In comparison to last month’s ranking, there are only a few changes in the current edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. In many countries, the national championships are drawing to a close, which explains the small number of matches played at international level: only eight matches, all of which were friendlies, have been played in the past month. Spain continue to top the table ahead of Germany and Uruguay, followed by the Netherlands and Portugal. The only change in the top 30 has been Argentina’s ousting of Denmark to occupy 9th place.
The composition of the top 50 remains unchanged: with 28 teams, UEFA remains the best represented confederation in the top 50, followed by CONMEBOL (9), CAF (7), CONCACAF (3) and the AFC (3). In 130th place, New Zealand are Oceania’s top-ranked team.
The June edition will undoubtedly bring more movement with it, as friendlies are played in Europe to warm up for UEFA EURO 2012 Poland-Ukraine and another batch of 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ qualifiers influences the world ranking calculations.
Summary
· Leader Spain (unchanged)
· Moves into top 10 none
· Moves out of top 10 none
· Matches played in total 8
· Most matches played Egypt (3 matches)
· Biggest move by points South Africa (up 18 points)
· Biggest move by ranks Jamaica (up 5 ranks)
· Biggest drop by points Peru (down 28 points)
· Biggest drop by ranks Congo DR (down 5 ranks)
· Newly ranked teams none
· Teams that are no longer ranked none
· Inactive teams, not ranked none
è The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 6 June 2012.
Ranking as of 9 May 2012
Rank
Team
+/- Ranks
Points
+/- Points
Apr 12-May 12
May 12
Apr 12-May 12
1
Spain
0
1442
0
2
Germany
0
1345
0
3
Uruguay
0
1309
0
4
Netherlands
0
1207
0
5
Portugal
0
1190
0
6
Brazil
0
1165
0
7
England
0
1132
0
8
Croatia
0
1114
0
9
Argentina
1
1076
10
10
Denmark
-1
1069
0