World Football Rankings 2016 - Ziaian Football World Rankings

Current Rankings

Pos. Country Total Points
2016 Points gained
2016 Move
2016

1    Brazil 1874 119.88 5
2    Portugal 1812 70.25 5
3    Chile 1811 79.34 7
4    Germany 1796 80.89 10
5    Belgium 1793 72.91 8
6    Argentina 1776 14.3 -2
7    Spain 1775 9.64 -4
8    Croatia 1773 83.15 13
9    Peru 1768 83.15 15
10    France 1768 36.93 1
11    Ecuador 1768 -19.06 -9
12    Uruguay 1768 -28.35 -11
13    Switzerland 1753 43.85 3
14    Poland 1745 6.45 -5
15    Italy 1743 61.65 12
16    Costa Rica 1742 58.49 9
17    Rep Ireland 1737 -2.21 -9
18    England 1736 -24.5 -13
19    Netherlands 1733 99.88 29
20    Sweden 1725 64.27 17
21    Slovakia 1720 52.93 10
22    Colombia 1720 16.78 -3
23    Serbia 1711 46.17 10
24    Mexico 1711 -16.39 -12
25    Iceland 1708 52.37 14
26    Bosnia-Herzegovina 1705 18.74 -3
27    Venezuela 1700 107.17 47
28    Wales 1697 80.37 32
29    Ukraine 1697 32.31 5
30    N.Ireland 1694 35.7 8
31    Israel 1685 87.27 37
32    Japan 1682 20.96 4
33    Slovenia 1679 65.03 28
34    Panama 1677 46.05 15
35    Montenegro 1676 58.08 24
36    Greece 1676 53.5 20
37    Denmark 1675 41.44 9
38    Iran 1668 40.34 13
39    Austria 1666 -47.68 -24
40    Ivory Coast 1664 -2.19 -8
41    Turkey 1664 -43.37 -24
42    Paraguay 1661 -19.43 -14
43    South Korea 1658 -48.36 -25
44    Bolivia 1656 8.92 -2
45    Hungary 1656 -11.95 -15
46    Saudi Arabia 1653 51.43 20
47    DR Congo 1652 95.91 51
48    Nigeria 1652 75.98 37
49    Syria 1646 69.09 35
50    Egypt 1645 31.54 13
51    Russia 1638 -49.88 -29
52    Georgia 1637 -12.48 -11
53    Bulgaria 1635 38.3 17
54    Armenia 1634 83.34 48
55    UAE 1633 46.22 25
56    Australia 1633 -8.28 -12
57    Lithuania 1632 66.86 34
58    Finland 1632 3.465 -8
59    Scotland 1632 -51.36 -33
60    Czech Rep 1630 -63.91 -40
61    Uzbekistan 1629 -32.74 -26
62    Belarus 1628 2.93 -10
63    USA 1627 -7.32 -18
64    Romania 1627 -42.69 -35
65    Qatar 1624 23.72 2
66    South Africa 1623 32.44 10
67    Senegal 1622 17.51 -2
68    Morocco 1618 81.2 41
69    Faroe Islands 1615 79.245 41
70    Honduras 1614 43.33 17
71    Burkina Faso 1613 75 37
72    Cameroon 1607 46.44 22
73    Azerbaijan 1606 52.29 28
74    Tunisia 1605 20.01 8
75    Kazakhstan 1605 -37.52 -32
76    Algeria 1601 -32.08 -29
77    Guatemala 1600 98.64 56
78    Sierra Leone 1595 59.74 33
79    Zambia 1595 7.35 0
80    Cyprus 1595 -29.76 -27
81    Canada 1592 -4.3 -10
82    Norway 1591 -32.28 -27
83    Moldova 1590 46.86 22
84    Iraq 1588 29.81 13
85    Luxembourg 1585 41.52 19
86    French Guiana 1581 97.65 56
87    Gabon 1581 38.2 19
88    Kenya 1580 25.15 11
89    China 1580 18.34 4
90    Bahrain 1579 44.49 22
91    Albania 1579 -73.06 -51
92    North Korea 1576 -9.85 -11
93    Macedonia 1576 -20.7 -24
94    Jordan 1573 -15.6 -17
95    Mali 1571 -3.55 -9
96    Mauritania 1568 48.87 26
97    Thailand 1568 10.35 -2
98    Ghana 1567 -53.69 -40
99    Uganda 1566 -18.44 -16
100    Togo 1565 87.67 44
101    Kuwait 1565 -5 -13
102    Zimbabwe 1563 46.58 22
103    Malta 1563 9.41 -3
104    Trinidad & Tobago 1559 -53.62 -42
105    Martinique 1558 84.52 41
106    Palestine 1557 -10.7 -16
107    Kyrgyzstan 1556 30.19 8
108    Haiti 1555 -7.01 -16
109    Libya 1555 -56.91 -45
110    Estonia 1554 -66.53 -53
111    Equatorial Guinea 1553 20.33 2
112    Latvia 1553 -40.35 -40
113    Lebanon 1552 -36.62 -35
114    Guinea 1551 -41.65 -41
115    Mozambique 1550 46.9 17
116    Guinea Bissau 1547 99.53 41
117    Namibia 1547 40.96 13
118    Rwanda 1544 19.87 1
119    Malawi 1543 32.55 8
120    Oman 1541 49.69 19
121    Swaziland 1539 27.94 5
122    Benin 1538 39.41 12
123    Congo 1538 -31.2 -34
124    Burundi 1535 -10.39 -21
125    Tanzania 1532 8.01 -7
126    Indonesia 1527 58.84 23
127    Central African Rep 1527 55.86 20
128    Botswana 1527 1.84 -11
129    Gambia 1526 33.69 9
130    Kosovo 1525 87.96 31
131    Sudan 1525 19.64 0
132    Vietnam 1523 72.44 23
133    Nicaragua 1523 -3.55 -19
134    El Salvador 1520 -37.68 -38
135    Comoros 1519 36.31 6
136    Ethiopia 1517 22.43 -1
137    Jamaica 1517 -107.41 -83
138    Tajikistan 1513 28.2 2
139    Yemen 1509 -17.45 -23
140    Philippines 1508 51.46 14
141    Liberia 1506 -35.97 -34
142    Andorra 1503 62.09 18
143    Cape Verde Islands 1497 -93.96 -68
144    Liechtenstein 1496 2.65 -8
145    Niger 1495 -11.65 -16
146    Lesotho 1490 62.88 16
147    Hong Kong 1488 -19.05 -19
148    Chad 1486 -36.45 -28
149    Turkmenistan 1485 3.91 -6
150    Belize 1479 4.29 -5
151    Madagascar 1477 -37.74 -26
152    Afghanistan 1476 32.9 7
153    Mauritius 1469 1.79 -3
154    Cura?ao 1464 3.76 -2
155    St Kitts & Nevis 1464 -6.23 -7
156    Gibraltar 1461 9.65 0
157    Singapore 1453 -5.9 -4
158    Sao Tome & Principe 1452 64.09 14
159    Dominican Rep 1450 93.62 20
160    Angola 1450 -68.44 -37
161    Myanmar 1447 35.45 6
162    New Zealand 1443 -77.13 -41
163    Zanzibar 1439 -5 -5
164    India 1436 44.12 6
165    Seychelles 1432 8.8 -2
166    South Sudan 1422 -69.67 -29
167    Malaysia 1418 28.05 4
168    Reunion 1418 -5 -4
169    San Marino 1417 1.82 -3
170    Cuba 1417 -48.66 -19
171    Guyana 1413 41.33 5
172    Suriname 1411 85.87 14
173    Antigua & Barbuda 1404 33.84 4
174    Pakistan 1392 -5 -6
175    Mayotte 1389 -5 -6
176    Bermuda 1385 -30.64 -11
177    Cambodia 1384 72.89 12
178    Eritrea 1375 -5 -4
179    New Caledonia 1369 31.62 4
180    Guam 1364 13.12 0
181    Guadeloupe 1364 -4.22 -3
182    Barbados 1359 19.3 -1
183    Maldives Rep 1357 -17.86 -8
184    Taiwan 1352 16.8 0
185    Puerto Rico 1349 33.26 3
186    Nepal 1336 39.04 8
187    St Vincent/Grenadines 1336 12.89 0
188    St Lucia 1333 -5 -6
189    Papua New Guinea 1323 152.37 19
190    Aruba 1311 8.6 1
191    Dominica 1305 8.23 2
192    Grenada 1305 -74.892 -19
193    Laos 1300 -4.57 -3
194    Somalia 1297 -5 -2
195    Bhutan 1286 89.27 9
196    Cayman Islands 1282 -5 0
197    Djibouti 1273 37.25 1
198    Solomon Islands 1260 38.83 1
199    Tahiti 1253 -20.26 -2
200    East Timor 1252 -34.59 -5
201    Bangladesh 1245 -88.43 -16
202    Macau 1244 59.12 3
203    Brunei 1240 59.85 3
204    Vanuatu 1237 36.9 -2
205    Fiji 1225 10.31 -4
206    Bonaire 1211 -5 -6
207    Sri Lanka 1202 3.97 -4
208    Mongolia 1179 46.21 5
209    Montserrat 1170 -5 -2
210    US Virgin Islands 1139 4.766 1
211    Bahamas 1137 -5 -2
212    Turks & Caicos 1128 -5 0
213    Brit. Virgin Islands 1120 -14.97 -3
214    St Martin 1049 -40 0
215    Anguilla 1008 3.19 0
216    Northern Mariana Islands 892 6.68 0
217    Samoa 871 14 0
218    Cook Islands 820 -5 1
219    American Samoa 805 -5 1
220    Tuvalu 776 -80 -2
221    Tonga 696 -5 1
222    St Pierre & Miquelon 631 -40 1
223    Kiribati 628 -80 -2

Big Movers of 2016

After racing ahead in the World Cup qualifiers, Brazil moved to the top of the rankings followed by European champions Portugal and Copa America winners Chile.
French Guianaenjoyed a 3-0 win at home to Cuba in a Caribbean Cup qualifier and hammered their Haitian hosts 5-2 in a World Cup qualifier.
Guatemalarose in the rankings partly as their erroneous low position from 2015 was levelling out. In World Cup qualifiers in Guatemala City, they defeated USA 2-0 and St Vincent & the Grenadines 9-3 with Carlos Ruis scoring 5 of the goals.
DR Congobeat Angola 2-0 and thrashed Madagascar 6-1 on their travels in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers before winning 4-0 at home to Libya in a World Cup qualifier.
ArmeniaDemolished Guatemala 7-1 in a friendly match in the USA and defeated Montenegro 3-2 at home in a World Cup qualifier.
Jamaica lost 1-0 to Venezuela and 3-0 to Uruguay in Copa America matches played in USA and were beaten 2-0 at home to Haiti in a World Cup qualifier.
Cape Verdesuffered home defeats 1-0 against Morocco in an African qualifier and 2-0 against Burkina Faso in a World Cup qualifier.
Estoniadid poorly in most of their matches which included 2-0 defeats away to Lithuania in the Baltic Cup and at home to Greece in a World Cup qualifier.
Albania were defeated 1-0 by Switzerland in Euro 2016 in France before playing a goalless match in home friendly against Morocco. They lost World Cup qualifiers 2-0 and 3-0 at home to Spain and Israel respectively.
The biggest shock of the year was Haiti's 5-2 collapse at home to French Guiana in a World Cup qualifier followed by Chile's 7-0 mauling of Mexico in a Copa America match in Santa Clara.
The highest score of the year was Croatia's 10-0 spanking of San Marino in a home friendly.

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