MrH's football world rankings - NOVEMBER '08

[Panda]

Brand new update. Again, not much movement near the top as the European teams ended the year with friendlies before their winter break.

England drop a place to 13, despite beating Germany. This is due to them being leapfrogged by the USA, who were playing a World Cup qualifier on the same night.

Gibraltar are new on this month's list. They were part of a 3-team tournament which also featured Jersey and an U20 team from Madeira. The match between Jersey and Gibraltar, which Jersey won 2-1, has been counted for these rankings.

The Caribbean Cup takes place this month. It acts as a qualifying competition for the CONCACAF Gold Cup so expect to see some movement from the likes of Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica and Guadeloupe in next month's rankings.


(Last month's rankings in brackets):
1(1) Spain
2(2) Germany
3(3) Croatia
4(4) Netherlands
5(5) Italy
6(6) Brazil
7(7) Russia
8(8) Greece
9(9) Romania
10(11) Argentina
11(14) United States
12(10) Turkey
13(12) England
14(16) Czech Republic
15(13) Portugal
16(15) Poland
17(21) Saudi Arabia
18(17) Israel
19(19) France
20(18) Egypt
21(25) Japan
22(23) Mexico
23(20) Bulgaria
24(24) Paraguay
25(22) Cameroon
26(26) Uruguay
27(27) Ivory Coast
28(28) Lithuania
29(31) Iran
30(34) Ukraine
31(33) Honduras
32(30) Nigeria
33(38) Wales
34(36) Serbia
35(29) Ireland
36(32) Sweden
37(52) Trinidad & Tobago
38(39) Ghana
39(35) Chile
40(37) Denmark
41(41) Morocco
42(44) Costa Rica
43(40) Scotland
44(45) Hungary
45(47) South Korea
46(42) Tunisia
47(43) Venezuela
48(50) Colombia
49(46) Norway
50(48) Northern Ireland
51(49) Guinea
52(62) Australia
53(51) Mali
54(57) Switzerland
55(58) Slovakia
56(53) El Salvador
57(55) North Korea
58(54) Guadeloupe
59(56) Uzbekistan
60(64) Oman
61(61) Belgium
62(60) Syria
63(63) Albania
64(59) Finland
65(85) Antigua & Barbuda
66(67) Iraq
67(70) India
68(72) Bosnia-Herzegovina
69(65) Bahrain
70(71) Latvia
71(69) Senegal
72(66) Slovenia
73(73) Sudan
74(75) Angola
75(68) Rwanda
76(78) Haiti
77(83) South Africa
78(76) Libya
79(74) Guatemala
80(92) Cyprus
81(77) Gabon
82(81) Qatar
83(79) Thailand
84(80) Ecuador
85(82) Zambia
86(86) Moldova
87(84) Macedonia
88(88) Uganda
89(90) China
90(87) Canada
91(115) Jamaica
92(88) Mozambique
93(94) Tajikistan
94(95) Barbados
95(93) Bolivia
96(98) Suriname
97(99) United Arab Emirates
98(110) Iceland
99(97) Kenya
100(91) Belarus
101(96) Cuba
102(103) Martinique
103(102) Peru
104(100) Armenia
105(106) Grenada
106(104) Algeria
107(108) Congo
107(108) Democratic Rep. of Congo
109(125) Fiji
110(112) Solomon Islands
111(113) Singapore
112(117) Tanzania
113(107) Burkina Faso
114(101) New Zealand
115(105) Benin
116(111) New Caledonia
117(114) Georgia
118(116) Panama
119(120) Malawi
120(118) Kazakhstan
121(132) Estonia
122(119) Gambia
123(121) Jordan
124(126) Turks & Caicos Islands
125(122) Madagascar
126(130) Montenegro
127(131) Togo
128(142) Burma
129(123) Turkmenistan
130(124) Namibia
131(127) Cape Verde
132(137) Hong Kong
133(128) Bermuda
134(129) Zimbabwe
135(134) Puerto Rico
136(136) Azerbaijan
137(133) Indonesia
138(138) Kosovo
139(135) Botswana
140(139) Austria
141(140) Vanuatu
142(141) Netherlands Antilles
143(144) Philippines
144(143) Chad
145(145) Burundi
146(149) Luxembourg
147(146) Nepal
148(148) Sri Lanka
149(147) Equatorial Guinea
150(152) Ethiopia
151(150) Malaysia
152(153) Samoa
153(151) Liechtenstein
154(163) Guyana
155(155) Swaziland
156(158) Vietnam
157(154) Maldives
158(156) Sierra Leone
159(157) Eritrea
160(160) Kyrgyzstan
161(162) Pakistan
162(159) Lesotho
163(161) Lebanon
164(165) Niger
165(166) Taiwan
166(167) Reunion
167(164) St. Kitts & Nevis
168(168) Yemen
169(170) Kuwait
170(169) Cayman Islands
171(171) Liberia
172(172) Zanzibar
173(173) British Virgin Islands
174(174) Malta
175(175) Cambodia
176(176) St. Vincent & the Grenadines
177(177) Afghanistan
178(178) St. Lucia
179(179) Laos
180(180) Seychelles
181(181) Guinea-Bissau
182(182) Mauritania
183(183) Belize
184(184) Mauritius
185(185) Cook Islands
185(185) Tonga
187(187) Nicaragua
188(188) Bhutan
189(190) Bangladesh
190(189) Tahiti
191(191) Bahamas
192(192) Brunei
193(193) Djibouti
194(194) Mayotte
195(195) Mongolia
196(196) Dominica
197(198) US Virgin Islands
198(197) Guam
199(199) Aruba
200(205) Jersey
201(200) Faroe Islands
202(201) Tuvalu
203(202) Tibet
204(203) Andorra
205(204) French Guiana
206(207) Comoros
207(208) East Timor
207(208) Palestine
209(205) Guernsey
210(210) Macao
211(211) American Samoa
211(211) Anguilla
211(211) Saint-Martin
211(211) Somalia
215(---) Gibraltar
215(215) Montserrat
215(215) Northern Cyprus
215(215) Papua New Guinea
219(218) Central African Republic
219(218) Northern Mariana Islands
221(220) San Marino
222(221) Dominican Republic
223(222) Sao Tome & Principe
223(222) Sint Maarten


Biggest jump: Jamaica (up 24 to 91)
Biggest fall: New Zealand (down 13 to 114)

[Paddy]

Cheers MH.

[Elmer]

Having taken my eye off the ball where international football is concerned, why on earth are United States so high ??

[Panda]

Dec 2, 2008 21:56:09 GMT 1 Elmer said:

Having taken my eye off the ball where international football is concerned, why on earth are United States so high ??

The simple answer is they don't lose many games, particularly competitive ones.

Whilst CONCACAF isn't the strongest region (and the rankings take this into account), the USA have a great record against other CONCACAF teams. They won the Gold Cup (their equivalent of the European Championship) last year and have strolled into the final round of World Cup qualifying.

Their positions in other world rankings are:
FIFA - 24
Elo - 18
Roon Ba - 16