Due to other national teams losing points over the past month, Macedonia moved up slightly to 101st place on the newest FIFA world rankings list for February.
Because of the bad results in the recent African Cup of Nations, Botswana and Niger lost points and fell behind Macedonia who moved up two positions to #101 despite not playing a game over the past month. Meanwhile, the likes of Oman, Guyana, Zimbabwe, and Malawi are still ahead of the Macedonian team who remained as one of the worst ranked European sides and the lowest ranked national team in the Balkan region.
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96. 
Qatar 372
97. 
Bahrain 366
98. 
Malawi 362
99. 
Zimbabwe 348
100. 
Vietnam 347
101. 
Macedonia 345
102. 
Mozambique 332
103. 
Iceland 330
104. 
Botswana 328
105. 
Bermuda 321
106. 
North Korea 314
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Top 10 in the February FIFA World Rankings:
1. 
Spain 1566
2. 
Germany 1369
3. 
Netherlands 1359
4. 
Uruguay 1317
5. 
England 1179
6. 
Portugal 1155
7. 
Brazil 1152
8. 
Italy 1115
9. 
Croatia 1101
10. 
Denmark 1090
FIFA rankings for the Balkan countries (in brackets is the actual ranking):
1. (9.) Croatia 1101
2. (14.) 
Greece 979
3. (19.) 
Bosnia-Herzegovina 920
4. (25.) 
Serbia 791
4. (25.) 
Turkey 791
6. (27.) 
Slovenia 781
7. (51.) 
Montenegro 585
8. (52.) 
Romania 583
9. (78.) 
Albania 452
10. (88.) 
Bulgaria 408
11. (101.) Macedonia 345
FIFA rankings for members of Group A of the 2014 WC qualifications (in brackets is the actual ranking):
1. (9.) Croatia 1101
2. (25.) Serbia 791
3. (39.) 
Belgium 663
4. (42.) 
Wales 645
5. (48.) 
Scotland 602
6. (101.) Macedonia 345
The next FIFA rankings will be released on 7 March 2012.