Spain remain at the top of the rankings with Germany in second place, having forced Italy down to third. Argentina drop from sixth to seventh place. Brazil drops to sixth, and the Netherlands has climbed from sixth to fifth. England drop to 14.
Japan has moved a rung down to 35th position. South Korea remains at 53rd position.
The USA drop one rank to 31st. Croatia climb two to 5th. Scotland remain in 16th position.
The Republic of Ireland remain in 41st.
| Ranking | Team |
| 1 | Spain |
| 2 | Germany |
| 3 | Italy |
| 4 | Netherlands |
| 5 | Croatia |
| 6 | Brazil |
| 7 | Argentina |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
| 9 | Portugal |
| 10 | Russia |
| 11 | Romania |
| 12 | France |
| 13 | Turkey |
| 14 | England |
| 15 | Cameroon |
| 16 | Scotland |
| 17 | Bulgaria |
| 18 | Greece |
| 19 | Ghana |
| 20 | Israel |
| 21 | Egypt |
| 22 | Paraguay |
| 23 | Colombia |
| 24 | Uruguay |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 26 | Sweden |
| 27 | Nigeria |
| 28 | Ukraine |
| 29 | Norway |
| 30 | USA |
| 32 | Mexico |
| 32 | Northern Ireland |
| 33 | |
| 34 | Serbia |
| 35 | Japan |
| 36 | Denmark |
| 37 | Morocco |
| 38 | Australia |
| 39 | Chile |
| 40 | Guinea |
| 41 | Republic of Ireland |
| 42 | Finland |
| 43 | Senegal |
| 44 | Switzerland |
| 45 | Iran |
| 46 | Belgium |
| 47 | Tunisia |
| 48 | Mali |
| 49 | Moldova |
| 50 | Hungary |
| 51 | Wales |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia |
| 53 | Korea Republic |
| 54 | FYR Macedonia |
| 55 | Uzbekistan |
| 56 | Ecuador |
| 57 | Belarus |
| 58 | Angola |
| 59 | Lithuania |
| 60 | Venezuela |
| 61 | Honduras |
| 62 | Cyprus |
| 63 | Burkina Faso |
| 64 | Slovakia |
| 65 | Latvia |
| 66 | Togo |
| 67 | Bahrain |
| 68 | Zambia |
| 69 | Peru |
| 70 | Bolivia |
| 71 | Qatar |
| 72 | Congo DR |
| 73 | South Africa |
| 74 | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 75 | Gabon |
| 76 | Iraq |
| 77 | Slovenia |
| 78 | Costa Rica |
| 79 | Canada |
| 80 | Cuba |
| 81 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 82 | Cape Verde Islands |
| 83 | Rwanda |
| 84 | Zimbabwe |
| 85 | Suriname |
| 86 | Georgia |
| 87 | Libya |
| 88 | Oman |
| 89 | Gambia |
| 90 | Algeria |
| 91 | Kenya |
| 92 | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 93 | Panama |
| 94 | Korea DPR |
| 95 | Armenia Armenia |
| 96 | Uganda |
| 97 | China PR |
| 98 | Iceland |
| 99 | Syria |
| 100 | Guatemala |
| 101 | Albania |
| 102 | Benin |
| 103 | Austria |
| 104 | United Arab Emirates |
| 105 | Congo |
| 106 | Mozambique |
| 107 | Ethiopia |
| 108 | Jamaica |
| 109 | Sudan |
| 110 | Malawi |
| 111 | New Zealand |
| 112 | Thailand |
| 113 | Botswana |
| 114 | Jordan |
| 115 | Tanzania |
| 116 | New Caledonia |
| 117 | Kuwait |
| 118 | Guyana |
| 119 | Bermuda |
| 120 | El Salvador |
| 121 | Hong Kong |
| 122 | Haiti |
| 123 | Namibia |
| 124 | Kazakhstan |
| 125 | Vietnam |
| 126 | Singapore |
| 127 | Chad |
| 128 | Liechtenstein |
| 129 | Solomon Islands |
| 130 | Burundi |
| 131 | Malta |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda |
| 133 | Swaziland |
| 134 | Barbados |
| 135 | Sierra Leone |
| 136 | Madagascar |
| 137 | Grenada |
| 138 | Azerbaijan |
| 139 | Yemen PDR |
| 140 | Eritrea |
| 141 | Mauritania |
| 142 | Liberia |
| 143 | Montenegro |
| 144 | Puerto Rico |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan |
| 146 | Fiji |
| 147 | Netherlands Antilles |
| 148 | Indonesia |
| 149 | Lebanon |
| 150 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 151 | Vanuatu |
| 152 | Luxembourg |
| 153 | India |
| 154 | Maldives |
| 153 | Samoa |
| 156 | Tajikistan |
| 157 | Myanmar |
| 158 | Lesotho |
| 159 | Turkmenistan |
| 160 | St. Kitts and Nevis |
| 161 | Seychelles |
| 162 | St. Lucia |
| 163 | Malaysia |
| 164 | Sri Lanka |
| 165 | Bahamas |
| 166 | Vietnam |
| 167 | Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 168 | Pakistan |
| 169 | Philippines |
| 170 | Mauritius |
| 171 | British Virgin Islands |
| 172 | Niger |
| 172 | Palestine |
| 174 | Guinea-Bissau |
| 175 | Belize |
| 176 | Chinese Taipei |
| 177 | Dominican Republic |
| 178 | Tonga |
| 179 | Tahiti |
| 180 | Nepal |
| 181 | Bangladesh |
| 182 | Andorra |
| 183 | Cambodia |
| 184 | Nicaragua |
| 185 | Afghanistan |
| 186 | Djibouti |
| 187 | Brunei Darussalam |
| 188 | Cayman Islands |
| 189 | Laos |
| 190 | Bhutan |
| 191 | Dominica |
| 192 | Mongolia |
| 193 | Aruba |
| 194 | US Virgin Islands |
| 195 | Comoros |
| 196 | Faroe Islands |
| 197 | Macau |
| 198 | Somalia |
| 199 | Central African Republic |
| 200 | San Marino |
| 201 | American Samoa |
| 202 | Guam |
| 203 | Cook Islands |
| 204 | Anguilla |
| 205 | Timor-Leste |
| 206 | Montserrat |
| 207 | Papua New Guinea |
Source: www.fifa.com
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Match Result: - Win-Draw-Defeat = 3 points
- 1 points – 0 points
Importance of match - 1 (friendly match) to 4 (FIFA
World Cup™)
Strength of opponent - Position in world ranking (no.
1 = 2.00, no. 30 = 1.70, no. 118 = 0.82 etc.) Formula: [200
minus Position] / 100
Regional strength - Based on results in last three FIFA
World Cups (wins per confederation per match)
Period - Since the change to the FIFA World Ranking
procedure which came into effect in August 2006 the rankings
will no longer take into account the last eight years of results
only the last four years of results.
Last four years, gradual decline in importance of results: 100%- 50% - 30%
- 20%
Number of matches considered per year - Average points
gained from all matches in last 12 months (minimum: 5 matches)