FIFA Ranking: April 2009 ranking without friendlies

Development competitions (AFC Challenge Cup, CECAFA Cup etc) are considered friendlies by FIFA.

This is not 100% accurate, as I would have to go back and compute all the rankings in the last 4 years.

Rank in the April 2009 ranking without friendlies
Points
Difference between the official FIFA ranking and this ranking
Difference in points between the official FIFA ranking and this ranking

1	Spain	2116	0	387
2	Netherlands	1915	1	555
3	Germany	1801	-1	439
4	Brazil	1709	0	434
5	England	1677	2	504
6	Italy	1656	-1	385
7	Argentina	1582	-1	381
8	Croatia	1443	0	292
9	Russia	1376	0	259
10	Paraguay	1368	7	472
11	France	1350	-1	276
12	Serbia	1277	11	458
13	Portugal	1269	-2	256
13	Turkey	1269	1	344
15	Ghana	1247	16	468
16	Sweden	1246	17	477
17	Greece	1224	-4	297
18	Czech Republic	1192	-6	224
19	Slovakia	1168	28	542
20	Denmark	1158	9	368
21	USA	1127	-6	208
22	Switzerland	1073	-4	190
23	Scotland	1067	1	252
24	Mexico	1065	1	257
25	Chile	1060	1	254
26	Côte dIvoire	1044	10	301
27	Bulgaria	1041	-7	201
28	Israel	1020	-7	184
29	Egypt	1016	8	274
30	Japan	1010	5	261
31	Northern Ireland	1001	-4	206
32	Romania	1000	-4	208
33	Ecuador	999	9	302
34	Uruguay	995	-18	86
35	Republic of Ireland	984	-1	223
36	Nigeria	982	-6	201
37	Saudi Arabia	976	18	399
38	Bosnia-Herzegovina	971	0	234
39	Cameroon	964	-20	93
40	Australia	892	-8	116
41	Poland	891	0	172
42	Korea Republic	863	3	222
43	Finland	851	8	260
44	Honduras	849	-5	123
45	Ukraine	846	-23	14
46	Hungary	816	-2	154
47	Panama	803	13	256
48	Costa Rica	755	-8	34
49	Colombia	754	-6	80
50	Iran	753	3	171
51	Guinea	742	2	160
52	Tunisia	741	0	156
53	Lithuania	737	4	182
54	Latvia	730	7	189
55	Iraq	724	30	316
56	Slovenia	721	7	211
57	Burkina Faso	702	-1	143
58	Norway	697	-12	57
59	Bolivia	688	-1	134
60	Mali	677	-11	68
61	Zambia	674	29	281
62	Bahrain	672	9	196
63	Morocco	667	-13	74
64	Angola	648	23	249
65	Gabon	641	-17	25
66	Venezuela	629	-8	75
67	Uzbekistan	628	9	173
68	Belgium	624	-6	90
69	Togo	620	-4	114
70	Uganda	616	-2	124
71	Syria	611	26	254
72	Sudan	604	12	192
73	Libya	584	9	165
74	Senegal	583	-8	86
75	Jamaica	580	-5	95
76	Trinidad and Tobago	579	-1	123
77	FYR Macedonia	577	-13	70
77	Qatar	577	19	201
79	Rwanda	576	4	159
80	Oman	575	1	152
81	Korea DPR	555	23	221
82	China PR	538	18	186
83	Iceland	525	10	139
84	Benin	517	9	131
85	Belarus	505	-5	74
86	South Africa	503	-9	50
87	Wales	500	-14	32
88	Canada	497	1	103
89	Kenya	492	18	165
90	Algeria	489	-18	14
91	Mozambique	483	-5	82
92	Cyprus	480	-18	20
93	Peru	474	-5	77
94	Austria	471	-16	25
95	El Salvador	470	7	131
95	Gambia	470	-26	-21
97	Albania	461	-6	71
98	Congo	454	-31	-39
99	Malawi	434	13	132
100	Tanzania	421	1	79
101	Namibia	420	20	139
102	United Arab Emirates	416	20	136
103	New Zealand	407	-24	-38
104	Congo DR	406	-9	21
105	Kuwait	405	15	123
106	Moldova	394	-14	7
107	Cuba	388	-9	33
108	Zimbabwe	384	-2	55
109	Guatemala	371	2	68
110	Sierra Leone	367	0	48
111	Georgia	364	-2	42
112	Estonia	362	3	69
113	Haiti	347	6	64
114	Botswana	324	10	56
114	Grenada	324	-6	0
116	Luxembourg	322	10	63
117	Cape Verde Islands	321	-14	-14
118	Fiji	319	-13	-14
119	Barbados	308	4	30
120	Jordan	302	7	47
121	Singapore	300	12	80
122	Ethiopia	296	-23	-57
123	Antigua and Barbuda	290	-8	-3
124	Madagascar	286	10	70
125	Armenia	283	-1	15
126	Kazakhstan	269	10	55
127	Suriname	266	2	13
128	Swaziland	264	8	50
129	Thailand	262	-16	-36
130	Bermuda	258	-16	-38
131	Chad	246	-1	-5
132	Equatorial Guinea	241	-15	-43
133	Burundi	232	-1	8
134	New Caledonia	228	-3	-1
135	Guyana	222	-8	-33
136	Montenegro	218	-19	-66
137	Liberia	205	3	15
138	Nicaragua	195	1	0
139	Indonesia	194	-1	-16
140	Malta	188	11	47
141	Liechtenstein	185	14	51
141	Vanuatu	185	2	9
143	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	170	8	29
144	Netherlands Antilles	167	5	15
144	Niger	167	1	-1
146	Vietnam	162	-12	-54
147	Yemen	155	-1	-12
148	Hong Kong	151	-6	-32
149	Azerbaijan	138	-9	-52
150	Lebanon	137	0	-11
151	St. Kitts and Nevis	135	2	-4
152	Turkmenistan	131	5	7
153	Mauritania	129	3	-1
154	Eritrea	127	6	13
155	Solomon Islands	106	9	6
156	Puerto Rico	101	-3	-38
157	Kyrgyzstan	83	-10	-73
158	Cayman Islands	76	10	0
159	Mauritius	68	13	-1
160	Belize	64	15	4
160	Samoa	64	14	0
162	Faroe Islands	59	4	-37
163	Tajikistan	55	-19	-117
164	Bahamas	53	14	0
165	Turks and Caicos Islands	51	16	0
166	Dominican Republic	47	19	7
167	Lesotho	43	-4	-58
168	Maldives	41	-10	-81
169	Seychelles	40	4	-28
170	Palestine	35	1	-36
171	Djibouti	32	14	-8
171	Pakistan	32	6	-26
171	St. Lucia	32	18	0
171	Tahiti	32	18	0
171	Tonga	32	18	0
176	Bangladesh	28	2	-25
177	Aruba	22	17	0
177	Malaysia	22	-16	-83
179	British Virgin Islands	21	14	-9
180	Andorra	16	15	-2
181	India	13	-34	-143
182	Dominica	12	15	0
183	Guinea-Bissau	11	4	-27
184	Afghanistan	0	0	-41
184	American Samoa	0	18	0
184	Anguilla	0	18	0
184	Bhutan	0	5	-32
184	Brunei Darussalam	0	-2	-47
184	Cambodia	0	-9	-60
184	Central African Republic	0	17	-4
184	Chinese Taipei	0	-4	-52
184	Comoros	0	15	-8
184	Cook Islands	0	18	0
184	Guam	0	4	-34
184	Laos	0	-14	-73
184	Macau	0	11	-18
184	Mongolia	0	-1	-43
184	Montserrat	0	18	0
184	Myanmar	0	-25	-121
184	Nepal	0	-15	-74
184	Papua New Guinea	0	18	0
184	Philippines	0	-22	-103
184	San Marino	0	18	0
184	Somalia	0	-17	-82
184	Sri Lanka	0	-19	-97
184	Timor-Leste	0	14	-9
184	US Virgin Islands	0	15	-8

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April 2009: FIFA Ranking vs. Elo Ratings

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Montenegro	117	55	62
Guinea-Bissau	187	139	48
Central African Republic	201	154	47
Solomon Islands	164	120	44
Jordan	127	87	40
Tahiti	189	149	40
Papua New Guinea	202	166	36
Syria	97	64	33
Turkmenistan	157	126	31
Korea DPR	104	75	29

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Luxembourg	126	172	-46
Bermuda	114	155	-41
Gambia	69	109	-40
Northern Ireland	27	62	-35
Congo	67	101	-34
Burkina Faso	56	89	-33
Philippines	162	194	-32
Rwanda	83	113	-30
Nicaragua	139	169	-30
Equatorial Guinea	117	146	-29

Top 50 nations only (in the top 50 in at least one of the rankings)

Top 10 differences for countries with a better Elo Rating:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Iran	53	34	19
Denmark	29	14	15
Venezuela	58	46	12
Korea Republic	45	34	11
Chile	26	16	10
Costa Rica	40	30	10
Saudi Arabia	55	45	10
Republic of Ireland	34	25	9
Egypt	37	28	9
Japan	35	27	8

Top 10 differences for countries with a better FIFA Ranking:

Team - FIFA Ranking - Elo Rating - Difference

Northern Ireland	27	62	-35
Gabon	48	71	-23
Scotland	24	43	-19
Israel	21	39	-18
Mali	49	67	-18
Bosnia-Herzegovina	38	54	-16
Cameroon	19	33	-14
Greece	13	24	-11
Ghana	31	41	-10
Czech Republic	12	21	-9

Matches I would have liked to see in April:

Iran - Northern Ireland
Denmark - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Venezuela - Burkina Faso
Korea Republic - Hungary
Chile - Scotland
Costa Rica - Latvia
Saudi Arabia - Gabon
Republic of Ireland - Israel
Egypt - Slovakia
Japan - Slovenia

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2010 WC: Seeding formula based on qualification chances (8 April 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using Voros' qualification chances.

 1 Germany        60.3 30.3 30.0
 2 Brazil         58.7 29.3 29.3
 3 Italy          56.3 27.3 29.0
 4 Spain          56.3 25.3 31.0
 5 England        51.7 26.3 25.3
 6 Argentina      49.7 21.0 28.7
 7 France         48.3 23.3 25.0
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 8 Netherlands    43.3 14.7 28.7
 9 Mexico         37.3 19.3 18.0
10 USA            34.7 13.7 21.0
11 Sweden         32.7 19.3 13.3
12 Paraguay       32.3 11.7 20.7
13 Switzerland    30.0 15.3 14.7
14 Russia         26.3  3.0 23.3
15 Ghana          26.0 13.3 12.7
16 Japan          24.3 13.3 11.0
17 Korea Republic 23.3 15.7  7.7
18 Cameroon       22.7  3.0 19.7
19 Greece         22.7  0.0 22.7
20 Australia      21.7 11.3 10.3
21 Uruguay        21.0  2.7 18.3
22 Serbia         20.7  5.3 15.3
23 Denmark        20.0  7.7 12.3
24 Cote d'Ivoire  17.7  6.0 11.7
25 Egypt          14.0  0.0 14.0
26 Tunisia        13.3  8.7  4.7
27 Costa Rica     12.0  8.3  3.7
28 Iran           12.0  5.3  6.7
29 Chile          11.0  0.0 11.0
30 Saudi Arabia   10.7  8.0  2.7
31 Slovakia        4.7  0.0  4.7
32 South Africa    4.0  3.0  1.0

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Paraguay, Tunisia, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Russia, Australia, Paraguay
Group B: Germany, Netherlands, Iran, Cote d'Ivoire
Group C: Brazil, Denmark, Japan, Ghana
Group D: Spain, Sweden, Mexico, Cameroon
Group E: France, Slovakia, USA, Egypt
Group F: Italy, Serbia, Korea Republic, Chile
Group G: England, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Uruguay
Group H: Argentina, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia

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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.

2010 WC: Seeding formula based on current standings (8 April 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using the current standings and the FIFA rankings.

Saudi Arabia/Gabon/Zambia/Tunisia/Honduras/Northern Ireland/France/Switzerland/Scotland replace Iran/Cameroon/Egypt/Nigeria/Trinidad and Tobago/Croatia/Turkey/Israel/Slovakia.

Croatia miss the UEFA playoffs as worst runner-ups (see Wikipedia).

 1 Germany          60.3 30.3 30.0
 2 Brazil           58.7 29.3 29.3
 3 Italy            56.3 27.3 29.0
 4 Spain            56.3 25.3 31.0
 5 England          51.7 26.3 25.3
 6 Argentina        49.7 21.0 28.7
 7 France           48.3 23.3 25.0
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 8 Netherlands      43.3 14.7 28.7
 9 USA              35.3 13.7 21.7
10 Paraguay         33.0 11.7 21.3
11 Switzerland      31.7 15.3 16.3
12 Ghana            27.7 13.3 14.3
13 Russia           26.3  3.0 23.3
14 Japan            26.0 13.3 12.7
15 Korea Republic   25.3 15.7  9.7
16 Australia        23.7 11.3 12.3
17 Greece           23.3  0.0 23.3
18 Serbia           22.7  5.3 17.3
19 Uruguay          22.3  2.7 19.7
20 Denmark          21.7  7.7 14.0
21 Cote d'Ivoire    19.3  6.0 13.3
22 Scotland         17.7  0.0 17.7
23 Tunisia          16.0  8.7  7.3
24 Costa Rica       14.0  8.3  5.7
25 Saudi Arabia     13.7  8.0  5.7
26 Chile            13.3  0.0 13.3
27 Northern Ireland 12.3  0.0 12.3
28 Honduras          8.7  0.0  8.7
29 South Africa      5.7  3.0  2.7
30 Gabon             4.0  0.0  4.0
31 Zambia            3.3  0.0  3.3
32 Korea DPR         1.0  0.0  1.0

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Switzerland
Pot 3: Australia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Japan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot 4: Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Paraguay, Tunisia, Uruguay, Zambia

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Greece, Korea DPR, Uruguay
Group B: England, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, Gabon
Group C: Germany, Scotland, Costa Rica, Ghana
Group D: Spain, Netherlands, Korea Republic, Cote d'Ivoire
Group E: France, Northern Ireland, Honduras, Chile
Group F: Italy, Russia, USA, Paraguay
Group G: Argentina, Serbia, Japan, Zambia
Group H: Brazil, Switzerland, Australia, Tunisia

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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.

2010 WC: Seeding formula based on the latest FIFA Rankings (8 April 2009)

Seeded teams for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

Qualified teams determined using only the latest FIFA rankings.

Honduras/Switzerland replace Costa Rica/Israel.

 1 Germany        60.3 30.3 30.0
 2 Brazil         58.7 29.3 29.3
 3 Italy          56.3 27.3 29.0
 4 Spain          56.3 25.3 31.0
 5 England        50.3 26.3 24.0
 6 Argentina      49.7 21.0 28.7
 7 France         46.3 23.3 23.0
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 8 Portugal       45.0 22.3 22.7
 9 Netherlands    42.7 14.7 28.0
10 Mexico         33.7 19.3 14.3
11 Croatia        33.7  9.0 24.7
12 USA            30.3 13.7 16.7
13 Turkey         30.3 10.0 20.3
14 Czech Republic 29.3  6.0 23.3
15 Paraguay       28.0 11.7 16.3
16 Switzerland    26.3 15.3 11.0
17 Russia         24.0  3.0 21.0
18 Ghana          22.7 13.3  9.3
19 Japan          22.0 13.3  8.7
20 Korea Republic 21.0 15.7  5.3
21 Greece         19.0  0.0 19.0
22 Australia      18.7 11.3  7.3
23 Cameroon       18.7  3.0 15.7
24 Nigeria        17.3  2.7 14.7
25 Uruguay        17.0  2.7 14.3
26 Cote d'Ivoire  14.7  6.0  8.7
27 Egypt          11.3  0.0 11.3
28 Iran           10.3  5.3  5.0
29 Saudi Arabia   10.0  8.0  2.0
30 Chile           8.0  0.0  8.0
31 Honduras        4.3  0.0  4.3
32 South Africa    4.0  3.0  1.0

Top 7 + South Africa seeded.

The pots:

Pot 1: Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Spain
Pot 2: Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey
Pot 3: Australia, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, USA
Pot 4: Cameroon, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria, Paraguay, Uruguay

Possible draw (using random.org):

Group A: South Africa, Portugal, USA, Uruguay
Group B: Germany, Croatia, Australia, Cameroon
Group C: Brazil, Netherlands, Japan, Egypt
Group D: Spain, Greece, Korea Republic, Nigeria
Group E: Argentina, Russia, Honduras, Cote d'Ivoire
Group F: Italy, Czech Republic, Mexico, Chile
Group G: France, Turkey, Iran, Ghana
Group H: England, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Paraguay

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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.

Liga a II-a: Sezonul 2009-2010 (28 martie 2009)

Componenta esalonului secund pe baza clasamentelor primelor trei divizii la data de 28 martie 2009.

Seria I

Farul Constanta
CS Otopeni
Gloria Buzau
CSM Ploiesti
Progresul Bucuresti
Petrolul Ploiesti
Dunarea Galati
FC Snagov
Concordia Chiajna
CS Buftea
Sportul Studentesc Bucuresti
FC Botosani
Dunarea Giurgiu
FCM Bacau
Dinamo II Bucuresti
CSM Ramnicu Sarat
Steaua II Bucuresti
Victoria Branesti

Victoria Branesti - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

Seria a II-a

Gaz Metan Medias
CSM Ramnicu Valcea
International Curtea de Arges
FC Drobeta Turnu Severin
FC Bihor Oradea
Dacia Mioveni
Jiul Petrosani
Ariesul Turda
UTA Arad
Liberty Oradea
ACU Arad
Muresul Deva
Universitatea Cluj
Tricolorul Breaza
Gaz Metan Craiova
Fortuna Covaci
FC Baia Mare
FCM Caracal

FCM Caracal - castigatoare a barajului datorita mediei puncte/meci superioare.

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Romania - 0,63% sanse de calificare

Voros McCracken a publicat ieri sansele echipelor aflate in cursa pentru calificarea la CM 2010.

Pe Climbing the Ladder puteti vedea mai bine cum sta situatia in fiecare grupa pe baza sanselor calculate de Voros.

Grupa 7

Franta	84.19%
Serbia	71.04%
Lituania	1.37%
Austria	1.03%
Romania	0.63%
Insulele Feroe	0.00%

Cam asta ar fi...

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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.