Macedonia moved up 14 places and is now the 75th ranked team in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola rankings that were published today.

FIFA was counting the games played in both August and September in which Macedonia recorded 2 wins and 1 defeat. First, Macedonia defeated Bulgaria in a friendly, then in the WC qualifications they got past Wales before losing to Scotland. Macedonia was the host in all three games.

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70.    Libya 520
71.    Zambia 515
72.    Siera Leone 497
73.    Jordan 494
74.    Morocco 492
75.    Macedonia 490
76.    Guinea 487
77.    Togo 486
78.    Haiti 471
78.    Jamaica 471
80.    Belarus 458
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Top 10 in FIFA World Rankings for September 2013:

1.  Spain 1514
2.  Argentina 1263
3.  Germany 1261
4.  Italy 1199
5.  Colombia 1180
6.  Belgium 1159
7.    Uruguay 1126
8. Brazil 1067
9.  Netherlands 1058
10.  Croatia 1051

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

1. (10.)  Croatia 1051
2. (12.)  Greece 1016
3. (18.)  Bosnia-Herzegovina 934
4. (27.)  Montenegro 766
5. (29.)  Slovenia 754
6. (31.)  Romania 739
7. (43.)  Serbia 666
8. (45.)  Albania 652
9. (49.)  Turkey 613
10. (64.)  Bulgaria 549
11. (75.)  Macedonia 490

FIFA Rankings for the Group A members of the 2014 WC qualifications (actual rankings in brackets):

1. (6.)  Belgium 1159
2. (10.)  Croatia 1051
3. (43.)  Serbia 666
4. (52).  Wales 606
5. (63.)  Scotland 551
6. (75.)  Macedonia 490

The next FIFA rankings will be released on 17 October 2013.  By that point, Macedonia would have played in two games, against Wales on 11 October and against Serbia on 15 October, both on the road.