Latest FIFA World Rankings – August 5, 2009 – Brazil on top, USA still 12th

The latest FIFA World Rankings were released on Wednesday August 5, 2009 as there was little change in the top 20. Brazil remains on top followed by Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Russia, England, Argentina, France, and Croatia rounding out the top 10. The United States remains at number 12 while Paraguay was able to move up to 2 spots to 20. One of the biggest movers in the top 50 was Egypt moving up 5 spots to 33. Here are the latest rankings released on August 5, 2009 with next month’s rankings to be released September 2, 2009.

Ranking	Team	Pts Aug 09	+/- Ranking Jul 09		+/- Pts Jul 09
1	Brazil	1642	0		-30
2	Spain	1590	0		0
3	Netherlands	1379	0		0
4	Germany	1195	1		-12
5	Italy	1181	-1		-48
6	Russia	1161	0		0
7	England	1135	0		0
8	Argentina	1080	0		-11
9	France	1059	0		-23
10	Croatia	1031	0		0
11	Greece	1001	0		0
12	USA	991	0		8
13	Switzerland	930	0		0
14	Serbia	925	0		0
15	Denmark	909	0		0
16	Australia	896	0		10
17	Portugal	881	0		2
18	Côte d’Ivoire	874	0		0
19	Ukraine	869	0		0
20	Paraguay	856	2		10
21	Uruguay	851	-1		-9
22	Czech Republic	850	-1		0
23	Bulgaria	839	0		0
24	Scotland	837	0		0
25	Israel	822	0		0
26	Chile	817	1		6
27	Romania	814	-1		0
28	Turkey	809	0		0
29	Cameroon	803	0		0
30	Mexico	799	3		22
31	Gabon	789	-1		0
32	Northern Ireland	784	0		0
33	Egypt	779	5		25
34	Nigeria	773	0		0
35	Ghana	772	0		0
36	Ecuador	768	0		8
37	Republic of Ireland	758	0		0
38	Costa Rica	742	-8		-47
39	Japan	729	1		7
40	Poland	706	1		0
41	Sweden	702	1		0
42	Slovakia	687	1		0
43	Hungary	681	1		0
44	Bosnia-Herzegovina	680	1		0
45	Colombia	668	1		-7
46	Honduras	664	-7		-89
47	Algeria	661	0		0
48	Korea Republic	626	0		-8
49	Tunisia	614	0		0
50	Norway	606	0		0