World Ranking

[EalingGreen]

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html

The "Staunton Surge" continues - up two places! ;)

[kingeric]

it's a sad day for irish football when Scotland are 14 places ahead of us:(:(

[EalingGreen]

it's a sad day for irish football when Scotland are 14 places ahead of us:(:(

But it's only four plac... Sorry, I see what you mean now ;)

[shakermaker1982]

once we beat Czech Rep and Slovakia we'll be near the top 20! At this point I probably wake up from my dream state.

[ifk101]

Latest FIFA rankings released and we remain in 34th position. Russia are down five places to 18th and Slovakia down five to 27th.

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ranking/lastranking/gender=m/fullranking.html#confederation=0&rank=203

FIFA don't seem to be recording NI's rank anymore .......

[Charlie Darwin]

Down to 65th from 40th. Ouch.

[Schumi]

FIFA don't seem to be recording NI's rank anymore .......

They're on page 2 in 65th. That seems like a huge drop?

[BonnieShels]

Nice bump. :)

Will we ever see,
Again,
The heights of ninety-three?

[geysir]

Montenegro's graph has risen as fast as our national debt.

[Charlie Darwin]

I think it's because some of NI's good results from the last Euro campaign have been wiped off, i.e. the win over Spain.

[Crosby87]

If you had to say what Irelands rank truly is, roughly, what would it be?

[paul_oshea]

Pretty.

[Charlie Darwin]

34th would be about right, wouldn't it? We were one of 5 times that fell at the play-off stage to qualify for the 32-team World Cup.

[SwanVsDalton]

The rankings can be flawed, but think they have us about right too. We can't expect to really break the top 20 or 25 until we win some big games.

[The Legend]

hmm looks like Libya can take Scotland and N.Ireland... cool!

[DannyInvincible]

The Éamon Zayed effect, clearly.

[Cuyahoga]

Ireland are now 31st , The six counties are 59th.

[shakermaker1982]

Holland above Spain? I know Spain lost in a meaningless friendly but you'd think WC win might have more sway....

[Charlie Darwin]

Well Holland got to the final of the World Cup - there wouldn't be a huge difference in their points gain from the tournament. Both teams only have one or two losses in the past 2-3 years so they'd never be that far off one another.

[BonnieShels]

We just seem stuck on 31.

[swinfordfc]

Well how are we fixed now ..... this could be very important in the play offs

[tricky_colour]

We just seem stuck on 31.

A difficult check-out in darts.

[DannyInvincible]

Well how are we fixed now ..... this could be very important in the play offs

This provisional ranking list (calculated separately from the FIFA rankings) will dictate which teams are seeded for both the play-off draw and the final tournament itself: http://www.world-results.net/uefa/ranking.html#2011

It still has to be updated to account for all results earlier, but I'd imagine it will be by the morning. At present, we wouldn't be seeded as there are six other second-placed teams ranked ahead of us. One of those will probably qualify automatically, however.

Edit: Funnily enough, that list was edited just as I was posting. We've moved down one place from 18th to 19th. Still six other second-placed teams ranked ahead of us.

[dantheman]

We would have moved up to 28th with a win on Friday and a loss tonight. I am not sure where we are now, but 29-30 seems likely

[swinfordfc]

Any one has the connection to your man page who works it out ...... i lost it .....again , thanks

[swinfordfc]

We are up to 19th in UEFA rankings (out of 53 countries) ... not bad considering we were 25th in 2009

[Kingdom]

This provisional ranking list (calculated separately from the FIFA rankings) will dictate which teams are seeded for both the play-off draw and the final tournament itself: http://www.world-results.net/uefa/ranking.html#2011

At present, we wouldn't be seeded as there are six other second-placed teams ranked ahead of us. One of those will probably qualify automatically, however.

Edit: Funnily enough, that list was edited just as I was posting. We've moved down one place from 18th to 19th. Still six other second-placed teams ranked ahead of us.

Just had a look there at the link...

6 Croatia* 33478
8 Portugal** 31910
9 Greece* 31825
10 Sweden 31126
12 Denmark** 30313
13 Serbia 29005
14 Czech Republic 28148
17 Turkey 27836
18 Switzerland 27595
19 Ireland 27268
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27118



...it doesn't require a huge leap of faith to say that these are the teams left to battle it out for the 2nd places.
Turkey only have to equal Belgiums result away to the Germans, at home and they're in. I think they'll do that.
Serbia, somehow thanks to the North going mad, should get group c. Unless Estonia win in Windsor (not impossible) and Serbia don't get a win from Italy or Slovenia (Estonia have the better on the head to head record).
Bosnia are sorted for D, they only need to beat Luxembourg.
Sweden should be ok for E, they need to beat Finland, then the Holland match becomes irrelevant as they've beaten Hungary on head to head.
Group G In my mind, will see the Swiss will roll the Montenegrins.
Which leaves the two groups that should decide who gets automatic qualifier. F & H.
F is a tight group. A toss-up between Greece and Croatia. They have to beat Croatia next game, or Croatia will top the group by beating Latvia in Split on the last day. I can see a draw game in Greece, and Greece finishing with a win against Georgia. This would see them having 16 points on the table.
Group H is the Portugal/Denmark/Norway group. I'd feel Denmark should have enough over Cyprus, but I can't see Portugal not getting what they need in Copenhagen. The head to heads mean that Norway need to hope Denmark don't beat either Cyprus or Portugal.

As a result of that I can see the second placed teams being:

Turkey
Ireland
Serbia
Bosnia
Sweden
Croatia (auto)
Switzerland
Denmark
Czech rep

Which, as DI's link shows, seedings-wise at present is:

10 Sweden 31126
12 Denmark 30313
13 Serbia 29005
14 Czech Republic 28148
17 Turkey 27836
18 Switzerland 27595
19 Ireland 27268
20 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27118

In predicting how the groups or results will turn out, you can try and see if the seedings will be affected. I find it hard to believe Switzerland will drop below us as they're going to have to win their next two games to get 2nd place anyway.

Turkey could very well drop points, and I've no doubt the Czech's will drip points also, perhaps against Lithuania also. I'm not really sure the seedings are going to make much of a difference this time round. I wouldn't be afraid of any team, but I'd be wary of Serbia, only because we seem to struggle against the strong Balkan teams in the recent past.
I'm well aware this could be all totally irrelevant if Slovakia do us a favour and we capitalise on the favour.

[geysir]

If we get to the play-offs, that's where we meet Sweden.

I don't see where all the confidence is coming from in claiming Greece will top their group. Croatia should top that group. Anyone want to give me 2/1 against Croatia topping their group?

[dantheman]

http://www.football-rankings.info/2011/09/fifa-ranking-september-2011-final.html

Up to 29th, Armenia have also shot up

[French Toasht]

These rankings baffle me sometimes, there is no way Bosnia, Hungary or Montenegro could be considered better teams than us and equally there is no way we could be considered a better team than Ghana.

[Kingdom]

If we get to the play-offs, that's where we meet Sweden.

I don't see where all the confidence is coming from in claiming Greece will top their group. Croatia should top that group. Anyone want to give me 2/1 against Croatia topping their group?

I really have to start backing myself more!

[swinfordfc]

If we win on Tuesday (hard to see especially as we only need a draw) - we move up to 25/26th in the rankings i think

[Murfinator]

These rankings baffle me sometimes, there is no way Bosnia, Hungary or Montenegro could be considered better teams than us and equally there is no way we could be considered a better team than Ghana.

Bosnia are actually going into their last game with a chance of topping their group, in the WC 2010 qualifying they like us made the playoffs and unlike us finished 2nd in their group behind the eventual World Cup Champions (Spain) knocking out quality teams in Turkey and Belgium. While we finished behind a round 1 fodder exit team (Italy) and knocked out over-seeded Bulgaria who are laungishing bottom of their Euro group at present. In the playoffs they only lost to Portugal, a team who made the knockout stages again only losing to Spain. With us, again we lost to a round 1 fodder team (France).

Bosnia are quite good and a hell of a lot better than us. Pray we don't meet them in the playoffs or you'll find out just how right I am.

[ArdeeBhoy]

They're definitely better and more creative than us. But no-one is a 'hell of a lot', simply because we're now capable of often grinding out results others can't.

Except v.the very top sides...who would deservedly hump us and Trap's lack of ambition.

[shakermaker1982]

I think we could take Estonia!

[French Toasht]

Bosnia are actually going into their last game with a chance of topping their group, in the WC 2010 qualifying they like us made the playoffs and unlike us finished 2nd in their group behind the eventual World Cup Champions (Spain) knocking out quality teams in Turkey and Belgium. While we finished behind a round 1 fodder exit team (Italy) and knocked out over-seeded Bulgaria who are laungishing bottom of their Euro group at present. In the playoffs they only lost to Portugal, a team who made the knockout stages again only losing to Spain. With us, again we lost to a round 1 fodder team (France).

Bosnia are quite good and a hell of a lot better than us. Pray we don't meet them in the playoffs or you'll find out just how right I am.

So who do you want in the play offs? Croatia, Portugal, Denmark or Sweden? If all that stands between us and a place at the Euros is Bosnia, I'd bite your hand off for it. They have been hockeyed by an extremely limited Romania team, drawn with Albania and beaten comfortably at home by France. I'm not saying it would be easy but we certainly have enough to see them off.

You can light a candle at mass to hope we avoid Bosnia, but I on the other hand would prefer us steer clear of Croatia, Sweden and Denmark.

[SkStu]

Bosnia are an excellent team with some excellent players but i think the general point to make here is that any country that our limited team of limited ambition is likely to face in playoffs will pose a huge challenge and i think we would be underdogs in all scenarios. That said i think we are nailed on for a couple of "gallant" draws and an "unlucky" defeat on away goals or some such rubbish. The benefit being that i will have been bored into not overly caring when we fail to qualify.

But lets get past Armenia first.

[loscherland]

Does anyone know what the total number of games is at the moment for the cycle calculation on the uefa Coefficient Ranking System?? Do they publish the finer data details anywhere??

http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/uefa/KeyTopics/69/80/93/698093_DOWNLOAD.pdf

[Murfinator]

So who do you want in the play offs? Croatia, Portugal, Denmark or Sweden? If all that stands between us and a place at the Euros is Bosnia, I'd bite your hand off for it. They have been hockeyed by an extremely limited Romania team, drawn with Albania and beaten comfortably at home by France. I'm not saying it would be easy but we certainly have enough to see them off.

You can light a candle at mass to hope we avoid Bosnia, but I on the other hand would prefer us steer clear of Croatia, Sweden and Denmark.

They certainly aren't the worst we could get, its the notion that we're a superior side to them or that they'd be an "easy draw" is what I object to. I'd take all of Estonia/Serbia/Montenegro/Scotland/Czech over them. I'd consider Croatia/Denmark/Sweden/Belgium as well, I'd certainly rate Bosnia in that company. Theres a few past their peak teams in the mix here in Czech Rep, Croatia and Sweden. Its the young, hungry and vastly underrated sides in Bosnia and Belgium that'd really concern me. Pjanic and Hazard could very well be two of the worlds best players in years to come, I really don't want to see them in the Aviva.

[Irwin3]

All games from 2008 (Q and finals), 2010 (Q and finals) and 2012 (Q) are included. So different teams have played different amount of games. It's done on averages and weighting.

Edit - Replying to loscherland.

[swinfordfc]

Are Ireland up to 25th in rankings after tonight?

i see we are up to 13th in uefa rankings at present ..... just behind the French!!!

[Closed Account]

Looks like a jump to about 25th (some S America games pending)

Old Rnk Team Old Chg Pts
1 Spain 1605 0 1624
2 Netherlands 1571 0 1425
3 Germany 1290 0 1352
4 Uruguay 1184 0 1244
7 Brazil 1132 2 1136
6 Italy 1142 0 1135
8 England 1089 1 1101
10 Argentina 1024 2 1051
5 Portugal 1158 -4 1044
11 Greece 1000 1 1044
17 Denmark 893 6 1030
9 Croatia 1057 -3 1015
13 Russia 954 0 975
25 Sweden 792 11 955
12 France 956 -3 953
15 Japan 924 -1 924
18 Switzerland 886 1 920
16 Côte d'Ivoire 910 -2 898
14 Chile 932 -5 886
19 Australia 882 -1 868
20 Mexico 866 -1 866
22 Bosnia-Herzego 839 0 864
21 Serbia 855 -2 854
23 Norway 835 -1 838
29 Rep of Ireland 749 4 812
27 Turkey 754 1 803
33 Slovenia 732 6 787
35 Peru 724 7 781
24 Paraguay 825 -5 777
36 Egypt 713 6 775
29 Korea Republic 749 -2 754
37 Ghana 700 5 748
31 USA 741 -2 741
32 Colombia 738 -2 738
27 Hungary 754 -8 701
34 Belgium 729 -2 670
38 Israel 677 1 669
26 Montenegro 777 -12 655
39 Slovakia 662 0 629
40 Czech Republic 656 0 600
Only looked at the top 40 so don't quote me for accuracy, that's Edgars job.

[swinfordfc]

Looks like a jump to about 25th (some S America games pending)

Old Rnk Team Old Chg Pts
1 Spain 1605 0 1624
2 Netherlands 1571 0 1425
3 Germany 1290 0 1352
4 Uruguay 1184 0 1244
7 Brazil 1132 2 1136
6 Italy 1142 0 1135
8 England 1089 1 1101
10 Argentina 1024 2 1051
5 Portugal 1158 -4 1044
11 Greece 1000 1 1044
17 Denmark 893 6 1030
9 Croatia 1057 -3 1015
13 Russia 954 0 975
25 Sweden 792 11 955
12 France 956 -3 953
15 Japan 924 -1 924
18 Switzerland 886 1 920
16 Côte d'Ivoire 910 -2 898
14 Chile 932 -5 886
19 Australia 882 -1 868
20 Mexico 866 -1 866
22 Bosnia-Herzego 839 0 864
21 Serbia 855 -2 854
23 Norway 835 -1 838
29 Rep of Ireland 749 4 812
27 Turkey 754 1 803
33 Slovenia 732 6 787
35 Peru 724 7 781
24 Paraguay 825 -5 777
36 Egypt 713 6 775
29 Korea Republic 749 -2 754
37 Ghana 700 5 748
31 USA 741 -2 741
32 Colombia 738 -2 738
27 Hungary 754 -8 701
34 Belgium 729 -2 670
38 Israel 677 1 669
26 Montenegro 777 -12 655
39 Slovakia 662 0 629
40 Czech Republic 656 0 600
Only looked at the top 40 so don't quote me for accuracy, that's Edgars job.

Thanks joe

[Closed Account]

Thanks joeThere's a button for that ;)

[swinfordfc]

Edgar's

Where are we now in the rankings after the south america games last night?

[Closed Account]

Did top 60 for you this time.
FIFA have added a tool to calculate your points.


Rank Old Team Old Pts Change Points
1 1 Spain 1605 0 1624
2 2 Netherlands 1571 0 1425
3 3 Germany 1290 0 1352
4 4 Uruguay 1184 0 1230
5 7 Brazil 1132 2 1144
6 6 Italy 1142 0 1135
7 8 England 1089 1 1101
8 5 Portugal 1158 -3 1044
9 11 Greece 1000 2 1044
10 10 Argentina 1024 0 1030
10 17 Denmark 893 7 1030
12 9 Croatia 1057 -3 1015
13 13 Russia 954 0 975
14 25 Sweden 792 11 955
15 12 France 956 -3 953
16 14 Chile 932 -2 941
17 15 Japan 924 -2 924
18 18 Switzerland 886 0 920
19 16 Côte d'Ivoire 910 -3 898
20 19 Australia 882 -1 868
21 22 Bosnia-Herz 839 1 864
22 20 Mexico 866 -2 860
23 21 Serbia 855 -2 854
24 23 Norway 835 -1 838
25 29 Rep of Ireland 749 4 812
26 27 Turkey 754 1 803
27 33 Slovenia 732 6 787
28 24 Paraguay 825 -4 785
29 36 Egypt 713 7 775
30 32 Colombia 738 2 757
31 29 Korea Republic 749 -2 754
32 35 Peru 724 3 746
33 37 Ghana 700 4 734
34 31 USA 741 -3 720
35 46 Algeria 605 11 713
36 27 Hungary 754 -9 701
37 34 Belgium 729 -3 670
38 38 Israel 677 0 669
39 26 Montenegro 777 -13 655
40 47 Venezuela 598 7 632
41 39 Slovakia 662 -2 629
42 42 Senegal 614 0 626
43 50 Iran 576 7 626
44 43 Nigeria 613 -1 625
45 44 Armenia 610 -1 608
46 40 Czech Republic 656 -6 600
47 48 Cameroon 596 1 600
48 51 South Africa 574 3 595
49 45 Jamaica 606 -4 592
50 52 Scotland 572 2 581
51 53 Panama 564 2 579
52 41 Burkina Faso 651 -11 578
53 49 Romania 584 -4 575
54 59 Morocco 534 5 566
55 53 Honduras 564 -2 555
56 60 Ukraine 531 4 551
57 58 Estonia 537 1 542
58 56 Belarus 554 -2 529
59 57 Costa Rica 549 -2 522
60 55 Bulgaria 558 -5 447

[dantheman]

We'll be 25th (http://www.football-rankings.info/2011/10/fifa-ranking-october-2011-final-preview.html):


October 2011 rank - Team - October 2011 points - +/- Ranking - +/- Points


1 Spain 1624 0 19
2 Netherlands 1425 0 -146
3 Germany 1352 0 62
4 Uruguay 1230 0 46
5 Brazil 1144 2 12
6 Italy 1135 0 -7
7 England 1101 1 12
8 Greece 1044 3 44
8 Portugal 1044 -3 -114
10 Argentina 1030 0 6
10 Denmark 1030 7 137
12 Croatia 1015 -3 -42
13 Russia 975 0 21
14 Sweden 955 11 163
15 France 953 -3 -3
16 Chile 941 -2 9
17 Japan 924 -2 0
18 Switzerland 919 0 33
19 Côte d'Ivoire 899 -3 -11
20 Australia 868 -1 -14
21 Bosnia-Herzegovina 864 1 25
22 Mexico 859 -2 -7
23 Serbia 854 -2 -1
24 Norway 839 -1 4
25 Republic of Ireland 812 4 63
26 Turkey 803 1 49
27 Slovenia 786 6 54
28 Paraguay 785 -4 -40
29 Egypt 775 7 62
30 Colombia 757 2 19
31 Korea Republic 754 -2 5
32 Peru 746 3 22
33 Ghana 734 4 34
34 USA 719 -3 -22
35 Algeria 713 11 108
36 Hungary 701 -9 -53
37 Belgium 670 -3 -59
38 Israel 669 0 -8
39 Montenegro 654 -13 -123
40 Venezuela 632 7 34
41 Slovakia 629 -2 -33
42 Iran 626 8 50
42 Senegal 626 0 12
44 Nigeria 624 -1 11
45 Wales 619 45 245
46 Armenia 608 -2 -2
47 Cameroon 600 1 4
47 Czech Republic 600 -7 -56
49 South Africa 595 2 21
50 Jamaica 592 -5 -14
51 Scotland 581 1 9
52 Ecuador 579 17 98
53 Burkina Faso 578 -12 -73
53 Panama 578 0 14
55 Romania 575 -6 -9
56 Morocco 566 3 32
57 Honduras 555 -4 -9
58 Ukraine 551 2 20
59 Estonia 542 -1 5
59 Tunisia 542 2 16
61 Belarus 529 -5 -25
62 Costa Rica 522 -5 -27
63 Sierra Leone 519 5 31
64 Poland 506 1 10
65 Libya 504 -3 -15
66 Cape Verde Islands 500 25 128
67 Georgia 475 -3 -24
68 Gabon 473 -1 -16
68 Mali 473 -6 -46
70 China PR 463 3 -6
71 Albania 462 0 -12
72 Austria 458 5 16
73 Uzbekistan 451 6 30
74 Zimbabwe 449 -8 -41
75 Bulgaria 447 -20 -111
75 Guinea 447 1 0
75 Latvia 447 -1 -13
78 Finland 437 -6 -34
79 Trinidad and Tobago 433 1 19
80 Zambia 431 3 22
81 Jordan 428 4 22
82 El Salvador 426 6 36
83 Canada 425 4 30
84 Northern Ireland 421 -14 -56
85 Lithuania 416 -10 -43
86 Angola 404 -2 -3
87 Malawi 400 -9 -39
88 Uganda 393 -6 -18
89 Botswana 386 6 22
90 Antigua and Barbuda 381 11 36
91 Iraq 378 16 71
92 Qatar 371 8 21
93 FYR Macedonia 361 1 -5
94 Togo 359 1 -5
95 Niger 352 -2 -17
96 Kuwait 350 3 -2
97 Guyana 346 19 68
98 Guatemala 340 11 38
98 Saudi Arabia 340 -1 -19
100 Cuba 332 3 0
101 Bahrain 324 1 -11
102 Sudan 323 1 -9
103 Oman 317 2 -2
104 Suriname 313 9 27
105 New Zealand 310 -16 -67
105 Syria 310 4 8
107 Haiti 307 1 2
108 Iceland 300 -2 -16
109 St. Kitts and Nevis 289 14 37
110 Mozambique 281 5 1
111 Gambia 280 14 32
112 Rwanda 277 31 99
113 United Arab Emirates 276 -1 -11
114 Thailand 275 3 1
115 Bolivia 273 -34 -139
115 Grenada 273 5 8
117 Azerbaijan 265 -20 -94
118 Luxembourg 263 -4 -21
119 Benin 260 -27 -110
120 Cyprus 259 -34 -139
121 Liberia 258 7 28
122 Faroe Islands 257 4 13
123 Korea DPR 255 -2 -3
123 Moldova 255 -1 0
125 Central African Republic 251 -14 -45
126 Liechtenstein 249 -8 -21
127 Namibia 248 -8 -21
128 Dominican Republic 245 11 63
129 Kazakhstan 235 3 37
130 Tajikistan 232 -6 -18
130 Tanzania 232 -3 -8
132 Bermuda 225 57 195
133 Congo DR 223 -4 -2
134 Vietnam 222 -4 13
135 Kenya 205 -4 5
136 Ethiopia 202 -3 6
137 Puerto Rico 199 8 26
138 Congo 187 6 10
139 Singapore 185 -3 -3
140 Bangladesh 183 -2 0
140 Burundi 183 1 4
140 Indonesia 183 -1 1
143 Belize 177 -9 -18
144 Nepal 176 -9 -17
145 Turkmenistan 172 -4 -7
146 Lebanon 171 0 8
147 Barbados 164 3 16
148 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 162 10 47
149 Fiji 158 -2 0
149 Yemen 158 -12 -27
151 Malaysia 155 -4 -3
152 Chad 151 9 41
152 Dominica 151 -3 -3
154 Bahamas 141 -2 0
155 Equatorial Guinea 140 -3 -1
156 Hong Kong 128 0 4
156 Malta 128 -2 -10
156 New Caledonia 128 -1 0
159 Philippines 127 7 22
160 India 115 3 9
160 Lesotho 115 0 2
160 Nicaragua 115 -4 -9
163 Maldives 114 3 9
164 Palestine 111 -2 3
165 Madagascar 110 -7 -5
166 Chinese Taipei 108 6 19
167 Guinea-Bissau 106 -4 0
167 Mongolia 106 -4 0
169 US Virgin Islands 104 -18 -40
170 Myanmar 101 -2 3
171 Curacao 99 7 24
172 Aruba 92 -2 0
173 Pakistan 91 -3 -1
174 Vanuatu 88 -1 0
175 Swaziland 87 -6 -9
176 Cambodia 85 -2 1
177 Sri Lanka 83 -1 0
178 Seychelles 82 -1 0
179 St. Lucia 78 6 32
180 Solomon Islands 75 -2 0
181 Laos 74 1 3
182 Tahiti 73 2 5
183 Comoros 72 -5 -3
184 Afghanistan 69 -1 -1
185 Cayman Islands 51 -11 -33
186 Kyrgyzstan 49 -8 -26
187 Guam 36 -1 0
188 Papua New Guinea 34 -1 0
189 Mauritius 32 -1 -1
190 Eritrea 28 0 0
191 Macau 25 0 0
192 British Virgin Islands 23 -1 -2
192 Somalia 23 1 0
194 Turks and Caicos Islands 13 1 0
195 Djibouti 12 1 0
196 Cook Islands 10 1 0
197 Anguilla 9 1 0
197 Brunei Darussalam 9 1 0
199 Bhutan 6 1 0
200 Mauritania 4 -7 -19
201 Timor-Leste 3 0 0
201 Tonga 3 0 0
203 American Samoa 0 0 0
203 Andorra 0 0 0
203 Montserrat 0 0 0
203 Samoa 0 0 0
203 San Marino 0 0 0

[SwanVsDalton]

Some jump for Wales, up 45 places. Now the highest ranked home nation after England.

[Stuttgart88]

Guys, in the UEFA ranking / play-off seeding context, which of our 2010/11 friendly results would have contributed to our seeding? was the win over Italy critical? Was the Carling Cup important?

[punkrocket]

I see Ukraine & Poland way down in the rankings due I suppose to no games, how does this affect them long term say for the next competition? Bit of a disadvantage for them even if they do get a bye ball through to the tournament they host.