Macedonia dropped two places in the latest FIFA rankings, published on Wednesday, where it ranked 71st.

photo by FFM: Macedonia before the match in Slovenia

Perhaps many expected a steep decline given the four consecutive defeats in as many matches in the new Nations League season, but Macedonia still only dropped two places.

According to official data, the national team lost as many as 18.24 points and with 1,350.91 points fell from 69th to 71st place. The fall is also due to the excellent results of Northern Ireland, which was right behind us on the July list, and has now jumped as many as 6 positions. Jamaica has also overtaken us. Fortunately for us, the other national teams around us did not record good results, hence the drop of only two positions.

Macedonia lost twice to Switzerland during this period, 3:0 at home and away, and 2:0 at home to Scotland and away to Slovenia.

Last year in October we were in 65th place.

Ranking for October 2026:

66. Albania 1375.78
67. Honduras 1375.40
68. Cabo Verde 1373.58
69. Jamaica 1361.97
70. Ghana 1361.27
71. Macedonia 1350.91
72. Jordan 1350.88
73. Iceland 1349.42
74. Georgia 1345.88
75. Finland 1340.73
76. Kosovo 1328.14

Ranking of Balkan countries:

14. Croatia 1714.74
31. Türkiye 1563.54
41. Greece 1498.71
44. Serbia 1482.24
52. Slovenia 1452.48
57. Bosnia and Herzegovina 1439.32
58. Romania 1428.88
66. Albania 1375.78
71. Macedonia 1350.91
76. Kosovo 1328.14
79. Montenegro 1315.49
90. Bulgaria 1262.57

Ranking of Nations League B Group 1:

12. Switzerland 1725.39
43. Scotland 1483.57
52. Slovenia 1452.48
71. Macedonia 1350.91

The next update will be made on 18 November, after the last international break for this year.