FIFA ranking: September 2023 final preview

FIFA will publish this ranking next Thursday September 21st. This final preview contains 165 matches, out of 182 matches played since July 17th.

Eritrea played their last official match 4 years ago in September 2019. They are excluded from the ranking from now on, until they have played again. Eritrea is participating in African qualifying for the World Cup 2026, with the first round scheduled for November.

Best movers:

6 - Rwanda, Aruba

5 - Guinea-Bissau, Moldova

Worst movers:

-10 - Northern Ireland

-7 - Belarus

-6 - Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados

Best movers in the top 50:

4 - Austria, Hungary

2 - Korea Republic, Tunisia, Wales, Ecuador

Worst movers in the top 50:

-4 - Poland, Chile

-3 - Serbia

Stay safe and healthy everybody ! 

pos Sep.	team	pts Sep.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Argentina	1851,41	0	7,68
2	France	1840,76	0	-2,78
3	Brazil	1837,61	0	9,34
4	England	1794,34	0	-3,05
5	Belgium	1792,64	0	4,09
6	Croatia	1747,83	0	5,28
7	Netherlands	1743,15	0	11,92
8	Portugal	1728,58	1	10,33
9	Italy	1727,37	-1	0,79
10	Spain	1710,72	0	7,27
11	USA	1678,71	0	4,23
12	Mexico	1661,46	0	-4,13
13	Morocco	1658,32	1	2,82
14	Switzerland	1654,11	-1	-7,01
15	Germany	1637,90	0	1,58
16	Colombia	1629,60	1	4,69
17	Uruguay	1626,52	-1	-6,62
18	Denmark	1606,84	1	9,47
19	Japan	1605,20	1	9,24
20	Senegal	1597,13	-2	-15,48
21	Iran	1561,26	1	4,67
22	Peru	1551,91	-1	-9,29
23	Sweden	1538,84	0	-8,27
24	Ukraine	1538,42	0	-2,83
25	Austria	1537,36	4	9,30
26	Korea Republic	1533,01	2	3,71
27	Australia	1531,72	0	1,27
28	Serbia	1529,49	-3	-9,54
29	Tunisia	1525,23	2	8,56
30	Poland	1524,61	-4	-12,38
31	Scotland	1522,67	-1	2,43
32	Hungary	1517,73	4	13,16
33	Wales	1510,52	2	4,48
34	Algeria	1509,51	-1	-1,72
35	Egypt	1508,93	-1	-0,96
36	Chile	1504,76	-4	-6,55
37	Czech Republic	1500,44	0	-3,25
38	Ecuador	1497,66	2	11,19
39	Russia	1494,52	-1	-1,01
40	Nigeria	1488,86	-1	2,38
41	Cameroon	1475,60	1	4,63
42	Turkey	1475,40	-1	-9,07
43	Norway	1470,88	1	12,41
44	Canada	1458,58	-1	0
45	Panama	1452,25	0	-1,69
46	Costa Rica	1452,10	0	-1,46
47	Romania	1448,02	1	4,04
48	Slovakia	1442,84	-1	-4,21
49	Mali	1441,72	2	3,71
50	Cote d'Ivoire	1437,89	2	4,51
51	Greece	1437,26	-1	-3,80
52	Paraguay	1432,08	-3	-10,56
53	Venezuela	1422,83	4	5,60
54	Finland	1418,43	1	-1,04
55	Republic of Ireland	1416,32	-2	-9,94
56	Jamaica	1413,73	2	4,00
57	Saudi Arabia	1412,82	-3	-8,64
58	Burkina Faso	1408,87	-2	-10,31
59	Slovenia	1404,72	2	13,68
60	Ghana	1400,00	0	8,87
61	Qatar	1389,72	-2	-5,85
62	Albania	1377,47	3	20,08
63	South Africa	1371,37	0	3,12
64	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1370,37	-2	-10,73
65	North Macedonia	1362,95	3	12,42
66	Congo DR	1352,43	3	2,32
67	Iceland	1351,93	0	-1,05
68	Montenegro	1349,34	3	5,89
69	Iraq	1347,38	1	2,17
70	United Arab Emirates	1342,43	2	6,15
71	Cape Verde Islands	1337,29	-5	-17,36
72	Israel	1336,34	4	12,53
73	Oman	1334,37	0	1,92
74	Northern Ireland	1333,20	-10	-27,97
75	Uzbekistan	1328,35	-1	0,77
76	El Salvador	1307,00	-1	-18,47
77	Honduras	1305,78	2	-3,45
78	Bulgaria	1300,74	-1	-14,74
79	Georgia	1299,32	-1	-13,48
80	China PR	1297,25	0	-7,53
81	Guinea	1293,11	0	-3,64
82	Zambia	1289,64	2	-4,14
83	Bolivia	1287,86	0	-7,23
84	Jordan	1286,36	-2	-9,90
85	Luxembourg	1273,55	4	10,83
86	Bahrain	1273,54	0	-8,51
87	Gabon	1270,84	-2	-14,41
88	Haiti	1270,76	-1	-1,88
89	Uganda	1259,97	3	9,65
90	Curacao	1259,40	-2	-8,47
91	Armenia	1254,47	-1	1,87
92	Equatorial Guinea	1248,98	-1	-2,85
93	Syria	1245,81	1	4,19
94	Vietnam	1243,14	1	4,91
95	Benin	1233,63	-2	-14,50
96	Kyrgyzstan	1228,60	1	3,80
97	Palestine	1224,05	-1	-8,97
98	Mauritania	1219,58	3	14,40
99	Trinidad and Tobago	1217,24	3	17,50
100	Kazakhstan	1206,94	4	8,70
101	Lebanon	1205,56	-1	-0,21
102	India	1204,88	-3	-3,81
103	Guatemala	1200,18	4	13,47
104	New Zealand	1199,04	-1	0
105	Belarus	1198,22	-7	-14,06
106	Kenya	1190,95	-1	-0,12
107	Guinea-Bissau	1190,88	5	11,95
108	Congo	1189,90	-2	-0,73
109	Madagascar	1187,80	-1	1,71
110	Tajikistan	1183,01	0	3,47
111	Kosovo	1181,91	-2	2,22
112	Thailand	1181,21	1	6,84
113	Mozambique	1178,75	4	14,50
114	Namibia	1174,20	0	1,79
115	Estonia	1172,25	-4	-7,05
116	Korea DPR	1169,96	-1	0
117	Angola	1167,70	-1	-1,37
118	Gambia	1160,55	1	0,73
119	Togo	1158,24	3	17,36
120	Cyprus	1155,95	-2	-7,78
121	Azerbaijan	1147,69	0	4,47
122	Tanzania	1146,46	2	7,67
123	Malawi	1144,29	0	3,64
124	Sierra Leone	1144,16	-4	-11,95
125	Zimbabwe	1138,56	0	0
126	Libya	1133,60	1	2,85
127	Central African Republic	1126,72	-1	-6,78
128	Niger	1120,01	0	-9,66
129	Comoros	1118,62	1	-1,37
130	Sudan	1108,97	1	-7,24
131	Faroe Islands	1106,52	-2	-19,78
132	Philippines	1099,29	3	3,63
133	Rwanda	1099,00	6	9,54
134	Solomon Islands	1097,61	-1	0
135	Malaysia	1094,90	1	3,33
136	Kuwait	1093,38	1	2,96
137	Latvia	1089,99	-3	-6,20
138	Antigua and Barbuda	1089,30	-6	-18,21
139	Nicaragua	1089,02	2	12,91
140	Turkmenistan	1086,12	-2	-3,65
141	Burundi	1080,43	-1	-4,63
142	Ethiopia	1072,54	0	-1,92
143	Lithuania	1072,21	1	2,24
144	Eswatini	1065,69	2	7,50
145	Suriname	1063,06	-2	-10,51
146	St. Kitts and Nevis	1058,06	-1	-8,75
147	Indonesia	1052,87	3	5,41
148	Hong Kong	1052,26	1	2,52
149	Botswana	1050,69	-2	-3,62
150	Liberia	1047,85	-2	-2,09
151	Dominican Republic	1036,11	1	-0,63
152	Lesotho	1034,18	-1	-4,50
153	Andorra	1024,58	1	2,28
154	Chinese Taipei	1023,66	-1	-4,52
155	Maldives	1021,85	0	0
156	Yemen	1020,37	0	0
157	Singapore	1016,47	1	1,69
158	Afghanistan	1014,25	-1	-6,07
159	Moldova	1010,10	5	19,37
160	Puerto Rico	1008,23	3	14,43
161	Myanmar	1004,46	-1	4,20
162	Papua New Guinea	1003,28	-3	0
163	Tahiti	999,18	-1	4,07
164	New Caledonia	995,58	-3	0
165	Guyana	994,45	3	12,76
166	St. Lucia	987,66	4	8,75
167	South Sudan	986,61	0	3,26
168	Vanuatu	986,44	-3	0
169	Cuba	981,15	3	12,86
170	Fiji	980,48	-1	0
171	Malta	972,02	0	-0,84
172	Barbados	969,91	-6	-14,14
173	Grenada	959,17	1	-1,60
174	Bermuda	958,48	-1	-7,79
175	Nepal	953,85	0	-4,20
176	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	953,60	2	15,32
177	Cambodia	948,64	-1	5,67
178	Mauritius	942,64	2	6,55
179	Montserrat	939,88	0	1,86
180	Belize	932,44	-3	-7,52
181	Chad	930,22	0	0
182	Dominica	911,33	2	6,45
183	Mongolia	908,71	0	0
184	Bhutan	905,78	1	5,13
185	Macau	903,89	-3	-9,79
186	Laos	899,58	1	0
187	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	897,69	-1	-2,38
188	Cook Islands	895,25	0	-4,08
189	Bangladesh	894,23	0	1,79
190	Djibouti	889,20	1	0
191	Brunei Darussalam	887,58	-1	-3,54
192	Timor-Leste	860,45	0	0,00
193	Aruba	858,50	6	7,62
194	Somalia	854,72	2	0
195	Seychelles	853,50	-1	-3,21
196	Cayman Islands	851,59	-3	-8,24
197	Pakistan	847,67	4	0
198	Gibraltar	845,40	0	-6,24
199	Liechtenstein	843,63	1	-5,19
200	Bahamas	841,84	-3	-11,03
201	Guam	838,33	2	0
202	Sri Lanka	825,25	2	0
203	Turks and Caicos Islands	824,93	-1	-14,46
204	US Virgin Islands	817,21	1	0,62
205	British Virgin Islands	812,12	1	8,01
206	Anguilla	785,69	1	0
207	San Marino	750,27	1	-2,84

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