Macedonia moved up one place to the 83rd position on the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings that were released today.

The Macedonian national team will enter the New Year in 83rd place, according to the latest FIFA rankings for the month of December. Macedonia moved up one place was due to the fact that Cuba dropped a staggering 53 places, moving numerous teams ahead of them in the process, including Macedonia. The national team did not play any matches over the prior FIFA rankings last month, and won’t play a game in time for next month’s rankings as well.

78.    Trinidad and Tobago 441
79.    Haiti 440
80.    Jamaica 439
81.    Belarus 431
82.    Congo DR 427
83.    Macedonia 425
84.    Congo 421
85.    Oman 408
86.    Uganda 402
87.    Saudi Arabia 391
88.    Angola 384

Top 10 in FIFA World Rankings for December 2013:

1.    Spain 1507
2.    Germany 1318
3.    Argentina 1251
4.    Colombia 1200
5.    Portugal 1172
6.    Uruguay 1132
7.    Italy 1120
8.    Switzerland 1113
9.    Netherlands 1106
10.    Brazil 1102

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

1. (12.)    Greece 1055
2. (16.)    Croatia 971
3. (19.)    Bosnia-Herzegovina 899
4. (29.)    Slovenia 762
5. (30.)    Serbia 752
6. (32.)    Romania 734
7. (43.)    Turkey 677
8. (52.)    Montenegro 594
9. (57.)    Albania 571
10. (74.)    Bulgaria 486
11. (83.)    Macedonia 425

FIFA Rankings for the UEFA members (actual rankings in brackets):

33. (64.)    Finland 539
34. (67.)    Ireland 528
35. (74.)    Bulgaria 486
36. (76.)    Poland 461
37. (81.)    Belarus 431
38. (83.)    Macedonia 425
39. (89.)    Northern Ireland 381
40. (94.)    Azerbaijan 363
41. (94.)    Estonia 363
42. (96.)    Moldova 359
43. (101.)    Georgia 330

The next FIFA rankings will be published on 16 January 2014.