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FIFA World Rankings: Macedonia moves up 5 places

FIFAThe home win against Lithuania helped Macedonia move up 5 places and reach the 97th position on the newest FIFA World Rankings.

Macedonia defeated Lithuania 1:0 in a friendly last month and that was enough to move up 5 place to the 97th position, moving above #100 for the first time in several months.  Regardless, Macedonia remains one of the worst ranked teams in Europe and will to achieve some good results in the near future to additionally improve its ranking.  Qualifiers count for more points so Macedonia can move up considerably upwards with good results against Croatia and Scotland.

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98. alt Qatar 380
93. alt Oman 376
94. alt Latvia 375
95. alt New Zealand 366
96. alt Finland 365
97. alt Macedonia 364
98. alt Zimbabwe 358
99. alt Togo 356
100. alt Kuwait 348
101. alt Antigua & Barbuda 340
102. alt Bermuda
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for September:

1. alt Spain 1617
2. alt Germany 1437
3. alt England 1274
4. alt Portugal 1232
5. alt Uruguay 1217
6. alt Italy 1174
7. alt Argentina 1121
8. alt Netherlands 1044
9. alt Croatia 1020
10. alt Denmark 1006

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

1. (9.) alt Croatia 1020
2. (11.) alt Greece 1001
3. (24.) alt Slovenia 784
4. (30.) alt Bosnia-Herzegovina 717
5. (35.) alt Turkey 678
6. (42.) alt Serbia 624
7. (48.) alt Montenegro 606
8. (57.) alt Romania 542
9. (84.) alt Albania 410
10. (89.) alt Bulgaria 388
11. (97.) alt Macedonia 364

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

1. (9.) alt Croatia 1020
2. (40.) alt Belgium 626
3. (42.) alt Serbia 624
4. (45.) alt Wales 616
5. (47.) alt Scotland 610
6. (97.) alt Macedonia 364

The next FIFA rankings will be released on 3 October 2012.

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