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Friday, September 8, 2017

FIFA Ranking: September 2017 final preview

FIFA will publish the ranking on 14 September.

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Best movers:

47 - Cape Verde Islands
35 - Luxembourg
32 - FYR Macedonia

Worst movers:

-31 - Guatemala
-24 - Ethiopia
-21 - Sierra Leone, Lithuania, Kazakhstan

Best movers in the top 50:

22 - Bolivia
20 - Denmark
15 - Montenegro, Scotland

Worst movers in the top 50:

-20 - Austria
-18 - Czech Republic
-14 - Congo DR, Algeria

Three teams will improve their best ever ranking:

Peru (12 - 14 in July 2017)
Northern Ireland (20 - 22 in July 2017)
Syria (75 - 77 in June 2017)

Two teams will return to their best ever ranking:

Germany (1 - 1 in July 2017)
Portugal (3 - 3 in May 2014)

Two teams will return to their worst ever ranking:

Italy (17 - 17 in October 2015)
Malta (191 - 191 in July 2017)

Five teams will drop to new lows:

Russia (64 - 63 in June 2017)
Latvia (148 - 131 in August 2017)
Kuwait (181 - 174 in August 2017)
Bangladesh (196 - 193 in May 2017)
Sri Lanka (198 - 197 in August 2017)

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

Luxembourg (101 - 97 in May 1996) - 21 years and 4 months
China PR (62 - 60 in September 2005) - 12 years
Bulgaria (38 - 38 in March 2010) - 7 years and 6 months
Cyprus (70 - 43 in September 2010) - 7 years

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

Czech Republic (58 - 59 in May 1994) - 23 years and 4 months
Botswana (146 - 153 in December 2001) - 15 years and 9 months
Algeria (62 - 66 in June 2009) - 8 years and 3 months
Hungary (59 - 62 in August 2010) - 7 years and 1 month
Ethiopia (144 - 144 in August 2010) - 7 years and 1 month
Trinidad and Tobago (99 - 106 in October 2010) - 6 years and 11 months
Aruba (179 - 200 in June 2011) - 6 years and 3 months
Bosnia and Herzegovina (36 - 39 in August 2011) - 6 years and 1 month
Mali (76 - 81 in August 2011) - 6 years and 1 month
Equatorial Guinea (135 - 151 in January 2012) - 5 years and 8 months
Colombia (10 - 22 in September 2012) - 5 years

Peru will be ranked above England and Italy for the first time ever.
Cyprus will be ranked above Norway for the first time ever.
Syria will be ranked above Israel for the first time ever.

September 2017 rank - Team - September 2017 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Germany 1606 1 57
2 Brazil 1590 -1 -14
3 Portugal 1386 3 119
4 Argentina 1325 -1 -74
5 Belgium 1265 4 71
6 Poland 1250 -1 -69
7 Switzerland 1210 -3 -119
8 France 1208 2 51
9 Chile 1195 -2 -55
10 Colombia 1191 -2 -17
11 Spain 1184 0 70
12 Peru 1103 3 80
13 Wales 1089 5 138
14 Mexico 1085 0 39
15 England 1056 -2 5
16 Uruguay 1043 1 48
17 Italy 1035 -5 -24
18 Croatia 977 -2 -30
19 Slovakia 967 3 50
20 Northern Ireland 945 3 48
21 Costa Rica 936 0 18
22 Iceland 931 -2 4
23 Sweden 918 -4 -15
24 Ukraine 888 3 45
25 Iran 865 -1 -28
26 Denmark 848 20 165
27 Turkey 842 6 63
28 USA 828 -2 -37
29 Netherlands 819 7 85
30 Egypt 815 -5 -51
31 Tunisia 810 3 34
32 Serbia 789 10 76
33 Senegal 774 -2 -20
34 Republic of Ireland 769 -5 -47
35 Ecuador 767 -3 -24
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 761 -6 -54
37 Montenegro 749 15 106
38 Bulgaria 739 14 96
39 Paraguay 738 1 24
40 Japan 737 4 41
41 Romania 714 1 1
42 Congo DR 709 -14 -113
43 Scotland 702 15 90
44 Nigeria 696 -6 -20
45 Cameroon 689 -10 -48
46 Bolivia 666 22 134
47 Greece 665 -9 -51
48 Haiti 664 7 39
49 Burkina Faso 663 -2 -15
50 Australia 662 -5 -29
51 Korea Republic 659 -2 -15
52 Ghana 646 -2 -19
53 Saudi Arabia 641 6 40
54 Côte d'Ivoire 637 0 1
55 Slovenia 636 -4 -16
56 Morocco 635 4 35
57 Austria 632 -20 -91
58 Czech Republic 630 -18 -84
59 Hungary 629 -3 13
60 Panama 618 1 26
61 Jamaica 607 -4 -7
62 Algeria 564 -14 -113
62 China PR 564 15 117
64 Russia 558 -2 -32
65 Guinea 554 1 18
66 Albania 551 -3 -32
67 Cape Verde Islands 548 47 264
68 Venezuela 525 1 4
69 Uzbekistan 511 -5 -68
70 Cyprus 487 24 129
71 Uganda 486 2 22
72 United Arab Emirates 480 2 21
73 Norway 472 12 81
74 Honduras 467 1 12
75 Syria 465 5 42
76 Mali 464 -11 -81
77 Belarus 454 -6 -49
78 Zambia 448 18 103
79 Gabon 430 9 49
80 South Africa 423 -14 -113
81 Libya 422 2 23
82 Israel 420 -12 -92
83 Armenia 414 -11 -66
84 Estonia 413 14 79
85 Qatar 406 -7 -27
86 Curaçao 405 0 21
87 Finland 404 23 111
88 Benin 400 3 31
88 Iraq 400 14 76
88 Kenya 400 -6 -12
91 Palestine 389 2 25
92 Azerbaijan 388 -13 -39
93 Faroe Islands 384 -4 8
94 Guinea-Bissau 381 -2 16
95 Congo 378 -14 -35
96 Canada 368 -1 16
97 Sierra Leone 366 -21 -82
98 Mauritania 365 -12 -19
99 El Salvador 361 4 41
99 Trinidad and Tobago 361 -16 -38
101 Luxembourg 343 35 120
101 Madagascar 343 -11 -27
103 FYR Macedonia 328 32 100
103 Georgia 328 9 38
105 Zimbabwe 326 -4 1
106 Niger 325 10 53
107 India 316 -10 -25
108 Mozambique 309 -4 -6
109 Nicaragua 307 0 12
110 Jordan 305 -2 6
111 Suriname 303 -4 -2
112 Oman 292 8 33
113 New Zealand 289 10 31
114 St. Kitts and Nevis 286 11 31
115 Lebanon 280 10 25
116 Malawi 278 -10 -28
117 Antigua and Barbuda 276 -2 0
118 Bahrain 273 6 16
118 Rwanda 273 1 13
120 Lithuania 266 -21 -67
121 Togo 263 -8 -26
122 Kyrgyz Republic 260 6 12
123 Philippines 259 4 10
124 Korea DPR 258 -14 -35
125 Tanzania 256 -5 -3
126 Kazakhstan 254 -21 -54
127 Central African Republic 251 -9 -20
128 Yemen 247 18 55
129 Burundi 245 3 10
130 Vietnam 241 4 10
131 Guatemala 235 -31 -96
132 Namibia 233 4 10
133 Liberia 230 0 -2
134 Sudan 228 18 49
135 Equatorial Guinea 224 -19 -48
136 Turkmenistan 221 5 21
137 Angola 219 1 -1
137 Thailand 219 -7 -24
139 Swaziland 217 0 0
140 Tajikistan 213 11 33
141 Comoros 204 2 7
142 New Caledonia 196 3 0
143 Lesotho 193 0 -4
144 Andorra 191 -15 -55
144 Ethiopia 191 -24 -68
146 Botswana 190 -6 -11
147 Hong Kong 188 -1 -4
148 Latvia 182 -17 -60
149 Tahiti 181 1 0
150 South Sudan 177 -2 -8
151 Chinese Taipei 175 -3 -10
152 Myanmar 172 5 15
153 Chad 168 0 0
154 Maldives 156 -12 -43
155 Solomon Islands 153 0 -9
156 Guyana 148 7 13
156 Moldova 148 3 -6
158 Afghanistan 147 -2 -13
159 Grenada 141 3 1
160 Dominican Republic 140 1 -4
161 Mauritius 136 -1 -14
162 Singapore 134 9 18
163 Puerto Rico 132 -9 -35
164 Gambia 131 -6 -25
165 Papua New Guinea 130 -1 0
166 Laos 126 5 10
166 Malaysia 126 0 7
168 Belize 118 -2 -1
169 Indonesia 116 6 6
170 Barbados 115 -2 -3
171 Dominica 111 6 4
172 Cambodia 110 4 1
173 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 107 -4 -10
174 Bhutan 102 -9 -21
175 Nepal 101 -6 -16
176 São Tomé e Príncipe 98 2 0
177 Fiji 95 4 8
178 St. Lucia 94 1 -1
179 Aruba 92 -6 -21
180 Cuba 88 2 8
181 Kuwait 75 -7 -36
182 Bermuda 72 2 0
182 Macau 72 1 -7
184 Kosovo 67 -4 -23
185 Djibouti 64 7 11
186 Brunei Darussalam 62 2 0
187 Liechtenstein 56 3 0
188 Vanuatu 51 7 0
189 Guam 50 -4 -19
190 Seychelles 48 4 -4
191 Malta 44 -1 -12
192 Timor-Leste 40 4 -2
193 American Samoa 38 -7 -26
193 Cook Islands 38 -7 -26
193 Samoa 38 -1 -15
196 Bangladesh 35 -7 -25
197 Mongolia 30 1 0
198 Sri Lanka 29 -1 -5
199 US Virgin Islands 26 0 0
200 Montserrat 20 1 0
200 Pakistan 20 0 -4
202 Cayman Islands 13 0 0
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 0 0
204 San Marino 10 0 -2
205 British Virgin Islands 6 0 0
206 Anguilla 0 0 0
206 Bahamas 0 0 0
206 Eritrea 0 0 0
206 Gibraltar 0 0 0
206 Somalia 0 0 0
206 Tonga 0 0 0

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6 comments:

  1. Thanks for this!! Is there any scenario where Italy, France, or Spain (or all 3) could be seeded at the World Cup?

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    1. France and Spain are very close to 7th (and thus a seeded) spot in the predicted October ranking. So one slip of Wales (the current predicted number 7) is probably enough for that to happen.
      Italy is much too far away (in points) to have any realistic chance to be seeded. First task for them is to try to qualify via the play-offs.
      The predicted October 2017 ranking.

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  2. Come on Northern Ireland lets get to the play-off's and then on to Russia 2018

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  3. IRAQ good team i wish more victory in soccer

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  4. With the new coach Iraqi national team will win more games and will enhance the fifa ranking.

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  5. So proud of Northern Ireland, rocketing from 129th a few years ago to 20th!

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