World Ranking

**Fixer82** · 05/02/2016, 9:55 AM

Originally Posted by TheBoss

Not to be a gloater but I got all of them correct with still 90 seconds to go! I suppose it helps me that I know all of the flags of the world. There actually is a small error in that game, Malawi's flag in that list (second one in group 1) has actually changed back to their previous one before that one. #FlagNerd

A strongly worded complaint needs to be lodged post haste!

**Gather round** · 05/02/2016, 12:29 PM

Congratulations all on yr surge up the rankings. The Great Powers that are Bosnia and Netherlands well in the sights now.

**Charlie Darwin** · 05/02/2016, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Gather round

Congratulations all on yr surge up the rankings. The Great Powers that are Bosnia and Netherlands well in the sights now.

Baby steps - we only ever target our next nearest rival. So we have our sights firmly set on the Ivory Coast.

**DannyInvincible** · 06/02/2016, 3:39 PM

Originally Posted by tricky_colour

Seems a common problem in boxing!

A few too many blows to the head!!

Remember Linfield FC had to put a sign in their store window on the Shankill Road during the run-up to the 2014 World Cup so as to reassure potential irate customers the display didn't feature an Irish tricolour (despite us not having qualified and, well, the one on display obviously not being our flag)?:

**geysir** · 06/02/2016, 5:34 PM

Best laugh of the day, Danny.

**nigel-harps1954** · 03/03/2016, 9:49 AM

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/...orld-rankings/

29th, one place behind the North.

**Closed Account** · 30/03/2016, 7:47 PM

Looks like we'll drop a couple of places. A win would have had us in 25th

Rank	Old	Team	Total Points	Previous Points
1	2	ARGArgentina	1532	1457(1456.62)
2	1	BELBelgium	1352	1506(1505.58)
3	5	CHIChile	1348	1307(1307.49)
4	8	COLColombia	1337	1215(1215.28)
5	4	GERGermany	1309	1355(1355.48)
6	3	ESPSpain	1277	1374(1373.71)
7	6	BRABrazil	1251	1254(1254.25)
8	7	PORPortugal	1184	1234(1233.94)
9	11	URUUruguay	1158	1082(1082.47)
10	9	ENGEngland	1069	1112(1111.63)
11	10	AUTAustria	1067	1095(1095.41)
12	13	ECUEcuador	1019	1039(1038.9)
13	20	TURTurkey	983	943(942.97)
14	12	SUISwitzerland	974	1070(1070.02)
15	14	ITAItaly	959	999(999.39)
16	22	MEXMexico	933	902(902.48)
17	15	NEDNetherlands	931	997(997.45)
18	19	HUNHungary	925	951(950.9)
19	16	ROURomania	922	990(990.42)
20	21	BIHBosnia and Herzegovina	913	917(917.4)
21	24	FRAFrance	907	871(871.12)
22	27	UKRUkraine	880	845(844.79)
23	18	CROCroatia	856	965(965.08)
24	17	WALWales	839	984(983.8)
25	33	CRCCosta Rica	826	784(784.47)
26	28	NIRNorthern Ireland	825	833(833.49)
27	31	POLPoland	822	789(789.26)
28	23	RUSRussia	821	892(891.57)
29	25	CZECzech Republic	810	861(861.02)
30	30	USAUSA	810	792(791.89)
31	29	IRLRepublic of Ireland	792	809(809.47)
32	26	SVKSlovakia	784	858(857.52)
33	37	ALGAlgeria	771	743(742.56)
34	36	CIVC�te d'Ivoire	738	744(743.83)
35	38	ISLIceland	724	741(741.41)
36	34	SWESweden	713	769(769.03)
37	39	GREGreece	695	718(718.47)
38	41	GHAGhana	693	656(655.91)
39	43	PARParaguay	690	642(641.93)
40	45	SCOScotland	687	617(617.23)
41	40	DENDenmark	686	706(705.75)
42	44	IRNIran	672	627(626.53)
43	48	SENSenegal	652	603(603.48)
44	35	ALBAlbania	632	754(753.58)
45	42	PERPeru	625	646(646.04)
46	31	CPVCape Verde Islands	620	789(789.38)
47	47	TUNTunisia	620	609(609.22)
48	49	TRITrinidad and Tobago	592	598(598.46)
49	50	SRBSerbia	581	596(595.57)
50	46	FINFinland	558	615(615.27)

**tetsujin1979** · 26/06/2016, 7:07 PM

any early word on how the tournament will affect our ranking?

**NeverFeltBetter** · 26/06/2016, 7:14 PM

Would the Italy win be cancelled out by the two losses and draw? Should be jumping over Russia at any rate.

**davidatrb** · 27/06/2016, 9:05 AM

The other good thing is that our dire results of 4 years ago will now drop off from the calculations too.

Use the Prognosis tool on the FIFA website..

Republic of Ireland
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Current Rank33
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FRA2- 1IRL26 JUN 2016
0 0 3 183 0.99
ITA0- 1IRL22 JUN 2016
1675 3 3 188 0.99
BEL3- 0IRL18 JUN 2016
0 0 3 198 0.99
IRL1- 1SWE13 JUN 2016
490 1 3 165 0.99
CURRENT POINTS 768
POSSIBLE RANKING POINTS 843

We should move ahead of Bosnia, Czech, Russia, Costa Rica. So maybe about 29.

Just short of Romania and USA. Will have to watch our backs for Iceland, think we are okay for the moment but they could get a whole lot more points if they beat England.

Probably.

It doesn't really matter though. It's too difficult to keep a valid rankings of teams that only play a dozen times per year and hardly ever play each other competitively (For example how on earth are you supposed to rank Ireland against USA, Costa Rica when the last time Ireland played a competitive game against a non-UEFA team was Saudi Arabia in 2002!?). The FIFA rankings are too sensitive at the moment.

The next time it will matter will be for the drawing of the Pots for the 2018 World Cup - so about Oct 2017 rankings will matter. But only to assign the top seeds the rest of the pots are usually determined geographically ....

**Closed Account** · 27/06/2016, 1:45 PM

Up to 26th possibly but Iceland could pass us with a win.

Rank	Team	New
1	ARGArgentina	1585
2	BELBelgium	1455
3	GERGermany	1342
4	COLColombia	1298
5	CHIChile	1276
6	ESPSpain	1205
7	BRABrazil	1156
8	ENGEngland	1140
9	FRAFrance	1138
10	URUUruguay	1130
11	PORPortugal	1124
12	WALWales	1087
13	ITAItaly	1080
14	MEXMexico	1044
15	CROCroatia	1022
16	ECUEcuador	1002
17	POLPoland	974
18	SUISwitzerland	958
19	HUNHungary	915
20	TURTurkey	915
21	AUTAustria	894
22	SVKSlovakia	867
23	ROURomania	856
24	USAUSA	855
25	NEDNetherlands	848
26	IRLRepublic of Ireland	843
27	CRCCosta Rica	840
28	ISLIceland	829
29	NIRNorthern Ireland	822
30	UKRUkraine	801
31	BIHBosnia and Herzegovina	799
32	ALGAlgeria	781
33	PERPeru	765
34	CZECzech Republic	756
35	CIVC�te d'Ivoire	751
36	GHAGhana	749
37	ALBAlbania	739
38	RUSRussia	728
39	IRNIran	674
40	SWESweden	669
41	SENSenegal	651
42	PARParaguay	636
43	EGYEgypt	632
44	DENDenmark	630
45	TUNTunisia	627
46	KORKorea Republic	592
47	SCOScotland	584
48	GREGreece	579
49	JAMJamaica	573
50	CPVCape Verde Islands	545

**davidatrb** · 27/06/2016, 2:51 PM

Originally Posted by davidatrb

We should move ahead of Bosnia, Czech, Russia, Costa Rica. So maybe about 29.

Thanks for that.

Didn't realise that we would move ahead of Ukraine and N. Ireland too. That's a big drop for Ukraine. Surprised about N. Ireland as they got a win in the tournament too and were already a good 90-ish pts clear of us in the current rankings. Also missed that we jump ahead of Algeria. Algeria had no opportunity for big ranking points scoring like EURO 2016 or Copa America.

How many more wins do Belgium or Germany need to knock Argentina off the top? Or if England win the Euro will they clinch top spot in the FIFA rankings?

Also increasing the size of the Euro competition helps the UEFA teams in general clock up more points, more games, more opportunities.

**swinfordfc** · 01/07/2016, 12:06 PM

Think we be actually 31st in my calculations on 800pts on July 14?

**Closed Account** · 01/07/2016, 9:06 PM

New Rank	Team	New
1	ARGArgentina	1585
2	BELBelgium	1401
3	GERGermany	1330
4	COLColombia	1298
5	CHIChile	1276
6	WALWales	1182
7	ESPSpain	1165
8	BRABrazil	1156
9	ITAItaly	1155
10	URUUruguay	1130
11	FRAFrance	1124
12	PORPortugal	1121
13	ENGEngland	1107
14	MEXMexico	1044
15	CROCroatia	1022
16	ECUEcuador	1002
17	POLPoland	972
18	SUISwitzerland	958
19	HUNHungary	915
20	TURTurkey	915
21	ISLIceland	901
22	AUTAustria	894
23	SVKSlovakia	867
24	ROURomania	856
25	USAUSA	855
26	NEDNetherlands	848
27	IRLRepublic of Ireland	843
28	CRCCosta Rica	840
29	NIRNorthern Ireland	822
30	UKRUkraine	801
31	BIHBosnia and Herzegovina	799
32	ALGAlgeria	781
33	PERPeru	765
34	CZECzech Republic	756
35	CIVC�te d'Ivoire	751
36	GHAGhana	749
37	ALBAlbania	739
38	RUSRussia	728
39	IRNIran	674
40	SWESweden	669
41	SENSenegal	651
42	PARParaguay	636
43	EGYEgypt	632
44	DENDenmark	630
45	TUNTunisia	627
46	KORKorea Republic	592
47	SCOScotland	584
48	GREGreece	579
49	JAMJamaica	573
50	CPVCape Verde Islands	545

**boysingreen** · 12/07/2016, 1:26 AM

July FIFA Ranking Top 20
1. Argentina
2. Belgium
3. Colombia
4. Germany
5. Chile
6. Portugal
7. France
8. Spain
9. Brazil
10. Italy
11. Wales
12. Uruguay
13. England
14. Mexico
15. Croatia
16. Ecuador
17. Poland
18. Switzerland
19= Hungary
19= Turkey

http://www.espnfc.us/blog/fifa/243/p...na-stay-on-top

Will be published Thursday.

**tetsujin1979** · 14/07/2016, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by swinfordfc

Think we be actually 31st in my calculations on 800pts on July 14?

correct, 31st in the rankings released today: http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranki...men/index.html

Wales 11th
Austria 21st
Serbia 47th
Georgia 118th
Moldova 166th

**paul_oshea** · 14/07/2016, 11:04 AM

I don't think Moldova are that bad, nor Georgia nor Serbia. Certainly Moldova have appeared better than 166th in the world.

**DeLorean** · 14/07/2016, 11:11 AM

They seem consistently competitive but usually lose so difficult for them to work up ranking points I suppose, the weaker UEFA sides are probably at a big disadvantage here?

They haven't conceded more than two goals in 29 games I make it! That's remarkable really for a team ranked 166th.

**tetsujin1979** · 14/07/2016, 12:32 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

I don't think Moldova are that bad, nor Georgia nor Serbia. Certainly Moldova have appeared better than 166th in the world.

Lost all but two of their qualifiers for Euro 2016, drew away to Liechtenstein and (bizarrely) got a point away to Russia, equalising immediately after conceding a penalty in a 1-1 draw.

**paul_oshea** · 14/07/2016, 1:46 PM

A nice mixture of Russian, Italian, and Romanian names there

Ya i've noticed in qualifying before they are always only a goal or so away from a great result.

That's a lovely looking small compact stadium. If a LOI club had that now it would provide for a great atmosphere. Looking forward to seeing it now.