With the three matches played this month, Macedonia moved up to the 65th place at the newest FIFA ranking list.

Macedonia first defeated Kosovo 2:1 at home in the 2020 EURO play-off and than played two draws in the Nations League. First came the 3:3 against Estonia on the road, while the international window was closed with 1:1 against Georgia in Skopje.

With 5 points more than the September rankings the Lynx got ahead of Bulgaria and now are ahead of three Balkan countries.

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59. Congo DR 1384
61. Ivory Coast 1378
62. Slovenia 1376
63. Honduras 1374
64. Montenegro 1369
65.  Macedonia 1356
66. Bulgaria 1354
67. Saudi Arabia 1351
68. El Salvador 1346
69. Albania 1345
70. Iraq 1344
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for October 2020:

1. Belgium 1765
2. France 1752
3. Brazil 1725
4. England 1669
5. Portugal 1661
6. Spain 1639
7. Uruguay 1637
8. Argentina 1636
9. Croatia 1634
10. Colombia 1631

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

1. (9.) Croatia 1634
2. (30.) Serbia 1489
3. (33.) Turkey 1486
4. (44.) Romania 1455
5. (51.) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1424
6. (54.) Greece 1408
7. (62.) Slovenia 1376
8. (64.) Montenegro 1369
9. (65.) Macedonia 1356
10. (66.) Bulgaria 1354
11. (69.) Albania 1345
12. (117.) Kosovo 1158

FIFA Rankings for Group 2 of League C in the UEFA Nations League (actual ranking in brackets):

1. (65.) Macedonia 1356
2. (86.) Georgia 1287
3. (101.) Armenia 1215
4. (109.) Estonia 1185

The next rankings will be published on 26 November 2020.