FIFA rankings: Macedonia goes up 2 places

Macedonia moved up two places gaining 8 points since the previous rankings. That is thanks to the wins over Gibraltar and Armenia in the Nations League.

The small amount of points since the August ranking is due to the wins over national teams that have worse ranking than us with Gibraltar being even one of the worst ranked overall. Also, the new ranking system is to blame as well.

Currently Macedonia is ahead of two teams that participated at the 2018 FIFA World Cup with those two being Panama and Saudi Arabia. Worth to note is that we are one point ahead of African giants Algeria.

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63. Mali Mali 1365
64. Egypt Egypt 1364
65. Guinea Guinea 1353
66. Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 1351
67. Cape Verde Cape Verde 1350
68. Macedonia Macedonia 1344
69. alt Algeria 1343
70.  Panama 1339
71. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 1337
72. El Salvador El Salvador 1332
73. South Africa South Africa 1325
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for September 2018:

1. Belgium Belgium 1729
1. France France 1729
3. Brazil Brazil 1663
4. Croatia Croatia 1634
5. Uruguay Uruguay 1632
6. England England 1612
7. Portugal Portugal 1606
8. Switzerland Switzerland 1598
9. Spain Spain 1597
10. Denmark Denmark 1581

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

1. (4.) Croatia Croatia 1634
2. (27.) Romania Romania 1489
3. (34.) Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1468
4. (35.) Serbia Serbia 1463
5. (38.) Turkey Turkey 1456
6. (41.) Montenegro Montenegro 1444
7. (42.) Greece Greece 1433
8. (44.) Bulgaria Bulgaria 1430
9. (57.) Albania Albania 1383
10. (61.) Slovenia Slovenia 1376
11. (68.) Macedonia Macedonia 1344
12. (138.) Kosovo Kosovo 1092

FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the bottom 25):

31. (49.) Hungary Hungary 1409
32. (52.) Norway Norway 1405
33. (57.) Albania Albania 1383
34. (58.) Finland Finland 1378
35. (61.) Slovenia Slovenia 1376
36. (68.) Macedonia Macedonia 1344
37. (80). Belarus Belarus 1304
38. (82.) Luxembourg Luxembourg 1292
39. (86.) Cyprus Cyprus 1283
40. (92.) Faroe Islands Faroe Islands 1261
41. (93.) Georgia Georgia 1254
42. (94.) Israel Israel 1247
43. (98.) Estonia Estonia 1240
44. (100.) Armenia Armenia 1225
45. (108.) Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 1202
46. (118.) Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 1160
47. (126.) Lithuania Lithuania 1123
48. (128.) Andorra Andorra 1121
49. (131.) Latvia Latvia 1116
50. (138.) Kosovo Kosovo 1092
51. (173.) Moldova Moldova 958
52. (178.) Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 947
53. (183.) Malta Malta 928
54. (198.) Gibraltar Gibraltar 891
55. (204.) San Marino San Marino 871

UEFA Nations League Group 4 rankings:

1. (68.) Macedonia Macedonia 1344
2. (100.) Armenia Armenia 1225
3. (178.) Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 947
4. (198.) Gibraltar Gibraltar 891

The next rankings will be published on 25 October 2018 after the UEFA Nations League matches.

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