FIFA ranking: October 2023 final preview

FIFA will publish this ranking next Thursday October 26th. This final preview contains 170 matches, out of 181 matches played since September 18th.

One team reaches a new highest rank:

Kosovo (105 - 106 in June 2022)

Two teams fall back to their lowest rank:

Grenada (176 in December 2007)

Liechtenstein (200 in July 2023)

Best movers:

8 - Lithuania

6 - Kosovo, Bangladesh

Worst movers:

-8 - Finland

-7 - Mongolia

-6 - Bulgaria, Andorra, Maldives

Best movers in the top 50:

5 - Wales

4 - Turkey, Venezuela

Worst movers in the top 50:

-4 - Croatia, Peru, Czech Republic

Stay safe and healthy everybody ! 

pos Oct.	team	pts Oct.	+/- pos	+/- pts
1	Argentina	1861,29	0	9,88
2	France	1853,11	0	12,35
3	Brazil	1812,20	0	-25,41
4	England	1807,88	0	13,54
5	Belgium	1799,46	0	6,82
6	Portugal	1739,83	2	11,25
7	Netherlands	1739,26	0	-3,89
8	Spain	1725,97	2	15,25
9	Italy	1717,81	0	-9,56
10	Croatia	1711,88	-4	-35,95
11	USA	1675,89	0	-2,82
12	Mexico	1663,94	0	2,48
13	Morocco	1658,49	0	0,17
14	Switzerland	1645,38	0	-8,73
15	Uruguay	1643,72	2	17,20
16	Germany	1643,49	-1	5,59
17	Colombia	1626,60	-1	-3,00
18	Japan	1612,99	1	7,79
19	Denmark	1612,15	-1	5,31
20	Senegal	1600,82	0	3,81
21	Iran	1567,30	0	6,04
22	Ukraine	1549,33	2	10,91
23	Korea Republic	1540,32	3	7,31
24	Sweden	1540,01	-1	1,17
25	Austria	1535,41	0	-1,95
26	Peru	1532,57	-4	-19,34
27	Australia	1531,25	0	-0,47
28	Wales	1528,69	5	18,17
29	Serbia	1525,40	-1	-4,09
30	Hungary	1521,90	2	4,17
31	Poland	1519,28	-1	-5,33
32	Tunisia	1516,14	-3	-9,09
33	Algeria	1512,90	1	3,40
34	Scotland	1512,34	-3	-10,33
35	Egypt	1511,95	0	3,02
36	Ecuador	1508,31	2	10,65
37	Chile	1503,81	-1	-0,95
38	Turkey	1498,50	4	23,10
39	Russia	1497,63	0	2,10
40	Nigeria	1490,48	0	1,62
41	Czech Republic	1489,72	-4	-10,72
42	Norway	1469,56	1	-1,32
43	Cameroon	1466,98	-2	-8,62
44	Panama	1461,09	1	8,84
45	Canada	1454,95	-1	-3,63
46	Costa Rica	1452,10	0	0
47	Mali	1449,75	2	8,03
48	Romania	1446,52	-1	-1,50
49	Venezuela	1445,67	4	22,84
50	Slovakia	1445,34	-2	2,50
51	Greece	1442,96	0	5,70
52	Cote d'Ivoire	1439,18	-2	1,29
53	Paraguay	1436,96	-1	4,88
54	Slovenia	1428,10	5	23,38
55	Jamaica	1421,39	1	7,66
56	Burkina Faso	1410,59	2	1,72
57	Saudi Arabia	1408,85	0	-3,97
58	Republic of Ireland	1406,94	-3	-9,38
59	Albania	1396,83	3	19,36
60	Ghana	1394,74	0	-5,26
61	Qatar	1394,16	0	-1,41
62	Finland	1388,46	-8	-29,97
63	Bosnia-Herzegovina	1368,30	0	-2,07
64	South Africa	1366,35	1	-1,90
65	Congo DR	1366,18	-1	-3,41
66	North Macedonia	1358,41	0	-4,54
67	Iceland	1353,17	0	1,24
68	Iraq	1349,73	1	2,35
69	United Arab Emirates	1348,87	1	6,44
70	Montenegro	1344,30	-2	-5,04
71	Uzbekistan	1337,20	4	8,85
72	Israel	1336,34	0	0
73	Oman	1334,37	0	0
74	Cape Verde Islands	1326,93	-3	-10,36
75	Northern Ireland	1325,06	-1	-8,14
76	Georgia	1312,14	3	12,82
77	El Salvador	1307,00	-1	0
78	Honduras	1305,07	-1	-0,71
79	China PR	1297,03	1	-0,22
80	Guinea	1296,89	1	3,78
81	Zambia	1291,34	1	1,70
82	Jordan	1284,39	2	-1,97
83	Bahrain	1281,51	3	7,97
84	Bulgaria	1279,12	-6	-21,62
85	Bolivia	1271,09	-2	-16,77
86	Gabon	1270,80	2	0,25
87	Luxembourg	1266,67	-2	-6,88
88	Haiti	1262,50	-1	-8,26
89	Curacao	1261,62	1	2,22
90	Uganda	1251,94	-1	-8,03
91	Equatorial Guinea	1250,46	1	1,48
92	Syria	1239,37	1	-6,44
93	Benin	1238,89	1	-6,55
94	Armenia	1234,25	-3	-20,22
95	Vietnam	1232,13	0	-11,01
96	Palestine	1224,05	1	0
97	Kazakhstan	1219,65	3	12,71
98	Kyrgyzstan	1217,86	-2	-10,74
99	Trinidad and Tobago	1217,43	-1	0,19
100	Belarus	1212,52	5	14,30
101	Mauritania	1208,99	-2	1,60
102	India	1198,84	0	-6,04
103	New Zealand	1198,41	1	-0,63
104	Lebanon	1198,25	-3	-7,31
105	Kosovo	1190,74	6	8,83
106	Congo	1189,90	1	0
107	Guatemala	1188,93	-4	-11,25
108	Madagascar	1188,57	0	0,77
109	Tajikistan	1187,23	1	4,22
110	Kenya	1186,85	-1	2,71
110	Guinea-Bissau	1186,85	-4	-4,03
112	Thailand	1177,15	0	-4,06
113	Mozambique	1176,58	0	-2,45
114	Namibia	1172,41	0	0
115	Korea DPR	1169,96	1	0
116	Angola	1169,64	1	1,94
117	Gambia	1160,55	1	0
118	Estonia	1159,33	-3	-12,92
119	Togo	1158,24	0	0
120	Azerbaijan	1155,91	1	8,22
121	Sierra Leone	1147,57	3	3,41
122	Tanzania	1146,10	0	-0,36
123	Malawi	1144,29	0	0
124	Cyprus	1141,27	-4	-14,68
125	Zimbabwe	1138,14	0	-0,42
126	Libya	1137,64	0	4,04
127	Central African Republic	1126,72	0	0
128	Comoros	1125,57	1	6,95
129	Niger	1122,81	-1	2,80
130	Sudan	1112,92	0	3,70
131	Solomon Islands	1107,61	2	10,00
132	Philippines	1102,06	0	2,77
133	Latvia	1101,70	3	11,71
134	Nicaragua	1099,70	4	10,68
135	Lithuania	1098,48	8	26,27
136	Faroe Islands	1097,66	-5	-8,86
137	Kuwait	1097,05	-2	3,67
138	Malaysia	1096,72	-4	1,82
139	Antigua and Barbuda	1090,07	-2	0,77
140	Rwanda	1087,03	-1	0
141	Turkmenistan	1086,12	-1	0
142	Burundi	1080,43	-1	0
143	Ethiopia	1072,54	-1	0
144	Suriname	1071,85	1	8,79
145	Indonesia	1069,82	2	16,95
146	Eswatini	1063,15	-2	-2,54
147	St. Kitts and Nevis	1058,06	-1	0
148	Botswana	1057,51	1	6,82
149	Dominican Republic	1049,03	2	12,92
150	Hong Kong	1045,01	-2	-7,25
151	Liberia	1041,50	-1	-6,35
152	Chinese Taipei	1040,70	2	17,04
153	Lesotho	1034,18	-1	0
154	Afghanistan	1033,80	4	19,55
155	Singapore	1032,89	2	16,42
156	Yemen	1023,59	0	3,22
157	Moldova	1018,45	2	8,35
158	Myanmar	1011,73	3	7,27
159	Andorra	1011,68	-6	-12,90
160	Guyana	1009,62	5	15,17
161	Maldives	1003,48	-6	-18,37
162	New Caledonia	999,02	1	3,44
163	Tahiti	995,11	1	0
164	Puerto Rico	993,05	-4	-15,18
165	Papua New Guinea	991,04	-3	-12,24
166	St. Lucia	987,66	0	0
167	South Sudan	986,56	0	0
168	Vanuatu	985,23	0	-1,21
169	Cuba	981,87	0	0,72
170	Fiji	980,48	0	0
171	Malta	968,25	0	-3,77
172	Bermuda	965,02	2	6,54
173	Nepal	963,82	2	9,97
174	Barbados	956,99	-2	-12,92
175	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	953,60	1	0
176	Grenada	950,99	-3	-8,18
177	Mauritius	942,64	1	0
178	Cambodia	931,47	-1	-17,17
179	Montserrat	929,20	0	-10,68
180	Chad	926,88	1	-3,34
181	Belize	925,89	-1	-6,55
182	Bhutan	913,02	2	7,24
183	Bangladesh	912,60	6	18,37
184	Dominica	909,92	-2	-1,41
185	Cook Islands	899,33	2	0
186	Sao Tomé e Príncipe	897,69	2	0
187	Macau	896,62	-2	-7,27
188	Laos	889,62	-2	-9,96
189	Djibouti	889,20	1	0
190	Mongolia	889,16	-7	-19,55
191	Brunei Darussalam	870,63	0	-16,95
192	Aruba	865,40	1	6,90
193	Pakistan	864,84	4	17,17
194	Cayman Islands	858,50	2	6,91
195	Seychelles	853,50	0	0
196	Somalia	849,61	-2	-5,11
197	Timor-Leste	843,40	-5	-17,05
198	Gibraltar	842,07	0	-3,33
199	Bahamas	841,06	1	-0,78
200	Liechtenstein	837,61	-1	-6,02
201	Turks and Caicos Islands	824,77	2	-0,16
202	Sri Lanka	822,03	0	-3,22
203	Guam	821,91	-2	-16,42
204	British Virgin Islands	813,70	1	1,58
205	US Virgin Islands	803,40	-1	-13,81
206	Anguilla	785,69	0	0
207	San Marino	746,98	0	-3,29

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