At the end of the day the results must bring us higher in the FIFA rankings.
Thailand, Indonesia's main rival in the 1990s, is now far ahead in the FIFA rankings (135th), along with Vietnam (129th).
The Fifa rankings had Ireland in 34th place, meaning France, Russia, Portugal and Greece were seeded for the two-legged play-off matches.
Despite the lack of household names, Bahrain are ranked only two places below Trinidad in 55th place in the Fifa rankings.
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The Brazilians, ranked number one in the Fifa rankings, were expected to cruise past the team in 105th place in their Group G encounter.
Goldman tested whether economic output as measured by Gross National Product or its in-house gauge of sustainable growth and productivity known as GES were correlated to FIFA rankings.
Portugal, third in the Fifa rankings but who only made it to South Africa after a play-off victory over Bosnia-Hercegovina, should perhaps have tried to capitalise on Drogba's absence.
The bottom 10 African teams in the Fifa rankings have been drawn into five preliminary round ties, which are to be played over two legs in October and November.
Wales have only beaten Poland once in their history, back in 1973, but despite the scoreline did not look outclassed by the current crop rated 37 places above them in the Fifa rankings.
Honduras, tied for 50th in the FIFA rankings, was preparing for World Cup qualifiers at Costa Rica on Friday, at home against Jamaica four days later and against the U.S. at Sandy, Utah, on June 18.
Wales have risen 15 places to 61st in the latest FIFA rankings under Hughes - and are sure to rise further as they continue in their quest to qualify for a first major final since 1958.
Wales have moved up two places in the official Fifa World Rankings to 65th.
''I want to see Tanzania climb higher on the Fifa world rankings, instead of nose-diving, '' he added.
Despite belying their position of 92nd in the FIFA world rankings, Austria began to ran out of steam.
England's failure to reach the knockout stages at Euro 2000 has seen them slip to 15th in the new Fifa world rankings for football nations.
Estonia, ranked 113 in the Fifa world rankings, offered little to worry the Wales defence as the home side looked comfortable in possession on a perfect surface at Parc y Scarlets.
His time with Switzerland drew worldwide notice as the team qualified for the 1994 World Cup from a group including Italy and Portugal, and rose to third in the FIFA world rankings.
The Saudi national side has suffered a sharp fall from grace since qualifying for five consecutive AFC Asian Cup finals from 1984 to 2000, and peaking at 21st in the FIFA world rankings in 2003.
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The Indians, who are lying 113th in the FIFA world rankings, are in England for the second straight year to gain the experience of facing tough opposition ahead of the first Afro-Asian games in New Delhi in November.
During that time they have twice qualified for the World Cup finals and won the 1996 African Nations Cup title but have won just three of their last 18 internationals played over the last 12 months in a slump that has seen them fall dramatically in the Fifa world rankings.
But his application failed as Kenya's average position in Fifa's rankings is outside the top 70 in the same period.
On 12 July, three days after the World Cup final, Fifa will publish new world rankings based on a new method of calculation to be announced during the last week of the tournament.
The stated aim of the league is to promote the beautiful game in India, a country of 1.2 billion people that has long languished in football's global rankings --158th in the world on FIFA's latest list.
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