FIFA rankings thread

Despite defeat to Poland. Ireland have risen 1 place to 37th.

Others of interest include

England 8th
Scotland 33rd
Wales 60th
Bulgaria 28th
Italy 4th

Ukraine at 16th........WHY!!!!!!



Never had any time for these rankings

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Originally Posted by Hibs4Ever

Ukraine at 16th........WHY!!!!!!



Never had any time for these rankings

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I think they were moved up to try to get them to release the Gas supplies!;)

I think the release of gas supplies will happen in Bari.

any idea where the north stand in the ratings?

They did reach the quarters in the last world cup. That would suggest they are in the top 8 in the world so maybe 16th isn't so crazy. Of course they didn't qualify for the Euros so that would suggest they are outside the top 16 in Europe alone so who knows? They are also unbeaten in their qualifying group allbeit with only 3 games played.

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Originally Posted by aidz1

any idea where the north stand in the ratings?

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52nd

http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/ra...ion=0&rank=177

Sorry I know this has been discussed before, but arent seedings for the WC groups based on these rankings......so they do actually have some importance

They are a joke though. Friendly matches should not be included in determining world rankings..

These rankings are utter ********, just like the college football rankings in the US

Although I agree that the rankings are rubbish I think they generally get it right in relation to the actual seedings.

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Originally Posted by Brendan 82

These rankings are utter ********, just like the college football rankings in the US

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Grrrrr... them US College rankings really make my blood boil!:mad:

Can anyone remember what position we slipped to that the FAI used as an excuse to sack Kerr? I don't think it was quite this low, was it?

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Originally Posted by Diarmo

Can anyone remember what position we slipped to that the FAI used as an excuse to sack Kerr? I don't think it was quite this low, was it?

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He's right, lets sack Trappatoni! And then sack the next guy we get in if we haven't broken the top 20 within his first handful of games!

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Originally Posted by jebus

He's right, lets sack Trappatoni! And then sack the next guy we get in if we haven't broken the top 20 within his first handful of games!

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yes, because thats exactly what Diarmo is saying, isnt it... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Diarmo

Can anyone remember what position we slipped to that the FAI used as an excuse to sack Kerr? I don't think it was quite this low, was it?

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Three reasons were given,
drop in rankings,
drop in seedings,
failure to qualify,
and the Swiss had come with no fear, with an over abundance of confidence, to Lansdowne Rd.
Thats 4 ;)
We were about 20th in the Fifa Rankings,
and we had dropped to 3rd seeds for the Euro 2008 draw.
Heady days.

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Originally Posted by Diarmo

Can anyone remember what position we slipped to that the FAI used as an excuse to sack Kerr? I don't think it was quite this low, was it?

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Sacked October 05. We were ranked 21st in October and 23rd in Novermber.
So I expect we were 21th when he was sacked
http://www.fifa.com/associations/ass...r=m/index.html

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Originally Posted by Ciaran

Ukraine were in the same group as France and Italy so it's not really fair to criticise them for not qualifying. ;)

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True enough but they also finished behind the Scots.

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Originally Posted by geysir

Three reasons were given,
drop in rankings,
drop in seedings,
failure to qualify,
and the Swiss had come with no fear, with an over abundance of confidence, to Lansdowne Rd.
Thats 4 ;)
We were about 20th in the Fifa Rankings,
and we had dropped to 3rd seeds for the Euro 2008 draw.
Heady days.

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We were first seeds in the Euro 2004 qualifiers.....what a mess we made of that. I think the highest we got in the rankings was 14th under Mick McC.


http://www.fifa.com/associations/ass...r=m/index.html
Only saw this link now, we were sixth at one stage under Jack - Mad!

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Originally Posted by jebus

He's right, lets sack Trappatoni! And then sack the next guy we get in if we haven't broken the top 20 within his first handful of games!

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Not what I was trying to say at all.

You should rise about 8 places in the February ranking.

FIFA Ranking: February 2009 preview (I).
FIFA Ranking: February 2009 probable ranking (I).

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Originally Posted by Edgar

You should rise about 8 places in the February ranking.

FIFA Ranking: February 2009 preview (I).
FIFA Ranking: February 2009 probable ranking (I).

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29 doesn't sound too bad at all. The Nordies at 50? I can take the mick out of the missus tonight :D

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Originally Posted by shakermaker1982

29 doesn't sound too bad at all. The Nordies at 50? I can take the mick out of the missus tonight :D

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when does the february world rankings come out?

Feb 11.

FIFA Ranking: February 2009 final preview.

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Originally Posted by Edgar

Feb 11.

FIFA Ranking: February 2009 final preview.

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Thanks,

this is good - up to 29th and hopefully if we could beat georgia on wednesday - it pushes us on further!

God I hate seeing Australia above us in these rankings, watching them play (and struggle) against the likes of Bahrain, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, China and Iraq (They did manage to hammer Qatar 3 times) with their big game against Japan (admittedly a decent side) makes me wonder what we could do to move to Asia!! Their qualification path to the world cup now seems much easier than when they were in Oceania where they always had to play against one of the South American sides in a play off. My point is, these rankings mean very little.

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Originally Posted by SilkCut

God I hate seeing Australia above us in these rankings, watching them play (and struggle) against the likes of Bahrain, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, China and Iraq (They did manage to hammer Qatar 3 times) with their big game against Japan (admittedly a decent side) makes me wonder what we could do to move to Asia!! Their qualification path to the world cup now seems much easier than when they were in Oceania where they always had to play against one of the South American sides in a play off. My point is, these rankings mean very little.

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In fairness if you put a team of white guys in a desert against some of those Asian middle-eastern teams it's a write-off half the time.

Remember Ireland in the sun at USA '94? That's nothing in comparison.

FIFA Ranking: March 2009 preview (I).

This ranking are important - we are now 20th placed in the euro zone so we are 3rd seeds for next draw for the european championship - important we keep pushing on and try to climb this table abit more - nice to see Scotland behind us now :D

FIFA Ranking: March 2009 probable ranking (I).

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Originally Posted by swinfordfc

This ranking are important - we are now 20th placed in the euro zone so we are 3rd seeds for next draw for the european championship - important we keep pushing on and try to climb this table abit more - nice to see Scotland behind us now :D

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Actually, UEFA use their own coefficient for the EURO. The FIFA Rankings are used for the WC draw - final tournament and qualifiers.

EURO 2012: Qualifying draw coefficients (19 November 2008)

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Originally Posted by irishfan86

In fairness if you put a team of white guys in a desert against some of those Asian middle-eastern teams it's a write-off half the time.

Remember Ireland in the sun at USA '94? That's nothing in comparison.

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Thats a fair point, however Australia is hardly cold!! Also you have to see the quality of these games (both home and away) to believe how poor it is, its like watching schoolboys.

FIFA Ranking: March 2009 preview (II).

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Originally Posted by Edgar

Actually, UEFA use their own coefficient for the EURO. The FIFA Rankings are used for the WC draw - final tournament and qualifiers.

EURO 2012: Qualifying draw coefficients (19 November 2008)

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EURO 2012: Qualifying draw coefficients (11 February 2009).

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Originally Posted by Edgar

EURO 2012: Qualifying draw coefficients (11 February 2009).

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Need to get into the second seeds group - for the next draw - just outside it at the minute in 19th spot!

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Originally Posted by swinfordfc

Need to get into the second seeds group - for the next draw - just outside it at the minute in 19th spot!

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We'll get there after we beat Bulgaria and draw in Italy..

if i was welsh, id be kinda miffed that some place called Burkina Faso was above me :D

Lads,

Next Wednesday - Ireland will move to 26th in the World Rankings - does this move us to the second groups of seeds for European qualification?

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Originally Posted by SilkCut

God I hate seeing Australia above us in these rankings, watching them play (and struggle) against the likes of Bahrain, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, China and Iraq (They did manage to hammer Qatar 3 times) with their big game against Japan (admittedly a decent side) makes me wonder what we could do to move to Asia!! Their qualification path to the world cup now seems much easier than when they were in Oceania where they always had to play against one of the South American sides in a play off. My point is, these rankings mean very little.

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Australia now 7 places behind you after losing against Kuwait.

FIFA Ranking: March 2009 final preview.

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Originally Posted by swinfordfc

Lads,

Next Wednesday - Ireland will move to 26th in the World Rankings - does this move us to the second groups of seeds for European qualification?

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Not yet. As stated before, the seeding for the EURO preliminary competition has nothing to do with the FIFA Ranking.

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Originally Posted by Edgar

Not yet. As stated before, the seeding for the EURO preliminary competition has nothing to do with the FIFA Ranking.

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So would we get into the second group of seeds in europe if we out do the denmark results over the next 2 games - like beating bulgaria and drawing against italy?