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FIFA World Rankings December 2009
Spain
edge Brazil in top spot. The Netherlands are in 3rd place followed
by Italy, Portugal and Germany. England drop to 9th, Argentina
are one place ahead of them in 8th.
Japan are at 43th. South Korea stay in 52nd position.
The USA are in 14th. Scotland are in 46th position. The Republic
of Ireland are up to 35th position.
| Ranking |
Team |
| 1 |
Spain
|
| 2 |
Brazil |
| 3 |
Netherlands |
| 4 |
Italy |
| 5 |
Portugal |
| 6 |
Germany |
| 7 |
France |
| 8 |
Argentina |
| 9 |
England |
| 10 |
Croatia |
| 11 |
Cameroon |
| 12 |
Russia |
| 13 |
Greece |
| 14 |
USA |
| 15 |
Chile |
| 16 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
| 17 |
Mexico |
| 18 |
Switzerland |
| 19 |
Serbia |
| 20 |
Uruguay |
| 21 |
Australia
|
| 22 |
Ukraine |
| 22 |
Nigeria |
| 24 |
Egypt |
| 25 |
Czech Republic |
| 26 |
Algeria |
| 26 |
Israel |
| 28 |
Denmark |
| 29 |
Paraguay |
| 30 |
Bulgaria |
| 31 |
Slovenia |
| 32 |
Norway |
| 33 |
Slovakia |
| 34 |
Ghana |
| 35 |
Republic of Ireland |
| 36 |
Romania |
| 37 |
Honduras |
| 37 |
Ecuador |
| 39 |
Colombia |
| 40 |
Northern Ireland |
| 41 |
Turkey |
| 42 |
Sweden |
| 43 |
Japan |
| 44 |
Costa Rica |
| 45 |
Latvia |
| 46 |
Scotland |
| 47 |
Mali |
| 48 |
Gabon |
| 49 |
Burkina Faso |
| 50 |
Venezuela |
| 51 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 52 |
Korea
Republic |
| 53 |
Tunisia |
| 54 |
Hungary |
| 55 |
Finland |
| 56 |
Bolivia |
| 57 |
Canada |
| 58 |
Poland |
| 59 |
Benin |
| 60 |
Bahrain |
| 61 |
Austria |
| 62 |
Lithuania |
| 63 |
Saudi Arabia |
| 64 |
Iran
|
| 65 |
FYR Macedonia |
| 66 |
Belgium |
| 67 |
Morocco |
| 68 |
Cyprus |
| 68 |
Peru |
| 70 |
Panama |
| 71 |
Togo |
| 72 |
Mozambique |
| 73 |
Guinea |
| 74 |
Montenegro |
| 75 |
Uganda |
| 76 |
Uzbekistan |
| 77 |
Wales |
| 78 |
El Salvador |
| 79 |
Oman |
| 80 |
Belarus |
| 81 |
Jamaica |
| 82 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| 82 |
New Zealand |
| 84 |
Zambia |
| 85 |
South
Africa |
| 86 |
Qatar
|
| 86 |
Korea DPR |
| 88 |
Iraq |
| 89 |
Senegal |
| 90 |
Haiti |
| 91 |
Syria |
| 92 |
Iceland |
| 93 |
China PR |
| 94 |
Moldova |
| 95 |
Angola |
| 96 |
Albania |
| 97 |
Cape Verde Islands |
| 98 |
Kenya |
| 99 |
Malawi |
| 100 |
Armenia |
| 101 |
Congo |
| 102 |
Rwanda |
| 102 |
Estonia |
| 104 |
Kuwait |
| 105 |
Thailand |
| 106 |
Tanzania |
| 107 |
Congo DR |
| 108 |
Sudan |
| 109 |
Zimbabwe |
| 110 |
Singapore |
| 111 |
Jordan |
| 112 |
United Arab Emirates |
| 111 |
Namibia |
| 114 |
Azerbaijan |
| 115 |
Libya |
| 116 |
Gambia |
| 117 |
Faroe Islands |
| 118 |
Botswana |
| 119 |
Cuba |
| 120 |
Indonesia |
| 121 |
Guatemala |
| 122 |
Ethiopia |
| 123 |
Vietnam |
| 124 |
Georgia |
| 125 |
Kazakhstan |
| 126 |
Burundi |
| 127 |
Guyana |
| 128 |
Luxembourg |
| 129 |
Barbados |
| 130 |
Yemen |
| 130 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
| 132 |
Fiji |
| 133 |
Nicaragua |
| 134 |
India |
| 135 |
Swaziland |
| 135 |
Equatorial Guinea |
| 137 |
Maldives |
| 138 |
Grenada |
| 138 |
Sierra Leone |
| 140 |
Myanmar |
| 141 |
Turkmenistan |
| 142 |
Bermuda |
| 143 |
Hong Kong |
| 144 |
Suriname |
| 145 |
Chad |
| 146 |
Malta |
| 147 |
New Caledonia |
| 148 |
Lebanon |
| 149 |
Bangladesh |
| 150 |
Lesotho |
| 151 |
Sri Lanka |
| 152 |
Nepal |
| 152 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 154 |
Liechtenstein |
| 155 |
Vanuatu |
| 156 |
Pakistan |
| 156 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
| 158 |
Madagascar |
| 159 |
Kyrgyzstan |
| 160 |
Malaysia |
| 161 |
Liberia |
| 162 |
Chinese Taipei |
| 163 |
Eritrea |
| 164 |
Niger |
| 165 |
Puerto Rico |
| 165 |
Tajikistan |
| 167 |
Philippines |
| 168 |
Netherlands Antilles |
| 169 |
Mauritania |
| 170 |
Somalia |
| 171 |
Mongolia |
| 172 |
Solomon Islands |
| 173 |
Palestine |
| 173 |
Belize |
| 175 |
Cambodia |
| 176 |
Comoros |
| 177 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 178 |
Seychelles |
| 178 |
Laos |
| 180 |
Bahamas |
| 181 |
Mauritius |
| 182 |
Samoa |
| 183 |
Cayman Islands |
| 184 |
Guam |
| 184 |
Cook Islands |
| 185 |
St. Lucia |
| 185 |
Macau |
| 188 |
Tonga |
| 189 |
Djibouti |
| 190 |
Dominican Republic |
| 191 |
Brunei Darussalam |
| 191 |
British Virgin Islands |
| 193 |
Afghanistan |
| 194 |
Guinea-Bissau |
| 194 |
Tahiti |
| 196 |
Bhutan |
| 197 |
Dominica |
| 198 |
Aruba |
| 199 |
US Virgin Islands |
| 200 |
Timor-Leste |
| 200 |
Central African Republic |
| 202 |
Andorra |
| 203 |
San Marino |
| 203 |
Anguilla |
| 203 |
Montserrat |
| 203 |
American Samoa |
| 203 |
Papua New Guinea |
How the rankings are calculated
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