No change for the Macedonian national team as it stayed 74th at the October FIFA World Raking list.

Beating Liechtenstein 4:0 and losing to Germany with the same result brought 2.28 points less than the previous month, but without dropping any place.

What is worrying for Macedonia is the fact the we are back second-to-last in the Balkan rankings after being 7th in April.

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69. Panama 1354.42
70. Bulgaria 1350.11
71. UAE 1349.42
72. Iraq 1346.2
73. Montenegro 1346.19
74.  Macedonia 1343.19
75. China 1334.2
76. Cabo Verde 1327.66
77. Oman 1314.46
78. Bolivia 1309.75
79. Guinea 1309.15
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for October 2021:

1. Belgium 1832.33
2. Brazil 1820.36
3. France 1779.24
4. Italy 1750.52
5. England 1750.16
6. Argentina 1738.79
7. Spain 1687.66
8. Portugal 1681.73
9. Mexico 1672.92
10. Denmark 1668.98

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

1. (18.) Croatia 1608.84
2. (25.) Serbia 1527.34
3. (39.) Turkey 1460.53
4. (41.) Romania 1451.76
5. (47.) Greece 1434.83
6. (56.) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1414.92
7. (63.) Albania 1374.33
8. (64.) Slovenia 1364.96
9. (70.) Bulgaria 1350.11
10. (73.) Montenegro 1346.19
11. (74.) Macedonia 1343.19
12. (113.) Kosovo 1161.19

FIFA Rankings for Group J of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers (actual ranking in brackets):

1. (12.) Germany 1642.47
2. (41.) Romania 1451.76
3. (62.) Iceland 1397.49
4. (74.) Macedonia 1343.19
5. (89.) Armenia 1257.17
6. (190.) Liechtenstein 903.63

The next rankings will be published on 25 November 2021.