Did you think lasts month’s 155th place is the worst Macedonia can get? Well no. From today Macedonia is the 162nd best team in the world!
You can’t climb on any table if you constantly lose. The fourth straight defeat in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, this time a 4:0 defeat by Spain, launched a new downfall for Macedonia on the newest FIFA World Ranking list. If last month we set a historic negative record, today, only after a month we managed to overtake it. Macedonia is now just 47 places away from the very bottom of the table.
The FFM did not arrange a friendly game in the date after Spain. With a win or maybe a draw we could have avoided this humiliation, but they probably didn’t want to bother. In many cases back throughout the years FFM has shown that friendly games aren’t important for them, actually not important at all. It is not the first time Macedonia not to play a friendly and a free date to pass by unused. Before the Albania qualifier there was also a free date, Albania played, we didn’t. FFM must change this stubborn behavior!
Our next chance for winning some points is a possible friendly in December. The media reported that there is an idea to play against Poland, Romania or Ukraine with a national team compiled of domestic based players, but still nothing is official. Well here’s a thought: if we really play, whѕ not also test some internationals that haven’t gotten a chance? There are only a few good Macedonian players in the domestic league and we are doomed if we play only with them. Expect a new downfall if that happens…
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157. 
Grenada 150
158. 
Taiwan 149
159. 
Aruba 147
160. 
Tanzania 146
161. 
Belize 141
162. 
Macedonia 138
162. 
Singapore 138
162. 
Moldova 138
165. 
Kosovo 135
166. 
Myanmar 131
167. 
Laos 130
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for November 2016:
1. 
Argentina 1634
2. 
Brazil 1544
3. 
Germany 1433
4. 
Chile 1404
5. 
Belgium 1368
6. 
Colombia 1345
7. 
France 1305
8. 
Portugal 1229
9. 
Uruguay 1187
10. 
Spain 1166
FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (14.) 
Croatia 1103
2. (24.) 
Turkey 851
3. (27.) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 825
4. (39.) 
Romania 690
5. (42.) 
Greece 674
6. (44.) 
Serbia 647
7. (49.) 
Albania 618
8. (50.) 
Slovenia 616
9. (63.) 
Montenegro 549
10. (72.) 
Bulgaria 492
11. (162.) Macedonia 138
12. (165.) Kosovo 135
FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the bottom 15):
41. (97.) 
Kazakhstan 354
42. (106.) 
Lithuania 324
43. (112.) 
Latvia 304
44. (116.) 
Cyprus 290
45. (119.) 
Georgia 281
46. (122.) 
Estonia 266
47. (132.) 
Luxembourg 230
48. (162.) Macedonia 138
49. (162.) Moldova 138
50. (165.) Kosovo 135
51. (182.) 
Malta 85
52. (189.) 
Liechtenstein 75
53. (202.) 
San Marino 17
54. (203.) 
Andorra 12
55. (205.) 
Gibraltar 0
FIFA Rankings for members of Group G in 2018 World Cup qualifying (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (10.) Spain 1166
2. (16.) 
Italy 108
3. (49.) Albania 618
4. (54.) 
Israel 595
5. (162.) Macedonia 138
6. (189.) Liechtenstein 75
The next rankings will be published on December 22 2016.