The two wins in a row launched Macedonia up for 33 places and is also the month’s biggest mover.

Eventually Macedonia left the bottom of the FIFA world ranking list. The embarrassing 166th place, lowest in the country’s history, is past now thanks to the WC qualifier win over Liechtenstein away and the home friendly trashing of Belarus, both with the same score of 3:0. The Lynx now have 95 more points than the March rankings which resulted in this high jump.

Macedonia is not anymore the lowest ranked national team in the neighborhood, as Kosovo lies on the bottom on the ranking for the team of the Balkans. Also, as you can see bellow, Macedonia moved up three places on the UEFA rankings.

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128. Kyrgyzstan 249
129. Thailand 245
130. Central Africa 239
131. Niger 235
132. Bahrain 232
133. Macedonia 225
134. Puerto Rico 221
135. Tanzania 218
136. Vietnam 217
137. Lebanon 216
138. Tajikistan 203
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for April 2017:

1. Brazil 1661
2. Argentina 1603
3. Germany 1464
4. Chile 1403
5. Colombia 1348
6. France 1294
7. Belgium 1281
8. Portugal 1259
9. Switzerland 1212
10. Spain 1204

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

1. (18.) Croatia 1016
2. (22.) Turkey 863
3. (29.) Bosnia and Herzegovina 815
4. (39.) Greece 730
5. (47.) Romania 676
6. (49.) Serbia 671
7. (55.) Slovenia 614
8. (55.) Bulgaria 614
9. (62.) Montenegro 560
10. (66.) Albania 533
11. (133.) Macedonia 225
12. (170.) Kosovo 112

FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the bottom 15):

41. (97.) Finland 335
42. (101.) Lithuania 331
42. (101.) Estonia 331
44. (105.) Kazakhstan 325
45. (122.) Georgia 274
46. (124.) Latvia 265
47. (133.) Macedonia 225
48. (146.) Luxembourg 185
49. (158.) Moldova 142
50. (170.) Kosovo 112
51. (182.) Malta 86
52. (187.) Andorra 66
53. (189.) Liechtenstein 64
54. (204.) San Marino 12
55. (206.) Gibraltar 0

FIFA Rankings for members of Group G in 2018 World Cup qualifying (actual ranking in brackets):

1. (10.) Spain 1204
2. (12.) Italy 1165
3. (54.) Albania 623
4. (63.) Israel 557
5. (133.) Macedonia 225
6. (189.) Liechtenstein 64

The next rankings will be published on 04 May 2017.