FIFA Football Rankings

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Switzerland (AP) - The monthly FIFA World Rankings of national soccer teams for September (teams inactive since 1990 and newly recognized federations who have not yet played a full international are not listed. Previous (August) ranking in parentheses. 1, Brazil, 67.86 (1).
2, Germany, 64.43 (2).
3, France, 61.57 (3).
4, Czech Republic, 61.41 (4).
5, Russia, 59.70 (8).
6, Italy, 58.99 (5).
7, Netherlands, 58.82 (6).
8, Sweden, 58.43 (9).
9, Denmark, 58.00 (10).
10, Spain, 57.72 (7).
11, Colombia, 57.56 (11).
12, England, 56.01 (13).
13, Mexico, 54.91 (14).
14, Portugal, 54.37 (12).
15, Romania, 53.21 (18).
16, Zambia, 53.11 (15).
17, South Africa, 52.95 (16).
18, United States, 52.66 (20).
19, Ghana, 51.59 (19).
20, Japan, 51.31 (26).
21, Bulgaria, 51.23 (17).
22, Argentina, 51.22 (24).
23, Norway, 50.77 (25).
24, Tunisia, 50.76 (26).
25, Croatia, 50.69 (27).
26, Chile, 49.79 (31).
27, Morocco, 48.24 (34).
28, Egypt, 47.63 (27).
29, Ivory Coast, 47.25 (28).
30, Greece, 46.94 (30).
31, Ecuador, 46.57 (32).
32, Ireland, 45.93 (37).
33, Turkey, 45.85 (29).
34, Trinidad and Tobago, 45.52 (33).
35, Switzerland, 44.76 (31).
36, Bolivia, 44.53 (35).
37, Belgium, 44.51 (T43).
38, Jamaica, 44.36 (39).
39, Scotland, 44.14 (36).
40, Slovakia, 44.10 (38).
41, South Korea, 42.05 (41).
42, Saudi Arabia, 41.77 (40).
43, Honduras, 41.20 (48).
44, Algeria, 41.17 (T43).
45, Paraguay, 41.03 (T46).
46, Austria, 40.75 (42).
47, Cameroon, 40.35 (45).
48, Gabon, 39.88 (T46).
49, Israel, 39.31 (52).
50, Thailand, 39.23 (50).
51, Nigeria, 38.58 (49).
52, Australia, 37.91 (61).
53, Uruguay, 37.07 (56).
54, Iceland, 37.04 (54).
55, China, 36.56 (53).
56, Poland, 36.51 (55).
57, Cuba, 36.35 (51).
58, Lithuania, 35.93 (T57)(tie), Peru, 35.93 (66).
60, Zaire, 35.85 (59).
61, Sierra Leone, 35.78 (60).
62, Slovenia, 35.71 (T57).
63, United Arab Emirates, 35.50 (70).
64, Senegal, 35.49 (62).
65, Northern Ireland, 35.30 (63).
66, Iran, 34.51 (64).
67, Zimbabwe, 34.16 (67).
68, Wales, 33.62 (71).
69, Ukraine, 33.40 (73).
70, Yugoslavia, 33.33 (65).
71, Finland, 33.30 (68).
72, El Salvador, 33.15 (76).
73, Costa Rica, 32.68 (85).
74, Hungary, 32.61 (81).
75, Latvia, 32.37 (69).
76, Tanzania, 31.81 (72).
77, Angola, 31.53 (74).
78, Canada, 31.48 (88).
79, Cyprus, 30.73 (82).
80, Kuwait, 30.48 (75).
81, Mali, 30.06 (77).
82, Oman, 30.01 (83).
83, Mozambique, 29.78 (78).
84, Qatar, 29.23 (79).
85, Sudan, 29.15 (95).
86, Togo, 29.05 (96).
87, St.Vincent-Grenadines, 28.96 (80).
88, Belarus, 28.65 (T92).
89, Malawi, 28.63 (84).
90, Guinea, 28.41 (86).
91, Malaysia, 27.71 (108).
92, Georgia, 27.62 (90). 93, Singapore, 27.57 (89). 94, Macedonia, 27.52 (87). 95, Uganda, 26.76 (94). 96, Lebanon, 26.51 (T92). 97, Liberia, 26.35 (91). 98, Burma, 25.58 (99). 99, Kenya, 24.81 (97). 100, Ethiopia, 24.73 (105). (tie), Vietnam, 24.73 (110). 102, Burkina Faso, 23.99 (98). (tie), Mauritania, 23.99 (100). 104, Barbados, 23.29 (101). 105, Panama, 23.27 (106). 106, Namibia, 22.88 (114). 107, Congo, 22.65 (103). 108, Haiti, 22.62 (102). 109, Indonesia, 21.97 (131). 110, Uzbekistan, 21.93 (107). 111, Albania, 21.61 (104). 112, St. Kitts-Nevis, 20.37 (109). 113, Guatemala, 20.12 (111). 114, Armenia, 19.94 (T122). 115, Estonia, 19.76 (112). 116, Gambia, 19.58 (113). 117, India, 19.37 (116). 118, Venezuela, 19.31 (118). 119, Moldova, 19.27 (115). 120, Malta, 19.08 (120). 121, Azerbaijan, 19.06 (133). 122, Hong Kong, 18.94 (119). 123, Guinea-Bissau, 18.54 (121). 124, Luxembourg, 18.30 (117). 125, Niger, 18.20 (T122). 126, Grenada, 18.12 (124). 127, Iraq, 17.78 (126). 128, Suriname, 17.65 (125). 129, Bangladesh, 17.01 (127). 130, Syria, 16.74 (129). 131, Dominican Republic, 16.66 (130). 132, Bahrain, 16.60 (128). 133, Faeroe Islands, 15.72 (137). 134, St. Lucia, 15.54 (132). 135, Burundi, 14.32 (134). 136, New Zealand, 14.25 (135). 137, Sri Lanka, 14.08 (136). 138, Yemen, 12.79 (138). 139, Madagascar, 12.51 (139). 140, Dominica, 12.45 (140). 141, North Korea, 11.78 (141). 142, Turkmenistan, 11.60 (142). 143, Netherlands Antilles, 10.92 (143). 144, Laos, 10.70 (156). 145, Jordan, 10.33 (144). 146, Mauritius, 10.09 (149). 147, Antigua, 10.01 (145). 148, Puerto Rico, 9.62 (146). 149, Nepal, 9.33 (147). 150, Cayman Islands, 9.32 (148).

151, Benin, 8.97 (154). 152, Cape Verde Islands, 8.63 (150). 153, Guyana, 7.75 (151). 154, Tahiti, 7.72 (152). 155, Fiji, 7.50 (153). 156, Swaziland, 6.98 (155). 157, Kazakstan, 6.28 (158). 158, Lesotho, 6.05 (159). 159, Bermuda, 5.99 (157). 160, Botswana, 5.96 (162). 161, Tajikistan, 5.90 (163). 162, San Marino, 5.88 (T160). 163, Liechtenstein, 5.80 (T160). 164, Rwanda, 5.30 (165). 165, Philippines, 5.14 (170). 166, Kyrgyzstan, 4.66 (164). 167, Brunei, 4.10 (174). 168, Solomon Islands, 3.88 (177). 169, Macao, 3.66 (166). 170, Pakistan, 3.62 (167). 171, Maldives Republic, 3.45 (168). 172, Taiwan, 3.43 (169). 173, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2.72 (172). 174, Somalia, 2.06 (171). 175, Nicaragua, 1.96 (173). 176, Seychelles, 1.91 (178). 177, Vanuatu, 1.65 (181). 178, Aruba, 1.44 (175). 179, Papua New Guinea, 1.27 (NR). 180, Belize, 1.24 (176). 181, Libya, 0.39 (179). 182, Djibouti, 0.29 (180). 183, Cambodia, 0.23 (182). 184, Chad, 0.00 (182). (tie), Guam, 0.00 (182).