FIFA Ranking: May 2018 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on May 17th. It was a quiet month with only 6 friendlies played.

Best movers:

9 - Grenada
6 - Benin, Botswana

Worst movers:

-5 - Palestine, St. Lucia
-4 - Jamaica, Iraq, St. Kitts and Nevis



One team will improve its best ever ranking:

Philippines (111 - 113 in April 2018)


May 2018 rank - Team - May 2018 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Germany	1544	0	11
2	Brazil	1384	0	0
3	Belgium	1346	0	0
4	Portugal	1306	0	0
5	Argentina	1254	0	0
6	Switzerland	1179	0	0
7	France	1166	0	0
8	Spain	1162	0	0
9	Chile	1146	0	0
10	Poland	1128	0	10
11	Peru	1106	0	0
12	Denmark	1054	0	0
13	England	1040	0	0
14	Tunisia	1012	0	0
15	Mexico	1008	0	0
16	Colombia	989	0	0
17	Uruguay	976	0	0
18	Croatia	975	0	0
19	Netherlands	969	0	0
20	Italy	947	0	0
21	Wales	931	0	0
22	Iceland	930	0	0
23	Sweden	889	0	0
24	USA	880	0	0
25	Costa Rica	858	0	0
26	Austria	841	0	0
27	Northern Ireland	837	0	0
28	Senegal	825	0	0
29	Slovakia	786	0	0
30	Ukraine	777	0	0
31	Republic of Ireland	776	0	0
32	Paraguay	737	0	0
32	Romania	737	0	0
34	Scotland	735	0	0
35	Serbia	732	0	0
36	Iran	727	0	0
37	Turkey	714	0	0
38	Congo DR	711	0	0
39	Venezuela	709	0	0
40	Australia	700	0	0
41	Bosnia-Herzegovina	688	0	0
42	Morocco	681	0	0
43	Montenegro	671	0	0
44	Greece	657	0	0
45	Czech Republic	647	0	0
46	Egypt	636	0	0
47	Nigeria	635	0	0
48	Norway	608	1	0
49	Hungary	604	1	0
50	Cameroon	603	1	0
50	Ghana	603	1	0
52	Jamaica	587	-4	-25
53	Bulgaria	583	1	0
54	Burkina Faso	582	-1	-9
55	Panama	574	0	-1
56	Albania	549	0	0
57	Bolivia	548	0	0
58	Cape Verde Islands	545	0	0
59	Honduras	530	0	0
60	Japan	528	0	0
61	Korea Republic	520	0	0
62	Finland	507	1	0
63	Ecuador	506	1	0
64	Algeria	499	-2	-17
65	Slovenia	495	0	0
66	Russia	493	0	0
67	Mali	462	0	0
67	Saudi Arabia	462	3	17
69	Cote d'Ivoire	458	-1	0
70	Guinea	450	-1	0
71	Curacao	439	0	0
72	South Africa	432	0	-1
73	China PR	431	0	0
74	Uganda	426	0	0
75	Kyrgyzstan	424	0	0
76	Syria	423	0	0
77	FYR Macedonia	422	0	0
78	Zambia	412	0	-1
79	Belarus	410	0	0
80	Canada	407	0	0
81	United Arab Emirates	405	0	0
82	Lebanon	404	0	0
83	Luxembourg	401	0	0
84	Benin	397	6	18
85	El Salvador	392	0	0
86	Cyprus	386	0	0
87	Oman	383	0	0
88	Palestine	382	-5	-19
89	Uzbekistan	381	-1	0
90	Congo	378	1	0
91	Gabon	374	1	0
92	Iraq	372	-4	-9
93	Trinidad and Tobago	366	-1	-8
94	Estonia	364	0	0
94	Faroe Islands	364	0	0
96	Georgia	362	0	0
97	India	354	0	0
98	Armenia	347	0	0
98	Israel	347	0	0
100	Libya	341	0	0
101	Qatar	339	0	0
102	Vietnam	334	1	3
103	Sierra Leone	332	-1	0
104	Guinea-Bissau	330	0	0
105	Mauritania	314	0	-9
106	Mozambique	311	0	0
107	Namibia	308	0	3
108	Haiti	302	0	0
109	Niger	299	0	0
110	Korea DPR	297	2	5
111	Kenya	289	2	0
111	Philippines	289	2	0
113	Zimbabwe	287	-3	-8
114	Madagascar	284	-3	-9
115	Central African Republic	283	0	0
116	Bahrain	281	0	0
117	Kazakhstan	273	2	4
118	Jordan	272	-1	0
119	Malawi	269	1	2
120	Tajikistan	266	-2	-5
121	Chinese Taipei	263	0	0
122	Thailand	253	0	0
123	Rwanda	252	0	0
124	Antigua and Barbuda	251	0	0
124	Yemen	251	1	1
126	Sudan	245	0	0
126	Azerbaijan	245	0	0
128	Turkmenistan	242	1	0
128	Togo	242	1	0
130	St. Kitts and Nevis	241	-4	-4
131	Swaziland	240	0	0
132	Andorra	230	0	0
133	New Zealand	229	0	0
133	Lithuania	229	0	0
135	Myanmar	227	0	0
136	Nicaragua	224	0	0
137	Tanzania	223	0	0
138	Angola	221	0	0
139	Latvia	217	0	0
140	Afghanistan	199	2	5
141	Guatemala	198	-1	0
142	Comoros	195	-1	0
142	Botswana	195	6	19
144	Hong Kong	194	-2	0
145	Equatorial Guinea	190	-1	0
146	Ethiopia	188	-1	0
146	Burundi	188	-1	0
148	Maldives	183	-1	0
149	Dominican Republic	175	0	0
150	Lesotho	172	-1	-3
151	Liberia	167	0	0
152	Kosovo	164	0	0
153	Solomon Islands	162	0	0
154	Suriname	140	0	0
155	Vanuatu	136	1	0
156	New Caledonia	135	1	0
157	South Sudan	130	-2	-9
158	Barbados	129	2	11
159	Puerto Rico	128	-1	0
160	Mauritius	124	-1	2
161	Tahiti	117	0	0
162	Grenada	113	9	10
163	Guyana	111	-1	0
163	Indonesia	111	-1	0
163	Nepal	111	-1	0
166	Fiji	110	-1	0
167	Chad	108	-2	-2
168	Belize	107	-1	0
169	Cambodia	105	-1	0
170	Malaysia	104	0	0
171	Singapore	102	1	0
172	Moldova	98	1	0
173	St. Lucia	95	-5	-10
174	Gambia	94	1	0
175	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	91	-1	-4
176	Kuwait	88	0	0
177	Dominica	86	-1	-2
178	Bermuda	82	0	0
179	Laos	80	0	0
180	Papua New Guinea	78	0	0
181	Liechtenstein	77	0	0
182	Aruba	75	0	0
182	Cuba	75	0	0
184	Bhutan	68	0	0
185	Malta	62	0	0
186	Macau	60	0	0
187	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	59	0	0
188	Mongolia	51	0	0
189	Guam	45	0	0
190	Timor-Leste	44	0	0
191	American Samoa	38	0	0
191	Cook Islands	38	0	0
191	Samoa	38	0	0
194	Seychelles	37	0	1
195	Brunei Darussalam	36	-1	0
196	Gibraltar	34	0	0
197	Bangladesh	33	0	0
198	Djibouti	27	0	0
199	US Virgin Islands	18	0	0
200	Montserrat	17	0	0
200	Sri Lanka	17	0	0
202	Turks and Caicos Islands	13	0	0
203	Pakistan	10	0	0
204	Cayman Islands	9	0	0
205	San Marino	8	0	0
206	British Virgin Islands	4	0	0
207	Bahamas	0	0	0
207	Tonga	0	0	0
207	Eritrea	0	0	0
207	Somalia	0	0	0
207	Anguilla	0	0	0

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