France 2nd best team in the World; US keeps sliding - Sept FIFA rankings
FIFA has their new rankings out and it's not pretty for the USA. Sure, this has a lot to do with them playing no matches since the poor World Cup showing, but it still hurts.
On the other side of things, Italy has fallen from their number two spot as France, Argentina and England are now in front of them, while Brazil remains happy on top.
Here is the top 20
The US now sits between Turkey and Ecuador in 29th place after falling 6 spots from 23 in August.
The biggest winners in terms of moving up the rankings were Gambia (up 38 to 119th), Mauritania (up 42 to 124th), Eritrea (up 42 to 135th) and the Bahamas (up 55 to 138th).
And now for the biggest losers. North Korea slipped 25 places to 111th, Andorra dropped 28 spots to 160th and little Liechtenstein melted away 31 rankings to end up in 155th.
Where do CONCACAF teams stand (there are 198 spots in the Sept '06 rankings; 8 teams are tied for the 198th spot)?
Anguilla - 196
Antigua and Barbuda - 127
Aruba - 198
Bahamas - 138
Barbados - 152
Belize - 198
Bermuda - 163
British Virgin Islands - 171
Canada - 71
Cayman Islands - 177
Costa Rica - 53
Cuba - 69
Dominica - 185
Dominican Republic - 188
El Salvador - 158
French Guiana - not ranked
Grenada - 157
Guadeloupe - not ranked
Guatemala - 66
Guyana - 120
Haiti - 118
Honduras - 81
Jamaica - 77
Martinique - not ranked
Mexico - 17
Montserrat - 198
Netherlands Antilles - 171
Nicaragua - 165
Panama - 74
Puerto Rico - 192
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 124
Saint Lucia - not ranked
Saint-Martin - not ranked
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 129
Sint Maarten - not ranked
Suriname - not ranked
Trinidad and Tobago - 56
Turks and Caicos Islands - 170
US Virgin Islands - 198
USA - 29
On the other side of things, Italy has fallen from their number two spot as France, Argentina and England are now in front of them, while Brazil remains happy on top.
Here is the top 20
| Rank | Team | Aug Rank | Change |
| 1 | Brazil | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | France | 4 | +2 | 3 | Argentina | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | England | 5 | +1 | 5 | Italy | 2 | -3 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 10 | +3 |
| 8 | Germany | 9 | +1 |
| 9 | Portugal | 8 | -1 |
| 10 | Spain | 7 | -3 |
| 11 | Nigeria | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | Cameroon | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 15 | +2 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 13 | -1 |
| 15 | Uruguay | 14 | -1 |
| 16 | Denmark | 17 | +1 |
| 17 | Mexico | 16 | -1 |
| 18 | Sweden | 20 | +2 |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19 | -1 |
| 20 | Colombia | 29 | +9 |
The US now sits between Turkey and Ecuador in 29th place after falling 6 spots from 23 in August.
The biggest winners in terms of moving up the rankings were Gambia (up 38 to 119th), Mauritania (up 42 to 124th), Eritrea (up 42 to 135th) and the Bahamas (up 55 to 138th).
And now for the biggest losers. North Korea slipped 25 places to 111th, Andorra dropped 28 spots to 160th and little Liechtenstein melted away 31 rankings to end up in 155th.
Where do CONCACAF teams stand (there are 198 spots in the Sept '06 rankings; 8 teams are tied for the 198th spot)?
Anguilla - 196
Antigua and Barbuda - 127
Aruba - 198
Bahamas - 138
Barbados - 152
Belize - 198
Bermuda - 163
British Virgin Islands - 171
Canada - 71
Cayman Islands - 177
Costa Rica - 53
Cuba - 69
Dominica - 185
Dominican Republic - 188
El Salvador - 158
French Guiana - not ranked
Grenada - 157
Guadeloupe - not ranked
Guatemala - 66
Guyana - 120
Haiti - 118
Honduras - 81
Jamaica - 77
Martinique - not ranked
Mexico - 17
Montserrat - 198
Netherlands Antilles - 171
Nicaragua - 165
Panama - 74
Puerto Rico - 192
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 124
Saint Lucia - not ranked
Saint-Martin - not ranked
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 129
Sint Maarten - not ranked
Suriname - not ranked
Trinidad and Tobago - 56
Turks and Caicos Islands - 170
US Virgin Islands - 198
USA - 29
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