FIFA ranking: January 2019 probable ranking

Here is the probable January 2019 ranking, to be published on February 7th. This preview is calculated with elo-predicted results for all 59 currently scheduled matches in FIFA's fixture list, so including the complete predicted knock-out phase of the Asian Nations Cup 2019. Only 10 scheduled friendlies are not yet included.

A total of 69 matches is scheduled to be played until the deadline of February 4th.


Probable January 2019 rank - Team - Probable January 2019 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1	Belgium	1727	0	0,0
2	France	1726	0	0,0
3	Brazil	1676	0	0,0
4	Croatia	1634	0	0,0
5	England	1631	0	0,0
6	Portugal	1614	0	0,0
7	Uruguay	1609	0	0,0
8	Switzerland	1599	0	0,0
9	Spain	1591	0	0,0
10	Denmark	1589	0	0,0
11	Argentina	1582	0	0,0
12	Colombia	1575	0	0,0
13	Chile	1565	0	0,0
14	Sweden	1560	0	0,0
14	Netherlands	1560	0	0,0
16	Germany	1558	0	0,0
16	Iran	1558	13	77,0
18	Mexico	1540	-1	0,0
19	Italy	1539	-1	0,0
20	Wales	1525	-1	0,0
21	Poland	1518	-1	0,0
21	Peru	1518	-1	0,0
23	Austria	1509	-1	0,0
24	Senegal	1505	-1	0,0
25	Romania	1501	-1	0,0
26	USA	1497	-1	0,0
27	Tunisia	1493	-1	0,0
28	Korea Republic	1488	25	83,0
29	Slovakia	1483	-2	0,0
30	Ukraine	1482	-2	0,0
31	Serbia	1481	-2	0,0
32	Australia	1480	9	44,0
33	Venezuela	1478	-2	0,0
34	Paraguay	1476	-2	0,0
35	Republic of Ireland	1474	-2	0,0
36	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1472	-2	0,0
37	Japan	1470	13	56,0
38	Northern Ireland	1465	-3	0,0
39	Costa Rica	1464	-3	0,0
40	Iceland	1452	-3	0,0
41	Scotland	1446	-3	0,0
42	Turkey	1443	-3	0,0
43	Morocco	1440	-3	0,0
44	Czech Republic	1435	-2	0,0
45	Greece	1428	-2	0,0
46	Nigeria	1427	-2	0,0
46	Montenegro	1427	-2	0,0
48	Bulgaria	1425	-2	0,0
48	Norway	1425	-2	0,0
50	Russia	1424	-2	0,0
51	Congo DR	1420	-2	0,0
52	Hungary	1412	-1	0,0
52	Ghana	1412	-1	0,0
54	Jamaica	1404	0	0,0
55	Cameroon	1394	0	0,0
56	Egypt	1393	0	0,0
57	Ecuador	1382	0	0,0
58	Finland	1378	0	0,0
59	Bolivia	1374	0	0,0
60	United Arab Emirates	1372	19	63,0
60	Albania	1372	0	0,0
62	Burkina Faso	1371	-1	0,0
63	Slovenia	1369	-1	0,0
63	Honduras	1369	-1	0,0
65	Saudi Arabia	1365	4	30,0
66	Mali	1363	-2	0,0
67	Cote d'Ivoire	1356	-2	0,0
68	Guinea	1354	-2	0,0
69	Algeria	1349	-2	2,0
70	Syria	1344	4	22,0
71	FYR Macedonia	1343	-3	0,0
72	China PR	1342	4	25,0
73	El Salvador	1327	-3	0,0
74	Panama	1326	-3	0,0
75	South Africa	1325	-3	0,0
75	Cape Verde Islands	1325	-3	0,0
77	Uganda	1320	-2	0,0
78	Belarus	1317	-2	0,0
79	Canada	1314	-1	0,0
80	Curacao	1306	0	0,0
81	Iraq	1292	7	21,0
81	Zambia	1292	2	0,0
81	Oman	1292	1	-3,0
84	Congo	1280	0	0,0
85	Gabon	1277	0	0,0
86	Luxembourg	1276	0	0,0
86	Cyprus	1276	0	0,0
86	Qatar	1276	7	18,0
89	Lebanon	1275	-8	-21,0
90	Georgia	1269	-1	0,0
91	Israel	1265	-1	0,0
92	Trinidad and Tobago	1260	0	0,0
93	Benin	1257	1	0,0
94	Uzbekistan	1256	1	5,0
95	Kyrgyzstan	1250	-4	-14,0
96	Estonia	1242	0	0,0
97	Faroe Islands	1238	1	0,0
98	Mauritania	1222	3	0,0
98	Armenia	1222	3	0,0
100	Vietnam	1220	0	-9,0
101	Haiti	1219	2	0,0
102	Libya	1217	2	0,0
103	Palestine	1211	-4	-25,0
104	Kenya	1210	1	0,0
105	Madagascar	1209	1	0,0
106	Azerbaijan	1206	1	0,0
107	Niger	1205	1	0,0
108	Namibia	1191	3	0,0
109	India	1187	-12	-53,0
110	Bahrain	1186	3	8,0
111	Central African Republic	1180	1	0,0
112	Zimbabwe	1175	2	0,0
113	Sierra Leone	1172	2	0,0
113	Korea DPR	1172	-4	-24,0
115	Jordan	1171	-6	-25,0
116	Thailand	1167	2	7,0
116	Mozambique	1167	1	0,0
118	Kazakhstan	1159	1	0,0
119	Guinea-Bissau	1158	1	0,0
120	New Zealand	1157	2	0,0
121	Tajikistan	1155	-1	-3,0
122	Togo	1136	1	0,0
123	Chinese Taipei	1134	1	0,0
124	Philippines	1133	-8	-38,0
125	Angola	1131	0	0,0
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1126	0	0,0
127	Sudan	1120	0	0,0
128	Nicaragua	1119	1	0,0
129	Malawi	1115	1	0,0
130	Kosovo	1113	1	0,0
131	Latvia	1112	1	0,0
132	Andorra	1111	1	0,0
132	Lithuania	1111	1	0,0
134	St. Kitts and Nevis	1105	2	0,0
135	Rwanda	1094	2	0,0
136	Turkmenistan	1089	-9	-31,0
137	Tanzania	1087	1	0,0
138	Myanmar	1085	1	0,0
138	Burundi	1085	1	0,0
140	Hong Kong	1078	1	0,0
140	Eswatini	1078	1	0,0
142	Comoros	1076	1	0,0
143	Solomon Islands	1073	1	0,0
143	Yemen	1073	-8	-33,0
145	Botswana	1071	0	0,0
146	Lesotho	1069	0	0,0
147	Afghanistan	1066	0	-2,0
148	Equatorial Guinea	1063	0	0,0
149	Guatemala	1061	0	0,0
150	Liberia	1051	0	0,0
151	Ethiopia	1049	0	0,0
152	Maldives	1046	0	0,0
153	Suriname	1037	0	0,0
154	Dominican Republic	1036	0	0,0
154	New Caledonia	1036	0	0,0
156	Mauritius	1022	0	0,0
157	Tahiti	1020	0	0,0
158	Kuwait	1018	0	0,0
159	Indonesia	1003	0	0,0
160	Belize	1002	0	0,0
161	Nepal	1001	0	0,0
162	Barbados	998	0	0,0
163	Vanuatu	996	0	0,0
164	South Sudan	994	0	0,0
165	Singapore	991	0	0,0
166	Gambia	986	0	0,0
167	Malaysia	985	0	0,0
168	Papua New Guinea	984	0	0,0
169	Fiji	981	0	0,0
170	Moldova	979	0	0,0
171	St. Lucia	976	0	0,0
172	Cambodia	970	0	0,0
173	Grenada	968	0	0,0
174	Cuba	963	0	0,0
175	Chad	956	0	0,0
176	Bermuda	952	0	0,0
177	Guyana	951	0	0,0
178	Dominica	950	0	0,0
179	Puerto Rico	948	0	0,0
180	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	946	0	0,0
181	Liechtenstein	937	0	0,0
182	Malta	926	0	0,0
183	Macau	925	0	0,0
184	Laos	923	0	0,0
185	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	920	0	0,0
186	Bhutan	917	0	0,0
187	Aruba	916	0	0,0
188	Mongolia	915	0	0,0
189	Seychelles	911	0	0,0
190	American Samoa	908	0	0,0
190	Cook Islands	908	0	0,0
192	Guam	907	0	0,0
192	Bangladesh	907	0	0,0
194	Gibraltar	905	0	0,0
195	Brunei Darussalam	903	0	0,0
196	Timor-Leste	900	0	0,0
197	Samoa	896	0	0,0
197	Djibouti	896	0	0,0
199	Pakistan	888	0	0,0
200	Montserrat	887	0	0,0
201	Sri Lanka	886	0	0,0
202	US Virgin Islands	881	0	0,0
203	Cayman Islands	874	0	0,0
204	Tonga	868	0	0,0
204	Eritrea	868	0	0,0
204	Somalia	868	0	0,0
207	British Virgin Islands	867	0	0,0
208	Turks and Caicos Islands	864	0	0,0
208	Anguilla	864	0	0,0
210	Bahamas	858	0	0,0
211	San Marino	854	0	0,0

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