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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

FIFA Ranking: May 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.

FIFA will publish the May 2009 ranking on May 6th. The deadline for matches is tomorrow, this means there are two more matches left: Myanmar - Cambodia and Bangladesh - Macau. Both are played in the AFC Challenge Cup preliminary competition and are considered friendlies for ranking purposes.

This is how their point totals could change:

Myanmar (W: 129; D: 125; L: 123)
Cambodia (W: 69; D: 63; L: 60)
Bangladesh (W: 70; D: 62; L: 57)
Macau (W: 39; D: 31; L: 27)

Little movement in the top 50 with Poland and Hungary moving up one place at the expense of Costa Rica and Colombia.

Best movers:

12 - Sierra Leone and Chinese Taipei
10 - Pakistan
9 - Maldives and Mongolia

Worst movers:

-9 - Lebanon
-5 - Seychelles and Bhutan
-4 - Angola, Philippines, Nepal, Belize, Brunei Darussalam

Grenada will have their best ever raking - 103rd. Their previous best ranking was 105th in August 1997.

Two countries will have their worst ever ranking:

Lebanon (159th - 151st in October 2008)
Andorra (196th - 195th in January 2009)

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

1 Spain 1729 0 0
2 Germany 1362 0 0
3 Netherlands 1360 0 0
4 Brazil 1281 0 6
5 Italy 1271 0 0
6 Argentina 1195 0 -6
7 England 1173 0 0
8 Croatia 1151 0 0
9 Russia 1117 0 0
10 France 1074 0 0
11 Portugal 1013 0 0
12 Czech Republic 968 0 0
13 Greece 927 0 0
14 Turkey 923 0 -2
15 USA 919 0 0
16 Uruguay 909 0 0
17 Paraguay 906 0 10
18 Switzerland 883 0 0
19 Cameroon 871 0 0
20 Bulgaria 840 0 0
21 Israel 836 0 0
22 Ukraine 832 0 0
23 Serbia 819 0 0
24 Scotland 815 0 0
25 Mexico 803 0 -5
26 Chile 796 0 -10
27 Northern Ireland 795 0 0
28 Romania 792 0 0
29 Denmark 790 0 0
30 Nigeria 781 0 0
31 Ghana 779 0 0
32 Australia 776 0 0
33 Sweden 769 0 0
34 Republic of Ireland 761 0 0
35 Japan 749 0 0
36 Côte d'Ivoire 743 0 0
37 Egypt 742 0 0
38 Bosnia-Herzegovina 737 0 0
39 Honduras 736 0 10
40 Poland 724 1 5
41 Costa Rica 721 -1 0
42 Ecuador 695 0 -2
43 Hungary 662 1 0
44 Colombia 660 -1 -14
45 Korea Republic 641 0 0
46 Norway 640 0 0
47 Slovakia 626 0 0
48 Gabon 616 0 0
49 Mali 604 0 -5
50 Morocco 593 0 0
51 Finland 591 0 0
52 Tunisia 585 0 0
53 Guinea 582 0 0
53 Iran 582 0 0
55 Saudi Arabia 577 0 0
56 Venezuela 565 2 11
57 Burkina Faso 559 -1 0
58 Bolivia 554 0 0
59 Lithuania 550 -2 -5
60 Panama 547 0 0
61 Latvia 541 0 0
62 Belgium 534 0 0
63 Slovenia 510 0 0
64 FYR Macedonia 507 0 0
65 Togo 506 0 0
66 Senegal 497 0 0
67 Congo 493 0 0
68 Uganda 492 0 0
69 Gambia 491 0 0
70 Jamaica 481 0 -4
71 Bahrain 476 0 0
72 Algeria 475 0 0
73 Wales 468 0 0
74 Trinidad and Tobago 462 1 6
75 Cyprus 460 -1 0
76 Uzbekistan 455 0 0
77 South Africa 453 0 0
78 New Zealand 450 1 5
79 Austria 446 -1 0
80 Mozambique 437 6 36
81 Oman 432 0 9
82 Belarus 431 -2 0
83 Libya 419 -1 0
84 Rwanda 417 -1 0
85 Sudan 412 -1 0
86 Iraq 408 -1 0
87 Peru 397 1 0
88 Congo DR 395 7 10
89 Canada 394 0 0
90 Zambia 393 0 0
91 Angola 392 -4 -7
92 Albania 390 -1 0
93 Moldova 387 -1 0
94 Benin 386 -1 0
94 Iceland 386 -1 0
96 Qatar 376 0 0
97 China PR 369 3 17
98 Sierra Leone 359 12 40
99 Syria 357 -2 0
100 Cuba 355 -2 0
101 Ethiopia 347 -2 -6
102 El Salvador 345 0 6
103 Grenada 344 5 20
104 Tanzania 342 -3 0
105 Cape Verde Islands 335 -2 0
105 Zimbabwe 335 1 6
107 Korea DPR 334 -3 0
108 Fiji 333 -3 0
109 Kenya 327 -2 0
110 Georgia 322 -1 0
111 Guatemala 309 0 6
112 Malawi 302 0 0
113 Estonia 298 2 5
113 Thailand 298 0 0
115 Bermuda 296 -1 0
116 Antigua and Barbuda 293 -1 0
117 Montenegro 284 0 0
118 Kuwait 282 2 0
119 Equatorial Guinea 279 -2 -5
120 Barbados 278 3 0
120 United Arab Emirates 278 2 -2
122 Haiti 276 -3 -7
123 Botswana 273 1 5
124 Namibia 270 -3 -11
125 Armenia 268 -1 0
126 Luxembourg 259 0 0
127 Guyana 255 0 0
127 Jordan 255 0 0
129 Suriname 253 0 0
130 Chad 251 0 0
131 Madagascar 231 3 15
132 New Caledonia 229 -1 0
133 Burundi 224 -1 0
134 Singapore 220 -1 0
135 Swaziland 217 1 3
136 Vietnam 216 -2 0
137 Kazakhstan 214 -1 0
138 Liberia 207 2 17
139 Indonesia 206 -1 -4
140 Vanuatu 201 3 25
141 Nicaragua 195 -2 0
142 Azerbaijan 193 -2 3
143 Hong Kong 183 -1 0
144 Niger 168 1 0
145 Yemen 162 1 -5
146 India 156 1 0
147 Netherlands Antilles 152 2 0
147 Tajikistan 152 -3 -20
149 Maldives 143 9 21
150 Kyrgyzstan 141 -3 -15
150 Malta 141 1 0
150 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 141 1 0
153 Turkmenistan 140 4 16
154 Puerto Rico 139 -1 0
154 St. Kitts and Nevis 139 -1 0
156 Liechtenstein 134 -1 0
157 Mauritania 130 -1 0
158 Myanmar 127 1 6
159 Lebanon 120 -9 -28
160 Eritrea 114 0 0
161 Lesotho 110 2 9
162 Sri Lanka 107 3 10
163 Malaysia 105 -2 0
164 Solomon Islands 100 0 0
165 Faroe Islands 96 1 0
166 Philippines 90 -4 -13
167 Pakistan 88 10 30
168 Chinese Taipei 86 12 34
169 Somalia 82 -2 0
170 Cayman Islands 76 -2 0
171 Mauritius 74 1 5
172 Laos 73 -2 0
173 Nepal 71 -4 -3
174 Mongolia 69 9 26
174 Palestine 69 -3 -2
176 Samoa 64 -2 0
177 Cambodia 63 -2 3
178 Seychelles 62 -5 -6
179 Bangladesh 60 -1 7
179 Belize 60 -4 0
181 Bahamas 53 -3 0
182 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 -1 0
183 Afghanistan 45 1 4
184 Djibouti 40 1 0
184 Dominican Republic 40 1 0
186 Brunei Darussalam 38 -4 -9
186 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 British Virgin Islands 30 1 0
193 Macau 28 2 10
194 Bhutan 23 -5 -9
195 Aruba 22 -1 0
196 Andorra 18 -1 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, April 27, 2009

2014 FIFA World Cup seeding for UEFA teams (27 April 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 April 27th, 2009 and matches scheduled up to November 2009.

Bosnia-Herzegovina drop to the 2nd pot after scheduling a friendly in June 2009 (against Oman), with Israel taking their place in the first pot.
 1 Spain               289
2 Netherlands 228
3 Germany 181
4 Croatia 166
5 Russia 165
6 England 164
7 Switzerland 158
8 Greece 152
9 Israel 147
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10 Serbia 146
11 Italy 142
12 Bosnia-Herzegovina 137
12 France 137
12 Bulgaria 137
15 Ukraine 135
16 Denmark 134
17 Turkey 129
18 Northern Ireland 126
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18 Republic of Ireland 126
20 Portugal 121
21 Hungary 120
22 Czech Republic 113
23 Slovakia 111
24 Sweden 107
25 Poland 103
26 Latvia 100
27 Lithuania 95
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28 Austria 93
29 Scotland 89
30 Slovenia 85
31 Romania 84
32 Belarus 76
33 Belgium 74
34 Montenegro 73
35 Finland 71
36 Norway 67
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37 Wales 64
38 Estonia 58
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 22
51 Liechtenstein 5
52 Andorra 0
52 San Marino 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.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Liga a II-a: Sezonul 2009-2010 (23 aprilie 2009)

Componenta esalonului secund pe baza clasamentelor primelor trei divizii la data de 23 aprilie 2009.

Seria I

Farul Constanta
CS Otopeni
Gloria Buzau
CSM Ploiesti
Petrolul Ploiesti
Concordia Chiajna
Dunarea Galati
CS Buftea
FC Snagov
FCM Bacau
FC Botosani
Dinamo II Bucuresti
Sportul Studentesc 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
CSM Ramnicu Valcea
International Curtea de Arges
FC Drobeta Turnu Severin
Dacia Mioveni
FC Bihor Oradea
UTA Arad
Jiul Petrosani
Ariesul Turda
Liberty Oradea
Minerul Lupeni
Dunarea Giurgiu
ACU Arad
CFR Timisoara
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, April 15, 2009

Liga a II-a: Sezonul 2009-2010 (14 aprilie 2009)

Componenta esalonului secund pe baza clasamentelor primelor trei divizii la data de 14 aprilie 2009.

Seria I

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

Seria a II-a

Gaz Metan Medias
International Curtea de Arges
Unirea Alba Iulia
FC Drobeta Turnu Severin
Dacia Mioveni
FC Bihor Oradea
Liberty Oradea
UTA Arad
Jiul Petrosani
Ariesul Turda
ACU Arad
Muresul Deva
Universitatea Cluj
Gaz Metan Craiova
Fortuna Covaci
FC Baia Mare
Tricolorul Breaza
FCM Caracal

FCM Caracal si Tricolorul Breaza - castigatoare ale barajelor datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

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.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Modificarea sistemului competitional pe 11 mai

Pe 11 mai 2009 va avea loc Adunarea Generala ordinara a FRF. Pe ordinea de zi, printre altele, se va afla si modificarea sistemului competitional pentru Ligile a II-a si a III-a. Variantele ce vor fi supuse dezbaterii au fost alese de Comitetul Executiv pe 9 aprilie 2009. Esenta este reducerea numarului echipelor la Ligile a II-a si a III-a in sezonul 2010-2011 si introducerea sistemului play-off si play-out.

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, April 10, 2009

FIFA Ranking: May 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 8th, 2009.

Next update: end of April/beginning of May.

Only a handful of matches will be included in the May ranking: AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers and a couple of friendlies. As such, don't expect many changes.

I don't know if FIFA will include the Solomon Islands - Vanuatu friendly match (played on 7/7/2008). They did add it to the Fixtures and Results section, but not in the April ranking.

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

1 Spain 1729 0 0
2 Germany 1362 0 0
3 Netherlands 1360 0 0
4 Brazil 1281 0 6
5 Italy 1271 0 0
6 Argentina 1195 0 -6
7 England 1173 0 0
8 Croatia 1151 0 0
9 Russia 1117 0 0
10 France 1074 0 0
11 Portugal 1013 0 0
12 Czech Republic 968 0 0
13 Greece 927 0 0
14 Turkey 923 0 -2
15 USA 919 0 0
16 Uruguay 909 0 0
17 Paraguay 906 0 10
18 Switzerland 883 0 0
19 Cameroon 871 0 0
20 Bulgaria 840 0 0
21 Israel 836 0 0
22 Ukraine 832 0 0
23 Serbia 819 0 0
24 Scotland 815 0 0
25 Mexico 803 0 -5
26 Chile 796 0 -10
27 Northern Ireland 795 0 0
28 Romania 792 0 0
29 Denmark 790 0 0
30 Nigeria 781 0 0
31 Ghana 779 0 0
32 Australia 776 0 0
33 Sweden 769 0 0
34 Republic of Ireland 761 0 0
35 Japan 749 0 0
36 Côte d'Ivoire 743 0 0
37 Egypt 742 0 0
38 Bosnia-Herzegovina 737 0 0
39 Honduras 736 0 10
40 Poland 724 1 5
41 Costa Rica 721 -1 0
42 Ecuador 695 0 -2
43 Hungary 662 1 0
44 Colombia 660 -1 -14
45 Korea Republic 641 0 0
46 Norway 640 0 0
47 Slovakia 626 0 0
48 Gabon 616 0 0
49 Mali 609 0 0
50 Morocco 593 0 0
51 Finland 591 0 0
52 Tunisia 585 0 0
53 Guinea 582 0 0
53 Iran 582 0 0
55 Saudi Arabia 577 0 0
56 Venezuela 565 2 11
57 Burkina Faso 559 -1 0
58 Bolivia 554 0 0
59 Lithuania 550 -2 -5
60 Panama 547 0 0
61 Latvia 541 0 0
62 Belgium 534 0 0
63 Slovenia 510 0 0
64 FYR Macedonia 507 0 0
65 Togo 506 0 0
66 Senegal 497 0 0
67 Congo 493 0 0
68 Uganda 492 0 0
69 Gambia 491 0 0
70 Jamaica 481 0 -4
71 Bahrain 476 0 0
72 Algeria 475 0 0
73 Wales 468 0 0
74 Trinidad and Tobago 462 1 6
75 Cyprus 460 -1 0
76 Uzbekistan 455 0 0
77 South Africa 453 0 0
78 New Zealand 450 1 5
79 Austria 446 -1 0
80 Mozambique 437 6 36
81 Oman 432 0 9
82 Belarus 431 -2 0
83 Libya 419 -1 0
84 Rwanda 417 -1 0
85 Sudan 412 -1 0
86 Iraq 408 -1 0
87 Peru 397 1 0
88 Congo DR 395 7 10
89 Canada 394 0 0
90 Zambia 393 0 0
91 Angola 392 -4 -7
92 Albania 390 -1 0
93 Moldova 387 -1 0
94 Benin 386 -1 0
94 Iceland 386 -1 0
96 Qatar 376 0 0
97 China PR 369 3 17
98 Sierra Leone 359 12 40
99 Syria 357 -2 0
100 Cuba 355 -2 0
101 Ethiopia 347 -2 -6
102 El Salvador 345 0 6
103 Grenada 344 5 20
104 Tanzania 342 -3 0
105 Zimbabwe 335 1 6
105 Cape Verde Islands 335 -2 0
107 Korea DPR 334 -3 0
108 Fiji 333 -3 0
109 Kenya 327 -2 0
110 Georgia 322 -1 0
111 Guatemala 309 0 6
112 Malawi 302 0 0
113 Estonia 298 2 5
113 Thailand 298 0 0
115 Bermuda 296 -1 0
116 Antigua and Barbuda 293 -1 0
117 Equatorial Guinea 284 0 0
117 Montenegro 284 0 0
119 Kuwait 282 1 0
120 Barbados 278 3 0
120 United Arab Emirates 278 2 -2
122 Haiti 276 -3 -7
123 Botswana 273 1 5
124 Namibia 270 -3 -11
125 Armenia 268 -1 0
126 Luxembourg 259 0 0
127 Guyana 255 0 0
127 Jordan 255 0 0
129 Suriname 253 0 0
130 Chad 251 0 0
131 Madagascar 231 3 15
132 New Caledonia 229 -1 0
133 Burundi 224 -1 0
134 Singapore 220 -1 0
135 Swaziland 217 1 3
136 Vietnam 216 -2 0
137 Kazakhstan 214 -1 0
138 Liberia 207 2 17
139 Indonesia 206 -1 -4
140 Vanuatu 201 3 25
141 Nicaragua 195 -2 0
142 Azerbaijan 193 -2 3
143 Hong Kong 183 -1 0
144 Niger 168 1 0
145 Yemen 162 1 -5
146 India 156 1 0
147 Netherlands Antilles 152 2 0
147 Tajikistan 152 -3 -20
149 Maldives 145 9 23
150 Malta 141 1 0
150 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 141 1 0
150 Kyrgyzstan 141 -3 -15
153 Puerto Rico 139 0 0
153 St. Kitts and Nevis 139 0 0
155 Liechtenstein 134 0 0
156 Mauritania 130 0 0
157 Turkmenistan 124 0 0
158 Myanmar 121 1 0
159 Lebanon 120 -9 -28
160 Eritrea 114 0 0
161 Lesotho 110 2 9
162 Sri Lanka 107 3 10
163 Malaysia 105 -2 0
164 Philippines 103 -2 0
165 Solomon Islands 100 -1 0
166 Faroe Islands 96 0 0
167 Pakistan 88 10 30
168 Chinese Taipei 86 12 34
169 Somalia 82 -2 0
170 Cayman Islands 76 -2 0
171 Mauritius 74 1 5
172 Laos 73 -2 0
173 Nepal 71 -4 -3
174 Palestine 69 -3 -2
175 Samoa 64 -1 0
176 Seychelles 62 -3 -6
177 Belize 60 -2 0
177 Cambodia 60 -2 0
179 Bahamas 53 -1 0
180 Turks and Caicos Islands 51 1 0
181 Bangladesh 50 -3 -3
182 Afghanistan 45 2 4
183 Mongolia 43 0 0
184 Djibouti 40 1 0
184 Dominican Republic 40 1 0
186 Macau 38 9 20
186 Guinea-Bissau 38 1 0
186 Brunei Darussalam 38 -4 -9
189 Guam 34 -1 0
190 Bhutan 32 -1 0
190 St. Lucia 32 -1 0
190 Tahiti 32 -1 0
190 Tonga 32 -1 0
194 British Virgin Islands 30 -1 0
195 Aruba 22 -1 0
196 Andorra 18 -1 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.