Macedonia went backwards to the 103rd place on the newest FIFA World Ranking list.

The 2:0 home defeat by Slovakia in the EURO 2016 qualifications cost Macedonia 16 points and brought them down to 103rd place. The Red Lynx did not play any friendly in the second available FIFA date, so they will probably end this year bellow the 100th position as December brings no games.

The biggest climbers are the Faroe Islands who moved up 82 places thanks to the qualification road win over Greece. They are now only two places bellow Macedonia. Worst mover is another closely-ranked nation in Iraq who dropped 23 placed and is now just behind Macedonia. On the other hand, the goalless draw at home against Estonia gave San Marino their best ranking place in years as they are no 180th with 55 points (their best place ever is 118th in September 1993, but at that time FIFA had lower number of members).

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98. Qatar 338
99. China 336
100. Mozambique 334
101. Belarus 331
102. Australia 327
103. Macedonia 324
104. Iraq 321
105. Faroe Islands 317
106. Saudi Arabia 314
106. Zimbabwe 314
108. Botswana 309
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Top 10 in FIFA World Rankings for November 2014

1. Germany 1725
2. Argentina 1538
3. Colombia 1450
4. Belgium 1417
5. Netherlands 1374
6. Brazil 1316
7. Portugal 1160
7. France 1160
9. Spain 1142
10. Uruguay 1135

FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):

1. (15.) Romania 1014
2. (19.) Croatia 946
3. (25.) Greece 856
4. (29.) Bosnia-Herzegovina 808
5. (45.) Slovenia 622
6. (46.) Serbia 617
7. (48.) Turkey 604
8. (50.) Albania 577
9. (58.) Montenegro 537
10. (66.) Bulgaria 506
11. (103.) Macedonia 324

FIFA Rankings for Group C for EURO 2016 qualifying (actual ranking in brackets):

1. (9.) Spain 1142
2. (21.) Slovakia 891
3. (26.) Ukraine 854
4. (101.) Belarus 331
5. (103.) Macedonia 324
6. (129.) Luxembourg 230