Latest FIFA Rankings - January 2006
Latest FIFA Rankings for January 2006, which were published today. The USA is in equal 7th place along with Mexico, who dropped two places from the Dec 2005 FIFA Rankings. Germany also lost a place, and went below European Champions Greece in 17th place.
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 1 |
Brazil |
0 |
839 |
-1 |
| 2 |
Czech Republic |
0 |
796 |
0 |
| 3 |
Netherlands |
0 |
790 |
-1 |
| 4 |
Argentina |
0 |
772 |
0 |
| 5 |
Spain |
0 |
768 |
0 |
| 5 |
France |
0 |
768 |
0 |
| 7 |
Mexico |
-2 |
767 |
-1 |
| 7 |
USA |
1 |
767 |
0 |
| 9 |
England |
0 |
757 |
0 |
| 10 |
Portugal |
0 |
753 |
-1 |
| 11 |
Turkey |
0 |
748 |
0 |
| 12 |
Italy |
0 |
741 |
0 |
| 13 |
Denmark |
0 |
733 |
0 |
| 14 |
Sweden |
0 |
731 |
-1 |
| 15 |
Japan |
0 |
714 |
-1 |
| 16 |
Greece |
0 |
708 |
0 |
| 17 |
Germany |
-1 |
707 |
-1 |
| 18 |
Uruguay |
0 |
705 |
-1 |
| 19 |
Iran |
0 |
703 |
0 |
| 20 |
Croatia |
0 |
701 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 21 |
Costa Rica |
0 |
700 |
1 |
| 22 |
Poland |
0 |
695 |
-1 |
| 23 |
Cameroon |
0 |
694 |
-1 |
| 24 |
Colombia |
0 |
692 |
0 |
| 24 |
Nigeria |
0 |
692 |
0 |
| 26 |
Republic of Ireland |
-2 |
691 |
-1 |
| 27 |
Romania |
0 |
686 |
0 |
| 28 |
Tunisia |
0 |
685 |
0 |
| 29 |
Korea Republic |
0 |
680 |
0 |
| 30 |
Paraguay |
0 |
672 |
0 |
| 30 |
Senegal |
0 |
672 |
0 |
| 32 |
Egypt |
0 |
666 |
1 |
| 33 |
Saudi Arabia |
0 |
663 |
0 |
| 34 |
Russia |
0 |
661 |
-1 |
| 35 |
Morocco |
1 |
660 |
5 |
| 36 |
Switzerland |
-1 |
655 |
-1 |
| 37 |
Norway |
1 |
649 |
0 |
| 38 |
Ecuador |
-1 |
647 |
-4 |
| 39 |
Bulgaria |
0 |
638 |
0 |
| 40 |
Ukraine |
0 |
629 |
-1 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 41 |
Honduras |
0 |
628 |
0 |
| 42 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
0 |
626 |
0 |
| 42 |
Jamaica |
0 |
626 |
0 |
| 44 |
Israel |
0 |
621 |
-1 |
| 44 |
Slovakia |
1 |
621 |
0 |
| 46 |
Finland |
0 |
614 |
0 |
| 47 |
Serbia and Montenegro |
0 |
612 |
0 |
| 48 |
Australia |
0 |
610 |
0 |
| 49 |
South Africa |
0 |
609 |
0 |
| 50 |
Ghana |
0 |
608 |
0 |
| 50 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
0 |
608 |
0 |
| 52 |
Bahrain |
0 |
603 |
0 |
| 53 |
Zimbabwe |
0 |
599 |
-2 |
| 54 |
Iraq |
0 |
597 |
0 |
| 55 |
Belgium |
0 |
595 |
-1 |
| 56 |
Guatemala |
0 |
585 |
0 |
| 56 |
Togo |
0 |
585 |
0 |
| 58 |
Zambia |
0 |
584 |
5 |
| 59 |
Uzbekistan |
0 |
573 |
0 |
| 60 |
Scotland |
0 |
572 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 61 |
Belarus |
0 |
570 |
0 |
| 62 |
Mali |
1 |
569 |
0 |
| 63 |
Angola |
-2 |
568 |
-2 |
| 64 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
1 |
561 |
0 |
| 64 |
Chile |
0 |
561 |
-1 |
| 66 |
Latvia |
3 |
560 |
10 |
| 66 |
Peru |
0 |
560 |
0 |
| 68 |
Venezuela |
-1 |
555 |
0 |
| 69 |
Slovenia |
-1 |
553 |
0 |
| 70 |
Hungary |
4 |
552 |
5 |
| 71 |
Austria |
-2 |
550 |
0 |
| 72 |
Wales |
-1 |
549 |
0 |
| 73 |
China PR |
-1 |
547 |
-1 |
| 73 |
Kuwait |
-1 |
547 |
-1 |
| 75 |
Cuba |
0 |
546 |
0 |
| 76 |
Estonia |
0 |
543 |
0 |
| 77 |
Guinea |
2 |
541 |
10 |
| 78 |
Congo DR |
-1 |
536 |
-5 |
| 78 |
Panama |
0 |
536 |
0 |
| 80 |
Algeria |
0 |
522 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 80 |
Libya |
0 |
522 |
0 |
| 82 |
Korea DPR |
0 |
520 |
3 |
| 83 |
Albania |
-1 |
517 |
0 |
| 84 |
Canada |
0 |
511 |
-1 |
| 85 |
United Arab Emirates |
0 |
509 |
0 |
| 86 |
Jordan |
0 |
503 |
0 |
| 87 |
Burkina Faso |
0 |
502 |
0 |
| 87 |
FYR Macedonia |
0 |
502 |
0 |
| 89 |
Qatar |
6 |
493 |
15 |
| 90 |
Kenya |
-1 |
487 |
-1 |
| 90 |
Rwanda |
-1 |
487 |
-1 |
| 92 |
Oman |
-1 |
483 |
-1 |
| 92 |
Singapore |
0 |
483 |
0 |
| 92 |
Sudan |
0 |
483 |
0 |
| 95 |
Iceland |
-1 |
482 |
0 |
| 96 |
Uganda |
5 |
475 |
12 |
| 97 |
Bolivia |
-1 |
472 |
0 |
| 97 |
Cyprus |
-1 |
472 |
0 |
| 99 |
Botswana |
2 |
466 |
3 |
| 100 |
Haiti |
-2 |
465 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 100 |
Syria |
-2 |
465 |
0 |
| 102 |
Lithuania |
-2 |
463 |
-1 |
| 103 |
Northern Ireland |
0 |
460 |
-1 |
| 104 |
Gabon |
0 |
459 |
0 |
| 105 |
Georgia |
-1 |
458 |
-1 |
| 106 |
Malawi |
0 |
451 |
0 |
| 107 |
Moldova |
0 |
441 |
-1 |
| 108 |
Armenia |
0 |
431 |
0 |
| 109 |
Thailand |
2 |
422 |
14 |
| 110 |
Indonesia |
-1 |
417 |
-1 |
| 111 |
Congo |
-1 |
411 |
0 |
| 112 |
Ethiopia |
0 |
399 |
0 |
| 113 |
Benin |
0 |
396 |
0 |
| 114 |
Azerbaijan |
0 |
394 |
0 |
| 115 |
Barbados |
0 |
386 |
0 |
| 116 |
Turkmenistan |
0 |
385 |
0 |
| 117 |
Hong Kong |
0 |
383 |
0 |
| 118 |
India |
9 |
381 |
26 |
| 119 |
Cape Verde Islands |
-1 |
371 |
0 |
| 119 |
Malta |
-1 |
371 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 121 |
New Zealand |
-1 |
368 |
0 |
| 121 |
Vietnam |
-1 |
368 |
0 |
| 123 |
Liechtenstein |
-1 |
366 |
0 |
| 124 |
Malaysia |
-1 |
358 |
0 |
| 125 |
El Salvador |
-1 |
357 |
0 |
| 126 |
Andorra |
-1 |
356 |
0 |
| 126 |
Lebanon |
-1 |
356 |
0 |
| 128 |
St. Lucia |
0 |
344 |
0 |
| 129 |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
0 |
337 |
0 |
| 130 |
Mozambique |
0 |
336 |
0 |
| 131 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
-1 |
335 |
-1 |
| 132 |
Faroe Islands |
0 |
324 |
-1 |
| 133 |
Maldives |
0 |
323 |
0 |
| 134 |
Swaziland |
0 |
322 |
0 |
| 135 |
Fiji |
0 |
317 |
0 |
| 135 |
Liberia |
0 |
317 |
0 |
| 137 |
Kazakhstan |
0 |
314 |
0 |
| 137 |
Palestine |
0 |
314 |
0 |
| 139 |
Yemen |
0 |
310 |
0 |
| 140 |
Solomon Islands |
0 |
303 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 141 |
Tahiti |
0 |
299 |
0 |
| 141 |
Tajikistan |
0 |
299 |
0 |
| 143 |
Bangladesh |
17 |
296 |
72 |
| 144 |
Mauritius |
-1 |
283 |
-1 |
| 145 |
Sri Lanka |
-1 |
281 |
0 |
| 146 |
Lesotho |
-1 |
267 |
0 |
| 147 |
Vanuatu |
-1 |
266 |
0 |
| 148 |
Burundi |
-1 |
265 |
0 |
| 148 |
Myanmar |
-1 |
265 |
0 |
| 150 |
Madagascar |
-1 |
264 |
0 |
| 151 |
Luxembourg |
-1 |
256 |
0 |
| 152 |
Grenada |
-1 |
249 |
0 |
| 153 |
Nicaragua |
-1 |
244 |
0 |
| 153 |
Surinam |
-1 |
244 |
0 |
| 155 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
-1 |
242 |
3 |
| 156 |
Chinese Taipei |
0 |
237 |
0 |
| 156 |
San Marino |
-1 |
237 |
-1 |
| 158 |
Pakistan |
0 |
236 |
5 |
| 159 |
Kyrgyzstan |
-2 |
235 |
0 |
| 160 |
Chad |
-1 |
229 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 161 |
Bermuda |
0 |
219 |
0 |
| 161 |
Namibia |
0 |
219 |
0 |
| 163 |
Sierra Leone |
0 |
213 |
0 |
| 164 |
Gambia |
0 |
205 |
0 |
| 165 |
Tanzania |
0 |
196 |
0 |
| 166 |
Papua New Guinea |
0 |
190 |
-1 |
| 167 |
Guyana |
0 |
185 |
0 |
| 168 |
Netherlands Antilles |
0 |
184 |
0 |
| 169 |
Eritrea |
0 |
182 |
0 |
| 170 |
Laos |
0 |
180 |
0 |
| 171 |
British Virgin Islands |
0 |
176 |
0 |
| 172 |
Dominica |
0 |
171 |
0 |
| 173 |
Equatorial Guinea |
0 |
168 |
-1 |
| 174 |
Dominican Republic |
0 |
157 |
0 |
| 175 |
Nepal |
0 |
153 |
0 |
| 176 |
Seychelles |
0 |
152 |
0 |
| 177 |
Niger |
0 |
144 |
0 |
| 178 |
Mauritania |
0 |
139 |
0 |
| 179 |
Mongolia |
0 |
137 |
0 |
| 180 |
Belize |
0 |
134 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 181 |
Cayman Islands |
0 |
133 |
0 |
| 182 |
Samoa |
0 |
131 |
0 |
| 183 |
Central African Republic |
0 |
128 |
0 |
| 184 |
Somalia |
0 |
111 |
0 |
| 185 |
Tonga |
0 |
110 |
0 |
| 186 |
Guinea-Bissau |
0 |
109 |
0 |
| 187 |
New Caledonia |
0 |
104 |
0 |
| 188 |
Cambodia |
0 |
95 |
0 |
| 189 |
Afghanistan |
0 |
85 |
0 |
| 190 |
Bhutan |
0 |
84 |
0 |
| 191 |
Philippines |
0 |
77 |
0 |
| 192 |
Macau |
0 |
75 |
0 |
| 193 |
Bahamas |
0 |
68 |
0 |
| 194 |
Cook Islands |
0 |
65 |
0 |
| 195 |
Puerto Rico |
0 |
62 |
0 |
| 196 |
US Virgin Islands |
0 |
58 |
0 |
| 197 |
São Tomé e Príncipe |
0 |
55 |
0 |
| 198 |
Anguilla |
0 |
52 |
0 |
| 199 |
Brunei Darussalam |
0 |
49 |
0 |
| 200 |
Aruba |
0 |
46 |
0 |
| Rank |
Team |
Rank Change Since Dec 05 |
Pts: Jan 06 |
Pts Change Since Dec 2005 |
| 200 |
Djibouti |
0 |
46 |
0 |
| 202 |
Montserrat |
0 |
30 |
0 |
| 203 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
0 |
22 |
0 |
| 204 |
Guam |
0 |
20 |
0 |
| 205 |
American Samoa |
0 |
15 |
0 |
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