Despite beating Germany in a World Cup qualifier, Macedonia moved up only three places on the newest FIFA ranking list.

The Macedonian national team played 3 matches the past period with all of them being 2022 WC qualifiers. First we lost 3:2 away to Romania, than we defeated Liechtenstein 5:0 at home and at the end we celebrated a stunning 2:1 road win against Germany, who sits at the 12th place.

From these matches Macedonia gained 12.73 more than the previous rankings, but enough only to jump three places and now sits 62nd.

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57. Mali 1400.94
58. Qatar 1397.92
59. Ivory Coast 1397.77
60. Burkina Faso 1392.9
61. Congo DR 1386
62.  Macedonia 1374.73
63. Slovenia 1369.88
64. Montenegro 1368.49
65. Saudi Arabia 1364.39
66. Albania 1362.09
67. Honduras 1361.21
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for April 2021:

1. Belgium 1783.38
2. France 1757.3
3. Brazil 1742.65
4. England 1686.78
5. Portugal 1666.12
6. Spain 1648.13
7. Italy 1642.06
8. Argentina 1641.95
9. Uruguay 1639.08
10. Denmark 1631.55

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

1. (14.) Croatia 1605.75
2. (25.) Serbia 1512.9
3. (29.) Turkey 1505.05
4. (43.) Romania 1449.23
5. (51.) Greece 1418.7
6. (55.) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1404.87
7. (62.) Macedonia 1374.73
8. (63.) Slovenia 1369.88
9. (64.) Montenegro 1368.49
10. (66.) Albania 1362.09
11. (71.) Bulgaria 1339.03
12. (120.) Kosovo 1151.73

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

1. (12.) Germany 1609.12
2. (43.) Romania 1449.23
3. (52.) Iceland 1415.99
4. (62.) Macedonia 1374.73
5. (90.) Armenia 1273.28
6. (186.) Liechtenstein 911.05

FIFA rankings for Group C of EURO 2020 (actual ranking in brackets):

1. (16.) Netherlands 1598.04
2. (23.) Austria 1523.42
3. (24.) Ukraine 1515.85
4. (62.) Macedonia 1374.73

The next rankings will be published on 27 May 2021.