FIFA ranking: September 2021 final preview

FIFA will publish the September ranking next Thursday September 16th. This final preview contains 181 matches, out of 182 matches played since August 9th. 152 Matches were World Cup qualifiers, the rest were friendlies.

One team reaches a new high:

Kosovo (109 - 114 in October 2019)

Two teams climb to their highest ranking again:

England (3 in August 2012)

Senegal (20 in July 2019)

Two teams drop to a new low:

Togo (136 - 133 in April 2021)

Moldova (180 - 177 in November 2020)

Best movers:

12 - Libya

8 - Canada

6 - Panama, Kosovo, Liberia, Malta

Worst movers:

-9 - Venezuela, Jamaica

-7 - Iceland

Best movers in the top 50:

4 - Iran, Russia, Norway, Scotland, Northern Ireland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-9 - Venezuela

-6 - Austria

-3 - USA, Chile, Hungary, Republic of Ireland

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Sep.	team	pts Sep.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Belgium	1832,33	0	9,99
2	Brazil	1811,73	0	14,06
3	England	1755,44	1	2,61
4	France	1754,31	-1	-7,46
5	Italy	1735,73	0	-8,94
6	Argentina	1725,31	0	10,88
7	Portugal	1674,90	1	13,39
8	Spain	1673,68	-1	-6,76
9	Mexico	1666,19	0	7,90
10	Denmark	1658,49	1	16,21
11	Netherlands	1648,20	1	10,72
12	Uruguay	1645,42	1	10,79
13	USA	1643,10	-3	-4,65
14	Germany	1627,80	2	14,51
15	Switzerland	1622,73	-1	1,36
16	Colombia	1618,40	-1	0,73
17	Croatia	1608,25	1	13,89
18	Sweden	1606,03	-1	-0,76
19	Wales	1563,59	0	-3,70
20	Senegal	1555,37	1	9,99
21	Peru	1548,78	1	5,62
22	Iran	1538,05	4	16,01
23	Chile	1536,53	-3	-21,28
24	Poland	1531,82	3	15,55
25	Tunisia	1526,87	3	11,57
26	Japan	1520,46	-2	-8,99
27	Ukraine	1520,07	-2	-2,63
28	Serbia	1515,97	1	8,78
29	Austria	1504,82	-6	-30,30
30	Algeria	1500,97	0	2,22
31	Czech Republic	1494,78	0	2,13
32	Australia	1493,99	3	16,78
33	Morocco	1493,23	-1	5,34
34	Nigeria	1492,37	0	12,79
35	Paraguay	1484,31	-2	0,82
36	Korea Republic	1479,41	0	4,45
37	Russia	1475,43	4	13,19
38	Slovakia	1462,59	0	-4,81
39	Norway	1461,76	4	11,64
40	Hungary	1456,93	-3	-17,43
41	Turkey	1455,44	-2	-8,47
42	Romania	1451,80	3	12,10
43	Qatar	1445,83	-1	-9,40
44	Costa Rica	1438,29	0	-11,50
45	Scotland	1435,64	4	10,87
46	Greece	1435,43	2	8,39
47	Northern Ireland	1435,06	4	12,77
48	Egypt	1434,62	-2	1,99
49	Venezuela	1434,14	-9	-29,16
50	Republic of Ireland	1418,70	-3	-10,74
51	Canada	1416,23	8	16,88
52	Ecuador	1415,09	3	9,83
53	Ghana	1411,30	-1	-9,31
54	Cote d'Ivoire	1410,56	3	7,66
55	Finland	1406,92	1	3,00
56	Saudi Arabia	1406,34	5	20,31
57	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1405,30	1	3,73
58	Cameroon	1404,46	-4	-6,19
59	Jamaica	1402,39	-9	-20,67
60	Iceland	1397,32	-7	-21,16
61	Mali	1396,52	-1	3,88
62	Burkina Faso	1393,87	0	10,01
63	Honduras	1371,61	0	-6,18
64	Slovenia	1370,46	2	-0,79
65	El Salvador	1369,73	-1	-5,70
66	Albania	1368,73	3	8,90
67	Congo DR	1365,17	-2	-7,99
68	Panama	1358,77	6	23,92
69	United Arab Emirates	1357,80	-1	-4,50
70	Bulgaria	1353,93	5	19,10
71	Montenegro	1352,83	-4	-10,20
72	Iraq	1348,83	-2	-5,68
73	South Africa	1348,60	0	10,83
74	North Macedonia	1345,47	-2	2,55
75	China PR	1334,52	-4	-18,16
76	Guinea	1326,09	0	-3,70
77	Cape Verde Islands	1314,19	0	-12,92
78	Oman	1311,82	1	6,81
79	Curacao	1310,40	-1	0
80	Israel	1310,33	1	22,11
81	Syria	1295,22	-1	-7,53
82	Benin	1290,81	4	13,42
83	Bolivia	1283,65	-1	-2,29
84	Uzbekistan	1282,27	-1	-2,15
85	Zambia	1280,19	2	4,05
86	Uganda	1279,85	-2	-2,29
87	Haiti	1268,05	3	-0,33
88	Gabon	1266,61	-3	-11,49
89	Armenia	1262,40	-1	-11,27
90	Belarus	1254,81	-1	-15,94
91	Bahrain	1251,31	3	0,02
92	Congo	1247,81	1	-8,07
93	Jordan	1245,64	2	0,33
94	Luxembourg	1244,55	2	5,96
95	Vietnam	1244,09	-3	-16,76
96	Georgia	1240,87	-5	-23,19
97	Lebanon	1233,61	1	-4,37
98	Kyrgyzstan	1230,58	3	7,18
99	Palestine	1213,71	3	-2,54
100	Madagascar	1211,19	-3	-27,05
101	Trinidad and Tobago	1207,94	2	0
102	Kenya	1205,12	2	-0,14
103	Cyprus	1202,65	-4	-32,65
104	Mauritania	1200,60	-4	-26,54
105	Guinea-Bissau	1186,61	4	15,42
106	Namibia	1185,12	1	12,75
107	India	1181,45	-2	1,24
108	Sierra Leone	1177,71	-2	-0,46
109	Kosovo	1176,28	6	17,26
110	Libya	1174,94	12	27,27
111	Estonia	1174,44	-1	3,55
112	Korea DPR	1169,96	-1	0
113	Zimbabwe	1160,91	-5	-10,97
114	Faroe Islands	1160,39	0	-5,04
115	Malawi	1159,81	3	6,31
116	Mozambique	1158,59	-3	-7,79
117	Azerbaijan	1158,46	-5	-7,98
118	Tajikistan	1157,77	-2	0
119	Niger	1156,17	-2	-0,13
120	Kazakhstan	1151,18	4	6,77
121	New Zealand	1149,43	-2	0
122	Thailand	1148,63	-2	0
123	Guatemala	1138,40	2	-0,72
124	Central African Republic	1136,25	-1	-10,84
125	Philippines	1131,93	3	0
126	Antigua and Barbuda	1131,08	3	0
127	Sudan	1130,91	-6	-16,96
128	Rwanda	1129,37	-1	-4,87
129	Angola	1118,12	-3	-17,76
130	Turkmenistan	1117,60	0	0
131	Equatorial Guinea	1116,12	1	10,92
132	Tanzania	1115,37	3	21,61
133	Comoros	1112,02	0	7,57
134	Ethiopia	1092,74	3	13,33
135	Latvia	1092,45	1	8,88
136	Togo	1090,95	-5	-14,67
137	Lithuania	1082,20	-3	-14,36
138	St. Kitts and Nevis	1077,76	0	0
139	Suriname	1077,57	0	0
140	Burundi	1073,18	0	-2,46
141	Solomon Islands	1072,78	0	0
142	Kuwait	1065,31	0	-2,13
143	Nicaragua	1064,32	0	0,72
144	Liberia	1060,93	6	10,96
145	Lesotho	1057,62	-1	0
146	Myanmar	1057,44	-1	0
147	Eswatini	1054,14	-1	0
148	Hong Kong	1053,39	-1	0
149	Gambia	1053,18	-1	0
150	Botswana	1051,59	-1	0
151	Chinese Taipei	1046,34	0	0
152	Yemen	1046,26	0	0
153	Afghanistan	1045,34	0	0
154	Malaysia	1040,81	0	0
155	New Caledonia	1035,12	0	0
156	Andorra	1033,27	0	1,63
157	Dominican Republic	1029,42	0	0
158	Maldives	1028,30	0	0
159	Tahiti	1014,27	0	0
160	Singapore	1000,35	0	0
161	Fiji	996,27	0	0
162	Barbados	995,94	0	0
163	Vanuatu	995,62	0	0
164	Papua New Guinea	990,55	0	0
165	South Sudan	982,84	0	0
166	Bermuda	982,43	0	0
167	Grenada	974,03	0	0
168	Nepal	970,95	0	-1,24
169	Belize	967,42	0	0
170	Mauritius	964,94	0	0
171	Malta	963,16	6	11,16
172	Puerto Rico	962,77	-1	0
173	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	960,71	-1	0
174	Guyana	958,87	-1	0
175	Indonesia	957,05	-1	0
176	St. Lucia	953,45	0	0
177	Montserrat	950,71	1	0
178	Cambodia	950,26	1	0
179	Cuba	946,86	1	0
180	Moldova	940,30	-5	-13,85
181	Chad	935,00	0	0
182	Macau	922,10	1	0
183	Dominica	916,72	1	0
184	Mongolia	916,68	1	0
185	Djibouti	912,59	-3	-9,78
186	Laos	912,07	0	0
187	Bhutan	910,96	0	0
188	Liechtenstein	910,94	1	3,28
189	Bangladesh	904,47	-1	-4,64
190	Brunei Darussalam	903,90	0	0
191	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	903,31	0	0
192	American Samoa	900,27	0	0
193	Samoa	894,26	0	0
194	Timor-Leste	879,43	1	0
195	Somalia	873,71	1	0
196	Cayman Islands	873,64	1	0
197	Gibraltar	867,70	-3	-12,57
198	Pakistan	866,81	0	0
199	Tonga	861,81	1	0
200	Aruba	859,97	1	0
201	Seychelles	859,77	-2	-5,92
202	Bahamas	858,50	0	0
203	Guam	858,49	0	0
204	Eritrea	855,56	0	0
205	Sri Lanka	846,54	0	0
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	839,84	0	0
207	US Virgin Islands	816,13	0	0
208	British Virgin Islands	812,94	0	0
209	Anguilla	792,34	1	0
210	San Marino	791,17	-1	-11,26

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