FIFA will publish the ranking on 21 September.
Spain in pole position to claim first place in the rankings. Read more about Netherlands chances of remaining on top.
Samoa and American Samoa avoid being unlisted. With no games they would have been removed from the ranking. Papua New Guinea return to the ranking.
Samoa will join the club of teams with 0 points.
Probable results computed using the Elo Ratings. See the list of results used for this ranking.
Tajikistan expected to climb 31 places (after the losses against Syria were awarded to them as wins), with Canada (+20) and Mali (19) the other big climbers.
Moldova (-30), Latvia and Sierra (both -22) expected to drop more than 20 places.
Probable September 2011 rank - Team - Probable September 2011 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points
| 1 | Spain | 1605 | 1 | 42 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 1571 | -1 | -25 |
| 3 | Germany | 1313 | 0 | -17 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 1184 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Portugal | 1158 | 3 | 98 |
| 6 | Italy | 1142 | 1 | 32 |
| 7 | Brazil | 1132 | -1 | -24 |
| 8 | England | 1089 | -4 | -88 |
| 9 | Croatia | 1057 | 1 | 48 |
| 10 | Russia | 1031 | 3 | 91 |
| 11 | Argentina | 1024 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Greece | 976 | 2 | 39 |
| 13 | Japan | 963 | 2 | 45 |
| 14 | France | 956 | 1 | 38 |
| 15 | Chile | 943 | -4 | -17 |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 918 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Sweden | 909 | 1 | 20 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 886 | 12 | 129 |
| 19 | Australia | 882 | 3 | 45 |
| 20 | Norway | 880 | -8 | -63 |
| 21 | Serbia | 855 | 8 | 71 |
| 22 | Mexico | 847 | -2 | -17 |
| 23 | Turkey | 827 | 1 | 16 |
| 24 | Slovenia | 818 | -1 | 2 |
| 25 | Montenegro | 808 | -6 | -67 |
| 26 | Paraguay | 795 | -1 | -12 |
| 27 | Denmark | 789 | -6 | -52 |
| 28 | Republic of Ireland | 780 | 3 | 26 |
| 29 | Korea Republic | 779 | 4 | 34 |
| 30 | Egypt | 777 | 4 | 38 |
| 31 | USA | 776 | -3 | -15 |
| 32 | Peru | 754 | -6 | -52 |
| 33 | Belgium | 741 | 4 | 66 |
| 34 | Colombia | 735 | 1 | 5 |
| 35 | Israel | 724 | -3 | -22 |
| 36 | Slovakia | 716 | -10 | -90 |
| 37 | Belarus | 701 | 4 | 56 |
| 38 | Ghana | 700 | -2 | -26 |
| 39 | South Africa | 652 | 8 | 50 |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 651 | 0 | 5 |
| 41 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 641 | -2 | -15 |
| 42 | Jamaica | 636 | 1 | 13 |
| 43 | Hungary | 630 | 2 | 17 |
| 44 | Czech Republic | 628 | -2 | -7 |
| 45 | Nigeria | 614 | -7 | -45 |
| 45 | Senegal | 614 | 4 | 23 |
| 47 | Georgia | 611 | 16 | 89 |
| 48 | Algeria | 605 | -2 | -7 |
| 48 | Iran | 605 | 5 | 46 |
| 50 | Cameroon | 596 | 2 | 14 |
| 50 | Venezuela | 596 | -6 | -19 |
| 52 | Morocco | 593 | 9 | 64 |
| 53 | Romania | 584 | 1 | 26 |
| 54 | Honduras | 572 | -4 | -17 |
| 54 | Scotland | 572 | 1 | 18 |
| 56 | Panama | 571 | 6 | 47 |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 559 | -6 | -27 |
| 58 | Ukraine | 546 | -10 | -52 |
| 59 | Albania | 528 | -2 | -18 |
| 60 | Tunisia | 527 | -3 | -19 |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 526 | -1 | -4 |
| 62 | Libya | 519 | 2 | 15 |
| 62 | Mali | 519 | 19 | 111 |
| 64 | Lithuania | 504 | -8 | -48 |
| 65 | Northern Ireland | 503 | -6 | -42 |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 489 | 8 | 55 |
| 67 | Guinea | 484 | 2 | 20 |
| 68 | China PR | 482 | 1 | 18 |
| 68 | Ecuador | 482 | -2 | -9 |
| 70 | Poland | 480 | -5 | -18 |
| 71 | Finland | 472 | 8 | 56 |
| 72 | Gabon | 461 | -5 | -21 |
| 73 | Armenia | 447 | -2 | -9 |
| 74 | Malawi | 439 | -1 | 3 |
| 75 | Uganda | 424 | 5 | 13 |
| 76 | Cyprus | 419 | 0 | -8 |
| 77 | Benin | 417 | 6 | 23 |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 414 | 13 | 59 |
| 79 | Zambia | 410 | -3 | -17 |
| 80 | Austria | 402 | -12 | -70 |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 398 | 1 | -3 |
| 82 | Canada | 395 | 20 | 76 |
| 83 | Botswana | 394 | -5 | -30 |
| 84 | Estonia | 392 | 2 | 18 |
| 85 | El Salvador | 390 | -10 | -41 |
| 86 | Bolivia | 380 | -1 | 0 |
| 87 | New Zealand | 377 | 7 | 31 |
| 88 | Cape Verde Islands | 372 | -16 | -72 |
| 89 | Angola | 371 | 7 | 33 |
| 90 | FYR Macedonia | 366 | 0 | 8 |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 359 | -4 | -13 |
| 92 | Antigua and Barbuda | 353 | 14 | 45 |
| 93 | Jordan | 352 | -1 | 4 |
| 94 | Bahrain | 343 | 7 | 18 |
| 95 | Cuba | 332 | 4 | 5 |
| 95 | Iraq | 332 | 14 | 39 |
| 95 | Kuwait | 332 | 0 | -9 |
| 98 | Qatar | 323 | -10 | -41 |
| 99 | Oman | 319 | 4 | 7 |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 318 | 12 | 46 |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 318 | 8 | 19 |
| 102 | Sudan | 308 | -4 | -21 |
| 103 | Haiti | 305 | 13 | 46 |
| 104 | Guatemala | 302 | 9 | 41 |
| 104 | Syria | 302 | -7 | -35 |
| 106 | Latvia | 294 | -22 | -94 |
| 107 | Central African Republic | 292 | -3 | -17 |
| 108 | Niger | 286 | -4 | -23 |
| 108 | Suriname | 286 | 2 | 1 |
| 110 | Grenada | 285 | 8 | 36 |
| 111 | Mozambique | 280 | -12 | -47 |
| 112 | Guyana | 278 | 2 | 18 |
| 113 | Togo | 276 | 8 | 34 |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 274 | -22 | -74 |
| 114 | Wales | 274 | 3 | 23 |
| 116 | Gambia | 265 | -9 | -41 |
| 117 | Korea DPR | 257 | -3 | -3 |
| 118 | Moldova | 255 | -30 | -109 |
| 119 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 254 | 3 | 15 |
| 120 | Faroe Islands | 244 | -9 | -29 |
| 121 | Tanzania | 240 | 4 | 11 |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 238 | 31 | 106 |
| 123 | Thailand | 233 | -3 | -13 |
| 124 | Liberia | 230 | -1 | -8 |
| 125 | Iceland | 227 | -1 | -5 |
| 126 | Liechtenstein | 225 | -7 | -22 |
| 127 | Congo | 221 | 5 | 20 |
| 128 | Dominica | 213 | 8 | 20 |
| 129 | Vietnam | 209 | 0 | 0 |
| 130 | Congo DR | 203 | -3 | -19 |
| 130 | Namibia | 203 | 13 | 34 |
| 132 | Kenya | 200 | 1 | 2 |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 198 | -7 | -29 |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 195 | 6 | 14 |
| 135 | Indonesia | 194 | -4 | -13 |
| 136 | Nepal | 193 | 0 | 0 |
| 137 | Singapore | 189 | -8 | -20 |
| 138 | Luxembourg | 186 | -10 | -25 |
| 139 | Yemen | 185 | -6 | -13 |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 183 | -1 | 1 |
| 141 | Dominican Republic | 182 | -8 | -16 |
| 141 | Fiji | 182 | 0 | 2 |
| 143 | Turkmenistan | 179 | -1 | 0 |
| 144 | Rwanda | 178 | -6 | -14 |
| 145 | Malaysia | 158 | 1 | 0 |
| 146 | Burundi | 154 | -1 | -10 |
| 147 | Barbados | 148 | 0 | -8 |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 145 | -4 | -22 |
| 149 | US Virgin Islands | 144 | 0 | 0 |
| 150 | Bahamas | 141 | 1 | 0 |
| 151 | Belize | 128 | -3 | -18 |
| 152 | Hong Kong | 124 | 2 | -7 |
| 153 | New Caledonia | 122 | 12 | 18 |
| 154 | India | 115 | 4 | 3 |
| 154 | Madagascar | 115 | -2 | -24 |
| 156 | Chad | 110 | -2 | -21 |
| 157 | Palestine | 109 | 0 | -8 |
| 158 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 108 | 0 | -4 |
| 159 | Guinea-Bissau | 106 | -9 | -36 |
| 159 | Mongolia | 106 | 1 | 0 |
| 161 | Maldives | 105 | 1 | 0 |
| 161 | Philippines | 105 | 1 | 0 |
| 163 | Myanmar | 98 | 5 | -1 |
| 164 | Swaziland | 96 | 8 | 6 |
| 165 | Malta | 94 | 2 | -8 |
| 166 | Aruba | 92 | 4 | 0 |
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 92 | -12 | -39 |
| 168 | Chinese Taipei | 89 | 1 | -8 |
| 168 | Lebanon | 89 | -8 | -17 |
| 170 | Cambodia | 84 | 6 | 1 |
| 170 | Cayman Islands | 84 | 2 | -6 |
| 170 | Sri Lanka | 84 | 4 | -2 |
| 173 | Seychelles | 82 | 2 | -3 |
| 174 | Vanuatu | 81 | -12 | -24 |
| 175 | Tahiti | 79 | 8 | 22 |
| 176 | Pakistan | 78 | -6 | -14 |
| 177 | Comoros | 75 | 5 | 7 |
| 177 | Curacao | 75 | -11 | -28 |
| 177 | Kyrgyzstan | 75 | 0 | -4 |
| 180 | Laos | 71 | 0 | 0 |
| 180 | Nicaragua | 71 | -1 | -4 |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 70 | -1 | 0 |
| 183 | Solomon Islands | 69 | -6 | -10 |
| 184 | St. Lucia | 63 | 0 | 9 |
| 185 | Lesotho | 49 | 0 | 9 |
| 186 | Guam | 36 | 11 | 26 |
| 187 | Mauritius | 33 | 1 | -2 |
| 188 | Bermuda | 30 | -3 | -10 |
| 189 | Eritrea | 28 | 0 | -1 |
| 190 | Papua New Guinea | 26 | 13 | 26 |
| 191 | British Virgin Islands | 25 | -4 | -13 |
| 191 | Macau | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 193 | Mauritania | 23 | -3 | -4 |
| 193 | Somalia | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 195 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 196 | Djibouti | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 197 | Cook Islands | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 198 | Anguilla | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 198 | Brunei Darussalam | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 200 | Bhutan | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 201 | Timor-Leste | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 201 | Tonga | 3 | -7 | -12 |
| 203 | American Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 203 | Samoa | 0 | -12 | -26 |
| 203 | San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 |
