1	Spain	1883	1		318
2	Netherlands	1659	2		428
3	Brazil	1536	-2		-75
4	Germany	1464	2		382
5	Argentina	1289	2		213
6	Uruguay	1152	10		253
7	England	1125	1		57
8	Portugal	1062	-5		-187
9	Egypt	1053	3		86
10	Chile	988	8		100
11	Italy	982	-6		-202
12	Greece	975	1		11
13	USA	969	1		12
13	Serbia	969	2		22
15	Croatia	968	-5		-73
16	Paraguay	961	15		141
17	Russia	956	-6		-59
18	Switzerland	940	6		74
19	Slovenia	917	6		57
20	Australia	911	0		25
21	France	890	-12		-154
22	Norway	878	0		-4
23	Ghana	874	9		74
24	Mexico	872	-7		-23
25	Ukraine	870	-2		-5
26	Côte d'Ivoire	843	1		-13
27	Slovakia	829	7		52
28	Turkey	810	1		-20
29	Denmark	785	7		18
30	Nigeria	773	-9		-110
31	Czech Republic	769	2		-24
32	Japan	768	13		86
33	Algeria	759	-3		-62
34	Gabon	755	8		55
35	Sweden	747	2		-14
36	Republic of Ireland	734	5		25
37	Israel	733	-11		-124
38	Peru	726	15		148
39	Colombia	725	-4		-51
40	Cameroon	710	-21		-177
41	Scotland	699	2		0
42	Romania	697	-14		-156
43	Bulgaria	672	-4		-39
44	Korea Republic	660	3		28
45	Burkina Faso	646	3		35
46	Honduras	644	-8		-90
47	Venezuela	592	2		-16
48	Belgium	589	11		48
49	Costa Rica	584	-9		-126
50	Latvia	579	-4		-73

Peru the biggest climber of the last two months

How are Norway 22nd?! When's the last time they even qualified for a tournament?

Can't believe Peru have overtaken Burkina Faso and Latvia too

The same way that Portugal was 3rd just prior to the WC

Not much to say about the 3 first ones on that list, but Portugal still in 8th is a joke

I don't think we have beaten any of the teams in the top 50 for quite some time now....

I have no idea how FIFA makes such a list and of course its mostly bullshite. Mexico went out in the same stage as England last WC yet they are a lot lower. And what about South Korea so low? No idea.

What I do know is that Peru would be in the top 10 if it wasnt for those corrupt fuckos!

To rankings

Spain should be first followed by Germany

Holland and Brazil ahead of US is a FARCE

You can't just base it all on the last five minutes Otto. Holland hadn't lost for some ridiculous sequence. As recently as early last year we were busy losing to Norway and England (or do friendlies not count for this, I don't know?)...

I think it's done sort of like tennis rankings, so points run out when a competition comes round again. Germany finishing 3rd was the exact same as last time so nothing gained, whereas Dutch going from 2R to 2nd Place = big gain.

Portugal, Italy, France all drop plenty of points due to getting nowhere near their performance last world cup.

allez

for a start

I don't get what Holland are doing on a Fifa list ANYWAY

isn't it supposed to be about FOOTBALL ?

the Dutch seem to indulge in a weird kind of FOOTCHEST or "kick-boxing" or some other form of "martial-arts"

footBALL they do NOT play

plus

are they still part of the UN, or have they already been kicked out

WARMONGERS says I

they must have broken at least 10 UN resolutions against the Spanish already

wahre G

How the heck is Egypt 9th? They didn't even qualify.

Good post Otto but let it be reiterated that you, ausgerechnet du, are not taking any credit for, or basking in any reflected glory of, the current relative success or stylish performances of the German team

ANY

Is it really a 4-year cycle Baserlein? Why then has Schland pocketed a bucketload of points?

I think it depends on the points of the opposition and the stage the game happened. WC >> friendlies of course
Winning against higher opposition should give you more points losing against bad opposition = losing more points than losing against higher ranked teams.

Don't know exactly though.

Ä wrote:allez

for a start

I don't get what Holland are doing on a Fifa list ANYWAY

isn't it supposed to be about FOOTBALL ?

the Dutch seem to indulge in a weird kind of FOOTCHEST or "kick-boxing" or some other form of "martial-arts"

footBALL they do NOT play

plus

are they still part of the UN, or have they already been kicked out

WARMONGERS says I

they must have broken at least 10 UN resolutions against the Spanish already

wahre G

Fighting mentality! Hollandische Tugenden!

Something the GERMAN team lacks these days! fucking ladyboys!

Traurige G.

Who can't fight?

Thomas Müller? Lukas Podolski? Bastian Schweinsteiger? Arne Friedrich?

Name names dammit

Just because we don't use kung-fu on the pitch (I had no problem with that by the way ) I beg to fucking differ.

Allez les rouges wrote:Good post Otto but let it be reiterated that you, ausgerechnet du, are not taking any credit for, or basking in any reflected glory of, the current relative success or stylish performances of the German team

ANY

Is it really a 4-year cycle Baserlein? Why then has Schland pocketed a bucketload of points?

Okay. I just read the wiki. I'm good at distracting myself. I can distill it thus:

Total points are summed from the average points for each year over the last 4 years.

Each match is scored as 3 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss - but this is multiplied by variables based on how strong oppostion is, which region they come from, what type of match it was and how long ago it was played.

So I think I was right in saying points from 2006 world cup would now be lost - but these would have been worth less now anyway as points are decreased in value the longer ago a game was.

It all makes reasonable sense mathematically, but I'm still baffled how Norway ended up so high without playing any games in decent tournaments!

No Germany let themselves slaughter like Schweinies that went to a butcher. They already surrendered themselves before kickoff.

Thats where England and Argentina got it wrong, all you have to say is ''BOO'' before the match and that entire foreign legion is crying for their mothers!

Bullshit.

Allez les rouges wrote:Who can't fight?

Thomas Müller? Lukas Podolski? Bastian Schweinsteiger? Arne Friedrich?

Name names dammit

Just because we don't use kung-fu on the pitch (I had no problem with that by the way ) I beg to fucking differ.

I know. Germany used to have manly names like Lothar, Jürgen, Klaus, Karl-Heinz, Olaf or Uwe. Now they're named Arne ffs.

Italy, 11th. Thank you Mr Lippi... and good riddance!

bluenine wrote:Italy, 11th. Thank you Mr Lippi... and good riddance!

Still ... he won a WC.

Australia 20th, France 21th lol. Our worse ranking since 1725.

I'm amazed its only 21st.

Holland extended their co-efficient point lead over Germany. In 2010 Holland only lost one game(after ET) and drew one game with the b-squad. The other 15 were all won.

How are we in 6th?

That definitely still raises a chuckle

Can't believe it's been over six years since the last Nederland-Deutschland clash (our own fucking fault for failing to keep the appointment at the WC of course), needs to be sorted out. The orange boys are getting a bit lippy on here again...

I would think Brazil would be number one.

I doubt anyone can disagree with any aspect of the latest rankings

Fifa World Rankings: top 10

1 Spain (May's position: 1st)

2 Holland (2nd)

3 Germany (4th)

4 England (6th)

5 Brazil (3rd)

6 Italy (9th)

7 Portugal (8th)

8 Croatia (10th)

9 Mexico (28th)

10 Argentina (5th)

4th

What crisis??!

Capello proving he's the manager England needed all along.