FIFA ranking September 2021: preview

Here are the minimum and maximum points for each team in the September 2021 ranking. FIFA will publish the ranking on September 16th.

Minimum and maximum points per team are determined with a small piece of software which calculates per match the minimum and maximum possible points for each participating team, given the minimum and maximum starting values of both teams before the match.

Note that only scheduled (and included) matches with both teams known at calculation time are incorporated in this analysis. 

Aug pos	team	Aug pts	min Sep pts	max Sep pts
1	Belgium	1822	1758	1833
2	Brazil	1798	1747	1822
3	France	1762	1704	1779
4	England	1753	1693	1768
5	Italy	1745	1686	1761
6	Argentina	1714	1665	1740
7	Spain	1680	1624	1699
8	Portugal	1662	1615	1675
9	Mexico	1658	1604	1679
10	USA	1648	1593	1668
11	Denmark	1642	1584	1659
12	Netherlands	1637	1586	1661
13	Uruguay	1635	1583	1658
14	Switzerland	1621	1587	1648
15	Colombia	1618	1569	1644
16	Germany	1613	1554	1629
17	Sweden	1607	1579	1629
18	Croatia	1594	1546	1621
19	Wales	1567	1522	1582
20	Chile	1558	1523	1598
21	Senegal	1545	1506	1556
22	Peru	1543	1512	1587
23	Austria	1535	1480	1555
24	Japan	1529	1495	1545
25	Ukraine	1523	1490	1550
26	Iran	1522	1488	1538
27	Poland	1516	1469	1544
28	Tunisia	1515	1477	1527
29	Serbia	1507	1469	1529
30	Algeria	1499	1461	1511
31	Czech Republic	1493	1465	1525
32	Morocco	1488	1452	1502
33	Paraguay	1483	1447	1522
34	Nigeria	1480	1443	1493
35	Australia	1477	1444	1494
36	Korea Republic	1475	1442	1492
37	Hungary	1474	1432	1507
38	Slovakia	1467	1425	1500
39	Turkey	1464	1418	1493
40	Venezuela	1463	1434	1509
41	Russia	1462	1413	1488
42	Qatar	1455	1440	1471
43	Norway	1450	1399	1474
44	Costa Rica	1450	1413	1488
45	Romania	1440	1390	1465
46	Egypt	1433	1398	1448
47	Republic of Ireland	1429	1393	1468
48	Greece	1427	1397	1457
49	Scotland	1425	1386	1461
50	Jamaica	1423	1389	1464
51	Northern Ireland	1422	1388	1448
52	Ghana	1421	1387	1437
53	Iceland	1418	1384	1459
54	Cameroon	1411	1380	1430
55	Ecuador	1405	1378	1453
56	Finland	1404	1377	1437
57	Cote d'Ivoire	1403	1373	1423
58	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1402	1378	1429
59	Canada	1399	1366	1441
60	Mali	1393	1359	1409
61	Saudi Arabia	1386	1356	1406
62	Burkina Faso	1384	1356	1406
63	Honduras	1378	1347	1422
64	El Salvador	1375	1345	1420
65	Congo DR	1373	1340	1390
66	Slovenia	1371	1333	1408
67	Montenegro	1363	1328	1403
68	United Arab Emirates	1362	1333	1383
69	Albania	1360	1319	1394
70	Iraq	1355	1336	1386
71	China PR	1353	1335	1385
72	North Macedonia	1343	1308	1383
73	South Africa	1338	1311	1361
74	Panama	1335	1309	1384
75	Bulgaria	1335	1313	1363
76	Guinea	1330	1305	1355
77	Cape Verde Islands	1327	1301	1351
78	Curacao	1310	1310	1310
79	Oman	1305	1287	1337
80	Syria	1303	1284	1334
81	Israel	1288	1260	1335
82	Bolivia	1286	1271	1346
83	Uzbekistan	1284	1284	1284
84	Uganda	1282	1258	1308
85	Gabon	1278	1254	1304
86	Benin	1277	1254	1304
87	Zambia	1276	1255	1305
88	Armenia	1274	1237	1312
89	Belarus	1271	1254	1329
90	Haiti	1268	1268	1268
91	Georgia	1264	1245	1295
92	Vietnam	1261	1244	1294
93	Congo	1256	1235	1285
94	Bahrain	1251	1251	1251
95	Jordan	1245	1245	1245
96	Luxembourg	1239	1215	1275
97	Madagascar	1238	1211	1261
98	Lebanon	1238	1221	1271
99	Cyprus	1235	1202	1277
100	Mauritania	1227	1201	1251
101	Kyrgyzstan	1223	1223	1223
102	Palestine	1216	1216	1216
103	Trinidad and Tobago	1208	1208	1208
104	Kenya	1205	1180	1230
105	India	1180	1166	1186
106	Sierra Leone	1178	1178	1178
107	Namibia	1172	1148	1198
108	Zimbabwe	1172	1149	1199
109	Guinea-Bissau	1171	1149	1199
110	Estonia	1171	1161	1221
111	Korea DPR	1170	1170	1170
112	Azerbaijan	1166	1146	1221
113	Mozambique	1166	1146	1196
114	Faroe Islands	1165	1135	1210
115	Kosovo	1159	1139	1214
116	Tajikistan	1158	1158	1158
117	Niger	1156	1131	1181
118	Malawi	1154	1135	1185
119	New Zealand	1149	1149	1149
120	Thailand	1149	1149	1149
121	Sudan	1148	1131	1181
122	Libya	1148	1126	1176
123	Central African Republic	1147	1124	1174
124	Kazakhstan	1144	1126	1201
125	Guatemala	1139	1139	1139
126	Angola	1136	1118	1168
127	Rwanda	1134	1117	1167
128	Philippines	1132	1132	1132
129	Antigua and Barbuda	1131	1131	1131
130	Turkmenistan	1118	1118	1118
131	Togo	1106	1091	1141
132	Equatorial Guinea	1105	1091	1141
133	Comoros	1104	1104	1104
134	Lithuania	1097	1082	1157
135	Tanzania	1094	1078	1128
136	Latvia	1084	1055	1130
137	Ethiopia	1079	1064	1114
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	1078	1078	1078
139	Suriname	1078	1078	1078
140	Burundi	1076	1076	1076
141	Solomon Islands	1073	1073	1073
142	Kuwait	1067	1067	1067
143	Nicaragua	1064	1064	1064
144	Lesotho	1058	1058	1058
145	Myanmar	1057	1057	1057
146	Eswatini	1054	1054	1054
147	Hong Kong	1053	1053	1053
148	Gambia	1053	1053	1053
149	Botswana	1052	1052	1052
150	Liberia	1050	1036	1086
151	Chinese Taipei	1046	1032	1057
152	Yemen	1046	1046	1046
153	Afghanistan	1045	1045	1045
154	Malaysia	1041	1041	1041
155	New Caledonia	1035	1035	1035
156	Andorra	1032	1009	1084
157	Dominican Republic	1029	1029	1029
158	Maldives	1028	1028	1028
159	Tahiti	1014	1014	1014
160	Singapore	1000	1000	1000
161	Fiji	996	996	996
162	Barbados	996	996	996
163	Vanuatu	996	996	996
164	Papua New Guinea	991	991	991
165	South Sudan	983	983	983
166	Bermuda	982	982	982
167	Grenada	974	974	974
168	Nepal	972	966	986
169	Belize	967	967	967
170	Mauritius	965	965	965
171	Puerto Rico	963	963	963
172	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	961	961	961
173	Guyana	959	959	959
174	Indonesia	957	947	972
175	Moldova	954	940	1015
176	St. Lucia	953	953	953
177	Malta	952	938	1013
178	Montserrat	951	951	951
179	Cambodia	950	936	961
180	Cuba	947	947	947
181	Chad	935	935	935
182	Djibouti	922	913	963
183	Macau	922	922	922
184	Dominica	917	917	917
185	Mongolia	917	917	917
186	Laos	912	912	912
187	Bhutan	911	911	911
188	Bangladesh	909	909	909
189	Liechtenstein	908	898	973
190	Brunei Darussalam	904	904	904
191	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	903	903	903
192	American Samoa	900	900	900
193	Samoa	894	894	894
194	Gibraltar	880	867	942
195	Timor-Leste	879	879	879
196	Somalia	874	874	874
197	Cayman Islands	874	874	874
198	Pakistan	867	867	867
199	Seychelles	866	866	866
200	Tonga	862	862	862
201	Aruba	860	860	860
202	Bahamas	859	859	859
203	Guam	858	848	873
204	Eritrea	856	856	856
205	Sri Lanka	847	847	847
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	840	840	840
207	US Virgin Islands	816	816	816
208	British Virgin Islands	813	813	813
209	San Marino	802	791	866
210	Anguilla	792	792	792

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