FIFA ranking: April 2023 final preview

FIFA will publish this first ranking of 2023 next Thursday April 6th. This final preview contains 262 matches, out of 284 matches played since December 19th 2022. Due to Brazil's unexpected friendly loss to Morocco, world champion Argentina is the new top dog, closely followed by France and Brazil.

Included in this ranking will be the final of a friendly three nations tournament in Nepal between host country Nepal and Laos, played coming Friday. The points of each team after this match, depending on the match result:

        NEP         LAO

win Nepal 963,10 899,58

pso-win Nepal 961,85 902,08

pso-win Laos 960.60 903,33

win Laos         958,10 904,58

One team dropped to a new low:

Liechtenstein (199 - 198 in December 2022)

Two teams reached again their highest position:

Argentina (1 in March 2007)

Senegal (18 in February 2022)

Best movers:

10 - Central African Republic

7 - Namibia, Malaysia

Worst movers:

-9 - Cameroon

-8 - Mali, Madagascar

Best movers in the top 50:

6 - Algeria, Scotland, Romania, Canada

Worst movers in the top 50:

-9 - Cameroon

-7 - Costa Rica

-5 - Nigeria

Stay safe and healthy everybody !

pos Apr.	team	pts Apr.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Argentina	1840,92	1	2,54
2	France	1838,45	1	15,06
3	Brazil	1834,21	-2	-6,56
4	Belgium	1792,53	0	11,23
5	England	1792,43	0	18,24
6	Netherlands	1731,23	0	-9,69
7	Croatia	1730,02	0	2,40
8	Italy	1713,66	0	-9,90
9	Portugal	1707,22	0	4,68
10	Spain	1682,85	0	-9,86
11	Morocco	1677,79	0	5,44
12	Switzerland	1664,24	0	9,22
13	USA	1653,78	0	1,04
14	Germany	1647,42	0	0,51
15	Mexico	1633,87	0	-1,91
16	Uruguay	1631,29	0	3,84
17	Colombia	1617,08	0	4,30
18	Senegal	1613,21	1	9,23
19	Denmark	1594,53	-1	-13,58
20	Japan	1588,59	0	-4,49
21	Peru	1561,20	0	-3,10
22	Sweden	1558,70	1	0,25
23	Poland	1553,76	-1	-6,07
24	Iran	1553,23	0	1,50
25	Serbia	1541,52	4	15,06
26	Wales	1538,95	2	8,67
27	Korea Republic	1536,01	-2	-3,48
28	Tunisia	1535,76	2	9,56
29	Australia	1532,80	-2	-1,17
30	Ukraine	1530,04	-4	-6,95
31	Chile	1511,32	0	4,41
32	Austria	1508,24	2	11,00
33	Hungary	1504,24	3	10,91
34	Algeria	1504,19	6	17,47
35	Egypt	1500,62	4	10,28
36	Scotland	1500,52	6	23,58
37	Russia	1495,54	0	4,28
38	Czech Republic	1495,04	0	4,43
39	Costa Rica	1491,10	-7	-9,08
40	Nigeria	1480,80	-5	-13,52
41	Ecuador	1478,49	0	1,17
42	Cameroon	1470,21	-9	-29,09
43	Turkey	1465,70	1	0,32
44	Norway	1463,77	-1	-11,28
45	Cote d'Ivoire	1449,95	2	8,46
46	Romania	1444,58	6	11,94
47	Canada	1442,66	6	11,02
48	Paraguay	1440,65	-2	-4,41
49	Republic of Ireland	1436,31	-1	-2,28
50	Burkina Faso	1433,91	0	-0,90
51	Slovakia	1433,77	3	8,19
52	Greece	1433,01	-1	-0,58
53	Mali	1430,75	-8	-18,30
54	Saudi Arabia	1421,46	-5	-16,67
55	Venezuela	1410,47	0	4,37
56	Finland	1405,31	0	-0,40
57	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1403,04	0	-0,47
58	Slovenia	1398,47	4	9,41
59	Panama	1398,20	2	6,50
60	Ghana	1396,01	-2	-4,01
61	Qatar	1388,62	-1	-4,94
62	Northern Ireland	1385,93	-3	-10,62
63	Jamaica	1378,61	1	-0,68
64	Iceland	1369,03	-1	-11,32
65	North Macedonia	1363,07	0	7,79
66	South Africa	1350,08	1	-0,28
67	Iraq	1349,05	1	6,66
68	Albania	1344,95	-2	-8,08
69	Montenegro	1343,28	0	4,13
70	Congo DR	1338,61	3	4,69
71	Cape Verde Islands	1337,05	1	1,00
72	United Arab Emirates	1336,28	-2	-2,20
73	Oman	1333,56	2	12,32
74	Uzbekistan	1318,36	3	5,72
75	El Salvador	1318,30	-1	-8,56
76	Bulgaria	1315,74	-5	-20,97
77	Georgia	1311,51	1	5,53
78	Israel	1307,41	-2	-8,26
79	Guinea	1306,02	4	15,55
80	Honduras	1300,38	1	-0,40
81	China PR	1297,98	-1	-7,08
82	Gabon	1296,74	-3	-8,73
83	Bolivia	1296,42	-1	1,46
84	Jordan	1293,26	0	3,27
85	Bahrain	1282,05	0	1,78
86	Zambia	1280,54	2	15,39
87	Haiti	1275,96	0	6,89
88	Curacao	1272,26	-2	-6,38
89	Uganda	1257,30	0	-3,39
90	Syria	1246,75	0	-4,71
91	Luxembourg	1245,78	1	0,43
92	Benin	1240,35	-1	-7,12
93	Palestine	1239,19	0	5,47
94	Equatorial Guinea	1232,78	4	17,12
95	Vietnam	1229,69	1	1,06
96	Kyrgyzstan	1225,44	-2	-7,47
97	Armenia	1224,08	-2	-7,68
98	Belarus	1210,17	-1	-11,51
99	Lebanon	1202,74	1	-5,73
100	New Zealand	1201,06	5	7,08
101	Trinidad and Tobago	1200,85	3	5,56
102	India	1200,66	4	8,57
103	Kenya	1200,18	-2	-2,08
104	Congo	1197,89	-5	-10,90
105	Mauritania	1194,28	-2	-3,30
106	Namibia	1190,49	7	26,36
107	Kosovo	1186,26	0	-0,77
108	Estonia	1182,50	1	-3,77
109	Tajikistan	1182,23	-1	-4,79
110	Madagascar	1181,21	-8	-19,53
111	Cyprus	1179,45	-1	-5,72
112	Kazakhstan	1177,05	3	13,96
113	Guinea-Bissau	1172,30	5	13,53
114	Thailand	1171,88	-3	-1,52
115	Korea DPR	1169,96	-3	0
116	Guatemala	1163,27	3	5,71
117	Sierra Leone	1161,79	-1	1,48
118	Angola	1158,57	-1	-0,24
119	Mozambique	1154,64	-5	-8,93
120	Gambia	1150,99	6	13,42
121	Libya	1145,82	-1	-10,92
122	Central African Republic	1145,69	10	28,72
123	Niger	1142,57	-1	-5,96
124	Azerbaijan	1142,25	-3	-9,57
125	Faroe Islands	1138,98	-2	-7,33
126	Zimbabwe	1138,56	-1	0
127	Malawi	1133,13	-3	-11,84
128	Sudan	1132,62	0	5,28
129	Togo	1129,81	-2	0,89
130	Tanzania	1125,89	0	6,00
131	Comoros	1111,89	-2	-11,29
132	Latvia	1110,55	1	-6,41
133	Antigua and Barbuda	1107,50	-2	-9,51
134	Solomon Islands	1103,61	2	7,91
135	Rwanda	1098,26	2	4,60
136	Philippines	1097,66	-2	-15,49
137	Turkmenistan	1095,20	-2	-5,27
138	Malaysia	1082,13	7	15,53
139	St. Kitts and Nevis	1081,40	1	4,49
140	Nicaragua	1079,22	2	7,48
141	Suriname	1075,73	-2	-1,57
142	Ethiopia	1075,41	-4	-15,78
143	Kuwait	1070,71	5	14,07
144	Eswatini	1069,89	-1	-1,00
145	Burundi	1069,71	-4	-5,56
146	Lithuania	1068,53	-2	-0,59
147	Hong Kong	1057,03	-1	-5,36
148	Liberia	1049,94	2	0,28
149	Lesotho	1046,41	-2	-14,99
150	Indonesia	1046,14	1	12,24
151	Dominican Republic	1038,13	1	6,27
152	Botswana	1037,31	-3	-17,12
153	Andorra	1030,52	0	-0,61
154	Maldives	1024,72	2	3,54
155	Afghanistan	1023,04	0	0
156	Chinese Taipei	1021,02	1	0
157	Yemen	1020,37	-3	-3,15
158	Singapore	1014,04	2	7,94
159	Papua New Guinea	1007,46	-1	0
160	Myanmar	998,41	-1	-7,75
161	New Caledonia	995,47	0	-0,11
162	Tahiti	995,22	0	0,11
163	South Sudan	993,36	2	9,38
164	Vanuatu	986,65	0	1,03
165	Cuba	986,19	3	7,54
166	Puerto Rico	985,41	4	11,09
167	Barbados	983,96	-1	1,69
168	Fiji	980,48	-5	-8,95
169	St. Lucia	976,48	3	11,75
170	Guyana	975,81	1	7,07
171	Moldova	972,91	3	14,03
172	Malta	972,79	-5	-6,16
173	Bermuda	966,27	-4	-11,20
174	Grenada	962,98	-1	-0,74
175	Nepal	960,88	0	3,94
176	Cambodia	948,59	1	1,93
177	Belize	939,94	-1	-10,94
178	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	938,28	0	-6,97
179	Montserrat	938,02	0	-2,76
180	Mauritius	932,02	0	0
181	Chad	930,22	0	0
182	Macau	917,93	0	-4,17
183	Mongolia	911,74	0	-1,81
184	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	906,70	2	-1,48
185	Bhutan	906,36	0	-4,60
186	Dominica	904,84	-2	-6,67
187	Laos	901,80	0	-3,71
188	American Samoa	900,27	0	0
189	Cook Islands	899,33	0	0
190	Samoa	894,26	1	0
191	Brunei Darussalam	891,12	-1	-6,90
192	Bangladesh	885,01	0	0,56
193	Djibouti	875,05	0	0
194	Tonga	861,81	2	0
195	Pakistan	861,18	0	-3,54
196	Timor-Leste	860,45	1	0
197	Seychelles	860,15	2	0,59
198	Cayman Islands	859,83	-4	-5,89
199	Liechtenstein	855,77	-1	-4,07
200	Eritrea	855,56	1	0
201	Gibraltar	854,72	-1	-3,32
201	Somalia	854,72	3	0
203	Bahamas	852,90	0	-1,90
204	Aruba	850,88	-2	-4,49
205	Turks and Caicos Islands	839,39	1	7,39
206	Guam	838,33	-1	0
207	Sri Lanka	825,25	0	0
208	US Virgin Islands	816,59	0	-7,38
209	British Virgin Islands	804,11	0	-5,21
210	Anguilla	785,66	0	-5,08
211	San Marino	759,12	0	-4,03

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