Macedonia is currently living its worst ranking nightmare as at the newest FIFA world rankings finds itself at the 141st place.
The worst ever ranking for Macedonia is the 147th place in May 1994, but was just after the Football federation of Macedonia was accepted by FIFA. Now, by achieving good results, Macedonia is only 6 places away from that lowest ranking.
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136. Namibia 267
137.
Aruba 259
138.
Madagascar 257
139.
Lithuania 254
140.
St. Lucia 238
141.
Macedonia 235
142.
Hong Kong 234
143.
Barbados 231
144.
Luxembourg 221
145.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 220
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for April 2016:
1.
Argentina 1532
2.
Belgium 1352
3.
Chile 1348
4. Colombia 1337
5.
Germany 1309
6.
Spain 1277
7.
Brazil 1251
8.
Portugal 1184
9.
Uruguay 1158
10.
England 1069
FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (13.)
Turkey 983
2. (19.)
Romania 922
3. (20.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 913
4. (23.)
Croatia 856
5. (37.)
Greece 695
6. (45.)
Albania 632
7. (55.)
Serbia 581
8. (61.)
Slovenia 558
9. (69.)
Bulgaria 508
10. (94.)
Montenegro 365
11. (141.)
Macedonia 235
FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the bottom 10):
44. (123.)
Georgia 289
45. (134.)
Azerbaijan 269
46. (139.)
Lithuania 254
47. (141.)
Macedonia 235
48. (145.)
Luxembourg 221
49. (156.)
Moldova 181
50. (164.)
Malta 149
51. (173.)
Liechtenstein 120
52. (200.)
San Marino 20
53. (202.)
Andorra 5
FIFA Rankings for members of Group G in 2018 World Cup qualifying (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (6.)
Spain 1277
2. (15.)
Italy 959
3. (45.)
Albania 632
4. (76.)
Israel 467
5. (138.)
Macedonia 257
6. (173.)
Liechtenstein 120
The next rankings will be published on 05 May 2016.
