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FIFA World Rankings January 2009
The top three teams in the world in the first month of 2009 are
Euro 2008 kings Spain
at the top with Germany in second place and the Netherlands in third.
Italy are down one again in fourth. Brazil are fifth, Argentina
are sixth. England are in 8th after impressive results in World
Cup qualifying and a recent friendly win in Germany.
Japan are in 34th position. South Korea stay in 42nd position.
The USA remain at 22nd. Scotland stay in 33rd position. The Republic
of Ireland are up one to 37th position.
| Ranking |
Team |
| 1 |
Spain |
| 2 |
Germany |
| 3 |
Netherlands |
| 4 |
Italy |
| 5 |
Brazil |
| 6 |
Argentina |
| 7 |
Croatia
|
| 8 |
England |
| 9 |
Russia |
| 10 |
Turkey |
| 11 |
France |
| 11 |
Portugal |
| 11 |
Czech Republic |
| 14 |
Cameroon |
| 15 |
Egypt |
| 16 |
Ukraine |
| 17 |
Nigeria |
| 18 |
Paraguay |
| 19 |
Israel |
| 20 |
Greece |
| 21 |
Romania |
| 22 |
USA |
| 23 |
Uruguay |
| 24 |
Switzerland |
| 25 |
Ghana
|
| 26 |
Mexico |
| 27 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
| 28 |
Bulgaria |
| 29 |
Australia |
| 30 |
Chile |
| 31 |
Poland |
| 31 |
Sweden |
| 33 |
Scotland
|
| 34 |
Japan
|
| 35 |
Serbia |
| 36 |
Denmark |
| 37 |
Republic of Ireland |
| 38 |
Guinea |
| 39 |
Ecuador |
| 40 |
Honduras |
| 41 |
Morocco |
| 42 |
Korea
Republic |
| 43 |
Mali |
| 44 |
Slovakia |
| 45 |
Tunisia |
| 46 |
Iran |
| 47 |
Costa Rica |
| 47 |
Hungary |
| 49 |
Colombia |
| 50 |
Lithuania |
| 50 |
Senegal |
| 52 |
Northern Ireland |
| 53 |
Saudi Arabia |
| 54 |
Belgium |
| 55 |
Finland |
| 56 |
FYR Macedonia |
| 57 |
Slovenia |
| 58 |
Bolivia |
| 59 |
Norway |
| 60 |
Wales |
| 61 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 62 |
Gabon |
| 63 |
Burkina Faso |
| 64 |
Algeria |
| 65 |
Venezuela |
| 66 |
Jamaica |
| 67 |
Angola |
| 68 |
Uganda |
| 69 |
Uzbekistan |
| 70 |
Latvia |
| 70 |
Congo |
| 72 |
Peru |
| 73 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| 74 |
South
Africa |
| 75 |
Gambia |
| 76 |
Zambia |
| 77 |
Cuba |
| 78 |
Libya |
| 78 |
Albania |
| 80 |
Iceland |
| 81 |
Belarus |
| 82 |
New Zealand |
| 83 |
Panama |
| 84 |
Kenya |
| 85 |
Iraq |
| 86 |
Qatar
|
| 86 |
Canada |
| 86 |
Congo DR |
| 89 |
Bahrain |
| 90 |
Togo |
| 91 |
Rwanda |
| 92 |
Austria |
| 93 |
Sudan |
| 94 |
Oman |
| 94 |
Cyprus |
| 96 |
Zimbabwe |
| 97 |
Moldova |
| 98 |
Mozambique |
| 99 |
Benin |
| 100 |
Haiti |
| 101 |
Tanzania |
| 102 |
Ethiopia |
| 103 |
Malawi |
| 104 |
China PR |
| 105 |
Syria |
| 106 |
Fiji |
| 107 |
Cape Verde Islands |
| 108 |
Georgia |
| 109 |
Guatemala |
| 110 |
El Salvador |
| 110 |
Sierra Leone |
| 112 |
Armenia |
| 113 |
Montenegro |
| 113 |
United Arab Emirates |
| 115 |
Namibia |
| 116 |
Korea DPR |
| 117 |
Botswana |
| 118 |
Kuwait |
| 118 |
Estonia |
| 118 |
Chad |
| 121 |
Luxembourg |
| 122 |
Equatorial Guinea |
| 123 |
Grenada |
| 124 |
Thailand |
| 125 |
Barbados |
| 126 |
Jordan |
| 127 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
| 128 |
Burundi |
| 129 |
Suriname |
| 130 |
Guyana |
| 131 |
Bermuda |
| 131 |
New Caledonia |
| 133 |
Kazakhstan |
| 134 |
Azerbaijan |
| 135 |
Singapore |
| 135 |
Madagascar |
| 137 |
Swaziland |
| 138 |
Vietnam |
| 139 |
Liberia |
| 139 |
Vanuatu |
| 141 |
Puerto Rico |
| 142 |
India |
| 143 |
Niger |
| 144 |
Indonesia |
| 145 |
Lebanon |
| 146 |
Tajikistan |
| 147 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 148 |
Malta |
| 149 |
Turkmenistan |
| 149 |
Mauritania |
| 151 |
Liechtenstein |
| 152 |
Hong Kong |
| 153 |
Yemen |
| 154 |
Netherlands Antilles |
| 155 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
| 156 |
Myanmar |
| 156 |
Maldives |
| 158 |
Malaysia |
| 159 |
Kyrgyzstan |
| 160 |
Eritrea |
| 161 |
Lesotho |
| 162 |
Philippines |
| 163 |
Solomon Islands |
| 163 |
Sri Lanka |
| 165 |
Pakistan |
| 166 |
Chinese Taipei |
| 167 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 168 |
Laos |
| 169 |
Mauritius |
| 170 |
Bahamas |
| 170 |
Cayman Islands |
| 172 |
Seychelles |
| 173 |
Belize |
| 174 |
Nepal |
| 175 |
Bangladesh |
| 176 |
St. Lucia |
| 176 |
Samoa |
| 178 |
Somalia |
| 179 |
Cambodia |
| 180 |
Palestine |
| 181 |
British Virgin Islands |
| 182 |
Brunei Darussalam |
| 182 |
Nicaragua |
| 184 |
Afghanistan |
| 185 |
Faroe Islands |
| 186 |
Djibouti |
| 187 |
Dominican Republic |
| 188 |
Guinea-Bissau |
| 189 |
Bhutan |
| 190 |
Tahiti |
| 190 |
Tonga |
| 192 |
Dominica |
| 193 |
Mongolia |
| 194 |
Aruba |
| 195 |
Andorra |
| 196 |
US Virgin Islands |
| 197 |
Macau |
| 198 |
Timor-Leste |
| 199 |
Comoros |
| 200 |
Central African Republic |
| 201 |
San Marino |
| 201 |
Anguilla |
| 201 |
Guam |
| 201 |
Montserrat |
| 201 |
Cook Islands |
| 201 |
American Samoa |
| 201 |
Papua New Guinea |
How the rankings are calculated
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