World Football Rankings 2004 - Ziaian Football World Rankings

Current Rankings

Pos. Country Total Points
2004 Points gained
2004 Move
2004

1    Brazil 18.93 1.19 1
2    Argentina 18.48 1.01 3
3    Czech Rep 18.31 0.68 0
4    Greece 18.06 1.62 9
5    Portugal 18.03 1 3
6    Netherlands 17.94 0.68 0
7    England 17.84 1.07 3
8    Sweden 17.75 1.81 15
9    Spain 17.64 0.02 -5
10    France 17.49 -0.55 -9
11    Germany 17.45 1.23 6
12    Mexico 17.37 0.93 2
13    Japan 17.35 1.57 13
14    Poland 17.13 1.29 10
15    Italy 17.07 0.05 -6
16    Rep Ireland 17.06 1.1 6
17    Uruguay 17.02 -0.08 -10
18    Colombia 16.97 1.54 15
19    Croatia 16.93 0.89 1
20    Denmark 16.86 0.21 -9
21    Romania 16.71 0.92 4
22    Ukraine 16.7 1.61 17
23    USA 16.57 -0.02 -11
24    Paraguay 16.5 0.2 -9
25    Serbia & Montenegro 16.49 0.96 6
26    Norway 16.48 1.62 23
27    Iran 16.45 1.53 19
28    Russia 16.4 0.17 -12
29    Bulgaria 16.38 0.79 0
30    Chile 16.25 1.28 12
31    Turkey 16.25 0.04 -13
32    Slovakia 16 0.87 6
33    Ecuador 15.98 0.38 -5
34    Finland 15.92 0.2 -7
35    Venezuela 15.85 0.54 0
36    Peru 15.85 0.31 -6
37    Bolivia 15.73 1.19 20
38    Switzerland 15.73 0.24 -6
39    Israel 15.7 1 12
40    Slovenia 15.64 0.37 -4
41    Nigeria 15.63 0.59 0
42    Costa Rica 15.57 0.16 -8
43    Belarus 15.55 1.77 25
44    Hungary 15.52 1.54 20
45    Belgium 15.44 -0.57 -24
46    Wales 15.39 0.34 -6
47    South Korea 15.36 0.42 -2
48    Bosnia-Herzegovina 15.29 0.69 6
49    Austria 15.21 0.27 -5
50    Ivory Coast 15.16 1.41 19
51    Oman 15.16 0.94 10
52    Morocco 15.03 1.5 24
53    Albania 14.99 0.31 -1
54    Cameroon 14.96 -1.12 -35
55    Guatemala 14.93 1.23 17
56    Georgia 14.93 0.34 -1
57    China 14.85 0.98 9
58    Macedonia 14.79 0.6 4
59    Tunisia 14.79 0.2 -3
60    Honduras 14.78 -0.09 -13
61    Jamaica 14.77 0.54 -1
62    Bahrain 14.71 1.38 19
63    Senegal 14.71 -0.46 -26
64    Australia 14.68 0 -11
65    Egypt 14.66 -0.3 -22
66    N.Ireland 14.64 0.68 -1
67    Lithuania 14.6 0.91 6
68    Scotland 14.57 -0.23 -18
69    Latvia 14.55 -0.31 -21
70    Qatar 14.41 1.9 19
71    Kuwait 14.4 1.1 11
72    Libya 14.23 2.38 36
73    Canada 14.22 0.54 1
74    Iceland 14.2 -0.32 -16
75    Azerbaijan 14.16 0.8 5
76    South Africa 14.12 -0.31 -17
77    Panama 14.07 2.78 42
78    Jordan 14 0.37 -3
79    Uzbekistan 13.98 1.6 12
80    Iraq 13.88 0.03 -13
81    Angola 13.85 1.48 11
82    Estonia 13.84 0.1 -11
83    Saudi Arabia 13.75 -0.29 -20
84    Moldova 13.7 0.19 -6
85    Guinea 13.64 1.39 8
86    Armenia 13.62 -0.12 -16
87    Cuba 13.55 1.12 3
88    Cyprus 13.51 0.07 -9
89    Zambia 13.31 1.35 15
90    Togo 13.3 1.35 15
91    Gabon 13.27 1.17 5
92    Zimbabwe 13.22 0.99 2
93    UAE 13.17 0.37 -8
94    Mali 13.1 0.26 -10
95    Ghana 12.94 0.94 7
96    Algeria 12.91 -0.04 -13
97    DR Congo 12.87 0.14 -11
98    Syria 12.86 1.21 14
99    Haiti 12.83 0.9 7
100    Trinidad & Tobago 12.79 0.74 -1
101    Kenya 12.77 0.13 -13
102    Faroe Islands 12.75 0.59 -7
103    El Salvador 12.68 -0.84 -26
104    Rwanda 12.57 1.07 11
105    Burkina Faso 12.54 -0.17 -18
106    Lebanon 12.47 0.56 1
107    Kazakhstan 12.36 0.34 -7
108    Sudan 12.32 0.34 -5
109    Thailand 12.27 0.45 0
110    Malta 12.25 0.19 -12
111    Botswana 12.19 1.32 16
112    North Korea 12.19 0.45 -2
113    Congo 12.14 0.43 -2
114    Malawi 12.13 0.64 2
115    Benin 12.02 0.49 -1
116    Cape Verde Islands 11.96 0.89 8
117    Andorra 11.83 0.83 8
118    Uganda 11.79 -0.22 -17
119    Ethiopia 11.62 0.97 11
120    Mauritius 11.59 0.35 0
121    Liechtenstein 11.55 1.17 15
122    Liberia 11.54 0.06 -5
123    New Zealand 11.45 -0.19 -10
124    Indonesia 11.38 1.38 23
125    Yemen 11.36 1.86 27
126    Martinique 11.34 -0.72 -29
127    Burundi 11.28 0.76 7
128    Gambia 11.25 -0.05 -10
129    Palestine 11.16 0.95 13
130    Sierra Leone 11.16 -0.05 -9
131    Mozambique 11.11 0.56 2
132    Turkmenistan 10.94 0.18 -4
133    Singapore 10.88 1.1 16
134    Malaysia 10.76 0.52 6
135    Hong Kong 10.72 0.65 11
136    Tajikistan 10.69 0.36 2
137    Vietnam 10.66 0.2 -2
138    Lesotho 10.66 0.02 -7
139    St Vincent/Grenadines 10.65 3.4 29
140    Madagascar 10.57 -0.1 -11
141    St Lucia 10.55 0.4 3
142    Luxembourg 10.52 -0.65 -20
143    India 10.46 1.02 12
144    Tanzania 10.4 -0.54 -18
145    Reunion 10.28 -0.05 -8
146    Central African Rep 10.26 -0.05 -7
147    Barbados 10.26 -0.35 -15
148    Equatorial Guinea 10.17 -0.05 -7
149    Swaziland 10.12 -0.07 -6
150    Eritrea 10.1 -0.05 -5
151    Guadeloupe 10.08 0.56 0
152    Myanmar 9.89 0.59 4
153    Kyrgyzstan 9.8 1.26 8
154    St Kitts & Nevis 9.76 -1.38 -31
155    Zanzibar 9.75 0.3 -1
156    Mauritania 9.73 -0.05 -8
157    Namibia 9.71 0.21 -4
158    Niger 9.5 -0.05 -8
159    Grenada 9.39 0.87 3
160    San Marino 9.35 0.41 -1
161    Chad 9.05 -0.05 -4
162    Guinea Bissau 8.97 -0.05 -4
163    Surinam 8.81 0.22 -3
164    Bermuda 8.55 0.91 -1
165    Sri Lanka 8.28 1.37 7
166    Maldives Rep 8.19 1.92 12
167    French Guiana 8.11 0.77 -1
168    Antigua 7.89 0.41 -4
169    Neth.Antilles 7.7 1.51 10
170    Solomon Islands 7.61 2.19 13
171    Nicaragua 7.58 0.89 4
172    Cayman Islands 7.42 -0.02 -7
173    Seychelles 7.25 -0.05 -6
174    Taiwan 7.24 0.03 -5
175    Sao Tome & Principe 6.89 -0.05 -5
176    Bangladesh 6.68 -0.05 -2
177    Laos 6.6 0.78 4
178    Guyana 6.58 0.25 -1
179    Belize 6.58 0.09 -3
180    Fiji 6.5 -0.42 -9
181    Dominican Rep 6.27 -0.59 -8
182    Vanuatu 6.06 0.84 3
183    Somalia 5.89 0.3 -1
184    Tahiti 5.67 -0.47 -4
185    Nepal 5.35 -0.05 -1
186    Brit. Virgin Islands 5.31 1.94 9
187    Dominica 5.13 -0.05 -1
188    Pakistan 4.94 -0.05 -1
189    New Caledonia 4.84 0.53 2
190    Philippines 4.81 0.33 0
191    Cambodia 4.37 -0.52 -3
192    St Martin 4.34 -0.29 -3
193    Turks & Caicos 4.16 4.163 -1
194    Djibouti 3.87 -0.05 -2
195    Brunei 3.74 -0.05 -2
196    Aruba 3.64 -0.05 -2
197    Puerto Rico 3.46 0.7 1
198    Macao 3.29 -0.05 -2
199    Papua New Guinea 2.91 0.55 0
200    Mongolia 2.9 -0.05 -3
201    East Timor 2.25 2.25 0
202    Afghanistan 2.19 -0.05 -2
203    Bahamas 1.26 0.35 -2
204    Montserrat 0.75 0.7 -2
205    US Virgin Islands -0.54 0.82 -1
206    Guam -0.54 -0.05 -3
207    Bhutan -3.36 -0.05 -2
208    Western Samoa -3.9 -0.11 -2
209    Tonga -4.44 0.51 -2
210    Cook Islands -5.47 0.39 -2
211    Anguilla -6.75 0.9 -2
212    American Samoa -17.33 0.49 -2

Big Movers of 2004

Copa America winners, Brazil, and runners up, Argentina, took up the top 2 places in the rankings while Greece, who won Euro 2004 by defeating hosts Portugal in the final, finished the year in 4th spot.
Panama ascended the most having successfully negotiated the third round of the World Cup qualifiers with a 3-0 win in St Lucia and a 2-1 victory away to Jamaica. The Panamanians also held their American visitors to a 1-1 draw where they put 3 past El Salvador without reply. A 2-1 friendly win in Guatemala was also noteworthy. Libya punched above their weight in the World Cup qualifiers, recording a 2-1 home victory over Egypt where they thumped Benin 4-1 and won by a single goal away to Sudan. They also beat Jordan 1-0 in a friendly played in Nigeria.
St Vincent & the Grenadines knocked Nicaragua out of the World Cup qualifiers with a 4-1 home win and sent out shockwaves with a 3-0 win at St Kitts and Nevis having already beaten them 1-0 at home. In the Caribbean qualifiers they did the double over Grenada 3-1 at home and 1-0 away from home. In friendly matches they won 2-1 at St Lucia and 2-0 against their visitors from Martinique.
Yemen enjoyed a 3-1 home win over the U.A.E and drew 1-1 in Thailand in World Cup qualifiers. They also beat Syria 2-1 in a home friendly. Belarus thumped Latvia 4-1 in a friendly tournament in Cyprus having earlier inflicted a 2-0 loss upon their hosts. The Belarusians returned from a friendly in Turkey with a 2-1 win and in World Cup qualifiers drew 1-1 in Norway and smashed Moldova 4-0 in a home match.
Morocco reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations beating Nigeria 1-0 and hammering Benin and Mali 4-0 on their way. Indonesia shocked their Qatari visitors 2-1 in an Asian qualifier and in World Cup qualifiers they sent Turkmenistan back 3-1 losers and won 2-0 away to Sri Lanka. A 3-0 friendly win in Vietnam was also a memorable result.
Norway put 3 past Sweden in a friendly match played in Hong Kong and enjoyed the same result at home to Slovenia in a World Cup qualifier having earlier been victorious 1-0 away to Scotland.
Hungary achieved some amazing results in friendly matches winning 2-0 in Germany and 3-0 in Scotland and thrashing Estonia 5-0 in Thailand. Bolivia not only enjoyed home wins against Paraguay 2-1 and Peru 1-0 in World Cup qualifiers, but also earned a 2-2 draw against Copa America hosts Peru.
Cameroon moved down the most in the rankings after being knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations 2-1 by Nigeria having also drawn 1-1 with Algeria. In the World Cup qualifiers they lost 3-2 in Egypt and could only draw 1-1 in Sudan
St Kitts and Nevis fell 3-2 at home to Antigua and Barbuda and 1-0 away to St Vincent and the Grenadines in World Cup qualifiers. They also lost a friendly 1-0 away to Antigua and Barbuda.
Martinique Were held to a goalless draw at home to Guadeloupe and where they also lost 2-0 to Cuba in Caribbean qualifiers. They were also beaten 2-0 in a friendly away to St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Senegal could only draw 0-0 with Burkina Faso in the Africa Cup of Nations where they lost 1-0 to hosts Tunisia. They were also humiliated 3-1 in a World Cup qualifier in Togo.
El Salvador scraped past Bermuda 4-3 on aggregate to finish bottom of their group in the third round of the qualifications for the World Cup with 3-0 defeats at home to Jamaica and away to Panama. They also lost 3-0 and 4-0 at home to Guatemala and Honduras respectively in friendly matches.
Belgium got their World Cup qualifiers off to a poor start at home drawing 1-1 with Lithuania and losing 2-0 to Serbia and Montenegro. Egypt lost 2-1 to Algeria in the Africa Cup of Nations and by the same scoreline at home to Ivory Coast and away to Libya in World Cup qualifiers.
Latvia suffered some heavy defeats losing 3-0 to the Dutch in the Euros and 4-1 to Belarus in a friendly in Cyprus and another 4-1 in a World Cup qualifier in Slovakia.
Saudi Arabia had a poor Asian Cup finishing bottom of their group with a 2-2 draw against Turkmenistan and defeats 1-0 to Uzbekistan and 2-1 against Iraq.
Luxembourg sank in the rankings mostly due to being taken apart 4-0 at home to minnows Liechtenstein in a World Cup qualifier.
The biggest surprise of the year was Vanuatu's 4-2 wipe-out of New Zealand in a World Cup qualifier played in Australia. Another big shock was Bermuda's 2-0 loss to the British Virgin Islands in a Caribbean Cup qualifier played in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The highest score of the year was Bermuda's 13-0 routing of Montserrat in a World Cup qualifier.
Two more countries entered the rankings. The Turks and Caicos Islands moved in at 192nd and East Timor 201st position.

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World Football Ranking 2004

Big Movers of 2004

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World Football Ranking
2004