Despite not losing any points Macedonia went down three places on the first FIFA rankings for 2019. That is because of the recently concluded AFC Asian Cup where many Asian national teams were active and collected points.
It is an inactive period for the Macedonian national team, but because of the Asian championship the Lynx got passed by few teams and went down three places. Macedonia got passed by the host nation of UAE (eliminated in the semifinals), champions Qatar (up 38 places!) and Saudi Arabia (eliminated in the quarter-finals).
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66. Ivory Coast 1356
67. UAE 1355
68. Guinea 1354
69. Algeria 1349
70. Saudi Arabia 1344
71. Macedonia 1343
72. China 1339
73. El Salvador 1327
74. South Africa 1325
74. Cape Verde 1325
76. Panama 1324
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for January 2019:
1. Belgium 1727
2. France 1726
3. Brazil 1676
4. Croatia 1634
5. England 1631
6. Portugal 1614
7. Uruguay 1609
8. Switzerland 1599
9. Spain 1591
10. Denmark 1589
FIFA Rankings for 2020 EURO qualifying Group G (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (20.) Poland 1518
2. (23.) Austria 1509
3. (63.) Slovenia 1369
4. (71.) Macedonia 1343
5. (92.) Israel 1265
6. (131.) Latvia 1112
FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (4.) Croatia 1634
2. (25.) Romania 1501
3. (31.) Serbia 1481
4. (35.) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1472
5. (41.) Turkey 1443
6. (45.) Greece 1428
7. (46.) Montenegro 1427
8. (48.) Bulgaria 1425
9. (61.) Albania 1372
10. (63.) Slovenia 1369
11. (71.) Macedonia 1343
12. (130.) Kosovo 1113
FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the mid 21):
26. (44.) Czechia 1435
27. (45.) Greece 1428
28. (46.) Montenegro 1427
29. (48.) Bulgaria 1425
29. (48.) Norway 1425
31. (50.) Russia 1424
32. (52.) Hungary 1412
33. (59.) Finland 1375
34. (61.) Albania 1372
35. (63.) Slovenia 1369
36. (71.) Macedonia 1343
37. (78). Belarus 1317
38. (87.) Luxembourg 1276
38. (87.) Cyprus 1276
40. (91.) Georgia 1269
41. (92.) Israel 1265
42. (96.) Estonia 1246
43. (97.) Faroe Islands 1238
44. (101.) Armenia 1222
45. (108.) Azerbaijan 1206
46. (117.) Kazakhstan 1159
The next rankings will be published on 4 April 2019.