Macedonia dropped four places and is one again nearing 100th place. Currently, Macedonia is #94 with 366 points and is in 43rd place among the 53 member associations of UEFA.
The 1:0 home win against the 203rd ranked Andorra wasn’t enough for Macedonia to at least keep their previous position. Macedonia could have moved up with a win or even a draw against Russia but the national team suffered a slim 1:0 loss in that game so Macedonia could not make much ground by beating one of the world’s worst national teams in Andorra several days later.
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89.
New Zealand 377
90.
Wales 374
91.
Cape Verde Islands 372
92.
Benin 370
93.
Niger 369
94.
Macedonia 366
95.
Botswana 364
95.
Togo 364
97.
Qatar 360
98.
Azerbaijan 359
98.
Saudi Arabia 359
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Top 10 of the September FIFA World Rankings:
1.
Spain 1605
2.
Netherlands 1571
3.
Germany 1290
4.
Uruguay 1184
5.
Portugal 1158
6.
Italy 1142
7.
Brazil 1132
8.
England 1089
9.
Croatia 1057
10.
Argentina 1024
FIFA rankings for the members of group B for EURO 2012 (in brackets is the actual ranking):
1. (13.)
Russia 954
2. (29.)
Ireland 749
3. (39.)
Slovakia 662
4. (44.)
Armenia 610
5. (94.)
Macedonia 366
6. (203.)
Andorra 0
FIFA rankings of Balkan countries (in brackets is the actual ranking):
1. (9.)
Croatia 1057
2. (11.)
Greece 1000
3. (21.)
Serbia 855
4. (22.)
Bosnia-Herzegovina 839
5. (26.)
Montenegro 777
6. (27.)
Turkey 754
7. (33.)
Slovenia 732
8. (49.)
Romania 584
9. (55.)
Bulgaria 558
10. (71.)
Albania 474
11. (94.)
Macedonia 366
The next ranking will be released on 19 October 2011.
