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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