FIFA Ranking: April 2009 ranking without friendlies

Development competitions (AFC Challenge Cup, CECAFA Cup etc) are considered friendlies by FIFA.

This is not 100% accurate, as I would have to go back and compute all the rankings in the last 4 years.

Rank in the April 2009 ranking without friendlies
Points
Difference between the official FIFA ranking and this ranking
Difference in points between the official FIFA ranking and this ranking

1	Spain	2116	0	387
2	Netherlands	1915	1	555
3	Germany	1801	-1	439
4	Brazil	1709	0	434
5	England	1677	2	504
6	Italy	1656	-1	385
7	Argentina	1582	-1	381
8	Croatia	1443	0	292
9	Russia	1376	0	259
10	Paraguay	1368	7	472
11	France	1350	-1	276
12	Serbia	1277	11	458
13	Portugal	1269	-2	256
13	Turkey	1269	1	344
15	Ghana	1247	16	468
16	Sweden	1246	17	477
17	Greece	1224	-4	297
18	Czech Republic	1192	-6	224
19	Slovakia	1168	28	542
20	Denmark	1158	9	368
21	USA	1127	-6	208
22	Switzerland	1073	-4	190
23	Scotland	1067	1	252
24	Mexico	1065	1	257
25	Chile	1060	1	254
26	Côte dIvoire	1044	10	301
27	Bulgaria	1041	-7	201
28	Israel	1020	-7	184
29	Egypt	1016	8	274
30	Japan	1010	5	261
31	Northern Ireland	1001	-4	206
32	Romania	1000	-4	208
33	Ecuador	999	9	302
34	Uruguay	995	-18	86
35	Republic of Ireland	984	-1	223
36	Nigeria	982	-6	201
37	Saudi Arabia	976	18	399
38	Bosnia-Herzegovina	971	0	234
39	Cameroon	964	-20	93
40	Australia	892	-8	116
41	Poland	891	0	172
42	Korea Republic	863	3	222
43	Finland	851	8	260
44	Honduras	849	-5	123
45	Ukraine	846	-23	14
46	Hungary	816	-2	154
47	Panama	803	13	256
48	Costa Rica	755	-8	34
49	Colombia	754	-6	80
50	Iran	753	3	171
51	Guinea	742	2	160
52	Tunisia	741	0	156
53	Lithuania	737	4	182
54	Latvia	730	7	189
55	Iraq	724	30	316
56	Slovenia	721	7	211
57	Burkina Faso	702	-1	143
58	Norway	697	-12	57
59	Bolivia	688	-1	134
60	Mali	677	-11	68
61	Zambia	674	29	281
62	Bahrain	672	9	196
63	Morocco	667	-13	74
64	Angola	648	23	249
65	Gabon	641	-17	25
66	Venezuela	629	-8	75
67	Uzbekistan	628	9	173
68	Belgium	624	-6	90
69	Togo	620	-4	114
70	Uganda	616	-2	124
71	Syria	611	26	254
72	Sudan	604	12	192
73	Libya	584	9	165
74	Senegal	583	-8	86
75	Jamaica	580	-5	95
76	Trinidad and Tobago	579	-1	123
77	FYR Macedonia	577	-13	70
77	Qatar	577	19	201
79	Rwanda	576	4	159
80	Oman	575	1	152
81	Korea DPR	555	23	221
82	China PR	538	18	186
83	Iceland	525	10	139
84	Benin	517	9	131
85	Belarus	505	-5	74
86	South Africa	503	-9	50
87	Wales	500	-14	32
88	Canada	497	1	103
89	Kenya	492	18	165
90	Algeria	489	-18	14
91	Mozambique	483	-5	82
92	Cyprus	480	-18	20
93	Peru	474	-5	77
94	Austria	471	-16	25
95	El Salvador	470	7	131
95	Gambia	470	-26	-21
97	Albania	461	-6	71
98	Congo	454	-31	-39
99	Malawi	434	13	132
100	Tanzania	421	1	79
101	Namibia	420	20	139
102	United Arab Emirates	416	20	136
103	New Zealand	407	-24	-38
104	Congo DR	406	-9	21
105	Kuwait	405	15	123
106	Moldova	394	-14	7
107	Cuba	388	-9	33
108	Zimbabwe	384	-2	55
109	Guatemala	371	2	68
110	Sierra Leone	367	0	48
111	Georgia	364	-2	42
112	Estonia	362	3	69
113	Haiti	347	6	64
114	Botswana	324	10	56
114	Grenada	324	-6	0
116	Luxembourg	322	10	63
117	Cape Verde Islands	321	-14	-14
118	Fiji	319	-13	-14
119	Barbados	308	4	30
120	Jordan	302	7	47
121	Singapore	300	12	80
122	Ethiopia	296	-23	-57
123	Antigua and Barbuda	290	-8	-3
124	Madagascar	286	10	70
125	Armenia	283	-1	15
126	Kazakhstan	269	10	55
127	Suriname	266	2	13
128	Swaziland	264	8	50
129	Thailand	262	-16	-36
130	Bermuda	258	-16	-38
131	Chad	246	-1	-5
132	Equatorial Guinea	241	-15	-43
133	Burundi	232	-1	8
134	New Caledonia	228	-3	-1
135	Guyana	222	-8	-33
136	Montenegro	218	-19	-66
137	Liberia	205	3	15
138	Nicaragua	195	1	0
139	Indonesia	194	-1	-16
140	Malta	188	11	47
141	Liechtenstein	185	14	51
141	Vanuatu	185	2	9
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	170	8	29
144	Netherlands Antilles	167	5	15
144	Niger	167	1	-1
146	Vietnam	162	-12	-54
147	Yemen	155	-1	-12
148	Hong Kong	151	-6	-32
149	Azerbaijan	138	-9	-52
150	Lebanon	137	0	-11
151	St. Kitts and Nevis	135	2	-4
152	Turkmenistan	131	5	7
153	Mauritania	129	3	-1
154	Eritrea	127	6	13
155	Solomon Islands	106	9	6
156	Puerto Rico	101	-3	-38
157	Kyrgyzstan	83	-10	-73
158	Cayman Islands	76	10	0
159	Mauritius	68	13	-1
160	Belize	64	15	4
160	Samoa	64	14	0
162	Faroe Islands	59	4	-37
163	Tajikistan	55	-19	-117
164	Bahamas	53	14	0
165	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	16	0
166	Dominican Republic	47	19	7
167	Lesotho	43	-4	-58
168	Maldives	41	-10	-81
169	Seychelles	40	4	-28
170	Palestine	35	1	-36
171	Djibouti	32	14	-8
171	Pakistan	32	6	-26
171	St. Lucia	32	18	0
171	Tahiti	32	18	0
171	Tonga	32	18	0
176	Bangladesh	28	2	-25
177	Aruba	22	17	0
177	Malaysia	22	-16	-83
179	British Virgin Islands	21	14	-9
180	Andorra	16	15	-2
181	India	13	-34	-143
182	Dominica	12	15	0
183	Guinea-Bissau	11	4	-27
184	Afghanistan	0	0	-41
184	American Samoa	0	18	0
184	Anguilla	0	18	0
184	Bhutan	0	5	-32
184	Brunei Darussalam	0	-2	-47
184	Cambodia	0	-9	-60
184	Central African Republic	0	17	-4
184	Chinese Taipei	0	-4	-52
184	Comoros	0	15	-8
184	Cook Islands	0	18	0
184	Guam	0	4	-34
184	Laos	0	-14	-73
184	Macau	0	11	-18
184	Mongolia	0	-1	-43
184	Montserrat	0	18	0
184	Myanmar	0	-25	-121
184	Nepal	0	-15	-74
184	Papua New Guinea	0	18	0
184	Philippines	0	-22	-103
184	San Marino	0	18	0
184	Somalia	0	-17	-82
184	Sri Lanka	0	-19	-97
184	Timor-Leste	0	14	-9
184	US Virgin Islands	0	15	-8

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