Because there was no football activity during the summer, there were no changes on the FIFA ranking list and Macedonia kept the 53rd position with 589 points.
After last month’s big progress of 11 positions because of the win against Iceland and the point against Norway on the qualifying matches in June, Macedonia stayed on the 53rd position for the ranking of August 2009.
| 51 |  Burkina Faso |
598 | |||
| 52 |  Finland |
593 | |||
| 53 |  Macedonia |
589 | |||
| 54 |  Venezuela |
583 | |||
| 55 |  Morocco |
570 |
Brazil holds the leading position in front of Spain, Netherlands, Germany and Italy.
| 1 |  Brazil |
1642 | |||
| 2 |  Spain |
1590 | |||
| 3 |  Netherlands |
1379 | |||
| 4 |  Germany |
1195 | |||
| 5 |  Italy |
1181 |
On the rankings only for the UEFA members, Macedonia kept the 30th position. (the actual FIFA placement is shown in the brackets):
| (50) | 28 |  Norway |
606 | |||
| (52) | 29 | Finland |
593 | |||
| (53) | 30 | Macedonia |
589 | |||
| (56) | 31 |  Latvia |
563 | |||
| (59) | 32 |  Lithuania |
545 |
There were no big changes in the position for the other national team from the World Cup 2010 UEFA qualification Group 9. Netherlands is 3rd, Scotland 24th, Norway 50th while only Iceland made a progress of one poistion:
| 3 | Netherlands |
1379 |
| 24 |  Scotland |
837 |
| 50 | Norway |
606 |
| 53 | Macedonia |
589 |
| 92 |  Iceland |
358 |
The next ranking will be released on 2nd September.