FIFA Ranking: March 2009 preview (I)

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.

Already included: matches played up to and including February 10th and Korea DPR - Saudi Arabia 1 - 0.

February 2009 rank - Country - February 2009 points - Minimum points - Maximum points

1	Spain	1693	1630	1666
2	Germany	1403	1366	1393
3	Netherlands	1357	1308	1335
4	Italy	1318	1284	1284
5	Brazil	1248	1260	1260
6	Argentina	1181	1172	1219
7	Croatia	1175	1127	1169
8	England	1136	1083	1143
9	Russia	1119	1128	1128
10	Turkey	1040	1001	1029
11	France	1026	1004	1045
12	Czech Republic	1020	986	1023
12	Portugal	1020	993	1025
14	Ukraine	932	877	927
15	Paraguay	923	880	908
16	Cameroon	900	850	900
17	Romania	880	849	901
18	Israel	877	829	887
19	Greece	864	851	887
20	USA	858	816	896
21	Switzerland	857	817	857
22	Uruguay	849	806	836
23	Nigeria	827	770	808
24	Mexico	791	784	856
25	Sweden	780	755	780
26	Bulgaria	772	730	807
27	Australia	760	701	802
28	Poland	754	722	747
29	Republic of Ireland	747	686	772
30	Egypt	744	715	753
31	Chile	743	714	739
32	Scotland	739	755	755
33	Serbia	737	708	754
34	Denmark	724	680	741
35	Ghana	714	705	741
36	Côte d'Ivoire	709	690	734
37	Japan	697	688	752
38	Costa Rica	694	654	728
39	Honduras	693	674	728
40	Ecuador	691	695	695
41	Morocco	656	621	673
42	Slovakia	635	569	597
43	Hungary	629	595	650
44	Iran	623	603	648
45	Guinea	611	582	625
46	Korea Republic	608	593	664
47	Mali	601	570	605
48	Lithuania	595	562	573
49	Northern Ireland	593	571	618
50	Panama	586	578	578
51	Colombia	584	581	599
52	Slovenia	572	529	578
53	Belgium	568	541	591
53	Tunisia	568	543	593
55	Saudi Arabia	555	541	541
56	Norway	553	541	615
57	Bolivia	537	537	537
57	FYR Macedonia	537	513	551
59	Bosnia-Herzegovina	535	529	529
60	Senegal	534	526	526
61	Finland	523	534	590
62	Burkina Faso	520	485	516
63	Gabon	514	505	505
64	Jamaica	508	468	492
65	Wales	503	482	533
66	Algeria	497	471	501
67	Latvia	492	463	487
67	Venezuela	492	481	498
69	Congo	486	507	507
70	South Africa	485	469	500
71	Uganda	478	478	478
72	Uzbekistan	476	449	503
73	Gambia	465	465	465
74	Bahrain	456	448	483
75	Angola	453	430	473
76	Peru	452	431	481
77	Iceland	443	425	440
78	Trinidad and Tobago	439	434	456
79	Albania	435	405	452
80	Libya	432	411	448
81	Benin	423	397	435
82	New Zealand	419	424	424
83	Austria	416	393	433
84	Sudan	412	412	412
85	Iraq	407	411	411
86	Rwanda	406	406	406
87	Oman	400	419	419
88	Canada	397	379	379
88	Togo	397	370	414
90	Belarus	395	395	395
91	Qatar	388	394	394
92	Zambia	381	383	383
93	Cuba	380	360	360
94	Congo DR	373	373	373
95	Mozambique	372	356	377
96	Kenya	367	367	367
96	Syria	367	366	366
98	Cyprus	366	346	405
99	Moldova	362	348	391
100	Zimbabwe	349	339	358
101	Ethiopia	348	348	348
102	Malawi	342	317	338
103	Tanzania	341	331	347
104	China PR	339	354	354
105	Fiji	333	333	333
106	Cape Verde Islands	332	332	332
107	El Salvador	329	317	350
108	Georgia	327	314	442
109	Sierra Leone	315	315	315
110	Guatemala	314	306	325
111	Montenegro	310	310	310
112	Haiti	302	293	318
113	Namibia	297	297	297
114	Grenada	296	279	279
114	United Arab Emirates	296	295	295
116	Bermuda	292	292	292
117	Thailand	285	292	292
118	Botswana	283	283	283
119	Korea DPR	280	325	325
120	Luxembourg	279	280	280
121	Armenia	278	268	318
122	Antigua and Barbuda	265	272	272
122	Estonia	265	259	272
124	Equatorial Guinea	256	317	317
125	Kuwait	247	233	304
126	Chad	246	263	263
126	Jordan	246	257	257
128	Barbados	242	244	244
129	Suriname	231	231	231
130	New Caledonia	229	229	229
131	Singapore	226	229	229
132	Nicaragua	221	195	195
133	Guyana	218	255	255
134	Burundi	217	217	217
135	Vietnam	216	216	216
136	Azerbaijan	213	212	229
137	Indonesia	210	210	210
138	Swaziland	209	208	208
139	Madagascar	207	209	209
140	Kazakhstan	206	214	243
141	Liberia	179	179	179
142	Vanuatu	176	176	176
143	Hong Kong	174	181	181
144	Puerto Rico	170	170	170
145	Niger	168	168	168
146	Yemen	163	176	176
147	Tajikistan	162	166	166
148	India	161	156	156
149	Lebanon	150	145	145
150	Mauritania	149	149	149
151	Liechtenstein	147	144	191
152	Netherlands Antilles	142	142	142
153	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	139	139
154	Malta	134	136	237
155	Turkmenistan	131	131	131
156	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	130	130	130
157	Maldives	126	126	126
158	Myanmar	121	121	121
159	Kyrgyzstan	112	134	134
160	Eritrea	108	108	108
161	Malaysia	104	107	107
162	Lesotho	103	105	105
163	Solomon Islands	100	100	100
164	Philippines	98	98	98
164	Sri Lanka	98	98	98
166	Pakistan	89	87	87
167	Chinese Taipei	85	81	81
168	Cayman Islands	76	76	76
169	Bahamas	74	74	74
169	Mauritius	74	69	69
171	Laos	73	73	73
172	Seychelles	72	72	72
173	Nepal	70	70	70
174	Bangladesh	68	65	65
175	Samoa	64	64	64
175	St. Lucia	64	64	64
177	Belize	62	62	62
178	Somalia	57	57	57
179	Cambodia	56	56	56
180	Palestine	55	65	65
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	51	51
182	British Virgin Islands	50	50	50
183	Brunei Darussalam	45	45	45
184	Afghanistan	44	44	44
185	Faroe Islands	42	42	42
186	Djibouti	41	41	41
187	Dominican Republic	40	40	40
188	Guinea-Bissau	38	38	38
189	Bhutan	33	33	33
190	Tahiti	32	32	32
190	Tonga	32	32	32
192	Mongolia	24	19	19
193	Aruba	22	22	22
194	US Virgin Islands	17	17	17
195	Andorra	14	14	79
196	Dominica	12	12	12
197	Macau	10	10	10
198	Timor-Leste	9	9	9
199	Comoros	8	8	8
200	Central African Republic	6	4	4
201	American Samoa	0	0	0
201	Anguilla	0	0	0
201	Cook Islands	0	0	0
201	Guam	0	0	0
201	Montserrat	0	0	0
201	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
201	San Marino	0	0	226

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FIFA Ranking: February 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.

Included matches: up to and including February 5th, 2009 (the official deadline for matches). FIFA might include two other friendlies: El Salvador - Peru and Lithuania - Poland.

At the request of the Omani FA, the friendly Oman - Senegal 1 - 0 (December 22nd, 2008) will be upgraded to "A" match status. FIFA didn't initially consider it an "A" match, as Senegal used only local players. Senegal lose 31 points, Oman gain 5.

For best/worst movers, best/worst ranking see the previous February 2009 FIFA ranking preview.

Iran move to 3rd in AFC at the expense of Korea Republic.

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

1	Spain	1693	0	30
2	Germany	1403	0	14
3	Netherlands	1357	0	19
4	Italy	1318	0	-8
5	Brazil	1248	0	2
6	Argentina	1181	0	1
7	Croatia	1175	0	33
8	England	1136	0	21
9	Russia	1119	0	16
10	Turkey	1040	0	24
11	France	1026	0	19
12	Czech Republic	1020	-1	13
12	Portugal	1020	-1	13
14	Ukraine	936	2	27
15	Paraguay	923	3	34
16	Cameroon	900	-2	-89
17	Romania	880	4	22
18	Israel	878	1	1
19	Greece	864	1	-8
20	USA	858	2	5
21	Switzerland	856	3	32
22	Uruguay	849	1	21
23	Nigeria	827	-6	-64
24	Mexico	791	2	-20
25	Sweden	780	6	32
26	Bulgaria	773	2	-9
27	Australia	760	2	-17
28	Poland	754	3	6
29	Republic of Ireland	747	8	36
30	Chile	743	0	-14
31	Egypt	742	-16	-232
32	Scotland	739	1	0
33	Serbia	737	2	6
34	Denmark	725	2	9
35	Côte d'Ivoire	713	-8	-72
35	Ghana	713	-10	-100
37	Japan	697	-3	-21
38	Costa Rica	693	9	87
38	Honduras	693	2	4
40	Ecuador	692	-1	-5
41	Morocco	654	0	14
42	Slovakia	636	2	15
43	Hungary	630	4	24
44	Iran	623	2	10
45	Guinea	608	-7	-102
46	Korea Republic	605	-4	-23
47	Mali	603	-4	-23
48	Lithuania	595	2	12
49	Northern Ireland	593	3	13
50	Panama	586	33	169
51	Colombia	584	-2	0
52	Slovenia	570	5	38
53	Tunisia	568	-8	-47
54	Belgium	567	0	19
55	Saudi Arabia	556	-2	-3
56	Norway	550	3	24
57	Bolivia	537	1	9
58	Bosnia-Herzegovina	535	3	18
58	FYR Macedonia	535	-2	2
60	Senegal	534	-10	-49
61	Finland	523	-6	-12
62	Burkina Faso	520	0	8
63	Gabon	514	-1	2
64	Jamaica	508	2	14
65	Wales	501	-5	-21
66	Algeria	497	-2	-4
67	Latvia	493	3	9
68	Venezuela	490	-3	-6
69	Congo	486	1	2
69	South Africa	486	5	28
71	Peru	479	1	17
72	Uganda	477	-4	-12
73	Uzbekistan	476	-4	-9
74	Gambia	465	1	19
75	Bahrain	455	14	48
76	Angola	454	-9	-38
77	Iceland	444	3	23
78	Trinidad and Tobago	440	-5	-21
79	Albania	435	-1	11
80	Libya	432	-2	8
81	Benin	422	18	60
82	New Zealand	419	0	0
83	Austria	414	9	26
84	Sudan	412	9	29
85	Iraq	407	0	-5
85	Rwanda	407	6	16
87	Oman	399	7	23
88	Canada	398	-2	-12
88	Togo	398	2	-7
90	Belarus	394	-9	-26
91	Qatar	388	-5	-22
92	Zambia	381	-16	-49
93	Cuba	380	-16	-45
94	Congo DR	374	-8	-36
95	Mozambique	372	3	0
96	Cyprus	368	-2	-8
96	Syria	368	9	32
98	Kenya	367	-14	-46
99	Moldova	364	-2	-9
100	Zimbabwe	350	-4	-24
101	Ethiopia	348	1	0
102	Malawi	342	1	0
103	Tanzania	341	-2	-11
104	China PR	339	0	-1
105	Fiji	333	1	0
106	Cape Verde Islands	332	1	0
107	Georgia	328	1	0
108	El Salvador	323	2	8
109	Guatemala	315	0	-10
109	Sierra Leone	315	1	0
111	Montenegro	310	2	0
112	Haiti	302	-12	-55
113	Grenada	298	10	45
114	Namibia	297	1	1
115	United Arab Emirates	296	-1	-8
116	Bermuda	291	15	62
117	Thailand	285	7	33
118	Botswana	283	-1	0
119	Korea DPR	280	-3	-7
120	Luxembourg	279	1	20
121	Armenia	278	-9	-35
122	Antigua and Barbuda	265	5	23
122	Estonia	265	-4	5
124	Equatorial Guinea	255	-2	-2
125	Chad	249	-7	-11
126	Jordan	247	0	3
127	Kuwait	246	-9	-14
128	Barbados	243	-3	-5
129	Suriname	231	0	0
130	New Caledonia	229	1	0
131	Singapore	226	4	19
132	Nicaragua	221	50	176
133	Guyana	218	-4	-13
134	Burundi	217	-6	-19
135	Vietnam	216	3	34
136	Azerbaijan	213	-2	4
137	Indonesia	210	7	43
138	Swaziland	209	-1	19
139	Kazakhstan	207	-6	-3
139	Madagascar	207	-4	0
141	Liberia	179	-2	0
142	Vanuatu	176	-2	0
143	Hong Kong	174	9	35
144	Puerto Rico	170	-3	-3
145	Niger	168	-3	0
146	Tajikistan	162	0	0
147	India	161	-5	-7
147	Yemen	161	6	30
149	Lebanon	150	-4	-13
150	Mauritania	149	-1	0
151	Liechtenstein	147	0	0
152	Netherlands Antilles	142	2	14
153	St. Kitts and Nevis	139	1	11
154	Malta	134	-6	-17
155	Turkmenistan	131	-6	-18
156	Maldives	126	1	0
157	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	123	-10	-30
158	Myanmar	121	-2	-6
159	Kyrgyzstan	112	0	0
160	Eritrea	108	0	0
161	Lesotho	103	0	-3
161	Malaysia	103	-3	-11
163	Solomon Islands	100	0	0
164	Philippines	98	-2	-4
164	Sri Lanka	98	0	0
166	Pakistan	89	-1	0
167	Chinese Taipei	85	-1	0
168	Cayman Islands	76	3	3
169	Bahamas	74	0	0
169	Mauritius	74	0	0
171	Laos	73	-3	-7
172	Seychelles	72	0	0
173	Nepal	70	1	0
174	Bangladesh	68	1	0
175	Samoa	64	1	0
175	St. Lucia	64	1	0
177	Belize	62	-4	-9
178	Somalia	57	0	0
179	Cambodia	56	0	0
179	Palestine	56	1	4
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	-14	-32
182	British Virgin Islands	50	-1	0
183	Brunei Darussalam	45	-1	0
184	Afghanistan	44	0	0
185	Faroe Islands	42	0	0
186	Djibouti	41	0	0
187	Dominican Republic	40	0	0
188	Guinea-Bissau	38	0	0
189	Bhutan	33	0	0
190	Tahiti	32	0	0
190	Tonga	32	0	0
192	Mongolia	24	1	0
193	Aruba	22	1	0
194	US Virgin Islands	17	2	0
195	Andorra	14	0	-6
196	Dominica	12	-4	-13
197	Macau	10	0	0
198	Timor-Leste	9	0	0
199	Comoros	8	0	0
200	Central African Republic	6	0	0
201	American Samoa	0	0	0
201	Anguilla	0	0	0
201	Cook Islands	0	0	0
201	Guam	0	0	0
201	Montserrat	0	0	0
201	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0
201	San Marino	0	0	0

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Christian, husband, father x 3, programmer, Romanian. Started the blog in March 2007. Quit in April 2018. You can find me on LinkedIn.