Saturday, January 16, 2021

FIFA ranking: February 2021 probable ranking

As usual the February ranking does not include matches played in an official FIFA international match window. And this year only the African Nations Championship is scheduled from today in Cameroon. Not to be confused with the continental showpiece African Cup of Nations, for the 16 teams in this tournament only players playing in domestic African competitions can be selected. Especially the top dogs in African football with all their stars playing in other continents are severely weakened by this rule, so traditional powerhouses are not to be overestimated (if they could qualify for this tournament in the first place). The matches do count for the FIFA ranking though, but only as friendlies.


There are a few preparatory friendlies played for this tournament, but it is yet unclear if they will be included in the FIFA ranking or not. For now they are excluded.


Here is the probable February 2021 ranking, to be published on February 18th.

This preview is calculated with elo-predicted results for all 40 currently scheduled and according to my method included matches, out of a total of 51 currently scheduled matches. See the probable results for a list of which scheduled matches are included.


Feb rank

team

Feb pts

+/- pos

+/- pts

1

Belgium

1779,53

0

0

2

France

1755,05

0

0

3

Brazil

1742,65

0

0

4

England

1670,25

0

0

5

Portugal

1662,23

0

0

6

Spain

1645,33

0

0

7

Argentina

1641,95

0

0

8

Uruguay

1639,08

0

0

9

Mexico

1632,12

0

0

10

Italy

1624,77

0

0

11

Croatia

1616,77

0

0

12

Denmark

1613,88

0

0

13

Germany

1609,91

0

0

14

Netherlands

1608,88

0

0

15

Colombia

1600,66

0

0

16

Switzerland

1592,58

0

0

17

Chile

1566,83

0

0

18

Wales

1561,84

0

0

19

Poland

1558,88

0

0

20

Senegal

1558,37

0

0

20

Sweden

1557,53

0

0

22

USA

1546,31

0

1

23

Austria

1530,94

0

0

24

Ukraine

1521,15

0

0

25

Peru

1511,88

0

0

26

Tunisia

1502,87

0

0

27

Japan

1502,49

0

0

28

Venezuela

1500,71

0

0

29

Iran

1496,25

0

0

29

Serbia

1495,64

1

1

31

Algeria

1487,67

0

0

32

Turkey

1486,98

0

0

33

Morocco

1481,09

2

7

34

Slovakia

1477,62

-1

0

35

Paraguay

1476,02

-1

0

36

Nigeria

1474,35

-1

0

37

Romania

1465,63

0

0

38

Korea Republic

1464,89

0

0

39

Russia

1461,48

0

0

40

Hungary

1460,45

0

0

41

Australia

1457,49

0

0

42

Republic of Ireland

1456,50

0

0

42

Czech Republic

1455,79

0

0

44

Norway

1450,04

0

0

45

Northern Ireland

1440,02

0

0

46

Cameroon

1439,27

4

11

47

Iceland

1438,18

-1

0

48

Jamaica

1436,60

-1

0

49

Scotland

1436,32

-1

0

50

Egypt

1432,32

-1

0

51

Costa Rica

1426,73

0

0

52

Ghana

1424,22

0

0

53

Greece

1412,84

0

0

54

Finland

1411,40

0

0

55

Bosnia-Herzegovina

1409,98

0

0

56

Ecuador

1409,00

0

0

57

Mali

1408,45

0

0

58

Qatar

1391,06

0

0

58

Congo DR

1390,90

2

5

58

Burkina Faso

1390,59

0

0

61

Cote d'Ivoire

1384,21

0

0

62

Slovenia

1379,19

0

0

63

Montenegro

1370,00

0

0

64

Honduras

1366,64

0

0

65

North Macedonia

1362,33

0

0

66

Albania

1359,51

0

0

67

Saudi Arabia

1352,95

0

0

68

Bulgaria

1350,13

0

0

69

Iraq

1347,18

0

0

70

El Salvador

1344,14

0

-2

71

South Africa

1340,96

0

0

72

Canada

1331,56

0

0

73

Guinea

1330,30

0

1

74

United Arab Emirates

1326,46

0

0

75

China PR

1322,96

0

0

76

Syria

1313,10

0

0

76

Curacao

1312,96

0

0

78

Panama

1310,88

0

0

79

Bolivia

1306,81

0

0

80

Cape Verde Islands

1305,83

1

0

81

Uganda

1305,37

-2

-2

82

Oman

1302,89

0

0

83

Benin

1301,60

0

0

84

Haiti

1284,80

0

0

85

Uzbekistan

1283,08

0

0

86

Gabon

1279,64

0

0

87

Israel

1279,36

0

0

88

Zambia

1268,91

2

4

88

Belarus

1268,84

0

0

90

Georgia

1266,52

-1

0

91

Congo

1264,00

0

0

92

Lebanon

1263,15

0

0

93

Vietnam

1258,06

0

0

94

Madagascar

1256,88

0

0

95

Jordan

1244,45

0

0

96

Kyrgyzstan

1240,08

0

0

97

Bahrain

1238,15

0

0

98

Luxembourg

1235,32

0

0

99

Armenia

1233,27

0

0

100

Cyprus

1223,75

0

0

101

Mauritania

1207,30

0

0

102

Palestine

1200,81

0

-3

102

Trinidad and Tobago

1200,72

1

0

104

Kenya

1187,19

0

0

104

India

1186,98

0

0

106

Mozambique

1184,99

0

0

107

Faroe Islands

1182,52

0

0

108

Azerbaijan

1180,39

1

0

108

Estonia

1179,98

1

0

110

Thailand

1178,07

1

0

110

Libya

1177,77

1

0

112

Zimbabwe

1176,11

-4

-5

113

Central African Republic

1171,29

1

0

114

Korea DPR

1169,96

1

0

115

Niger

1166,87

-2

-6

116

Sierra Leone

1164,82

0

0

117

Kosovo

1154,81

0

0

118

New Zealand

1149,43

0

0

119

Guinea-Bissau

1145,99

1

0

120

Namibia

1143,41

-1

-4

120

Tajikistan

1142,96

1

0

122

Kazakhstan

1141,72

0

0

123

Malawi

1139,86

0

0

124

Philippines

1135,94

0

0

125

Angola

1134,19

0

0

126

Antigua and Barbuda

1127,35

0

0

127

Sudan

1124,11

0

0

128

Guatemala

1114,02

3

3

128

Lithuania

1113,61

1

0

130

Togo

1112,31

-2

-3

130

Comoros

1112,13

0

0

132

Turkmenistan

1106,51

0

0

133

Equatorial Guinea

1097,31

1

0

133

Rwanda

1096,84

0

-2

135

Tanzania

1082,48

0

-3

135

Latvia

1082,30

1

0

137

Myanmar

1081,26

0

0

138

Chinese Taipei

1078,48

0

0

138

Burundi

1077,93

0

0

140

St. Kitts and Nevis

1073,86

0

0

141

Suriname

1073,39

0

0

141

Solomon Islands

1072,78

0

0

143

Lesotho

1072,02

0

0

143

Hong Kong

1072,00

0

0

145

Yemen

1070,54

0

0

146

Botswana

1065,70

0

0

146

Ethiopia

1065,55

0

0

148

Kuwait

1063,11

0

3

149

Nicaragua

1054,61

0

0

150

Afghanistan

1052,24

0

0

151

Andorra

1047,83

0

0

152

Liberia

1047,45

0

0

153

Malaysia

1040,02

0

0

153

Eswatini

1039,70

0

0

155

Maldives

1038,31

0

0

156

New Caledonia

1035,12

0

0

157

Gambia

1034,21

0

0

158

Dominican Republic

1020,79

1

2

159

Singapore

1020,27

-1

0

160

Grenada

1014,55

0

0

161

Tahiti

1014,27

0

0

162

Barbados

1008,78

0

0

163

South Sudan

997,86

0

0

164

Fiji

996,27

0

0

164

Vanuatu

995,62

0

0

166

Papua New Guinea

990,55

0

0

167

Guyana

988,40

0

0

168

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

985,75

0

0

169

Bermuda

983,27

0

0

170

Belize

973,98

0

0

171

Nepal

968,37

0

0

172

Mauritius

964,94

0

0

173

Indonesia

964,07

0

0

173

Cambodia

963,79

0

0

175

St. Lucia

953,45

0

0

176

Malta

951,37

0

0

177

Moldova

950,34

0

0

178

Chad

946,67

0

0

179

Cuba

935,97

1

0

179

Puerto Rico

935,56

0

-5

181

Liechtenstein

924,09

0

0

182

Macau

922,10

0

0

183

Montserrat

920,53

0

0

184

Djibouti

918,91

0

0

184

Dominica

918,70

0

0

186

Bangladesh

916,89

0

0

187

Sao Tomé e Príncipe

914,07

0

0

188

Laos

912,07

0

0

189

Bhutan

910,96

0

0

190

Mongolia

906,34

0

0

191

Brunei Darussalam

903,90

0

0

192

American Samoa

900,27

0

0

193

Cayman Islands

896,65

0

0

194

Samoa

894,26

0

0

195

Gibraltar

887,55

0

0

196

Bahamas

879,61

0

0

197

Timor-Leste

879,43

0

0

197

Somalia

879,13

0

0

199

Guam

872,83

0

0

200

Aruba

867,44

0

0

200

Pakistan

866,81

0

0

202

Seychelles

865,69

0

0

203

Tonga

861,81

0

0

203

Turks and Caicos Islands

861,56

0

0

205

Eritrea

855,56

0

0

206

Sri Lanka

853,07

0

0

207

US Virgin Islands

844,16

0

0

208

British Virgin Islands

841,73

0

0

209

Anguilla

821,24

0

0

210

San Marino

810,17

0

0



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