FIFA rankings of September | Belgium stay No.1, France 2nd, Germany drop to 16th

Belgium remain top of the FIFA World Ranking after an action-packed number of weeks in international football which saw 78 friendlies, 74 continental qualifiers and 60 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifiers take place.

Though the teams in the top ten remain unchanged, there has been some movement. France (2nd, up 1) and Brazil (3rd, down 1) have traded places, while Spain (7th, up 2) are the top ten’s biggest movers.

Other notable upwardly mobile nations include Jamaica (47th, up 5) who have broken into the top 50, Republic of Ireland (28th, up 4), Russia (42nd, up 4), Guatemala (133th, up 11), Suriname (142th, up 9), Montserrat (187th, up 9) and Djibouti (186, up 9), who recently overcame Eswatini (150, down 11) over two legs to advance to the second round of African World Cup qualifying for just the second time.

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Meanwhile, Kosovo (119, plus 1) have been rewarded for their valiant showing in UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying by reaching their best-ever position in the FIFA Ranking.

The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 24 October 2019.

Leader	Belgium (unchanged)
Moves into top 10	none
Moves out of top 10	none
Matches played in total	212
Most matches played	Iraq (7 matches)
Biggest move by points	Cayman Islands, Grenada, (plus 28 points each)
Biggest move by ranks	Grenada (plus 13 ranks)
Biggest drop by points	Chinese Taipei (minus 25 points)
Biggest drop by ranks	Eswatini, Nicaragua (minus 11 ranks each)
Newly ranked teams	none
Teams that are no longer ranked	none
Inactive teams, not ranked	Cook Islands