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Friday, April 19, 2013

FIFA Ranking: May 2013 preview

Next update: 26 April 2013.

FIFA will publish the ranking on 9 May 2013.

Only 9 matches will affect the May ranking, two of them have already been played. Six of those still to be played will be part of the Windward Islands Tournament. The other one will involve Brazil and Chile.

This is how the points and ranks could change for these teams:

Team - Minimum Points - Maximum Points - Worst Ranking - Best Ranking


Brazil 892 923 21 18
Chile 832 878 24 22
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 223 261 135 123
Grenada 207 302 142 117
St. Lucia 145 228 160 132
Dominica 113 195 170 145

In the table below, I've used the lowest values possible for these teams, thus their totals won't drop.

Best movers:

12 - Senegal
6 - South Africa
5 - Albania

Worst movers:

-6 - Mongolia
-5 - Georgia
-2 - Mexico, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Myanmar and Sri Lanka

St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Myanmar could fall even lower depending on the Windward Islands Tournament results.

Best movers in the top 50:

5 - Albania
3 - Nigeria
2 - Honduras

Worst movers in the top 50:

-2 - Mexico
-1 - USA, Japan, Norway, Paraguay, Zambia, Australia and Costa Rica

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Belgium (15 - 16 in January 2003)
Albania (43 - 48 in April 2013)

Brazil could fall to 21st (new worst ever ranking) if they lose to Chile.

Singapore could fall to 166th (new worst ever ranking) if Dominica perform well at the Windward Islands Tournament.

May 2013 rank - Team - May 2013 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Spain 1538 0 0
2 Germany 1428 0 0
3 Argentina 1296 0 4
4 Croatia 1191 0 0
5 Portugal 1163 0 0
6 Colombia 1154 0 0
7 England 1135 0 0
8 Italy 1117 0 0
9 Netherlands 1093 0 0
10 Ecuador 1058 0 2
11 Russia 1052 0 0
12 Côte d'Ivoire 1008 0 0
13 Greece 986 0 0
14 Switzerland 967 1 0
15 Belgium 953 1 0
16 Mexico 945 -2 -26
17 Uruguay 932 0 0
18 France 914 0 0
19 Denmark 900 1 0
20 Bosnia-Herzegovina 896 1 0
21 Brazil 892 -2 -17
22 Ghana 874 0 0
23 Sweden 838 1 0
24 Chile 832 -1 -38
25 Czech Republic 829 0 0
26 Mali 826 0 0
27 Montenegro 789 0 0
28 Nigeria 780 3 23
29 USA 779 -1 0
30 Japan 773 -1 0
31 Norway 760 -1 0
32 Peru 753 0 1
33 Hungary 749 0 0
34 Romania 746 0 0
35 Algeria 735 0 0
36 Venezuela 703 0 -5
37 Ukraine 675 0 0
38 Panama 663 0 0
39 Republic of Ireland 662 0 0
40 Serbia 659 0 0
41 Tunisia 647 0 0
42 Korea Republic 644 0 0
43 Albania 640 5 44
44 Paraguay 634 -1 -9
44 Turkey 634 0 0
46 Zambia 632 -1 0
47 Australia 624 -1 0
48 Costa Rica 616 -1 10
49 Wales 589 0 0
50 Burkina Faso 587 0 0
50 Honduras 587 2 6
52 Bulgaria 583 -1 0
53 Jamaica 571 0 7
54 Slovakia 563 0 0
55 Slovenia 560 0 0
56 South Africa 541 6 11
57 Iran 538 -1 0
58 Bolivia 537 -1 0
59 Haiti 536 2 4
59 Israel 536 -1 0
61 Equatorial Guinea 535 -2 0
62 Cameroon 533 -2 0
63 Poland 529 0 0
64 Central African Republic 528 0 0
65 Libya 524 0 0
66 Uzbekistan 521 0 0
67 Sierra Leone 517 0 0
68 Egypt 512 0 0
69 Belarus 502 0 0
70 Guinea 480 0 0
71 Austria 472 0 0
72 Togo 470 0 0
73 Iceland 469 0 0
74 Morocco 466 0 0
75 Cape Verde Islands 464 0 0
76 Senegal 463 12 33
77 Jordan 462 -1 0
78 Congo 459 -1 0
78 Scotland 459 -1 0
80 Canada 457 -1 0
81 Gabon 450 -1 0
82 Trinidad and Tobago 447 -1 1
83 Finland 444 -1 0
84 FYR Macedonia 441 -1 0
85 El Salvador 440 -1 0
86 Congo DR 435 -1 0
87 Cuba 433 -1 0
87 New Zealand 433 -1 0
89 United Arab Emirates 423 0 0
90 Armenia 421 0 0
91 Uganda 413 1 0
92 Estonia 411 1 0
93 Angola 401 1 0
94 Guatemala 400 0 -1
95 Dominican Republic 396 1 0
96 Georgia 394 -5 -23
97 Iraq 391 -1 -5
98 China PR 388 0 0
99 Benin 381 0 0
100 Niger 362 0 0
101 Zimbabwe 349 0 0
102 Qatar 345 0 -1
103 Oman 344 0 0
104 Liberia 334 0 0
105 New Caledonia 333 0 0
106 Mozambique 329 0 -1
107 Ethiopia 328 0 0
108 Saudi Arabia 324 0 0
109 Malawi 323 0 0
110 Latvia 322 0 0
111 Lithuania 316 0 0
112 Tajikistan 312 0 0
113 Kuwait 311 0 0
113 Suriname 311 0 0
115 Korea DPR 309 0 -1
116 Tanzania 306 0 1
117 Bahrain 291 0 0
118 Antigua and Barbuda 288 0 0
119 Northern Ireland 285 0 0
120 Azerbaijan 276 0 0
121 Kenya 266 1 0
122 Cyprus 262 1 0
123 Burundi 261 1 0
124 Botswana 257 1 0
124 Namibia 257 1 0
124 Puerto Rico 257 1 0
127 Guyana 248 1 0
128 Lebanon 242 1 0
129 Belize 239 1 0
130 Vietnam 234 2 0
131 Turkmenistan 232 0 -3
132 Sudan 224 1 0
133 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 223 -12 -48
134 Tahiti 221 0 0
135 Rwanda 219 0 0
136 St. Kitts and Nevis 218 0 0
137 Syria 215 0 0
138 Moldova 214 0 0
139 Afghanistan 210 0 0
140 Thailand 208 0 0
141 Grenada 207 0 0
142 Kyrgyzstan 206 0 0
143 Kazakhstan 199 1 0
143 Philippines 199 0 -5
145 Barbados 188 0 0
146 Gambia 187 0 0
147 Liechtenstein 182 0 0
147 Luxembourg 182 0 0
149 India 178 0 0
150 Hong Kong 176 0 0
151 Aruba 163 2 0
152 Palestine 162 -1 -8
153 Bangladesh 161 1 0
154 Lesotho 154 2 0
155 Malta 153 2 0
156 Nicaragua 150 3 0
157 Myanmar 149 -2 -6
158 Maldives 146 0 -6
159 St. Lucia 145 -7 -23
160 Sao Tome e Principe 144 0 0
161 Faroe Islands 143 0 0
161 Malaysia 143 2 2
163 Solomon Islands 142 -1 0
164 Bermuda 139 0 0
165 Singapore 133 0 0
166 Chad 131 0 0
167 Laos 118 1 0
167 Pakistan 118 1 0
169 Indonesia 117 1 0
170 Dominica 113 -3 -11
171 Nepal 108 0 0
172 Vanuatu 102 1 0
173 Yemen 100 1 0
174 Sri Lanka 99 -2 -4
175 Mauritania 94 0 0
176 Chinese Taipei 90 0 0
177 Fiji 85 0 0
178 Samoa 74 0 0
179 Bahamas 66 1 0
179 Guinea-Bissau 66 1 0
179 Montserrat 66 1 0
182 Curacao 65 1 0
182 Guam 65 1 0
182 Swaziland 65 1 0
185 Mongolia 61 -6 -6
186 Brunei Darussalam 52 0 0
186 Timor-Leste 52 0 0
188 Madagascar 51 0 0
189 Mauritius 50 0 0
190 Cambodia 45 -1 -5
191 Tonga 44 0 0
192 Comoros 41 0 0
193 US Virgin Islands 39 0 0
194 Papua New Guinea 38 0 0
195 British Virgin Islands 34 0 0
196 Cayman Islands 33 0 0
197 American Samoa 30 0 0
198 Eritrea 24 0 0
199 Seychelles 22 0 0
200 South Sudan 20 0 0
201 Cook Islands 16 0 0
202 Macau 14 0 0
202 Somalia 14 0 0
204 Djibouti 11 0 0
205 Andorra 9 0 0
206 Anguilla 4 0 0
207 Bhutan 0 0 0
207 San Marino 0 0 0
207 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0

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6 comments:

  1. Hi Egdar.

    Thanks for the preview. It seems quite in May, no real changes. Calm weather before the storm in June with decisive games in World Cup qualifiers and Conferederations Cup.

    Just flip best and worst rankings in your table for the teams with remaining games. Best ranking should be a lower position than worst ranking.

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    1. Thanks Brahim - fixed now.

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    2. June rankings will be released on June 6 so FIFA world ranking for June will not include many June matches.

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  2. AT THE TOP, BEST RANKING IS BEFORE WORST RANKING BUT THE TABLE SHOWS OPPOSITE

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  3. Dominica has withdrawn from the Windward Islands tournament.

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    1. That was due to their manager and a player dying in a car wreck.

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