Women's World Football Ranking     
2005

Current Rankings


Pos.
Country
 Total Points
2005
Points gained
2005
Move
2005
1    Germany 27.68 1.14 0
2    USA 26.39 0.43 0
3    North Korea 24.91 0.27 0
4    Norway 24.84 0.26 0
5    Brazil 24.22 0 0
6    Sweden 24.18 0.39 2
7    Japan 24.06 0.56 3
8    France 23.87 0.04 -1
9    Denmark 23.83 -0.16 -3
10    Canada 23.71 0.47 1
11    Australia 23.62 0.66 1
12    China 23.55 -0.08 -3
13    England 23.17 1.82 6
14    Italy 23.07 0.34 -1
15    Finland 22.73 0.15 0
16    Russia 22.69 0.42 1
17    Nigeria 22.51 -0.13 -3
18    Mexico 22.17 -0.16 -2
19    South Korea 21.9 0.9 1
20    Iceland 21.82 0.43 -2
21    Netherlands 21.42 0.85 0
22    Czech Rep 20.95 0.71 1
23    Ukraine 20.74 1.15 3
24    Spain 20.68 0.7 0
25    Scotland 20.18 -0.35 -3
26    Rep Ireland 19.86 0.02 -1
27    Switzerland 19.66 0.26 2
28    Poland 19.49 0.52 6
29    Belarus 19.45 -0.13 -2
30    Ghana 19.41 0 -2
31    Costa Rica 19.26 0 -1
32    Austria 18.91 0.37 7
33    Serbia & Montenegro 18.91 -0.31 -2
34    Romania 18.76 -0.28 -2
35    Argentina 18.73 0 1
36    Vietnam 18.68 0.8 9
37    Taiwan 18.64 0.28 3
38    New Zealand 18.62 -0.02 0
39    Belgium 18.56 -0.17 -4
40    Israel 18.39 0.27 2
41    Myanmar 18.34 0.78 8
42    Greece 18.28 -0.41 -5
43    Slovakia 18.22 0.48 3
44    Peru 18.17 1.1 14
45    Hungary 18.11 -0.92 -12
46    Cameroon 18.07 0.12 -3
47    Trinidad & Tobago 17.9 0 -3
48    Portugal 17.84 -0.35 -7
49    South Africa 17.69 0.13 -1
50    Wales 17.67 0 -3
51    Bulgaria 17.47 0.08 -1
52    Colombia 17.42 0.09 -1
53    Thailand 17.3 0.62 13
54    Faroe Islands 17.3 0.31 6
55    N.Ireland 17.29 0.74 13
56    Haiti 17.29 0 -4
57    Guatemala 17.16 0 -2
58    Angola 17.16 0 -4
59    Panama 17.11 0 -3
60    Zimbabwe 17.1 0 -3
61    Jamaica 16.97 0 1
62    Slovenia 16.96 0.57 8
63    Croatia 16.94 -0.26 -10
64    St Lucia 16.91 0 -1
65    Ecuador 16.85 -0.15 -6
66    Ethiopia 16.84 0 -2
67    Sierra Leone 16.83 0 -2
68    Bolivia 16.6 -0.37 -7
69    India 16.52 0.34 5
70    Latvia 16.43 0 -1
71    Kazakhstan 16.34 -0.34 -4
72    Uruguay 16.33 0 -1
73    Paraguay 16.32 0 -1
74    Chile 16.25 0 -1
75    Uzbekistan 16.19 0.15 4
76    DR Congo 16.18 0 -1
77    Lithuania 16.13 0 -1
78    Honduras 16.12 0 -1
79    Zambia 16.07 0 -1
80    Turkey 15.86 0 0
81    Moldova 15.84 0.23 2
82    Uganda 15.81 0 -1
83    Morocco 15.75 0 -1
84    El Salvador 15.39 0 0
85    Papua New Guinea 15.2 0 1
86    Bosnia & Herzegovina 15.18 0.03 1
87    Surinam 15.04 0 1
88    Martinique 15.03 0 1
89    Mali 14.95 0 1
90    Estonia 14.95 -0.32 -5
91    Egypt 14.64 0.05 0
92    Venezuela 14.59 0.17 2
93    Congo 14.42 0 0
94    Reunion Island 14.41 0 1
95    Philippines 14.35 0.11 2
96    Hong Kong 14.22 -0.27 -4
97    Bermuda 14.12 0 0
98    Indonesia 13.9 -0.49 -2
99    Gabon 13.84 0 -1
100    Nicaraguay 13.78 0 -1
101    Algeria 13.76 0.01 -1
102    Guam 12.8 -0.54 -1
103    Tahiti 12.78 0 -1
104    Singapore 12.65 0.37 0
105    Senegal 12.6 0 -2
106    Cayman Islands 12.26 0 -1
107    Tonga 12.05 0 -1
108    Jordan 11.81 0 0
109    Equatorial Guinea 11.8 0 -2
110    Vanuatu 11.65 0 -1
111    Malaysia 11.37 -0.31 -3
112    Nepal 11.06 0 -2
113    Malta 10.71 0.08 -2
114    Iran 10.01 0 0
115    Bahamas 9.63 0 -3
116    Fiji 9.45 0 -3
117    Tanzania 8.93 0 -3
118    Mozambique 8.81 0 -3
119    Puerto Rico 8.65 0 -3
120    Dominican Rep 8.5 0 -3
121    Swaziland 8.23 0 -3
122    Dominica 7.5 0 -3
123    Malawi 6.9 0 -3
124    Eritrea 5.24 0 -3
125    Kiribati 4.84 0 -3
126    Armenia 4.47 0 -3
127    Lesotho 4.44 0 -3
128    Cook Islands 4.33 0 -3
129    Guinea 2.31 0 -3
130    Syria 2.13 0 -2
131    Namibia 1.71 0 -4
132    Maldives 0.9 0 -4
133    Western Samoa -0.8 0 -5
134    Belize -1.32 0 -5
135    Bahrain -2 0 0
136    Palestine -3.27 0 -1

Big Movers of 2005

Germany remain at the top of the rankings having won the European Championships in England with the next 4 teams also non movers.

Peru were the biggest movers after easing past Ecuador 4-0 in Colombia and beating their hosts 2-0 and 3-0 all in the same friendly tournament.

Thailand qualified for the 2006 Asian Cup after brushing Indonesia aside 4-0 and getting past India 3-2 in a play-off with all qualifiers being played in Vietnam whom they hosted and defeated 1-0 in a friendly.

Northern Ireland defeated hosts Portugal 2-1 in the Algarve Cup and also won 2-1 at home to Slovenia in a World Cup qualifier.

Vietnam thrashed the Philippines 6-1 and defeated Myanmar 1-0 in Asian qualifiers at home and also beat Taiwan 2-0 at home in a friendly tournament.

Myanmar mauled Malaysia 16-0 in an away friendly and defeated Vietnam by a single goal on neutral grounds in another friendly tournament.

Slovenia got the better of Croatia 5-3 in an away World Cup qualifier.

Austria eased 3-0 past hosts Hungary in a World Cup qualifier.

England hammered Italy 4-1 and defeated Norway 1-0 in home friendly matches and smashed Mexico 5-0 in the Algarve Cup before humiliating their Hungarian hosts 13-0 in a World Cup qualifier.

Poland swept Hungary aside 3-0 and 4-0 in away friendly matches and enjoyed 3-2 wins at home to Spain and away to Belgium in World Cup qualifiers.

Faroe Islands owe their rise mainly to their 3-0 win over Bermuda on Shetland.

Hungary who lost 3-0 and 4-0 at home to Poland in friendly matches also lost 3-0 at home to Austria and were taken apart 13-0 by the English in a World Cup qualifiers also on home soil.

Croatia sank in the rankings after suffering a 5-3 defeat at home to Slovenia in a World Cup qualifier.

Bolivia lost 3-1 to Ecuador and 2-0 to Peru in a friendly tournament in Colombia.

Portugal were beaten 2-1 by Northern Ireland in the Algarve Cup and 3-0 at home to the Czech Republic in a World Cup qualifier.

Ecuador were brushed aside 4-0 by Peru and could only manage a goalless draw with Venezuela in a friendly tournament in Colombia.

The most surprising results were 1-0 World Cup qualifier wins for the Netherlands in France and Spain in Finland. The highest score was Myanmar's 16-0 mauling of Malaysia in an away friendly.

Another 7 countries joined the rankings. Bermuda moved in at 97 after losing 3-0 to the Faroe Islands while Jordan moved into the 108th position after defeating Iran, Syria, Bahrain and Palestine who also moved into the rankings. With the latter two occupying the last spots in the rankings the Maldives moved into the 132nd place having shown vast improvement losing only 6-0 and 4-0 to Uzbekistan and Hong Kong respectively in World Cup qualifiers in Vietnam.

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