There have been some notable changes in the April edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. Belgium (3rd, up 1) have achieved their highest-ever position following two wins in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying, and now trail only Germany and Argentina.
Meanwhile Brazil (5th, up 1) and the Netherlands (6th, down 1) have traded places. The Brazilians defeated France (11th, down 3) 3-1, while the Netherlands had to settle for a draw against Turkey (52nd, up 4) in their EURO qualifier.
Switzerland (9th, up 3) and Spain (10th, up 1) have re-entered the top ten at the expense of France and Italy (13th, down 3) respectively.
In addition to the above movers, the following teams have risen more than ten places since March: Wales (22nd, up 15), Belarus (83rd, up 15), Iraq (86th, up 11), Azerbaijan (115th, up 24), Syria (126th, up 26), Bermuda (129th, up 40), India (147th, up 26), Curaçao (148th, up 11), Timor-Leste (152nd, up 33), Nicaragua (154th, up 31), Guyana (155th, up 11), Gambia (156th, up 12), Bhutan (163rd, up 46), the US Virgin Islands (173rd, up 24), Brunei Darussalam (183rd, up 15) and the Cayman Islands (191st, up 14). Most of these teams were victorious in one or more recent qualifiers, such as Bhutan, who beat Sri Lanka twice in the Asian preliminaries for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ and are now positioned 163rd. Nigeria dropped four places to 45th on the latest ranking,following the Super Eagles two game winless streak,loosing at home to Uganda and drawing against South Africa in an international friendly.
In addition to Belgium and Bhutan, Wales, the Faroe Islands (102nd, up 3) and Timor-Leste have all achieved their highest-ever position since the ranking was introduced in 1993.
A total of 135 ‘A’ international were taken into account for the latest edition of the global ladder, taking the total number of games evaluated so far this year to 217. Of the new matches, 25 were qualifiers for EURO 2016, 26 were 2018 World Cup qualifiers (CONCACAF, AFC) and 84 were friendlies.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 7 May 2015.
| 2015 (100 %) | 2014 (50 %) | 2013 (30 %) | 2012 (20 %) | |||||||||||||
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| Rank | Team | Total Points | Previous Points | +/- | Positions | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | Avg. | AVG WGT | |||
| 1 |  Germany | 1687(1687.49) | 1770 | 0 | 1033.19 | 1033.19 | 589.60 | 294.80 | 761.63 | 228.49 | 655.05 | 131.01 | ||||
| 2 |  Argentina | 1490(1490.04) | 1577 | 0 | 919.87 | 919.87 | 512.98 | 256.49 | 742.10 | 222.63 | 455.26 | 91.05 | ||||
| 3 |  Belgium | 1457(1457.23) | 1471 | 1 | 929.90 | 929.90 | 552.65 | 276.32 | 642.41 | 192.72 | 291.45 | 58.29 | ||||
| 4 |  Colombia | 1412(1411.52) | 1499 | -1 | 772.00 | 772.00 | 619.07 | 309.53 | 739.06 | 221.72 | 541.37 | 108.27 | ||||
| 5 |  Brazil | 1354(1354.38) | 1348 | 1 | 793.26 | 793.26 | 762.73 | 381.36 | 297.92 | 89.38 | 451.92 | 90.38 | ||||
| 6 |  Netherlands | 1301(1300.82) | 1415 | -1 | 886.14 | 886.14 | 403.65 | 201.83 | 485.47 | 145.64 | 336.06 | 67.21 | ||||
| 7 |  Portugal | 1221(1221.32) | 1191 | 0 | 584.73 | 584.73 | 682.02 | 341.01 | 552.90 | 165.87 | 648.56 | 129.71 | ||||
| 8 |  Uruguay | 1176(1176.43) | 1164 | 1 | 597.48 | 597.48 | 692.90 | 346.45 | 274.21 | 82.26 | 751.22 | 150.24 | ||||
| 9 |  Switzerland | 1135(1135.15) | 1126 | 3 | 545.66 | 545.66 | 678.06 | 339.03 | 535.07 | 160.52 | 449.69 | 89.94 | ||||
| 10 |  Spain | 1132(1131.95) | 1130 | 1 | 440.29 | 440.29 | 683.14 | 341.57 | 835.36 | 250.61 | 497.42 | 99.48 | ||||
| 11 |  France | 1127(1127.21) | 1180 | -3 | 652.83 | 652.83 | 481.01 | 240.51 | 445.41 | 133.62 | 501.24 | 100.25 | ||||
| 12 |  Romania | 1086(1086.10) | 1081 | 2 | 689.03 | 689.03 | 401.73 | 200.87 | 436.19 | 130.86 | 326.68 | 65.34 | ||||
| 13 |  Italy | 1085(1085.01) | 1146 | -3 | 518.05 | 518.05 | 557.81 | 278.90 | 602.66 | 180.80 | 536.30 | 107.26 | ||||
| 14 |  England | 1030(1029.53) | 1031 | 3 | 517.02 | 517.02 | 464.95 | 232.48 | 574.33 | 172.30 | 538.64 | 107.73 | ||||
| 15 |  Costa Rica | 1014(1013.98) | 1095 | -2 | 629.32 | 629.32 | 456.00 | 228.00 | 352.89 | 105.87 | 253.95 | 50.79 | ||||
| 16 |  Chile | 991(990.96) | 1057 | -1 | 489.25 | 489.25 | 584.18 | 292.09 | 386.02 | 115.80 | 469.12 | 93.82 | ||||
| 17 |  Croatia | 977(977.23) | 963 | 2 | 524.25 | 524.25 | 268.93 | 134.46 | 649.93 | 194.98 | 617.72 | 123.54 | ||||
| 18 |  Mexico | 937(937.49) | 935 | 3 | 483.79 | 483.79 | 404.36 | 202.18 | 524.36 | 157.31 | 471.03 | 94.21 | ||||
| 19 |  Czech Republic | 923(923.39) | 1045 | -3 | 543.62 | 543.62 | 311.87 | 155.94 | 434.77 | 130.43 | 467.00 | 93.40 | ||||
| 20 |  Slovakia | 920(920.38) | 932 | 2 | 633.64 | 633.64 | 341.50 | 170.75 | 197.18 | 59.15 | 284.21 | 56.84 | ||||
| 21 |  Algeria | 917(916.76) | 986 | -3 | 504.06 | 504.06 | 457.54 | 228.77 | 393.81 | 118.14 | 328.95 | 65.79 | ||||
| 22 |  Wales | 916(915.76) | 763 | 15 | 572.55 | 572.55 | 310.21 | 155.11 | 275.67 | 82.70 | 527.00 | 105.40 | ||||
| 23 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 907(907.23) | 944 | -3 | 485.12 | 485.12 | 326.26 | 163.13 | 517.23 | 155.17 | 519.04 | 103.81 | ||||
| 24 |  Greece | 900(899.91) | 872 | 3 | 357.79 | 357.79 | 586.67 | 293.33 | 494.61 | 148.38 | 502.05 | 100.41 | ||||
| 25 |  Austria | 890(890.50) | 916 | -2 | 548.51 | 548.51 | 445.36 | 222.68 | 241.30 | 72.39 | 234.61 | 46.92 | ||||
| 26 |  Ghana | 833(832.90) | 887 | -2 | 487.52 | 487.52 | 270.20 | 135.10 | 446.37 | 133.91 | 381.86 | 76.37 | ||||
| 27 |  USA | 815(815.26) | 828 | 5 | 306.89 | 306.89 | 640.42 | 320.21 | 393.69 | 118.11 | 350.25 | 70.05 | ||||
| 28 |  Denmark | 808(808.06) | 863 | 0 | 388.85 | 388.85 | 355.11 | 177.56 | 365.36 | 109.61 | 660.19 | 132.04 | ||||
| 29 |  Scotland | 796(796.40) | 727 | 10 | 376.21 | 376.21 | 594.04 | 297.02 | 166.25 | 49.88 | 366.44 | 73.29 | ||||
| 30 |  Tunisia | 793(792.77) | 881 | -5 | 484.87 | 484.87 | 276.96 | 138.48 | 366.71 | 110.01 | 297.07 | 59.41 | ||||
| 31 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 783(782.60) | 841 | -1 | 363.33 | 363.33 | 334.69 | 167.34 | 519.05 | 155.71 | 481.09 | 96.22 | ||||
| 32 |  Russia | 781(781.16) | 788 | 1 | 311.58 | 311.58 | 372.08 | 186.04 | 553.52 | 166.06 | 587.38 | 117.48 | ||||
| 33 |  Ukraine | 772(772.19) | 838 | -2 | 312.37 | 312.37 | 594.92 | 297.46 | 390.29 | 117.09 | 226.34 | 45.27 | ||||
| 34 |  Ecuador | 759(758.95) | 852 | -5 | 325.19 | 325.19 | 276.65 | 138.33 | 731.89 | 219.57 | 379.31 | 75.86 | ||||
| 35 |  Poland | 753(753.45) | 778 | -1 | 503.18 | 503.18 | 209.50 | 104.75 | 282.75 | 84.82 | 303.52 | 60.70 | ||||
| 36 |  Senegal | 752(752.39) | 772 | 0 | 512.51 | 512.51 | 270.76 | 135.38 | 230.41 | 69.12 | 176.90 | 35.38 | ||||
| 37 |  Cape Verde Islands | 737(737.01) | 761 | 1 | 407.97 | 407.97 | 374.62 | 187.31 | 314.19 | 94.26 | 237.36 | 47.47 | ||||
| 38 |  Iceland | 728(728.12) | 776 | -3 | 437.70 | 437.70 | 318.00 | 159.00 | 349.50 | 104.85 | 132.86 | 26.57 | ||||
| 39 |  Sweden | 704(704.11) | 663 | 6 | 304.52 | 304.52 | 363.92 | 181.96 | 367.96 | 110.39 | 536.22 | 107.24 | ||||
| 40 |  Iran | 689(689.43) | 692 | 2 | 336.87 | 336.87 | 439.32 | 219.66 | 250.48 | 75.14 | 288.80 | 57.76 | ||||
| 41 |  Guinea | 678(678.10) | 669 | 3 | 395.33 | 395.33 | 323.18 | 161.59 | 234.30 | 70.29 | 254.44 | 50.89 | ||||
| 42 |  Northern Ireland | 672(671.71) | 679 | 1 | 486.34 | 486.34 | 255.07 | 127.54 | 137.75 | 41.33 | 82.50 | 16.50 | ||||
| 43 |  Hungary | 665(665.24) | 659 | 3 | 339.37 | 339.37 | 237.12 | 118.56 | 417.25 | 125.18 | 410.67 | 82.13 | ||||
| 44 |  Serbia | 664(664.44) | 709 | -4 | 299.93 | 299.93 | 449.17 | 224.58 | 289.00 | 86.70 | 266.13 | 53.23 | ||||
| 45 |  Nigeria | 652(652.34) | 701 | -4 | 326.03 | 326.03 | 275.43 | 137.71 | 487.76 | 146.33 | 211.37 | 42.27 | ||||
| 46 |  Israel | 649(649.05) | 880 | -20 | 428.07 | 428.07 | 199.00 | 99.50 | 261.59 | 78.48 | 215.00 | 43.00 | ||||
| 47 |  Slovenia | 648(647.98) | 649 | 1 | 278.03 | 278.03 | 529.05 | 264.53 | 147.83 | 44.35 | 305.36 | 61.07 | ||||
| 48 |  Cameroon | 628(627.50) | 646 | 1 | 321.70 | 321.70 | 345.86 | 172.93 | 275.53 | 82.66 | 251.05 | 50.21 | ||||
| 49 |  Congo | 624(623.76) | 625 | 3 | 420.24 | 420.24 | 127.42 | 63.71 | 301.43 | 90.43 | 246.89 | 49.38 | ||||
| 50 |  Japan | 614(613.94) | 617 | 3 | 335.96 | 335.96 | 213.61 | 106.81 | 392.56 | 117.77 | 267.01 | 53.40 | ||||
* Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams
** Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked
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