Qatar	389	-5	-36
86	Jordan	387	-7	-50
87	Cyprus	384	-1	-3
88	New Zealand	382	5	16
89	Antigua and Barbuda	381	-6	-12
89	Mozambique	381	9	24
91	Kenya	378	-3	-3
92	Zambia	376	-1	0
93	Haiti	372	8	23
93	Sierra Leone	372	-5	-9
95	Latvia	357	15	19
96	Mauritania	349	8	6
97	Botswana	348	-7	-30
98	Israel	346	-22	-125
99	Malawi	342	28	56
100	Zimbabwe	338	10	0
101	Swaziland	334	2	-10
101	Togo	334	8	-5
103	Nicaragua	330	4	-10
104	Canada	329	-4	-21
104	Gabon	329	-8	-30
104	Liberia	329	-12	-41
107	Chad	326	8	0
107	Montenegro	326	-12	-39
109	Rwanda	325	12	22
110	Kyrgyzstan	324	-5	-17
111	Oman	323	-4	-17
112	Faroe Islands	319	23	65
113	Armenia	317	-11	-31
114	Dominican Republic	315	24	72
114	Syria	315	-9	-26
116	Turkmenistan	312	3	0
117	Lithuania	311	8	18
118	Guyana	302	10	22
118	Korea DPR	302	-19	-52
118	Palestine	302	-3	-24
121	Namibia	301	0	-2
122	Central African Republic	299	-35	-87
122	Curaçao	299	9	38
122	Niger	299	11	42
125	Philippines	297	9	41
126	Bahrain	284	0	-5
126	Ethiopia	284	4	14
128	Iraq	279	-15	-58
129	Burundi	278	-6	-19
130	Estonia	274	-13	-49
131	Madagascar	269	-2	-4
132	Tanzania	264	-8	-31
133	Azerbaijan	252	3	-1
134	Angola	247	-2	-12
135	Thailand	246	-15	-59
136	Georgia	240	-18	-78
136	Sudan	240	5	9
138	Puerto Rico	234	-24	-98
139	Cuba	229	12	24
140	El Salvador	228	-3	-16
141	Vietnam	225	-3	-18
142	Hong Kong	221	5	8
143	Lebanon	218	6	10
144	Tajikistan	215	0	-7
145	Luxembourg	213	0	-6
146	FYR Macedonia	211	-8	-32
147	Yemen	210	15	50
148	India	205	4	5
149	Afghanistan	201	1	-5
150	Lesotho	200	-4	-14
151	São Tomé e Príncipe	197	2	0
152	Comoros	191	3	0
153	Mauritius	184	-11	-41
153	Myanmar	184	6	17
155	Singapore	176	4	9
156	Grenada	172	2	1
157	Barbados	171	-1	-11
158	Malaysia	158	9	10
159	Kuwait	156	-16	-67
160	Aruba	155	-12	-54
161	Moldova	154	4	3
162	New Caledonia	152	-1	-10
162	Papua New Guinea	152	2	0
164	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	148	-8	-34
165	Maldives	147	9	32
166	Belize	141	0	-9
167	South Sudan	138	-14	-59
168	Kosovo	135	22	69
169	Gambia	129	-6	-25
170	Dominica	124	3	7
171	St. Lucia	117	1	-4
172	Tahiti	116	3	2
173	Cambodia	103	7	3
173	Vanuatu	103	6	0
175	Suriname	100	-7	-31
176	Laos	99	1	-8
176	Malta	99	0	-10
178	Chinese Taipei	97	5	12
179	Fiji	93	8	11
180	Guam	91	-11	-38
181	Indonesia	89	10	24
182	Liechtenstein	85	0	-3
183	Timor-Leste	80	3	-4
184	Bermuda	77	4	0
185	Bangladesh	75	-2	-10
186	Nepal	74	2	-3
186	Solomon Islands	74	-5	-18
188	Seychelles	72	-5	-13
189	Bhutan	65	3	1
190	American Samoa	64	-20	-64
190	Cook Islands	64	-20	-64
190	Samoa	64	-12	-42
193	Sri Lanka	52	0	-6
194	Pakistan	46	0	-8
195	Macau	44	0	0
195	US Virgin Islands	44	0	0
197	Brunei Darussalam	33	1	0
198	Montserrat	30	-3	-14
199	Cayman Islands	21	0	0
200	Turks and Caicos Islands	20	0	0
201	San Marino	17	-1	-3
202	Mongolia	13	0	0
203	Andorra	11	0	-1
203	British Virgin Islands	11	1	0
205	Anguilla	0	0	0
205	Bahamas	0	0	0
205	Djibouti	0	0	0
205	Eritrea	0	0	0
205	Gibraltar	0	-	-
205	Somalia	0	0	0
205	Tonga	0	0	0

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