FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking

World Ranking reflects the Euro championship qualifiers

RUSSIA CLIMBS TO FIFTH PLACE

Twenty-three games have been played as part of the EURO 96 qualifying competition in the past month in addition to twelve friendlies. The total number of "A" international matches contested this year has thus risen to 447. Not surprisingly therefore, European teams have been stealing the headlines in the latest Ranking.

Coming up behind the untouchable leaders, Brazil, are Spain, Germany and Norway. Russia, who have already qualified for the finals of the European Championship, are now ensconced in fifth place (up 3) - their best ever placing in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.

The Swiss squad (9th, up 1) has also worked its way up, as have France after their sensational triumph against Romania away from home (12th, up 4). After a successful friendly against Scotland, Sweden (13th, up 2) now appear to have found their way out of their post-World Cup limbo and have rediscovered their form. Other teams that have notched up victories are the Netherlands (14th, up 3), Ireland Republic (18th, up 2), Belgium (29th, up 4), Slovakia (33rd, up 4), Lithuania (43rd, up 6) and Northern Ireland (46th, up 10).

From amongst the non-European teams, Chile (37th, up 3) and South Africa (57th, up 7) have made considerable inroads whereas Korean Republic have again lost ground (48th, up 6), because successful games played last year no longer fully count.

Now that Northern Ireland have crept into the top 50 at the expense of the United Arab Emirates, the number of European associations has grown to 29, whereas Asia, on the other hand, now only has three representatives.

The number of squads representing the other confederations in the top 50 remains unchanged (Africa: 10, CONMEBOL: 6, CONCACAF: 2). According to the index value in which the absolute strength of the teams is taken into account in addition to the number of points gained, the Netherlands come up trumps as the biggest movers this month, followed by France and Ireland Republic.

The next edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 21 November 1995.

How the team ranking is done.

RANKING AS OF 17 OCTOBER 1995
RANK	TEAM	POINTS OCT. '95	RANK END '94	RANK SEP. '95	CHANGE 19.9.-17.10.95
1	Brazil	68.19	1	1	0
2	Spain	60.53	2	2	0
3	Germany	60.50	5	3	0
4	Norway	58.46	8	4	0
5	Russia	57.67	13	8	+3
6	Italy	57.51	4	5	-1
7	Argentina	57.21	10	6	-1
8	Denmark	57.12	14	7	-1
9	Switzerland	56.29	7	10	+1
10	Mexico	55.61	15	9	-1
11	Bulgaria	55.37	16	11	0
12	France	55.03	19	16	+4
13	Sweden	54.80	3	15	+2
14	Netherlands	53.74	6	17	+3
15	Colombia	53.60	17	13	-2
15	Romania	53.60	11	14	-1
17	Portugal	53.02	20	12	-5
18	Ireland Republic	51.59	9	20	+2
19	United States	50.92	23	18	-1
20	Czech Republic	50.83	34	19	-1
RANK	TEAM	POINTS OCT. '95	RANK END '94	RANK SEP. '95	CHANGE 19.9.-17.10.95
21	Egypt	48.93	22	21	0
22	England	48.36	18	26	+4
23	Ghana	47.78	26	25	+2
24	Uruguay	46.98	37	22	-2
25	Tunisia	46.78	30	27	+2
26	Scotland	46.66	32	24	-2
27	Poland	46.07	29	28	+1
28	Turkey	46.00	48	29	+1
29	Belgium	45.82	24	33	+4
30	Greece	45.72	28	30	0
31	Zambia	45.67	21	23	-8
32	Cote d'Ivoire	45.45	25	31	-1
33	Slovakia	44.73	43	37	+4
34	Japan	44.31	36	32	-2
35	Nigeria	43.32	12	34	-1
36	Morocco	42.40	33	35	-1
37	Chile	42.26	47	40	+3
38	Finland	42.07	38	38	0
39	Saudi Arabia	42.01	27	36	-3
40	Austria	41.68	49	41	+1
RANK	TEAM	POINTS OCT. '95	RANK END '94	RANK SEP. '95	CHANGE 19.9.-17.10.95
41	Cameroon	41.21	31	39	-2
42	Israel	41.16	42	45	+3
43	Lithuania	39.56	59	49	+6
44	Iceland	39.51	39	44	0
45	Croatia	38.45	62	48	+3
46	Northern Ireland	38.22	45	56	+10
47	Senegal	37.98	50	43	-4
48	Korea Republic	37.80	35	42	-6
49	Mali	37.62	52	47	-2
50	Bolivia	36.80	44	46	-4
51	Algeria	36.37	57	51	0
52	United Arab Emirates	35.66	46	50	-2
53	Zimbabwe	35.57	51	54	+1
54	Latvia	35.32	69	57	+3
55	Australia	35.20	58	53	-2
56	Guinea	35.11	66	55	-1
57	South Africa	35.08	56	64	+7
58	Trinidad & Tobago	34.77	91	58	0
59	Wales	34.00	41	61	+2
60	Paraguay	33.86	87	63	+3
RANK	TEAM	POINTS OCT. '95	RANK END '94	RANK SEP. '95	CHANGE 19.9.-17.10.95
61	Ecuador	33.75	55	59	-2
62	Sierra Leone	33.33	76	62	0
63	Canada	33.24	63	60	-3
64	Zaire	32.30	68	66	+2
65	Hungary	32.11	61	65	0
66	Gabon	32.04	64	67	+1
67	Ukraine	31.21	77	73	+6
68	Peru	31.12	72	70	+2
69	Uganda	31.10	93	71	+2
70	China PR	30.82	40	52	-18
71	Honduras	30.81	53	72	+1
72	Tanzania	29.87	74	75	+3
73	Slovenia	29.60	81	81	+8
74	Costa Rica	29.55	65	74	0
75	Cyprus	29.43	67	76	+1
76	Mozambique	28.46	94	77	+1
77	Georgia	28.25	92	83	+6
78	Kuwait	27.35	54	69	-9
79	Qatar	27.18	60	68	-11
80	Angola	27.10	106	80	0
RANK	TEAM	POINTS OCT. '95	RANK END '94	RANK SEP. '95	CHANGE 19.9.-17.10.95
81	Jamaica	26.95	96	79	-2
82	Malawi	26.49	82	78	-4
83	Sudan	24.20	116	86	+3
84	Togo	24.01	86	85	+1
85	Niger	23.24	70	88	+3
86	Malta	23.17	78	87	+1
87	Bahrain	23.12	73	82	-5
88	Liberia	23.04	127	89	+1
89	Albania	22.26	100	90	+1
90	St. Vincent / Grenadines	22.17	144	93	+3
91	Oman	22.13	71	84	-7
92	Macedonia	22.03	90	97	+5
93	Yugoslavia	21.55	101	94	+1
94	Cuba	21.06	new	95	+1
95	Uzbekistan	20.28	78	91	-4
96	Belarus	20.25	121	101	+5
97	Kenya	20.21	83	98	+1
98	Luxemburg	19.85	128	99	+1
99	Mauritania	19.39	137	100	+1
100	Burkina Faso	19.08	97	103	+3
RANK	TEAM	POINTS OCT. '95	RANK END '94	RANK SEP. '95	CHANGE 19.9.-17.10.95
101	New Zealand	18.80	99	102	+1
101	Thailand	18.80	85	96	-5
103	Barbados	18.57	107	105	+2
104	Iraq	18.39	88	104	0
105	El Salvador	18.21	80	106	+1
106	Iran	17.98	75	92	-14
107	Ethiopia	16.91	115	110	+3
108	Korea DPR	16.89	84	109	+1
108	Hong Kong	16.89	98	107	-1
110	St. Lucia	16.46	157	111	+1
111	Congo	15.97	114	113	+2
112	Namibia	15.77	123	114	+2
113	Faroe Islands	15.20	133	124	+11
114	Armenia	14.81	141	115	+1
115	Moldova	14.68	118	118	+3
116	India	14.59	109	116	0
117	Malaysia	13.85	89	108	-9
118	Gambia	13.54	117	119	+1
119	Singapore	13.25	95	117	-2
120	Neth. Antilles	12.85	152	120	0
121	Venezuela	12.76	110	121	0
122	Yemen	12.73	103	112	-10
123	Surinam	12.67	104	123	0
124	Estonia	12.38	119	122	-2
125	Madagascar	12.24	111	125	0
126	Puerto Rico	11.86	112	127	+1
127	Sri Lanka	11.39	139	128	+1
128	Turkmenistan	11.27	108	125	-3
129	Cayman	11.19	150	131	+2
130	Syria	11.01	105	130	0
131	Bermuda	10.38	102	132	+1
132	Guinea-Bissau	10.31	122	134	+2
133	Jordan	9.63	113	135	+2
134	Bangladesh	9.49	130	129	-5
135	Antigua	9.42	136	136	+1
136	Fiji	9.35	120	137	+1
137	Grenada	9.25	142	138	+1
138	Myanmar	9.08	124	133	-5
139	Lesotho	8.96	135	140	+1
140	Burundi	8.87	126	139	-1
141	San Marino	8.64	131	142	+1
142	Swaziland	8.60	125	141	-1
143	Nepal	8.34	138	143	0
144	Lebanon	8.12	129	144	0
145	St. Kitts & Nevis	7.78	175	145	0
146	Azerbaijan	7.37	147	149	+3
147	Haiti	7.13	132	147	0
147	Mauritius	7.13	146	146	-1
149	Botswana	7.09	145	148	-1
150	Panama	6.09	140	150	0
RANK	TEAM	POINTS OCT. '95	RANK END '94	RANK SEP. '95	CHANGE 19.9.-17.10.95
151	Liechtenstein	5.97	156	152	+1
152	Indonesia	5.76	134	151	-1
153	Dominican Republic	5.34	164	153	0
154	Pakistan	4.74	158	154	0
155	Benin	4.70	143	154	-1
156	Vietnam	3.60	151	156	0
157	Tahiti	3.49	148	157	0
158	Guyana	3.24	154	158	0
159	Kazakhstan	2.97	153	159	0
160	Dominica	2.84	new	161	+1
161	Somalia	2.83	159	162	+1
162	Guatemala	2.75	149	160	-2
163	Tajikistan	2.69	155	163	0
164	Laos	1.56	160	164	0
165	Maldives Republic	1.45	162	165	0
166	Cape Verde Islands	1.40	161	166	0
167	Solomon Islands	1.28	163	167	0
168	Aruba	1.00	173	168	0
169	Kyrgyzstan	0.70	166	169	0
170	Nicaragua	0.59	168	170	0
171	Libya	0.58	167	170	-1
172	Brunei	0.56	165	170	-2
173	Seychelles	0.49	175	173	0
174	Djibouti	0.40	169	174	0
175	Chinese Taipei	0.12	170	175	0
176	Philippines	0.05	171	176	0
177	Vanuatu	0.03	172	177	0
178	Central Africa	0.00	174	178	0
178	Chad	0.00	175	178	0
178	Macao	0.00	175	178	0

Note: Teams inactive since 1989 and teams which have not played yet do not appear in the table.

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