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FIFA World Rankings December 2008
The top three teams in the world are Euro 2008 kings Spain
at the top of the rankings 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 up two to 8th after
impressive results in World
Cup qualifying and a recent friendly win in Germany.
Japan are in 35th position. South Korea are in 42nd position.
The USA are up to 22nd. Scotland stay in 33rd position. The Republic
of Ireland are down to 38th 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 |
Ukraine |
| 16 |
Egypt |
| 16 |
Paraguay |
| 18 |
Israel |
| 19 |
Nigeria |
| 20 |
Greece |
| 21 |
Romania |
| 22 |
USA |
| 23 |
Uruguay |
| 24 |
Switzerland |
| 25 |
Ghana
|
| 26 |
Mexico |
| 27 |
Bulgaria |
| 28 |
Australia |
| 29 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
| 30 |
Serbia |
| 31 |
Chile |
| 32 |
Sweden |
| 33 |
Scotland
|
| 34 |
Poland
|
| 35 |
Japan |
| 36 |
Ecuador |
| 37 |
Denmark |
| 38 |
Republic of Ireland |
| 39 |
Guinea |
| 40 |
Honduras |
| 41 |
Morocco |
| 42 |
Korea
Republic |
| 43 |
Iran |
| 44 |
Slovakia |
| 45 |
Mali |
| 46 |
Tunisia |
| 47 |
Hungary |
| 48 |
Saudi Arabia |
| 49 |
Colombia |
| 50 |
Senegal |
| 51 |
Lithuania |
| 52 |
Northern Ireland |
| 53 |
Costa Rica |
| 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 |
Jamaica |
| 65 |
Venezuela |
| 67 |
Latvia |
| 68 |
Kenya |
| 69 |
Congo |
| 70 |
Angola |
| 71 |
Uganda |
| 72 |
Zambia |
| 73 |
Uzbekistan |
| 74 |
Iraq |
| 75 |
Peru |
| 76 |
South
Africa |
| 77 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| 78 |
Rwanda |
| 79 |
Cuba |
| 80 |
Bahrain |
| 81 |
Albania |
| 82 |
Libya |
| 83 |
Iceland |
| 84 |
Qatar |
| 84 |
Belarus |
| 86 |
Togo |
| 86 |
New Zealand |
| 88 |
Gambia |
| 88 |
Panama |
| 90 |
Canada |
| 91 |
Congo DR |
| 92 |
Austria |
| 93 |
Sudan |
| 94 |
Cyprus |
| 95 |
Mozambique |
| 96 |
Oman |
| 97 |
Zimbabwe |
| 97 |
Moldova |
| 99 |
Tanzania |
| 100 |
China PR |
| 101 |
Benin |
| 102 |
Haiti |
| 103 |
Ethiopia |
| 104 |
Malawi |
| 105 |
Syria |
| 106 |
Fiji |
| 107 |
Cape Verde Islands |
| 108 |
Georgia |
| 109 |
Guatemala |
| 110 |
United Arab Emirates |
| 111 |
El Salvador |
| 112 |
Montenegro |
| 113 |
Korea DPR |
| 113 |
Armenia |
| 115 |
Namibia |
| 116 |
Sierra Leone |
| 117 |
Botswana |
| 118 |
Grenada |
| 119 |
Estonia |
| 119 |
Chad |
| 121 |
Luxembourg |
| 122 |
Barbados |
| 123 |
Equatorial Guinea |
| 124 |
Jordan |
| 124 |
Bermuda |
| 126 |
Thailand |
| 127 |
Kuwait |
| 128 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
| 129 |
Suriname |
| 130 |
New Caledonia |
| 131 |
Guyana |
| 132 |
Singapore |
| 133 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 134 |
Azerbaijan |
| 135 |
Madagascar |
| 136 |
Burundi |
| 137 |
Kazakhstan |
| 138 |
Swaziland |
| 139 |
Indonesia |
| 139 |
Liberia |
| 141 |
Vanuatu |
| 142 |
Puerto Rico |
| 143 |
India |
| 144 |
Niger |
| 145 |
Yemen PDR |
| 146 |
Tajikistan |
| 147 |
Malta |
| 148 |
Turkmenistan |
| 148 |
Liechtenstein |
| 150 |
Lebanon |
| 151 |
Hong Kong |
| 152 |
Netherlands Antilles |
| 153 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
| 154 |
Maldives |
| 155 |
Vietnam |
| 156 |
Myanmar |
| 156 |
Malaysia |
| 158 |
Mauritania |
| 158 |
Kyrgyzstan |
| 160 |
Philippines |
| 161 |
Lesotho |
| 162 |
Eritrea |
| 163 |
Sri Lanka |
| 163 |
Solomon Islands |
| 165 |
Pakistan |
| 166 |
Seychelles |
| 167 |
Chinese Taipei |
| 168 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 169 |
Laos |
| 170 |
Mauritius |
| 170 |
Bahamas |
| 172 |
Cayman Islands |
| 173 |
Belize |
| 174 |
Nepal |
| 174 |
Bangladesh |
| 176 |
St. Lucia |
| 176 |
Samoa |
| 178 |
Cambodia |
| 179 |
Palestine |
| 180 |
British Virgin Islands |
| 181 |
Brunei Darussalam |
| 182 |
Nicaragua |
| 183 |
Afghanistan |
| 184 |
Faroe Islands |
| 185 |
Dominican Republic |
| 186 |
Guinea-Bissau |
| 187 |
Bhutan |
| 188 |
Djibouti |
| 188 |
Tahiti |
| 188 |
Tonga |
| 191 |
Dominica |
| 192 |
Mongolia |
| 193 |
Aruba |
| 194 |
Andorra |
| 195 |
US Virgin Islands |
| 196 |
Macau |
| 197 |
Timor-Leste |
| 198 |
Comoros |
| 199 |
Central African Republic |
| 200 |
Somalia |
| 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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