The two draws in the friendly matches against Finland and Azerbaijan sent Macedonia two places down to find itself on the 77th spot on the newest FIFA world ranking list.
We expected a bigger drop having in mind that Macedonia played a draw against the similar ranked team of Finland and far worse ranked Azerbaijan, but thanks to other teams ranked around Macedonia that lost points the Lynx stayed in the same region dropping only two places.
Macedonia played two games the past period, both of them friendlies on neutral ground in Turkey. First we were held goalless by Finland, while later Azerbaijan kept us to a 1:1 draw.
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72. 
South Africa 433
73. 
China 431
74. 
Uganda 426
75. 
Kyrgyzstan 424
76. 
Syria 423
77. 
Macedonia 422
78. 
Zambia 413
79. 
Belarus 410
80. 
Canada 407
81. 
UAE 405
82. 
Lebanon 404
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for April 2018:
1. 
Germany 1533
2. 
Brazil 1384
3. 
Belgium 1346
4. 
Portugal 1306
5. 
Argentina 1255
6. 
Switzerland 1179
7. 
France 1166
8. 
Spain 1162
9. 
Chile 1146
10. 
Poland 1118
FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (18.) 
Croatia 975
2. (32.) 
Romania 737
3. (35.) 
Serbia 732
4. (37.) 
Turkey 714
5. (41.) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 688
6. (43.) 
Montenegro 671
7. (44.) 
Greece 657
8. (54.) 
Bulgaria 583
9. (56.) 
Albania 549
10. (65.) 
Slovenia 495
11. (77.) Macedonia 422
12. (152.) 
Kosovo 164
FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the bottom 25):
31. (54.) Bulgaria 583
32. (56.) Albania 549
33. (63.) 
Finland 507
34. (65.) Slovenia 495
35. (66.) 
Russia 493
36. (77.) Macedonia 422
37. (79). Belarus 410
38. (83.) 
Luxembourg 401
39. (86.) 
Cyprus 388
40. (94.) 
Estonia 364
40. (94.) 
Faroe Islands 364
42. (96.) 
Georgia 362
43. (98.) 
Armenia 347
43. (98.) 
Israel 347
45. (119.) 
Kazakhstan 269
46. (126.) 
Azerbaijan 245
47. (132.) 
Andorra 230
48. (133.) 
Lithuania 229
49. (139.) 
Latvia 217
50. (152.) Kosovo 164
51. (173.) 
Moldova 98
52. (181.) 
Liechtenstein 77
53. (185.) 
Malta 62
54. (196.) 
Gibraltar 34
55. (205.) 
San Marino 8
The next rankings will be published on 17 May 2018.