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Friday, May 29, 2009

FIFA Ranking: June 2009 final preview

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.

The official deadline for matches to be included in the June 2009 was two days ago. However, FIFA may include more matches, but no later than Sunday, May 31st.

Included: Matches up to and including May 27th, 2009.

On Monday I will post a list of possible changes if FIFA do include matches played up to Sunday.

A lot of movement in the top 10, with Netherlands (2nd), Italy (4th) and Croatia (7th) moving up one place, at the expense of Germany (3rd), Brazil (5th) and England (8th).

Ukraine and Serbia return to the top 20, with Cameroon and Bulgaria dropping out. The last time Serbia was in the top 20 was in August 2007. The Indomitable Lions exit the top 20 after 14 months.

Finland and Burkina replace Mali and Morocco in the top 50.

Paraguay retake 3rd place in CONMEBOL from Uruguay.

Netherlands up to 2nd in UEFA, replacing Germany.

Best movers:

14 - Libya
12 - Sierra Leone
10 - Cape Verde Islands

Worst movers:

-17: Ethiopia
-12: Moldova and Kyrgyzstan
-10 - Senegal

Best movers in the top 50:

7 - Burkina Faso
5 - Denmark, Republic of Ireland and Slovakia
4 - Paraguay

Worst movers in the top 50:

-8 - Chile
-6 - Ghana
-5 - Greece, Mali, Morocco

Four countries will improve their best ever ranking:

Burkina Faso (50th - 54th in May 2007)
Gambia (65th - 69th in April 2009)
Grenada (102nd - 103rd in May 2009)
Montenegro (110th - 111th in February 2009)

Netherlands will return to their best ever position (2nd), first achieved in November 1993.

Two countries will revisit their worst ever ranking:

United Arab Emirates (122nd - April 2009)
Mauritius (174th - April 2008)

Tow countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Morocco (55th - 50th in April 2009)
Peru (89th - 88th in April 2009)

June 2009 rank - Team - June 2009 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points

1 Spain 1761 0 32
2 Netherlands 1442 1 82
3 Germany 1418 -1 56
4 Italy 1292 1 21
5 Brazil 1288 -1 7
6 Argentina 1203 0 8
7 Croatia 1200 1 49
8 England 1195 -1 22
9 Russia 1167 0 50
10 France 1067 0 -7
11 Portugal 1004 0 -9
12 Turkey 965 2 42
13 Paraguay 961 4 55
14 USA 947 1 28
15 Czech Republic 943 -3 -25
16 Switzerland 931 2 48
17 Uruguay 922 -1 13
18 Greece 920 -5 -7
19 Ukraine 892 3 60
20 Serbia 871 3 52
21 Cameroon 855 -2 -16
22 Scotland 840 2 25
23 Bulgaria 838 -3 -2
24 Denmark 836 5 46
25 Israel 826 -4 -10
26 Mexico 822 -1 19
27 Northern Ireland 819 0 24
28 Nigeria 802 2 21
29 Republic of Ireland 797 5 36
30 Romania 790 -2 -2
31 Australia 779 1 3
32 Japan 768 3 19
33 Sweden 766 0 -3
34 Chile 764 -8 -32
35 Bosnia-Herzegovina 763 3 26
36 Honduras 761 3 25
37 Ghana 750 -6 -29
38 Côte d'Ivoire 745 -2 2
39 Poland 722 1 -2
40 Egypt 721 -3 -21
41 Costa Rica 695 0 -26
42 Slovakia 692 5 66
43 Hungary 687 0 25
44 Ecuador 686 -2 -9
45 Colombia 678 -1 18
46 Korea Republic 654 0 13
47 Norway 638 -2 -4
48 Gabon 616 0 0
49 Finland 614 2 23
50 Burkina Faso 608 7 49
51 Tunisia 599 1 14
52 Guinea 587 1 5
52 Iran 587 1 5
54 Mali 583 -5 -21
55 Morocco 570 -5 -23
56 Saudi Arabia 568 -1 -9
56 Venezuela 568 0 3
58 Bolivia 565 0 11
59 Latvia 553 2 12
60 Belgium 548 2 14
61 Lithuania 544 -2 -6
62 Panama 536 -2 -11
62 Slovenia 536 1 26
64 FYR Macedonia 515 0 8
65 Gambia 514 4 23
66 Algeria 490 6 15
67 Uganda 480 1 -12
68 Togo 475 -3 -31
69 Libya 474 14 55
70 Austria 473 9 27
71 South Africa 471 6 18
72 Bahrain 468 -1 -8
73 Jamaica 467 -3 -13
73 Trinidad and Tobago 467 1 4
75 Congo 466 -8 -27
76 Senegal 463 -10 -34
77 Cyprus 461 -2 1
78 Wales 459 -5 -9
79 Oman 452 2 20
80 Iraq 450 6 42
81 Uzbekistan 443 -5 -12
82 Belarus 432 0 1
83 New Zealand 431 -5 -19
84 Sudan 429 1 17
85 Congo DR 424 3 29
86 Sierra Leone 421 12 62
87 Mozambique 411 -7 -25
88 Canada 410 1 16
89 Peru 405 -2 8
90 Zambia 404 0 11
91 Benin 403 3 17
92 Albania 400 0 10
92 Iceland 400 2 14
92 Rwanda 400 -8 -17
95 Cape Verde Islands 385 10 50
95 Qatar 385 1 9
97 Angola 374 -6 -18
98 China PR 363 -1 -7
99 El Salvador 358 3 13
100 Cuba 353 0 -2
101 Zimbabwe 345 5 11
102 Grenada 344 1 0
102 Kenya 344 7 17
104 Syria 342 -5 -16
105 Georgia 339 5 17
105 Moldova 339 -12 -48
107 Korea DPR 338 -1 4
108 Fiji 333 0 0
109 Tanzania 332 -5 -10
110 Montenegro 331 7 47
111 Malawi 316 1 14
112 Estonia 312 1 14
113 Guatemala 311 -2 2
114 Kuwait 302 4 20
115 Antigua and Barbuda 296 1 3
115 Bermuda 296 0 0
117 Thailand 289 -4 -9
118 Botswana 278 5 4
118 Ethiopia 278 -17 -69
120 Barbados 277 0 -1
120 Luxembourg 277 6 18
122 United Arab Emirates 268 -2 -10
123 Suriname 266 6 13
124 Haiti 263 -2 -13
125 Equatorial Guinea 261 -6 -18
126 Armenia 260 -1 -8
127 Jordan 259 0 4
128 Guyana 255 -1 0
129 Namibia 249 -5 -21
130 Chad 246 0 -5
131 Madagascar 242 0 11
132 Kazakhstan 230 5 16
133 New Caledonia 229 -1 0
134 Singapore 226 0 6
135 Liberia 219 3 12
136 Swaziland 217 -1 0
137 Vietnam 216 -1 0
138 Indonesia 210 1 4
139 Burundi 208 -6 -16
140 Azerbaijan 201 2 8
140 Vanuatu 201 0 0
142 Nicaragua 195 -1 0
143 Hong Kong 186 0 3
144 Niger 171 0 3
145 Netherlands Antilles 160 2 8
146 Yemen 157 -1 -5
147 India 155 -1 -1
148 Tajikistan 147 -1 -5
149 Maldives 142 0 0
150 Malta 140 0 -1
151 Puerto Rico 139 3 0
151 St. Kitts and Nevis 139 3 0
153 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 136 -3 -5
154 Turkmenistan 131 -1 -9
155 Myanmar 129 3 0
156 Liechtenstein 125 0 -9
157 Lebanon 121 2 0
158 Eritrea 120 2 6
159 Malaysia 109 4 4
160 Philippines 108 6 18
161 Sri Lanka 107 1 0
162 Kyrgyzstan 105 -12 -36
163 Mauritania 104 -6 -26
164 Solomon Islands 100 0 0
165 Lesotho 99 -4 -10
166 Faroe Islands 96 -1 0
167 Pakistan 88 0 0
168 Somalia 82 1 0
169 Cayman Islands 76 1 0
169 Nepal 76 4 4
171 Bangladesh 73 3 3
171 Chinese Taipei 73 -3 -13
171 Laos 73 1 0
174 Mauritius 70 -3 -4
175 Palestine 69 0 0
176 Mongolia 68 0 0
177 Belize 64 2 4
177 Samoa 64 0 0
179 Cambodia 63 0 3
180 Seychelles 61 -2 0
181 Bahamas 53 0 0
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 0 0
183 Brunei Darussalam 46 3 8
184 Afghanistan 44 -1 0
185 Djibouti 41 -1 1
186 Dominican Republic 40 -2 0
187 Guinea-Bissau 38 -1 0
188 Guam 34 0 0
189 St. Lucia 32 0 0
189 Tahiti 32 0 0
189 Tonga 32 0 0
192 Bhutan 30 2 7
192 British Virgin Islands 30 0 0
194 Macau 27 -1 1
195 Aruba 22 0 0
196 Andorra 18 0 0
197 Dominica 12 0 0
198 Timor-Leste 9 0 0
199 Comoros 8 0 0
199 US Virgin Islands 8 0 0
201 Central African Republic 4 0 0
202 American Samoa 0 0 0
202 Anguilla 0 0 0
202 Cook Islands 0 0 0
202 Montserrat 0 0 0
202 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
202 San Marino 0 0 0

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Monday, May 25, 2009

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (25 May 2009)

The preliminary draw for the 2010 FIFA World Cup took place on November 25th, 2007 and used the November 2007 FIFA ranking.

Assumptions:

- UEFA will again have 13 spots
- UEFA will again use the system with 9 groups
- FIFA will use the FIFA ranking to seed the teams
- FIFA will hold the draw in November 2011

The November 2011 FIFA ranking will include matches played between November 2007 and November 2011. We already have the "0.2" part (matches played between November 2007 and November 2008) - that's basically 10% of the final ranking and a bit of the "0.3" part (matches played between November 2008 and November 2009). A lot can and will change before November 2011 as there are many matches to be played involving European teams: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, EURO 2012 qualifiers and plenty of friendlies.

UEFA will only use the national team coefficient for the European Championships draws (qualifying and final tournament).

This is the November 2011 ranking (for UEFA only) using matches played up to and including May 25th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2009 (only those on fifa.com).

The "0.3" part is computed this way: points gained / (number of matches played + scheduled).

Bosnia-Herzegovina's average drops again - they've scheduled a new friendly against Uzbekistan in June.

 1 Spain               289
2 Netherlands 238
3 Germany 181
4 Croatia 166
5 England 164
6 Russia 161
7 Switzerland 158
8 Greece 152
9 Israel 147
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10 Serbia 146
11 France 142
11 Italy 142
13 Bulgaria 137
14 Ukraine 135
15 Denmark 134
16 Turkey 129
17 Bosnia-Herzegovina 126
17 Northern Ireland 126
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17 Republic of Ireland 126
20 Portugal 117
21 Czech Republic 113
22 Hungary 112
23 Slovakia 111
24 Sweden 107
25 Poland 103
26 Latvia 100
27 Lithuania 95
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28 Scotland 89
29 Austria 87
30 Slovenia 85
31 Romania 83
32 Belarus 76
33 Belgium 74
34 Montenegro 73
35 Finland 71
36 Norway 67
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37 Wales 64
38 Estonia 55
39 Cyprus 54
39 FYR Macedonia 54
41 Albania 53
42 Iceland 52
43 Luxembourg 45
44 Armenia 35
45 Kazakhstan 34
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46 Georgia 32
47 Azerbaijan 24
48 Faroe Islands 23
48 Moldova 23
50 Malta 21
51 Liechtenstein 5
52 Andorra 0
52 San Marino 0

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Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Restructurarea amanata din nou

Fotbalul românesc, după modelul spaniol!

Membrii Adunării Generale a FRF au luat astăzi în discuţie adaptarea competiţiilor interne modelului spaniol, începând cu sezonul 2014-2015. Acesta ar înseamna ca Liga a II-a să treacă la o singură serie cu 20 sau 22 de echipe, iar al treilea eşalon va fi format din trei serii cu câte 20 sau 22 de echipe.

Ediţia viitoare a Ligii a doua îşi va păstra formatul actual, primele modificări urmând să apara în sezonul 2010-2011, după cum urmează:

Liga I - 18 echipe din care vor retrograda 4;

Liga II - două serii a câte 16 formaţii şi vor retrograda câte 3 din fiecare serie;

Liga a III-a - şase serii a câte 16 echipe şi vor retrograda locurile 14, 15, 16, plus cele mai slabe trei locuri 13.

Hotărârea de astăzi înseamnă, în acelaşi timp, o renunţare la proiectul propus de Mircea Sandu, preşedintele FRF, acesta militând în ultimele luni pentru un sistem competiţional la nivelul ligii a doua cu două serii a câte 12 echipe, cu stabilirea ierarhiei finale în urma turneelor play-off şi play-out. Acest sistem nu este însă agreat de preşedinţii de cluburi şi nu a mai fost supus votului Adunării Generale.

Cititi tot articolul pe liga2.ro

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Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Liga a II-a: Sezonul 2009-2010 (25 mai 2009)

Componenta esalonului secund pe baza clasamentelor primelor trei divizii la data de 25 mai 2009.

Seria I

Farul Constanta
CS Otopeni
Gloria Buzau
CSM Ploiesti
Petrolul Ploiesti
FC Botosani
Concordia Chiajna
Dunarea Galati
Dinamo II Bucuresti
FCM Bacau
Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti
CS Buftea
FC Snagov
Cetatea Suceava
CSM Ramnicu Sarat
Steaua II Bucuresti
Victoria Branesti
Tricolorul Breaza

Tricolorul Breaza - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Seria a II-a

Gaz Metan Medias
CSM Ramnicu Valcea
FCM Targu Mures
FC Drobeta Turnu Severin
Dacia Mioveni
UTA Arad
Jiul Petrosani
Liberty Oradea
FC Bihor Oradea
Minerul Lupeni
Muresul Deva
Ariesul Turda
Universitatea Cluj
Dunarea Giurgiu
Gaz Metan Craiova
Fortuna Covaci
FC Baia Mare
FCM Caracal

FCM Caracal - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Dunarea Giurgiu mutata din Seria I.

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Friday, May 8, 2009

Liga a II-a: Sezonul 2009-2010 (6 mai 2009)

Componenta esalonului secund pe baza clasamentelor primelor trei divizii la data de 6 mai 2009.

Seria I

Farul Constanta
CS Otopeni
Gloria Buzau
CSM Ploiesti
Petrolul Ploiesti
Dunarea Galati
Concordia Chiajna
FC Botosani
FCM Bacau
CS Buftea
Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti
FC Snagov
Dinamo II Bucuresti
Cetatea Suceava
CSM Ramnicu Sarat
Steaua II Bucuresti
Victoria Branesti
Tricolorul Breaza

Tricolorul Breaza - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Seria a II-a

Gaz Metan Medias
FCM Targu Mures
CSM Ramnicu Valcea
FC Drobeta Turnu Severin
Dacia Mioveni
FC Bihor Oradea
UTA Arad
Ariesul Turda
Minerul Lupeni
Jiul Petrosani
Liberty Oradea
Muresul Deva
Dunarea Giurgiu
ACU Arad
Gaz Metan Craiova
Fortuna Covaci
FC Baia Mare
FCM Caracal

FCM Caracal - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Dunarea Giurgiu mutata din Seria I.

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

FIFA Ranking: June 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 April 30th, 2009.

Next update: Not before May 25th.

A lot of changes due to devaluation of results.

Netherlands up to 2nd.

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

1 Spain 1761 0 32
2 Netherlands 1442 1 82
3 Germany 1418 -1 56
4 Italy 1292 1 21
5 Brazil 1288 -1 7
6 Argentina 1207 0 12
7 Croatia 1200 1 49
8 England 1195 -1 22
9 Russia 1167 0 50
10 France 1067 0 -7
11 Portugal 1004 0 -9
12 Turkey 965 2 42
13 Paraguay 963 4 57
14 USA 947 1 28
15 Czech Republic 943 -3 -25
16 Switzerland 931 2 48
17 Uruguay 922 -1 13
18 Greece 920 -5 -7
19 Ukraine 892 3 60
20 Serbia 871 3 52
21 Cameroon 855 -2 -16
22 Scotland 840 2 25
23 Bulgaria 838 -3 -2
24 Denmark 836 5 46
25 Israel 826 -4 -10
26 Mexico 822 -1 19
27 Northern Ireland 819 0 24
28 Nigeria 802 2 21
29 Republic of Ireland 797 5 36
30 Chile 794 -4 -2
31 Romania 790 -3 -2
32 Australia 779 0 3
33 Sweden 766 0 -3
34 Japan 765 1 16
35 Bosnia-Herzegovina 763 3 26
36 Honduras 761 3 25
37 Ghana 750 -6 -29
38 Côte d'Ivoire 745 -2 2
39 Poland 722 1 -2
40 Ecuador 721 2 26
40 Egypt 721 -3 -21
42 Costa Rica 719 -1 -2
43 Slovakia 692 4 66
44 Hungary 687 -1 25
45 Colombia 678 -1 18
46 Korea Republic 654 0 13
47 Norway 638 -2 -4
48 Gabon 616 0 0
49 Finland 614 2 23
50 Burkina Faso 608 7 49
51 Tunisia 599 1 14
52 Guinea 587 1 5
53 Iran 586 0 4
54 Mali 583 -5 -21
55 Saudi Arabia 580 0 3
55 Venezuela 580 1 15
57 Morocco 570 -7 -23
58 Bolivia 565 0 11
59 Panama 561 1 14
60 Latvia 553 1 12
61 Belgium 548 1 14
62 Lithuania 544 -3 -6
63 Slovenia 536 0 26
64 Congo 520 3 27
65 FYR Macedonia 515 -1 8
66 Gambia 514 3 23
67 Algeria 490 5 15
68 Jamaica 482 2 2
69 Uganda 480 -1 -12
70 Togo 475 -5 -31
71 Libya 474 12 55
72 Austria 473 7 27
73 South Africa 471 4 18
74 Bahrain 468 -3 -8
75 Trinidad and Tobago 467 -1 4
76 Senegal 463 -10 -34
77 Cyprus 461 -2 1
78 Wales 459 -5 -9
79 Oman 452 2 20
80 Iraq 450 6 42
81 Uzbekistan 443 -5 -12
82 Belarus 432 0 1
83 New Zealand 430 -5 -20
84 Sudan 429 1 17
85 Congo DR 423 3 28
86 Sierra Leone 421 12 62
87 Mozambique 411 -7 -25
88 Canada 410 1 16
89 Peru 405 -2 8
90 Zambia 404 0 11
91 Benin 403 3 17
92 Albania 400 0 10
92 Iceland 400 2 14
92 Rwanda 400 -8 -17
95 Cape Verde Islands 385 10 50
96 Qatar 378 0 2
97 Angola 374 -6 -18
98 China PR 363 -1 -7
99 Zimbabwe 359 7 25
100 Cuba 353 0 -2
101 El Salvador 349 1 4
102 Tanzania 345 2 3
103 Grenada 344 0 0
103 Kenya 344 6 17
105 Syria 342 -6 -16
106 Georgia 339 4 17
106 Moldova 339 -13 -48
108 Korea DPR 338 -2 4
109 Fiji 333 -1 0
110 Montenegro 331 7 47
111 Malawi 316 1 14
112 Estonia 312 1 14
113 Guatemala 311 -2 2
114 Kuwait 302 4 20
115 Antigua and Barbuda 296 1 3
115 Bermuda 296 0 0
117 Thailand 289 -4 -9
118 Botswana 278 5 4
118 Ethiopia 278 -17 -69
120 Barbados 277 0 -1
120 Luxembourg 277 6 18
122 United Arab Emirates 268 -2 -10
123 Suriname 266 6 13
124 Haiti 265 -2 -11
125 Equatorial Guinea 261 -6 -18
126 Armenia 260 -1 -8
127 Guyana 255 0 0
128 Namibia 249 -4 -21
129 Jordan 248 -2 -7
130 Chad 246 0 -5
131 Madagascar 242 0 11
132 Kazakhstan 230 5 16
133 New Caledonia 229 -1 0
134 Singapore 226 0 6
135 Liberia 219 3 12
136 Swaziland 217 -1 0
137 Vietnam 216 -1 0
138 Indonesia 210 1 4
139 Burundi 208 -6 -16
140 Azerbaijan 201 2 8
140 Vanuatu 201 0 0
142 Nicaragua 195 -1 0
143 Hong Kong 186 0 3
144 Niger 171 0 3
145 Netherlands Antilles 160 2 8
146 Yemen 157 -1 -5
147 India 155 -1 -1
148 Tajikistan 147 -1 -5
149 Maldives 142 0 0
150 Malta 140 0 -1
151 Puerto Rico 139 3 0
151 St. Kitts and Nevis 139 3 0
153 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 136 -3 -5
154 Turkmenistan 131 -1 -9
155 Myanmar 129 3 0
156 Liechtenstein 125 0 -9
157 Lebanon 121 2 0
158 Eritrea 120 2 6
159 Malaysia 109 4 4
160 Philippines 108 6 18
161 Sri Lanka 107 1 0
162 Kyrgyzstan 105 -12 -36
163 Mauritania 104 -6 -26
164 Solomon Islands 100 0 0
165 Lesotho 99 -4 -10
166 Faroe Islands 96 -1 0
167 Pakistan 88 0 0
168 Somalia 82 1 0
169 Cayman Islands 76 1 0
169 Nepal 76 4 4
171 Bangladesh 73 3 3
171 Chinese Taipei 73 -3 -13
171 Laos 73 1 0
174 Mauritius 70 -3 -4
175 Palestine 69 0 0
176 Mongolia 68 0 0
177 Belize 64 2 4
177 Samoa 64 0 0
179 Cambodia 63 0 3
180 Seychelles 61 -2 0
181 Bahamas 53 0 0
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 0 0
183 Brunei Darussalam 46 3 8
184 Afghanistan 44 -1 0
185 Djibouti 41 -1 1
186 Dominican Republic 40 -2 0
187 Guinea-Bissau 38 -1 0
188 Guam 34 0 0
189 St. Lucia 32 0 0
189 Tahiti 32 0 0
189 Tonga 32 0 0
192 Bhutan 30 2 7
192 British Virgin Islands 30 0 0
194 Macau 27 -1 1
195 Aruba 22 0 0
196 Andorra 18 0 0
197 Dominica 12 0 0
198 Timor-Leste 9 0 0
199 Comoros 8 0 0
199 US Virgin Islands 8 0 0
201 Central African Republic 4 0 0
202 American Samoa 0 0 0
202 Anguilla 0 0 0
202 Cook Islands 0 0 0
202 Montserrat 0 0 0
202 Papua New Guinea 0 0 0
202 San Marino 0 0 0

About me:

Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.