MrH's Football World Rankings - OCTOBER '08

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October's update.

Not much movement at the top with Spain still well clear at #1. England are up to 12 as their good form continues.

At the bottom, a number of teams moved out of the group of countries with 0 points. The Faroe Islands, Palestine, East Timor and Laos all avoided defeat at some point in October, with Laos actually winning 3 games in the South East Asian Championship qualifying tournament.

There are still 11 teams on the list have lost every game they have played since the beginning of 2007. Sao Tome and Sint Maarten are placed at the bottom of the list automatically as they haven't played in that time. They appear because they are members of FIFA and CONCACAF, respectively. Any team without membership of FIFA or a confederation who hasn't played in the last 2 years doesn't receive a ranking.

Jersey and Guernsey have been added to the list this month. Jersey are hosting a 3-team tournament in November which also features Gibraltar (who will appear on next month's list) and an U-20 team from Madeira. Jersey and Guernsey play an annual fixture for the Muratti Vase. (Alderney are also involved but haven't won since 1920.) Jersey have won the last 2 Vases on penalties, though my rankings show Jersey and Guernsey level as they only take penalty shoot-outs into account in major tournaments. In the past, both Matt Le Tissier and Graeme Le Saux played in the Muratti for their respective islands.

Monaco also have a friendly this month but it won't count towards the rankings as it's against Occitania, a team based on language, rather than geography.

October's rankings:

Pos.	Last		Team
1	1		Spain
2	3		Germany
3	2		Croatia
4	4		Netherlands
5	5		Italy
6	6		Brazil
7	7		Russia
8	8		Greece
9	10		Romania
10	13		Turkey
11	11		Argentina
12	20		England
13	9		Portugal
14	12		United States
15	16		Poland
16	14		Czech Republic
17	25		Israel
18	21		Egypt
19	17		France
20	18		Bulgaria
21	15		Saudi Arabia
22	23		Cameroon
23	19		Mexico
24	31		Paraguay
25	24		Japan
26	22		Uruguay
27	26		Ivory Coast
28	35		Lithuania
29	37		Ireland
30	29		Nigeria
31	28		Iran
32	27		Sweden
33	33		Honduras
34	30		Ukraine
35	32		Chile
36	53		Serbia
37	40		Denmark
38	38		Wales
39	36		Ghana
40	34		Scotland
41	43		Morocco
42	42		Tunisia
43	44		Venezuela
44	57		Costa Rica
45	69		Hungary
46	39		Norway
47	50		South Korea
48	48		Northern Ireland
49	47		Guinea
50	46		Colombia
51	51		Mali
52	61		Trinidad & Tobago
53	67		El Salvador
54	88		Guadeloupe
55	41		North Korea
56	45		Uzbekistan
57	95		Switzerland
58	99		Slovakia
59	63		Finland
60	49		Syria
61	65		Belgium
62	62		Australia
63	52		Albania
64	55		Oman
65	54		Bahrain
66	72		Slovenia
67	56		Iraq
68	58		Rwanda
69	76		Senegal
70	59		India
71	60		Latvia
72	85		Bosnia-Herzegovina
73	80		Sudan
74	66		Guatemala
75	81		Angola
76	64		Libya
77	89		Gabon
78	70		Haiti
79	74		Thailand
80	93		Ecuador
81	73		Qatar
82	71		Zambia
83	91		South Africa
84	68		Macedonia
85	75		Antigua & Barbuda
86	78		Moldova
87	77		Canada
88	104		Mozambique
88	104		Uganda
90	83		China
91	82		Belarus
92	87		Cyprus
93	112		Bolivia
94	90		Tajikistan
95	128		Barbados
96	140		Cuba
97	86		Kenya
98	79		Suriname
99	92		United Arab Emirates
100	84		Armenia
101	98		New Zealand
102	94		Peru
103	103		Martinique
104	100		Algeria
105	101		Benin
106	117		Grenada
107	116		Burkina Faso
108	96		Congo
108	96		Democratic Rep. Of Congo
110	123		Iceland
111	102		New Caledonia
112	107		Solomon Islands
113	108		Singapore
114	115		Georgia
115	138		Jamaica
116	106		Panama
117	125		Tanzania
118	109		Kazakhstan
119	114		Gambia
120	129		Malawi
121	113		Jordan
122	111		Madagascar
123	133		Turkmenistan
124	135		Namibia
125	122		Fiji
126	120		Turks & Caicos Islands
127	118		Cape Verde
128	121		Bermuda
129	119		Zimbabwe
130	124		Montenegro
131	144		Togo
132	131		Estonia
133	126		Indonesia
134	130		Puerto Rico
135	127		Botswana
136	137		Azerbaijan
137	134		Hong Kong
138	132		Kosovo
139	139		Austria
140	136		Vanuatu
141	110		Netherlands Antilles
142	148		Burma
143	141		Chad
144	151		Philippines
145	143		Burundi
146	146		Nepal
147	147		Equatorial Guinea
148	148		Sri Lanka
149	156		Luxembourg
150	169		Malaysia
151	145		Liechtenstein
152	150		Ethiopia
153	152		Samoa
154	154		Maldives
155	153		Swaziland
156	155		Sierra Leone
157	158		Eritrea
158	157		Vietnam
159	159		Lesotho
160	162		Kyrgyzstan
161	161		Lebanon
162	160		Pakistan
163	163		Guyana
164	165		St. Kitts & Nevis
165	163		Niger
166	166		Taiwan
167	177		Reunion
168	167		Yemen
169	142		Cayman Islands
170	168		Kuwait
171	171		Liberia
172	174		Zanzibar
173	172		British Virgin Islands
174	170		Malta
175	187		Cambodia
176	173		St. Vincent & the Grenadines
177	175		Afghanistan
178	178		St. Lucia
179	213		Laos
180	176		Seychelles
181	180		Guinea-Bissau
182	179		Mauritania
183	182		Belize
184	181		Mauritius
185	183		Cook Islands
185	183		Tonga
187	186		Nicaragua
188	185		Bhutan
189	189		Tahiti
190	188		Bangladesh
191	190		Bahamas
192	197		Brunei
193	192		Djibouti
194	191		Mayotte
195	193		Mongolia
196	195		Dominica
197	196		Guam
198	194		US Virgin Islands
199	198		Aruba
200	217		Faroe Islands
201	200		Tuvalu
202	202		Tibet
203	201		Andorra
204	199		French Guiana
205	---		Guernsey
205	---		Jersey
207	203		Comoros
208	219		East Timor
208	213		Palestine
210	204		Macao
211	205		American Samoa
211	205		Anguilla
211	205		Saint-Martin
211	205		Somalia
215	209		Montserrat
215	209		Northern Cyprus
215	209		Papua New Guinea
218	215		Central African Republic
218	215		Northern Mariana Islands
220	218		San Marino
221	209		Dominican Republic
222	220		Sao Tome & Principe
222	220		Sint Maarten

Biggest jump: Cuba (up 44 to 96)
Biggest fall: Netherlands Antilles (down 31 to 141)

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Since when have the US been anywhere near the top 20?

Women football they are top 3, but male...they cant even call it the right name

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Nov 2, 2008 23:45:08 GMT 1 Paddy said:

Since when have the US been anywhere near the top 20?

Since they reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup?