FIFA Ranking: June 2017 preview

This will most likely be the final preview for June, as the top 70 is pretty much set there are only 7 matches left (all friendlies) - 3 of them scheduled for the Saturday before the June ranking release.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 1 June.



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

Mexico	1050	1083	17	17
Croatia	999	1033	18	18
Egypt	862	882	22	21
Burkina Faso	698	719	43	41
Honduras	513	527	69	68
Benin	382	498	89	70
St. Kitts and Nevis	336	362	100	90
Libya	321	387	108	88
El Salvador	318	355	108	91
Mauritania	302	344	115	93
Barbados	116	168	169	154
Turks and Caicos Islands	20	45	202	197
Bahamas	0	26	206	199

Best movers:

16 - New Zealand
12 - Madagascar
10 - Montenegro, Azerbaijan

Worst movers:

-12 - Fiji
-10 - Rwanda, Liberia
-9 - Aruba

Best movers in the top 50:

4 - Slovakia
3 - Senegal
2 - Peru, Paraguay, Nigeria, Congo DR

Worst movers in the top 50:

-6 - Burkina Faso
-3 - Turkey
-2 - Egypt, Northern Ireland, Iran, Hungary, Japan

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Poland (10 - 11 in April 2017)
Peru (15 - 17 in April 2017)
Swaziland (at least 87 - 88 in April 2017)
Papua New Guinea (153 - 156 in April 2017)

Syria will return to their best ever ranking - 78th. They were 78th in the first ever edition of the FIFA ranking - August 1993. They could climb to 77th (new record) depending on Benin's performance in their matches.

Four will drop to new lows:

Russia (63 - 61 in February 2017)
Norway (at most 87 - 86 in April 2017)
Finland (at most 105 - 101 in October 2016)
Sudan (at most 158 - 155 in May 2017)

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

Syria (at least 78 - 78 in August 1993) - 23 years and 10 months
Madagascar (at least 99 - 99 in February 1994) - 23 years and 4 months
Senegal (27 - 26 in June 2004) - 13 years
Andorra (185 - 184 in October 2008) - 8 years and 8 months
Kenya (at least 75 - 68 in December 2008) - 8 years and 6 months

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

Cuba (at most 165 - 166 in September 1995) - 21 years and 9 months
Bahrain (133 - 138 in January 2001) - 16 years and 5 months
Dominica (192 - 197 in December 2009) - 7 years and 6 months
Burundi (147 - 149 in May 2011) - 6 years and 1 month
Cape Verde Islands (at most 83 - 91 in September 2011) - 5 years and 9 months

For the first time ever, Poland won't be ranked below Spain.
Montenegro will be ranked above Russia for the first time ever.
Azerbaijan will be ranked above Norway for the first time ever.
Finland will be ranked below Madagascar, India and Nicaragua for the first time ever.
Madagascar will be ranked above Finland and Canada for the first time ever.
India will be ranked above Lithuania and Finland for the first time ever.
Nicaragua will be ranked above Finland for the first time ever.
Peru will be ranked above Uruguay for the first time in the last 17 years.

June 2017 rank - Team - June 2017 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Brazil	1715	0	43
2	Argentina	1626	0	23
3	Germany	1511	0	47
4	Chile	1422	0	11
5	Colombia	1366	0	18
6	France	1332	0	38
7	Belgium	1292	0	11
8	Portugal	1267	0	8
9	Switzerland	1263	0	51
10	Poland	1198	1	15
10	Spain	1198	0	-6
12	Italy	1193	0	28
13	England	1119	1	16
13	Wales	1119	0	0
15	Peru	1108	2	64
16	Uruguay	1099	-1	2
17	Mexico	1050	-1	-26
18	Croatia	999	0	-17
19	Costa Rica	913	1	11
20	Slovakia	883	4	37
21	Iceland	877	0	5
22	Egypt	862	-3	-48
23	USA	861	0	14
24	Ecuador	858	1	19
25	Turkey	855	-3	-8
26	Republic of Ireland	854	0	31
27	Senegal	839	3	34
28	Northern Ireland	837	-2	14
29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	835	0	20
30	Iran	829	-2	9
31	Netherlands	820	1	28
32	Cameroon	811	1	32
33	Hungary	802	-2	1
34	Sweden	793	0	25
35	Austria	750	1	-12
36	Paraguay	748	2	10
37	Ukraine	737	0	-24
38	Nigeria	730	2	4
39	Congo DR	728	2	16
40	Greece	726	-1	-4
41	Tunisia	705	1	4
42	Korea Republic	703	1	3
43	Burkina Faso	698	-8	-67
44	Ghana	697	1	15
45	Czech Republic	690	1	11
46	Japan	689	-2	4
47	Romania	686	0	10
48	Côte d'Ivoire	685	0	13
49	Australia	681	1	20
50	Serbia	666	-1	-5
51	Denmark	660	0	3
52	Montenegro	647	10	87
53	Algeria	636	1	8
53	Saudi Arabia	636	-1	-10
55	Israel	635	8	78
56	Morocco	631	-3	-2
56	Slovenia	631	-1	17
58	Venezuela	630	0	35
59	Panama	626	-2	19
60	Bulgaria	615	-5	1
61	Scotland	603	-2	14
62	Uzbekistan	582	-2	-4
63	Russia	561	-2	0
64	Haiti	554	1	17
65	South Africa	547	-1	8
66	Albania	544	0	11
66	Mali	544	3	40
68	Armenia	527	-1	0
69	Honduras	513	-1	-11
70	Uganda	478	2	15
71	Curaçao	477	-1	-15
72	Guinea	476	-1	2
73	Bolivia	473	0	13
74	Kenya	463	4	35
75	United Arab Emirates	450	0	-3
76	Azerbaijan	439	11	53
77	Syria	436	3	10
77	Trinidad and Tobago	436	-1	-3
79	Jamaica	435	-5	-23
80	Faroe Islands	431	-3	0
81	China PR	425	0	0
82	Belarus	419	-4	-9
83	Cape Verde Islands	418	-1	0
84	Congo	412	0	20
85	Gabon	409	-1	17
86	Swaziland	397	2	19
87	Norway	391	-1	4
88	Benin	382	-5	-14
89	Qatar	374	0	5
90	Cyprus	356	6	13
91	Antigua and Barbuda	349	2	0
92	Namibia	345	2	-1
93	Guatemala	344	-1	-8
93	New Zealand	344	19	43
95	Madagascar	341	16	39
96	Estonia	337	4	6
97	St. Kitts and Nevis	336	1	2
98	Zambia	334	0	0
99	India	331	1	0
99	Kazakhstan	331	5	6
99	Nicaragua	331	1	0
102	Guinea-Bissau	330	-8	-16
103	Lithuania	327	-3	-4
104	Mozambique	326	1	3
105	Finland	323	-8	-12
106	Libya	321	-16	-40
107	Canada	318	1	6
107	El Salvador	318	0	1
107	Equatorial Guinea	318	10	31
107	Jordan	318	2	7
111	Togo	317	-5	-3
112	Sierra Leone	309	1	9
113	Korea DPR	307	3	18
114	Zimbabwe	304	-4	0
115	Mauritania	302	-24	-57
116	Palestine	294	8	29
117	Malawi	287	-3	-4
118	Oman	285	-3	-5
119	Suriname	284	0	0
120	Iraq	280	0	2
121	Botswana	273	0	-3
122	Georgia	271	0	-3
122	Latvia	271	2	6
124	Yemen	268	-1	0
125	Ethiopia	265	-1	0
126	Philippines	251	1	-3
127	Thailand	249	2	4
128	Rwanda	246	-10	-39
129	Central African Republic	237	1	-2
130	Niger	236	1	1
131	Vietnam	235	5	18
132	Kyrgyzstan	233	-4	-17
133	Bahrain	232	-1	0
133	Puerto Rico	232	1	11
135	Lebanon	228	2	12
136	FYR Macedonia	218	-3	-7
137	Tajikistan	205	1	0
138	Guyana	194	1	0
139	Tanzania	193	-4	-25
140	Angola	188	4	-1
140	Belize	188	5	0
142	Turkmenistan	187	-2	-6
143	Comoros	186	0	-4
144	Dominican Republic	184	4	0
144	Luxembourg	184	3	-1
146	South Sudan	183	0	-3
147	Burundi	179	-6	-13
147	Hong Kong	179	3	0
147	Lesotho	179	2	-2
150	Mauritius	175	7	28
151	Liberia	174	-10	-18
151	Tahiti	174	2	7
153	Papua New Guinea	169	3	15
154	Chad	168	-4	-11
155	Malaysia	148	3	3
156	Maldives	146	-4	-29
157	Singapore	143	3	2
158	Afghanistan	140	-4	-21
158	Sudan	140	-3	-15
160	Chinese Taipei	136	1	0
161	Moldova	135	-2	-7
162	New Caledonia	133	3	12
163	Myanmar	132	3	12
164	Grenada	131	5	14
165	Cuba	124	-2	0
166	Bhutan	123	-2	0
167	Gambia	120	-1	0
168	Kuwait	118	-2	-2
169	Barbados	116	4	6
169	Nepal	116	4	6
171	Aruba	114	-9	-13
172	Laos	113	4	6
173	Kosovo	112	-1	0
174	Cambodia	107	1	-1
175	Indonesia	105	2	0
176	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	104	-6	-12
177	St. Lucia	102	-6	-13
178	São Tomé e Príncipe	98	0	0
178	Solomon Islands	98	2	6
180	Vanuatu	94	-1	0
181	Malta	84	1	-2
182	Guam	82	1	0
183	Macau	77	1	0
184	Bermuda	75	1	0
185	Andorra	69	2	3
185	Liechtenstein	69	4	5
187	Brunei Darussalam	65	1	0
188	American Samoa	64	1	0
188	Cook Islands	64	1	0
188	Samoa	64	1	0
191	Bangladesh	62	2	2
192	Dominica	61	-6	-13
193	Fiji	60	-12	-30
194	Seychelles	57	2	6
195	Djibouti	53	-1	0
196	Timor-Leste	51	-1	-1
197	Mongolia	34	0	0
197	Sri Lanka	34	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	26	0	0
200	Pakistan	24	1	0
201	Montserrat	20	-2	-6
201	Turks and Caicos Islands	20	1	0
203	Cayman Islands	13	0	0
204	San Marino	12	0	0
205	British Virgin Islands	6	0	1
206	Anguilla	0	0	0
206	Bahamas	0	0	0
206	Eritrea	0	0	0
206	Gibraltar	0	0	0
206	Somalia	0	0	0
206	Tonga	0	0	0

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