FIFA Ranking: October 2017 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 16 October.

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Best movers:

22 - Turkmenistan
19 - Latvia
18 - Austria, FYR Macedonia

Worst movers:

-25 - Ecuador, Lithuania
-23 - Azerbaijan
-19 - Antigua and Barbuda

Best movers in the top 50:

18 - Austria
14 - Scotland
12 - Czech Republic

Worst movers in the top 50:

-25 - Ecuador
-17 - Montenegro
-9 - Iran

Four teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Peru (10 - 12 in September 2017)
Palestine (84 - 85 in July 2014)
Comoros (127 - 139 in November 2016)
Chinese Taipei (143 - 144 in August 2006)

One will return to its best ever ranking:

Luxembourg (93 - 93 in April 1996) - after 21 years and 6 months

One will return to its worst ever ranking:

Pakistan (201 - 201 in May 2017)

Four will drop to new lows:

Russia (65 - 64 in September 2017)
Lithuania (145 - 139 in April 2016)
Singapore (173 - 171 in August 2017)
Kuwait (186 - 181 in September 2017)

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

Macau (180 - 180 in March 2002) - 15 years and 7 months
Lebanon (100 - 98 in August 2002) - 15 years and 2 months
China PR (57 - 54 in August 2005) - 12 years and 2 months
Bulgaria (36 - 30 in March 2010) - 7 years and 7 months
Yemen (112 - 107 in September 2010) - 7 years and 1 month
Denmark (19 - 18 in October 2012) - 5 years
Iraq (80 - 80 in October 2012) - 5 years

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

Botswana (147 - 153 in December 2001) - 15 years and 10 months
Côte d'Ivoire (61 - 64 in August 2004) - 13 years and 2 months
Ethiopia (151 - 151 in December 2004) - 12 years and 10 months
Algeria (67 - 72 in May 2009) - 8 years and 5 months
Slovenia (68 - 73 in October 2008) - 9 years
Dominican Republic (163 - 172 in June 2011) - 6 years and 4 months
Bosnia and Herzegovina (40 - 41 in July 2011) - 6 years and 3 months
Ecuador (60 - 69 in September 2011) - 6 years and 1 month
Guam (191 - 194 in July 2012) - 5 years and 3 months
Colombia (13 - 22 in September 2012) - 5 years and 1 month

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

1	Germany	1631	0	25
2	Brazil	1619	0	29
3	Portugal	1446	0	60
4	Argentina	1445	0	120
5	Belgium	1333	0	68
6	Poland	1323	0	73
7	France	1226	1	18
8	Spain	1218	3	34
9	Chile	1173	0	-22
10	Peru	1160	2	57
11	Switzerland	1134	-4	-76
12	England	1116	3	60
13	Colombia	1095	-3	-96
14	Wales	1072	-1	-17
15	Italy	1066	2	31
16	Mexico	1060	-2	-25
17	Uruguay	1034	-1	-9
18	Croatia	1013	0	36
19	Denmark	1001	7	153
20	Netherlands	931	9	112
21	Iceland	920	1	-11
22	Costa Rica	914	-1	-22
23	Northern Ireland	889	-3	-56
24	Slovakia	885	-5	-82
25	Sweden	872	-2	-46
26	Republic of Ireland	866	8	97
27	USA	843	1	15
28	Tunisia	834	3	24
29	Scotland	821	14	119
30	Egypt	818	0	3
30	Ukraine	818	-6	-70
32	Senegal	815	1	41
33	Turkey	807	-6	-35
34	Iran	784	-9	-81
35	Congo DR	751	7	42
36	Bulgaria	750	2	11
36	Paraguay	750	3	12
38	Serbia	748	-6	-41
39	Austria	745	18	113
40	Bosnia and Herzegovina	744	-4	-17
41	Nigeria	721	3	25
42	Cameroon	718	3	29
43	Australia	714	7	52
44	Japan	711	-4	-26
45	Romania	705	-4	-9
46	Czech Republic	699	12	69
47	Greece	682	0	17
48	Morocco	680	8	45
49	Panama	670	11	52
50	Bolivia	664	-4	-2
51	Venezuela	663	17	138
52	Ghana	651	0	5
53	Hungary	642	6	13
54	Montenegro	640	-17	-109
55	Burkina Faso	639	-6	-24
56	Haiti	627	-8	-37
57	China PR	626	5	62
58	Norway	620	15	148
59	Jamaica	614	2	7
60	Ecuador	608	-25	-159
61	Côte d'Ivoire	600	-7	-37
62	Korea Republic	588	-11	-71
63	Saudi Arabia	576	-10	-65
64	Cape Verde Islands	568	3	20
65	Russia	563	-1	5
66	Guinea	552	-1	-2
67	Algeria	540	-5	-24
68	Slovenia	524	-13	-112
69	Honduras	510	5	43
70	Uganda	503	1	17
71	Albania	498	-5	-53
72	Mali	488	4	24
72	United Arab Emirates	488	0	8
74	Finland	473	13	69
74	South Africa	473	6	50
76	Uzbekistan	470	-7	-41
77	Syria	450	-2	-15
77	Zambia	450	1	2
79	Benin	438	9	38
80	Estonia	429	4	16
80	Iraq	429	8	29
82	Israel	420	0	0
83	Trinidad and Tobago	419	16	58
84	Palestine	418	7	29
85	FYR Macedonia	410	18	82
86	Cyprus	409	-16	-78
87	Libya	407	-6	-15
88	Guinea-Bissau	403	6	22
89	Curaçao	402	-3	-3
90	Armenia	392	-7	-22
91	Belarus	391	-14	-63
92	Gabon	384	-13	-46
93	Luxembourg	368	8	25
94	Congo	367	1	-11
95	Faroe Islands	363	-2	-21
96	Canada	361	0	-7
97	El Salvador	360	2	-1
97	Qatar	360	-12	-46
99	Sierra Leone	358	-2	-8
100	Lebanon	352	15	72
101	Mauritania	346	-3	-19
102	Kenya	345	-14	-55
103	India	340	4	24
104	Madagascar	332	-3	-11
105	Zimbabwe	329	0	3
106	Niger	324	0	-1
107	Georgia	306	-4	-22
108	Nicaragua	303	1	-4
108	St. Kitts and Nevis	303	6	17
110	Oman	300	2	8
111	Mozambique	299	-3	-10
112	Yemen	297	16	50
113	Jordan	281	-3	-24
114	Turkmenistan	279	22	58
115	Azerbaijan	273	-23	-115
116	Philippines	272	7	13
117	Malawi	271	-1	-7
118	Rwanda	268	0	-5
119	Central African Republic	266	8	15
120	Kyrgyz Republic	265	2	5
121	Vietnam	261	9	20
122	New Zealand	256	-9	-33
123	Tajikistan	255	17	42
124	Togo	253	-3	-10
125	Bahrain	251	-7	-22
125	Suriname	251	-14	-52
127	Comoros	237	14	33
128	Guatemala	234	3	-1
129	Burundi	233	0	-12
129	Latvia	233	19	51
129	Namibia	233	3	0
132	Korea DPR	232	-8	-26
133	Equatorial Guinea	231	2	7
133	Kazakhstan	231	-7	-23
135	Liberia	230	-2	0
136	Antigua and Barbuda	227	-19	-49
136	Tanzania	227	-11	-29
138	Thailand	225	-1	6
139	Angola	223	-2	4
140	Swaziland	219	-1	2
141	Sudan	218	-7	-10
142	Hong Kong	211	5	23
143	Chinese Taipei	200	8	25
144	Andorra	191	0	0
145	Lithuania	190	-25	-76
146	Lesotho	189	-3	-4
147	Botswana	185	-1	-5
148	Tahiti	181	1	0
149	Chad	178	4	10
150	New Caledonia	177	-8	-19
151	Ethiopia	175	-7	-16
152	Solomon Islands	173	3	20
153	South Sudan	172	-3	-5
154	Afghanistan	168	4	21
155	Myanmar	166	-3	-6
156	Maldives	144	-2	-12
157	Grenada	141	2	0
158	Mauritius	137	3	1
159	Papua New Guinea	130	6	0
160	Barbados	128	10	13
161	Belize	125	7	7
162	Laos	122	4	-4
163	Dominican Republic	121	-3	-19
164	Gambia	120	0	-11
165	Guyana	117	-9	-31
165	Indonesia	117	4	1
167	Moldova	112	-11	-36
167	Puerto Rico	112	-4	-20
169	Dominica	111	2	0
170	Cambodia	110	2	0
170	Malaysia	110	-4	-16
172	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	104	1	-3
173	Singapore	100	-11	-34
174	St. Lucia	97	4	3
175	Fiji	95	2	0
176	Nepal	94	-1	-7
176	São Tomé e Príncipe	94	0	-4
178	Aruba	92	1	0
179	Cuba	83	1	-5
180	Macau	74	2	2
181	Bermuda	72	1	0
182	Malta	69	9	25
183	Kosovo	67	1	0
184	Brunei Darussalam	65	2	3
185	Djibouti	64	0	0
186	Kuwait	58	-5	-17
187	Liechtenstein	54	0	-2
188	Seychelles	51	2	3
188	Vanuatu	51	0	0
190	Bhutan	50	-16	-52
191	Guam	46	-2	-4
192	Timor-Leste	42	0	2
193	American Samoa	38	0	0
193	Cook Islands	38	0	0
193	Samoa	38	0	0
196	Bangladesh	33	0	-2
197	Mongolia	30	0	0
198	Sri Lanka	27	0	-2
199	US Virgin Islands	26	0	0
200	Montserrat	20	0	0
201	Pakistan	15	-1	-5
202	Cayman Islands	13	0	0
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	0	0
204	San Marino	10	0	0
205	British Virgin Islands	6	0	0
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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