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FIFA World Rankings February 2009
The top three teams in the world in the second month of 2009 are
Euro 2008 kings Spain
at the top with Germany in second place and the Netherlands in third.
The top 11 teams are unchanged. England are in 8th after impressive
results in World
Cup qualifying and a recent friendly win in Germany.
Japan are in 37th position. South Korea drop to 46th position.
The USA are up at 20th. Scotland are in 32nd position. The Republic
of Ireland are up eight to 29th 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 |
| 12 |
Portugal |
| 12 |
Czech Republic |
| 14 |
Ukraine |
| 15 |
Paraguay |
| 16 |
Cameroon |
| 17 |
Romania |
| 18 |
Israel |
| 19 |
Greece |
| 20 |
USA |
| 21 |
Switzerland |
| 22 |
Uruguay |
| 23 |
Nigeria |
| 24 |
Mexico |
| 25 |
Sweden |
| 26 |
Bulgaria |
| 27 |
Australia
|
| 28 |
Poland |
| 29 |
Republic of Ireland |
| 30 |
Egypt |
| 31 |
Chile |
| 32 |
Scotland |
| 33 |
Serbia |
| 34 |
Denmark |
| 35 |
Ghana |
| 36 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
| 37 |
Japan |
| 38 |
Costa Rica |
| 39 |
Honduras |
| 40 |
Ecuador |
| 41 |
Morocco |
| 42 |
Slovakia |
| 43 |
Hungary |
| 44 |
Iran |
| 45 |
Guinea |
| 46 |
Korea
Republic |
| 47 |
Mali |
| 48 |
Lithuania |
| 49 |
Northern Ireland |
| 50 |
Panama |
| 51 |
Colombia |
| 52 |
Slovenia |
| 53 |
Tunisia |
| 53 |
Belgium |
| 55 |
Saudi Arabia |
| 56 |
Norway |
| 57 |
Bolivia |
| 57 |
FYR Macedonia |
| 59 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 60 |
Senegal |
| 61 |
Finland |
| 62 |
Burkina Faso |
| 63 |
Gabon |
| 64 |
Jamaica |
| 65 |
Wales |
| 66 |
Algeria |
| 67 |
Venezuela |
| 67 |
Latvia |
| 69 |
Congo |
| 70 |
South
Africa |
| 71 |
Uganda |
| 72 |
Uzbekistan |
| 73 |
Gambia |
| 74 |
Bahrain |
| 75 |
Angola |
| 76 |
Peru |
| 77 |
Iceland |
| 78 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
| 79 |
Albania |
| 80 |
Libya |
| 81 |
Benin |
| 82 |
New Zealand |
| 83 |
Austria
|
| 84 |
Sudan |
| 85 |
Iraq |
| 86 |
Rwanda |
| 87 |
Oman |
| 88 |
Canada |
| 88 |
Togo |
| 90 |
Belarus |
| 91 |
Qatar |
| 92 |
Zambia |
| 93 |
Cuba |
| 94 |
Congo DR |
| 95 |
Mozambique |
| 96 |
Syria |
| 96 |
Kenya |
| 98 |
Cyprus |
| 99 |
Moldova |
| 100 |
Zimbabwe |
| 101 |
Ethiopia |
| 102 |
Malawi |
| 103 |
Tanzania |
| 104 |
China PR |
| 105 |
Fiji |
| 106 |
Cape Verde Islands |
| 107 |
El Salvador |
| 108 |
Georgia |
| 109 |
Sierra Leone |
| 110 |
Guatemala |
| 110 |
Montenegro |
| 112 |
Haiti |
| 113 |
Namibia |
| 114 |
United Arab Emirates |
| 114 |
Grenada |
| 116 |
Bermuda |
| 117 |
Thailand |
| 118 |
Botswana |
| 119 |
Korea DPR |
| 120 |
Luxembourg |
| 121 |
Armenia |
| 122 |
Estonia |
| 122 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
| 124 |
Equatorial Guinea |
| 125 |
Kuwait |
| 126 |
Jordan |
| 126 |
Chad |
| 128 |
Barbados |
| 129 |
Suriname |
| 130 |
New Caledonia |
| 131 |
Singapore |
| 132 |
Nicaragua |
| 133 |
Guyana |
| 134 |
Burundi |
| 135 |
Vietnam |
| 136 |
Azerbaijan |
| 137 |
Indonesia |
| 138 |
Swaziland |
| 139 |
Madagascar |
| 140 |
Kazakhstan |
| 141 |
Liberia |
| 142 |
Vanuatu |
| 143 |
Hong Kong |
| 144 |
Puerto Rico |
| 145 |
Niger |
| 146 |
Yemen |
| 147 |
Tajikistan |
| 148 |
India |
| 149 |
Lebanon |
| 150 |
Mauritania |
| 151 |
Liechtenstein |
| 152 |
Netherlands Antilles |
| 153 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
| 154 |
Malta |
| 155 |
Turkmenistan |
| 156 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 157 |
Maldives |
| 158 |
Myanmar |
| 159 |
Kyrgyzstan |
| 160 |
Eritrea |
| 161 |
Malaysia |
| 162 |
Lesotho |
| 163 |
Solomon Islands |
| 164 |
Sri Lanka |
| 165 |
Philippines |
| 166 |
Pakistan |
| 167 |
Chinese Taipei |
| 168 |
Cayman Islands |
| 169 |
Mauritius |
| 169 |
Bahamas |
| 170 |
Laos |
| 172 |
Seychelles |
| 173 |
Nepal |
| 174 |
Bangladesh |
| 175 |
St. Lucia |
| 175 |
Samoa |
| 177 |
Belize |
| 178 |
Somalia |
| 179 |
Cambodia |
| 180 |
Palestine |
| 181 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
| 182 |
British Virgin Islands |
| 182 |
Brunei Darussalam |
| 184 |
Afghanistan |
| 185 |
Faroe Islands |
| 186 |
Djibouti |
| 187 |
Dominican Republic |
| 188 |
Guinea-Bissau |
| 189 |
Bhutan |
| 190 |
Tahiti |
| 190 |
Tonga |
| 192 |
Mongolia |
| 193 |
Aruba |
| 194 |
US Virgin Islands |
| 195 |
Andorra |
| 196 |
Dominica |
| 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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