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Monday, March 30, 2009

FIFA Ranking: April 2009 intermediate ranking

Point totals for teams from the top 20 of the October 2007 ranking should be 100% correct. For the others, there's the issue of historical rankings published before July 2006.

Included: Matches up to and including March 29th, 2009.

As it stands now...

Japan go top of the AFC FIFA Ranking, with Korea Republic up to 3rd.

Ghana knock Egypt to take third in CAF.

Uruguay replace Paraguay as CONMEBOL third best.

Best movers so far:

28 - Togo
19 - Faroe Islands
17 - Gabon

Worst movers so far:

-20 - Bolivia
-13 - Chinese Taipei and St. Lucia
-11 - Iceland, Kenya, Kuwait and British Virgin Islands

Best movers in the top 50:

17 - Gabon
14 - Bosnia-Herzegovina
12 - Serbia

Worst movers in the top 50:

-10 - Poland
-9 - Iran and Morocco
-8 - Scotland

Current April 2009 rank - Team - Current April 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Spain 1707 0 41
2 Germany 1343 0 -23
2 Netherlands 1343 1 26
4 Italy 1280 0 -4
5 Brazil 1240 0 -20
6 Argentina 1238 0 19
7 Croatia 1172 0 3
8 Russia 1140 0 12
9 England 1096 0 13
10 France 1027 2 23
11 Portugal 1020 -1 -5
12 Czech Republic 999 1 1
13 Turkey 956 -2 -53
14 Uruguay 917 7 81
15 Paraguay 903 0 -5
16 USA 896 1 0
17 Israel 886 1 -2
18 Ukraine 883 -4 -44
19 Cameroon 871 -3 -29
20 Switzerland 866 2 35
21 Greece 856 -2 -7
22 Mexico 826 1 42
23 Romania 814 -3 -35
24 Chile 809 6 70
24 Serbia 809 12 101
26 Sweden 794 -1 12
27 Nigeria 781 -3 -2
28 Ghana 779 6 62
29 Bulgaria 764 -2 8
30 Republic of Ireland 758 -4 -15
31 Japan 749 4 40
32 Australia 746 0 21
33 Côte d'Ivoire 743 4 37
33 Egypt 743 -2 16
35 Denmark 735 3 34
36 Scotland 720 -8 -35
37 Costa Rica 715 -5 -10
37 Northern Ireland 715 5 96
39 Poland 714 -10 -33
40 Ecuador 694 -1 -1
41 Colombia 693 6 94
42 Honduras 686 -2 12
43 Hungary 661 5 65
44 Bosnia-Herzegovina 653 14 124
45 Korea Republic 623 -1 5
46 Gabon 616 17 111
46 Norway 616 -1 0
48 Finland 612 9 77
49 Mali 606 -3 -1
50 Morocco 595 -9 -43
51 Iran 585 -9 -34
51 Tunisia 585 3 25
53 Guinea 583 -3 0
54 Lithuania 574 -2 1
55 Saudi Arabia 565 0 22
56 Belgium 563 -7 -26
57 Burkina Faso 559 9 64
58 Panama 554 -7 -23
59 Slovenia 545 0 18
60 FYR Macedonia 540 1 15
61 Slovakia 533 -8 -37
62 Latvia 516 9 44
63 Togo 505 28 120
64 Senegal 502 -4 -24
65 Venezuela 493 0 -5
66 Gambia 492 7 27
66 Uganda 492 3 15
68 Congo 491 -6 -16
69 Jamaica 484 1 8
69 Wales 484 -1 3
71 Cyprus 480 13 73
72 Algeria 475 -8 -26
73 Uzbekistan 470 1 20
74 South Africa 468 -2 -1
75 Trinidad and Tobago 466 0 25
76 Bolivia 462 -20 -75
77 Bahrain 456 -10 -28
78 New Zealand 446 1 21
79 Oman 423 2 5
80 Libya 419 2 8
81 Rwanda 416 4 10
82 Angola 415 -4 -15
83 Sudan 413 5 20
84 Peru 412 -7 -20
85 Albania 410 -5 -10
86 Iceland 408 -11 -33
86 Iraq 408 -4 -3
88 Mozambique 400 5 23
89 Zambia 396 3 13
90 Canada 393 4 18
91 Moldova 390 7 28
92 Benin 385 -6 -11
93 Congo DR 384 2 11
93 Qatar 384 -6 -10
95 Belarus 381 -7 -12
96 Austria 359 -8 -34
97 Syria 357 -1 -10
98 Cuba 355 1 -5
99 China PR 353 1 -2
99 Ethiopia 353 2 5
101 El Salvador 349 5 20
102 Korea DPR 345 5 21
103 Tanzania 342 0 6
104 Cape Verde Islands 333 1 1
104 Fiji 333 0 0
106 Zimbabwe 329 -4 -16
107 Kenya 327 -11 -40
108 Grenada 324 14 44
109 Sierra Leone 319 1 4
110 Georgia 314 1 0
111 Guatemala 303 2 0
112 Malawi 302 -4 -17
113 Thailand 298 5 6
114 Bermuda 296 4 4
115 Antigua and Barbuda 293 9 21
116 Namibia 292 -1 -5
117 Haiti 291 0 -2
118 United Arab Emirates 285 -2 -10
119 Equatorial Guinea 284 -10 -33
120 Luxembourg 283 2 3
120 Montenegro 283 -8 -27
122 Barbados 279 7 34
123 Armenia 278 -3 -7
124 Botswana 277 -3 -6
125 Kuwait 272 -11 -27
126 Estonia 263 0 3
127 Guyana 255 1 0
128 Jordan 254 -1 -4
129 Suriname 253 2 22
130 Chad 251 -5 -11
131 New Caledonia 229 1 0
132 Kazakhstan 225 -2 -18
133 Burundi 224 1 7
134 Singapore 220 -2 -9
135 Vietnam 216 1 0
136 Madagascar 215 2 6
137 Swaziland 214 2 6
138 Indonesia 210 -1 0
139 Nicaragua 195 1 0
140 Azerbaijan 190 -6 -27
140 Liberia 190 2 11
142 Hong Kong 183 -1 2
143 Vanuatu 176 0 0
144 Tajikistan 172 4 6
145 Niger 168 2 0
146 Yemen 167 -3 -9
147 India 156 2 0
148 Netherlands Antilles 152 5 10
149 Kyrgyzstan 148 6 14
149 Lebanon 148 2 3
151 Malta 145 -5 -24
152 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 141 5 11
153 Puerto Rico 139 -8 -31
153 St. Kitts and Nevis 139 1 0
155 Liechtenstein 137 -4 -8
156 Mauritania 130 -6 -19
157 Maldives 126 1 0
158 Turkmenistan 124 -2 -7
159 Myanmar 121 0 0
160 Eritrea 114 0 6
161 Malaysia 105 0 -2
162 Philippines 103 2 5
163 Solomon Islands 100 0 0
164 Lesotho 99 -2 -6
165 Sri Lanka 97 -1 -1
166 Faroe Islands 96 19 54
167 Cayman Islands 76 1 0
168 Nepal 74 4 4
169 Laos 73 1 0
170 Mauritius 69 3 0
171 Seychelles 68 0 -4
172 Samoa 64 4 0
173 Palestine 63 1 -2
174 Belize 60 4 -2
174 Cambodia 60 6 4
176 Pakistan 58 -10 -30
177 Somalia 57 2 0
178 Bahamas 53 -9 -21
178 Bangladesh 53 -4 -12
180 Chinese Taipei 52 -13 -29
181 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 0 0
182 Brunei Darussalam 47 1 2
183 Mongolia 42 10 23
184 Djibouti 41 2 0
185 Afghanistan 40 -1 -4
185 Dominican Republic 40 2 0
187 Guinea-Bissau 38 1 0
188 Guam 34 13 34
189 Bhutan 32 0 -1
189 St. Lucia 32 -13 -32
189 Tahiti 32 1 0
189 Tonga 32 1 0
193 British Virgin Islands 30 -11 -20
194 Aruba 22 -2 0
195 Andorra 18 0 4
195 Macau 18 2 8
197 Dominica 12 -1 0
198 Timor-Leste 9 0 0
199 Comoros 8 0 0
199 US Virgin Islands 8 -5 -9
201 Central African Republic 4 -1 0
202 American Samoa 0 -1 0
202 Anguilla 0 -1 0
202 Cook Islands 0 -1 0
202 Montserrat 0 -1 0
202 Papua New Guinea 0 -1 0
202 San Marino 0 -1 0

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