MrH's football world rankings - MARCH '09

[Panda]

The resumption of the World Cup means a lot of movement. The top 12 teams stay the same but in a different order.

England stay at 12 but are edging closer to the top 10. Holland move into the top 3. The first team to do so since I started compiling the rankings.

At the bottom, there were wins in March for the Faroe Islands and Guam, who beat another FIFA nation for the first time ever.

These rankings do not include the World Cup matches played on April 1st.


Rank Last Team
1 1 SPAIN
2 2 GERMANY
3 4 NETHERLANDS
4 3 CROATIA
5 6 BRAZIL
6 5 ITALY
7 9 ARGENTINA
8 7 RUSSIA
9 10 GREECE
10 11 UNITED STATES
11 8 TURKEY
12 12 ENGLAND
13 14 PORTUGAL
14 17 JAPAN
15 16 CZECH REPUBLIC
16 15 ROMANIA
17 19 EGYPT
18 21 SAUDI ARABIA
19 22 PARAGUAY
20 20 FRANCE
21 18 ISRAEL
22 23 HONDURAS
23 13 POLAND
24 30 URUGUAY
25 26 MEXICO
26 29 SWEDEN
27 35 SERBIA
28 28 LITHUANIA
29 27 IRAN
30 24 CAMEROON
31 32 BULGARIA
32 38 DENMARK
33 31 IVORY COAST
34 46 GHANA
35 41 CHILE
36 33 COSTA RICA
37 40 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
38 34 NIGERIA
39 58 SWITZERLAND
40 47 VENEZUELA
41 52 HUNGARY
42 42 NORWAY
43 25 UKRAINE
44 53 SOUTH KOREA
45 45 MOROCCO
46 44 SYRIA
47 48 TUNISIA
48 51 OMAN
49 55 NORTH KOREA
50 56 UZBEKISTAN
51 65 LATVIA
52 39 SCOTLAND
53 49 COLOMBIA
54 37 WALES
55 43 NORTHERN IRELAND
56 50 BAHRAIN
57 71 FINLAND
58 54 AUSTRALIA
59 59 BELGIUM
60 83 CYPRUS
61 36 IRELAND
62 60 GUADELOUPE
63 62 MALI
64 64 JAMAICA
65 70 UGANDA
66 69 EL SALVADOR
67 68 THAILAND
68 66 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
69 81 GABON
70 57 GUINEA
71 67 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
72 61 ALBANIA
73 80 QATAR
74 76 RWANDA
75 73 INDIA
76 77 IRAQ
77 74 SOUTH AFRICA
78 63 SLOVAKIA
79 82 SLOVENIA
80 89 ECUADOR
81 72 SUDAN
82 84 ZAMBIA
83 85 ICELAND
84 87 MOZAMBIQUE
85 91 CUBA
86 79 LIBYA
87 75 SENEGAL
88 86 MOLDOVA
89 103 ARMENIA
90 112 BURKINA FASO
90 92 GRENADA
92 97 MACEDONIA
93 101 TANZANIA
94 100 GAMBIA
95 95 TAJIKISTAN
96 78 ANGOLA
97 93 CHINA
98 96 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
99 99 SURINAME
100 102 BARBADOS
101 90 CANADA
102 118 NEW ZEALAND
103 88 KENYA
104 120 ESTONIA
105 104 SINGAPORE
106 94 BOLIVIA
107 107 PERU
108 114 DEMOCRATIC REP. OF CONGO
109 110 NEW CALEDONIA
110 113 MARTINIQUE
111 106 PHILIPPINES
112 116 FIJI
113 111 GUATEMALA
114 109 SOLOMON ISLANDS
115 117 BENIN
116 132 CAPE VERDE
117 124 BERMUDA
118 108 ALGERIA
119 130 PANAMA
120 121 MADAGASCAR
121 98 BELARUS
122 123 JORDAN
123 128 TOGO
124 127 NAMIBIA
125 125 BURMA
126 122 MALAWI
127 119 HAITI
128 114 CONGO
129 133 VIETNAM
130 134 INDONESIA
131 129 TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS
132 139 TURKMENISTAN
133 135 HONG KONG
134 137 PUERTO RICO
135 136 ZIMBABWE
136 126 MONTENEGRO
137 144 BURUNDI
138 146 NEPAL
139 141 VANUATU
140 142 NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
141 105 KAZAKHSTAN
142 145 AUSTRIA
143 140 KOSOVO
144 163 KYRGYZSTAN
145 131 GEORGIA
146 155 KUWAIT
147 148 ETHIOPIA
148 143 BOTSWANA
149 154 ERITREA
150 147 SRI LANKA
151 150 SAMOA
152 151 LUXEMBOURG
153 158 SIERRA LEONE
154 156 MALDVIES
155 160 SWAZILAND
156 159 LEBANON
157 138 AZERBAIJAN
158 153 CHAD
159 164 NIGER
160 157 MALAYSIA
161 166 TAIWAN
162 165 YEMEN
163 162 PAKISTAN
164 167 ST. KITTS & NEVIS
165 169 RÉUNION
166 168 NICARAGUA
167 149 EQUATORIAL GUINEA
168 171 GUYANA
169 170 CAYMAN ISLANDS
170 173 LIBERIA
171 152 LIECHTENSTEIN
172 174 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
172 174 ZANZIBAR
174 176 BELIZE
175 172 MALTA
176 161 LESOTHO
177 177 CAMBODIA
178 178 AFGHANISTAN
179 179 SEYCHELLES
180 180 LAOS
181 195 MONGOLIA
182 181 ST. LUCIA
183 182 MAURITANIA
184 183 GUINEA-BISSAU
185 184 MAURITIUS
186 185 COOK ISLANDS
186 185 TONGA
188 187 BHUTAN
189 188 BANGLADESH
190 198 GUAM
191 202 FAROE ISLANDS
192 189 TAHITI
193 191 BAHAMAS
194 190 ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
195 192 BRUNEI
196 193 DJIBOUTI
197 194 MAYOTTE
198 207 PALESTINE
199 197 US VIRGIN ISLANDS
200 196 DOMINICA
201 210 MACAO
202 199 SOMALIA
203 200 ARUBA
204 201 JERSEY
205 203 TUVALU
206 204 TIBET
207 205 FRENCH GUIANA
208 206 COMOROS
209 209 GUERNSEY
210 207 EAST TIMOR
211 211 AMERICAN SAMOA
211 211 ANGUILLA
211 211 SAINT MARTIN
214 214 GIBRALTAR
214 214 MONTSERRAT
214 214 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
217 219 ANDORRA
218 220 SAN MARINO
219 217 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
220 221 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
221 217 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
221 222 SAO TOMÉ & PRINCIPE
221 222 SINT MAARTEN



Biggest climb: Cyprus (up 23 to 60)
Biggest drop: Kazakhstan (down 36 to 141)

[frag]

With England winning and Turkey losing, I reckon we should be at #11 after the April update.

[Panda]

Apr 2, 2009 10:13:50 GMT 1 frag said:

With England winning and Turkey losing, I reckon we should be at #11 after the April update.

It's almost certain. There was almost nothing between them going into last night's games. England could be very close to the USA, as well.