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Friday, April 17, 2015

FIFA Ranking: May 2015 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 7 May.

A very quiet month. Most of the changes are due to devaluation of results. Of course, there's USA's win vs. Mexico and UEFA's decision to award the Montenegro - Russia EURO 2016 qualifier to the guests.

Only one match left - a friendly:

30/Apr Suriname - Guyana

This is how the points and ranks could change for these 2 teams


Team - Min points - Max points - Worst rank - Best rank

Guyana 128 146 163 154
Suriname 115 141 170 155

In the table below I've used the minimum points for these teams.

Best movers:

12 - Dominica
6 - St. Vincent and the Grenadines
5 - Russia, St. Lucia

Worst movers:

-9 - Mauritania
-6 - Grenada
-5 - Montenegro

Best movers in the top 50:

5 - Russia
1 - Czech Republic, Slovakia, Algeria, Wales

Worst movers in the top 50:

-4 - Mexico
-1 - USA, Denmark, Scotland, Tunisia, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Two teams will improve their best ever ranking:


Wales (21 - 22 in April 2015)
Timor-Leste (151 - 152 in April 2015)

Some teams will reach their best ranking in the last couple of years:


Slovakia (19 - 18 in November 2010) - 4 years and 6 months
Uganda (71 - 70 in November 2010) - 4 years and 6 months
Macau (183 - 183 in June 2011) - 3 years and 11 months
Syria (125 - 122 in February 2012) - 3 years and 3 months
Bermuda (128 - 120 in October 2012) - 2 years and 7 months
Yemen (at least 168 - 165 in February 2013) - 2 years and 3 months

Others will drop to their worst ever ranking in the last couple of years:


Georgia (139 - 156 in April 1994) - 21 years and 1 month
New Caledonia (175 - 178 in July 2007) - 7 years and 10 months
Grenada (171 - 176 in January 2008) - 7 years and 4 months
Malaysia (at most 165 - 166 in July 2008) - 6 years and 10 months
Montenegro (75 - 75 in October 2009) - 5 years and 7 months
Liberia (132 - 157 in May 2011) - 4 years
Bosnia-Herzegovina (32 - 39 in August 2011) - 3 years and 9 months
Hong Kong (at most 168 - 172 in November 2012) - 2 years and 6 months
Sri Lanka (188 - 193 in February 2013) - 2 years and 3 months

Wales will be ranked above Mexico for the first time ever.
Philippines will be ranked above Georgia for the first time ever.
Dominica will be ranked above Grenada for the first time ever.

May 2015 rank - Team - May 2015 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Germany 1687 0 0
2 Argentina 1494 0 4
3 Belgium 1457 0 0
4 Colombia 1412 0 0
5 Brazil 1372 0 18
6 Netherlands 1301 0 0
7 Portugal 1221 0 0
8 Uruguay 1176 0 0
9 Switzerland 1135 0 0
10 Spain 1132 0 0
11 France 1127 0 0
12 Romania 1086 0 0
13 Italy 1085 0 0
14 England 1030 0 0
15 Costa Rica 1016 0 2
16 Chile 1002 0 11
17 Croatia 977 0 0
18 Czech Republic 923 1 0
19 Slovakia 920 1 0
20 Algeria 917 1 0
21 Wales 916 1 0
22 Mexico 908 -4 -29
23 Côte d'Ivoire 907 0 0
24 Greece 900 0 0
25 Austria 891 0 0
26 Ghana 833 0 0
27 Russia 828 5 47
28 USA 825 -1 10
29 Denmark 808 -1 0
30 Scotland 796 -1 0
31 Tunisia 793 -1 0
32 Bosnia-Herzegovina 783 -1 0
33 Ukraine 772 0 0
34 Ecuador 762 0 3
35 Poland 753 0 0
36 Senegal 752 0 0
37 Cape Verde Islands 737 0 0
38 Iceland 728 0 0
39 Sweden 704 0 0
40 Iran 689 0 0
41 Guinea 678 0 0
42 Northern Ireland 672 0 0
43 Hungary 665 0 0
44 Serbia 664 0 0
45 Nigeria 659 0 7
46 Israel 649 0 0
47 Slovenia 648 0 0
48 Cameroon 627 0 0
49 Congo 624 0 0
50 Japan 614 0 0
51 Egypt 612 0 0
52 Turkey 603 0 0
53 Panama 587 0 0
54 Congo DR 584 0 0
55 Gabon 583 0 0
56 Mali 578 0 0
57 Albania 575 0 0
57 Korea Republic 575 0 0
59 South Africa 553 1 0
60 Zambia 552 -1 -4
61 Equatorial Guinea 549 0 0
62 Republic of Ireland 546 0 0
63 Peru 532 1 6
64 Australia 531 -1 0
65 Trinidad and Tobago 519 0 0
66 Burkina Faso 517 0 0
67 Bulgaria 505 0 0
68 United Arab Emirates 501 0 0
69 Venezuela 495 0 0
70 Norway 491 0 0
71 Uganda 485 1 0
72 Uzbekistan 476 1 0
73 Rwanda 474 1 0
74 Jamaica 466 1 0
75 Montenegro 457 -5 -34
76 Honduras 453 0 2
77 Armenia 449 0 0
78 Finland 446 0 0
79 Haiti 442 0 0
80 Togo 435 0 0
81 Paraguay 415 0 -3
82 China PR 408 0 0
83 Belarus 397 0 0
84 El Salvador 388 0 0
85 Latvia 387 0 0
86 Iraq 383 0 -2
86 Mozambique 383 0 -2
88 Sierra Leone 382 0 0
89 Angola 381 0 0
90 Guatemala 371 0 -1
90 Morocco 371 1 0
92 Bolivia 360 0 0
93 Estonia 358 0 0
94 Benin 357 0 0
95 Saudi Arabia 349 0 0
96 Cyprus 342 0 0
97 Malawi 341 0 0
97 Oman 341 0 0
99 Qatar 337 0 0
100 Lithuania 333 0 0
101 Ethiopia 321 0 0
102 Faroe Islands 318 0 0
103 Jordan 316 0 0
104 Botswana 314 0 0
105 FYR Macedonia 312 0 0
106 Antigua and Barbuda 311 0 0
107 Tanzania 304 0 2
108 Bahrain 299 0 0
109 Cuba 298 0 0
110 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 291 6 29
111 Sudan 288 -1 0
112 Libya 281 -1 0
112 St. Kitts and Nevis 281 -1 0
114 Namibia 279 -1 0
115 Canada 277 -1 0
116 Azerbaijan 264 -1 0
117 Kenya 258 0 0
118 Dominican Republic 257 0 0
119 Niger 252 0 0
120 Moldova 245 1 0
121 Lesotho 242 1 0
122 Burundi 237 1 0
123 Zimbabwe 235 0 -2
124 Vietnam 229 1 0
125 Syria 225 1 0
126 Kuwait 224 1 0
127 Liechtenstein 219 1 0
128 Bermuda 217 1 0
129 Mauritania 216 -9 -30
130 Barbados 215 0 0
131 St. Lucia 214 5 12
132 Guinea-Bissau 212 -1 0
132 Liberia 212 -1 0
134 Kazakhstan 210 -1 0
135 Afghanistan 208 0 5
136 Aruba 204 -2 0
137 Luxembourg 200 0 0
137 Philippines 200 2 7
139 Georgia 197 -1 0
140 Maldives 191 1 0
141 Palestine 190 -1 -2
142 Thailand 183 0 0
143 Tajikistan 173 0 -2
144 Central African Republic 163 0 0
144 Lebanon 163 0 0
144 New Zealand 163 0 0
147 India 161 0 0
148 Curaçao 159 0 0
149 Malta 158 0 0
150 Madagascar 156 0 0
151 Timor-Leste 151 1 0
152 Chad 150 -1 -5
153 Kyrgyzstan 148 0 2
154 Nicaragua 142 0 0
155 Korea DPR 139 2 2
156 Gambia 138 0 0
157 Myanmar 133 1 0
158 Belize 131 1 0
158 Indonesia 131 1 0
158 Turkmenistan 131 1 0
161 Singapore 130 1 0
162 Bhutan 128 1 0
162 Guyana 128 -7 -11
164 Dominica 121 13 25
165 Malaysia 120 -1 -3
166 Puerto Rico 119 0 0
167 Yemen 117 3 6
168 Bangladesh 116 -1 0
168 Hong Kong 116 -1 0
170 Suriname 115 -1 0
171 Grenada 113 -6 -7
172 Montserrat 107 -1 0
173 Pakistan 106 -1 0
174 US Virgin Islands 104 -1 0
175 New Caledonia 101 -1 0
176 Guam 97 -1 0
176 Swaziland 97 -1 0
178 Laos 88 0 0
179 Cambodia 86 0 0
179 Chinese Taipei 86 0 0
181 Nepal 70 0 -1
182 Brunei Darussalam 69 1 0
183 Macau 66 1 0
183 Turks and Caicos Islands 66 1 0
185 Comoros 65 1 0
185 Mauritius 65 -4 -6
185 Tahiti 65 1 0
188 Sri Lanka 64 -2 -1
189 Seychelles 60 0 0
190 Sao Tome e Principe 58 0 0
191 Cayman Islands 48 0 0
192 Solomon Islands 46 0 0
193 South Sudan 43 0 0
194 San Marino 40 0 0
195 Vanuatu 34 0 0
196 Fiji 30 0 0
196 Samoa 30 0 0
198 Bahamas 26 0 0
198 British Virgin Islands 26 0 0
200 Mongolia 19 0 0
201 Tonga 17 0 0
202 Papua New Guinea 13 0 0
203 American Samoa 12 0 0
204 Andorra 8 0 0
204 Eritrea 8 0 0
206 Somalia 6 0 0
207 Cook Islands 4 0 0
207 Djibouti 4 0 0
209 Anguilla 2 0 0

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5 comments:

  1. Egypt will play friendly against Djibouti in 21th May, Malawi in 6th June
    If wins the 2 games,and wins against Tanzania in AFCON 2017 qualifiers,
    how many points will have in July ranking?

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    1. Around 603 (using the May rankings for Egypt's opponents).

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  2. Can i know why mauritius goes from 181 to 185 ... they had 71 points and now goes down to 65 ...
    they drawn against togo and burundi last month ... when will the totality of the points gained from these 2 matches add up n show up in the fifa rankings?
    i dnt understand

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    1. The games vs. Togo and Burundi were already included in the April 2015 ranking. Mauritius' total dropped because the two defeats vs. Mauritania (April 2014) are now more than 12 months ago and they impact the average of the 0.5 timeframe (games played between 24 and 12 months ago).

      You're welcome.

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