FIFA ranking: October 2019 probable ranking

Autumn, NT-football at it's best with each month a FIFA international match window and lots of important, possibly decisive qualifiers. Besides the (preparatory) friendlies and the final qualifier legs in the African Nations Championship 2020 mostly World Cup qualifiers in Asia (MD 3 and 4), preliminary qualifiers for AFCON 2021 in Africa, MD 3 and 4 in the CONCACAF Nations League 2020 and MD 7 and 8 of the EURO 2020 qualifiers.

Here is the probable October 2019 ranking, to be published on October 24th.


This preview is calculated with elo-predicted results for all 156 currently scheduled and according to my method included matches, out of a total of 178 currently scheduled matches. See the probable results for a list of which scheduled matches are included.

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

1	Belgium	1755	0	3,0
2	France	1739	0	14,0
3	Brazil	1725	0	6,0
4	England	1675	0	13,0
5	Portugal	1657	0	14,0
6	Spain	1650	1	19,0
7	Uruguay	1642	-1	3,0
8	Croatia	1631	0	6,0
9	Colombia	1630	0	8,0
10	Mexico	1613	2	10,0
11	Argentina	1612	-1	-2,0
12	Netherlands	1603	1	17,0
13	Switzerland	1602	-2	-2,0
14	Denmark	1599	0	15,0
15	Italy	1593	0	10,0
16	Germany	1590	0	10,0
17	Chile	1572	0	-4,0
18	Sweden	1551	0	-9,0
19	Peru	1548	0	-3,0
20	Senegal	1546	0	0,0
21	Poland	1544	1	12,0
22	USA	1542	-1	-3,0
23	Iran	1531	0	9,0
24	Wales	1512	-1	-10,0
25	Ukraine	1511	0	-5,0
25	Slovakia	1511	4	18,0
27	Venezuela	1509	-1	3,0
28	Austria	1508	-1	5,0
29	Romania	1507	2	17,0
30	Tunisia	1498	-1	5,0
30	Japan	1498	1	8,0
32	Republic of Ireland	1493	-4	-3,0
33	Serbia	1485	2	9,0
34	Korea Republic	1478	3	8,0
34	Turkey	1478	2	3,0
36	Nigeria	1476	-2	-6,0
37	Russia	1474	5	19,0
38	Northern Ireland	1473	-5	-15,0
39	Morocco	1472	0	9,0
40	Algeria	1465	-2	-1,0
41	Iceland	1459	0	-2,0
42	Paraguay	1453	-2	-9,0
43	Australia	1450	1	9,0
44	Costa Rica	1448	-1	6,0
44	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1448	2	10,0
46	Jamaica	1441	1	6,0
47	Czech Republic	1439	-3	-2,0
48	Egypt	1431	1	0,0
49	Hungary	1429	1	-1,0
50	Ghana	1426	1	-3,0
51	Norway	1417	-4	-18,0
52	Scotland	1406	0	-9,0
53	Cameroon	1405	0	-4,0
54	Finland	1395	0	-3,0
55	Congo DR	1394	0	-1,0
56	Cote d'Ivoire	1392	0	-2,0
56	Slovenia	1392	2	2,0
56	Mali	1392	1	1,0
59	Qatar	1391	3	14,0
60	Burkina Faso	1386	1	5,0
61	Greece	1376	-1	-6,0
62	Bulgaria	1371	0	-6,0
62	Montenegro	1371	-3	-18,0
64	Honduras	1368	3	9,0
64	Ecuador	1368	1	-2,0
66	Albania	1367	-2	-5,0
67	United Arab Emirates	1365	-1	0,0
68	China PR	1351	0	11,0
69	Saudi Arabia	1339	1	3,0
70	El Salvador	1336	2	9,0
71	North Macedonia	1332	-2	-7,0
71	South Africa	1332	0	1,0
73	Canada	1327	2	5,0
73	Iraq	1327	6	13,0
75	Bolivia	1324	-3	-3,0
76	Guinea	1322	-2	-3,0
77	Cape Verde Islands	1315	1	0,0
77	Panama	1315	0	-1,0
79	Uganda	1308	1	3,0
80	Curacao	1305	-4	-15,0
81	Zambia	1302	0	3,0
82	Belarus	1299	0	5,0
83	Benin	1293	0	0,0
84	Syria	1292	1	12,0
85	Oman	1289	-1	-3,0
86	Uzbekistan	1287	2	15,0
87	Haiti	1281	-1	4,0
88	Israel	1278	-2	1,0
89	Gabon	1269	-1	-3,0
90	Lebanon	1266	4	13,0
91	Congo	1265	-1	0,0
92	Georgia	1262	-1	-2,0
93	Kyrgyzstan	1252	4	15,0
94	Madagascar	1251	1	2,0
94	Jordan	1251	4	16,0
96	Luxembourg	1248	-3	-7,0
97	Vietnam	1245	2	14,0
98	Armenia	1239	-2	-3,0
99	Cyprus	1238	-7	-23,0
100	Palestine	1226	1	3,0
101	Trinidad and Tobago	1216	-1	-10,0
102	India	1213	2	6,0
103	Libya	1209	-1	-3,0
104	Mauritania	1205	1	-1,0
104	Bahrain	1205	1	-1,0
106	Niger	1203	1	2,0
107	Kenya	1201	0	0,0
108	Estonia	1197	-6	-15,0
109	Faroe Islands	1192	0	1,0
110	Kosovo	1184	9	20,0
111	Kazakhstan	1181	5	12,0
111	Mozambique	1181	1	0,0
111	Central African Republic	1181	0	-3,0
114	Thailand	1180	0	5,0
115	Azerbaijan	1179	-6	-12,0
116	Korea DPR	1170	-3	-6,0
117	Tajikistan	1168	-2	-6,0
118	Sierra Leone	1167	-1	0,0
118	Zimbabwe	1167	0	2,0
120	Namibia	1162	0	0,0
121	Angola	1161	0	0,0
122	New Zealand	1157	0	0,0
123	Guinea-Bissau	1155	0	0,0
124	Togo	1143	0	3,0
125	Antigua and Barbuda	1141	1	4,0
126	Malawi	1140	-2	0,0
127	Philippines	1122	0	-8,0
128	Sudan	1115	0	4,0
129	Rwanda	1108	1	4,0
130	Chinese Taipei	1102	-1	-5,0
131	Guatemala	1095	2	7,0
132	St. Kitts and Nevis	1089	4	8,0
133	Lithuania	1086	-2	-8,0
134	Turkmenistan	1085	-3	-9,0
135	Equatorial Guinea	1083	-1	-1,0
136	Tanzania	1081	-1	-2,0
137	Nicaragua	1077	11	18,0
137	Lesotho	1077	0	-1,0
137	Suriname	1077	5	8,0
140	Solomon Islands	1073	1	0,0
141	Yemen	1070	-4	-8,0
142	Latvia	1063	-3	-12,0
142	Burundi	1063	2	-2,0
144	Hong Kong	1061	-1	-7,0
145	Liberia	1060	7	7,0
145	Comoros	1060	2	0,0
147	Botswana	1059	1	0,0
148	Andorra	1056	-9	-19,0
149	Myanmar	1055	-4	-9,0
150	Afghanistan	1054	-4	-8,0
151	Eswatini	1053	-1	-2,0
152	Dominican Republic	1052	3	20,0
153	Ethiopia	1049	-2	-5,0
154	Maldives	1039	-1	-8,0
155	New Caledonia	1035	-1	0,0
156	Kuwait	1021	0	-8,0
157	Tahiti	1014	2	0,0
158	Gambia	1009	8	21,0
159	Malaysia	1007	-1	-8,0
159	Mauritius	1007	2	8,0
161	Singapore	1005	-4	-14,0
162	Barbados	1001	8	20,0
162	Grenada	1001	-2	0,0
164	Fiji	996	-1	0,0
164	Vanuatu	996	-1	0,0
166	Papua New Guinea	991	-1	0,0
167	Moldova	988	5	10,0
167	Nepal	988	-6	-11,0
169	Bermuda	985	-2	-2,0
169	South Sudan	985	4	8,0
171	Indonesia	975	-4	-12,0
172	Cambodia	974	-3	-8,0
173	Belize	973	-3	-8,0
174	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	961	0	-8,0
175	Guyana	956	1	-4,0
176	St. Lucia	953	-2	-16,0
177	Chad	942	0	-8,0
178	Puerto Rico	940	3	11,0
179	Cuba	938	-1	-2,0
180	Malta	924	-1	-9,0
181	Macau	922	3	0,0
182	Liechtenstein	920	0	-8,0
183	Bhutan	916	2	0,0
184	Mongolia	915	-1	-8,0
185	Dominica	913	-5	-19,0
186	Laos	912	1	0,0
187	Brunei Darussalam	904	4	0,0
188	Bangladesh	903	-1	-9,0
189	American Samoa	900	3	0,0
190	Montserrat	898	-3	-14,0
190	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	898	0	-7,0
192	Cayman Islands	895	1	0,0
193	Samoa	894	1	0,0
194	Djibouti	892	-8	-21,0
195	Aruba	885	0	-5,0
196	Gibraltar	882	1	-7,0
196	Guam	882	-1	-8,0
198	Seychelles	880	0	-8,0
199	Timor-Leste	879	0	0,0
199	Somalia	879	0	0,0
201	Bahamas	867	7	12,0
201	Pakistan	867	2	0,0
203	Sri Lanka	865	-1	-7,0
204	Tonga	862	1	0,0
204	Turks and Caicos Islands	862	1	0,0
206	US Virgin Islands	856	-5	-19,0
206	Eritrea	856	1	0,0
208	British Virgin Islands	854	-5	-13,0
209	Anguilla	831	0	-18,0
209	San Marino	831	1	-4,0

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