Huge drop down to the 112th spot for Macedonia in the latest FIFA World Rankings updated today.

Macedonia recorded a 5:1 defeat by Spain in the opening round of the EURO 2016 qualifiers. This game and the fact that unlike the other national teams Macedonia didn’t play any friendly, resulted in losing 121 points and dropping 36 places. At least that wasn’t enough for Macedonia to be crowned as the biggest dropper as Togo dropped 38 places, while in points Venezuela lost unbelievable 248 points.

The Lynxes are now in company of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominican Republic, Niger, Namibia, Tanzania, Lesotho, St. Kitts and Nevis… while compared to the Balkan countries Macedonia is 59 places bellow the worst ranked country in the region, which is Slovenia on the 53rd position.

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106.  St. Vincent and the Grenadines 301
107.  Dominican Rep. 295
107.  Niger 295
109.  Mozambique 294
110.  Georgia 290
111.  Kenya 288
112. Macedonia 286
113. Namibia 284
114.  Equatorial Guinea 280
115. Tanzania 277
115.  Lesotho 277
117.  St. Kitts and Nevis 276
118. New Zealand 274
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Top 10 in FIFA World Rankings for September 2014

1. Germany 1765
2. Argentina 1631
3. Colombia 1488
4.  Netherlands 1456
5.  Belgium 1444
6. Brazil 1291
7. Uruguay 1243
8. Spain 1228
9.  France 1202
10. Switzerland 1175

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

1. (14.) Greece 1052
2. (19.) Croatia 928
3. (25.) Bosnia-Herzegovina 851
4. (26.) Romania 837
5. (34.) Serbia 646
6. (38.) Turkey 637
7. (43.) Montenegro 591
8. (45.) Albania 571
9. (46.) Bulgaria 570
10. (53.) Slovenia 555
11. (112.) Macedonia 286

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

1. (8.) Spain 1228
2. (24.) Ukraine 855
3. (40.) Slovakia 616
4. (89.) Belarus 364
5. (112.) Macedonia 286
6. (127.) Luxembourg 239

The next rankings will be published on 23 October.