Macedonia’s win against Latvia earlier this month moved the national team one spot in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings list for the month of March.

Macedonia has accumulated 421 points for the month of March, a number that is good enough for the 82nd position on the FIFA rankings that were updated today. Over the past month, Macedonia played the one friendly against Latvia which also happened to be the debut for new manager Boshko Gjurovski’s debut. Macedonia won 2:1 in that friendly, but the points gained were minimal as illustrated by the jump of just one spot on the FIFA rankings.  Macedonia still remains the lowest ranked team in the Balkan region.

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77.  Morocco 443
78. El Salvador 438
79. Haiti 430
80. Jamaica 429
81. Oman 426
82. Macedonia 421
83. Belarus 420
84. Congo DR 392
85. Uganda 391
86. Northern Ireland 388
87. Congo 382
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Top 10 in FIFA World Rankings for March 2014:

1. Spain 1510
2. Germany 1336
3. Argentina 1234
4. Portugal 1199
5. Colombia 1183
6. Uruguay 1126
7.   Switzerland 1123
8. Italy 1112
9. Brazil 1104
10. Belgium 1084

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

1. (13.) Greece 1038
2. (16.) Croatia 955
3. (21.) Bosnia-Herzegovina 863
4. (28.) Serbia 762
5. (31.) Slovenia 746
6. (32.) Romania 740
7. (38.) Turkey 710
8. (46.) Montenegro 639
9. (54.) Albania 569
10. (67.) Bulgaria 518
11. (82.) Macedonia 421

FIFA Rankings for EURO 2016 Qual. Group C members (actual ranking in brackets):

1. (1.) Spain 1510
2. (18.) Ukraine 911
3. (50.) Slovakia 588
4. (82.) Macedonia 421
5. (83.) Belarus 420
6. (120.) Luxembourg 242

The next rankings will be published by FIFA on the 10th of April.