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The Lithuanian national team will finish the year 2011 in a modest 92nd place in the FIFA rankings. Over the past month, our country's footballers, who have not had the opportunity to play official matches, have moved up two positions. There have been no major changes in the overall rankings - the top twenty has remained practically unchanged, except for the Bosnian and Herzegovinian team leaping to 20th place in the upcoming World Cup qualifying cycle.
In the next qualifying stage starting in the fall, Lithuania will also play against Greece in 14th place, Slovakia in 40th place, Latvia in 68th place, and Liechtenstein dropping to 132nd place.
In the overall rankings, Spain maintains its leadership position, followed by the Netherlands and Germany. The FIFA rankings are as follows:
(position, country, points, change in position compared to last month)
1. Spain 1564 (0)
2. Netherlands 1365 (0)
3. Germany 1345 (0)
4. Uruguay 1309 (0)
5. England 1173 (0)
6. Brazil 1143 (0)
7. Portugal 1100 (0)
8. Croatia 1091 (0)
9. Italy 1082 (0)
10. Argentina 1067 (0)
11. Denmark 1035 (0)
12. Russia 971 (0)
13. Chile 970 (0)
14. Greece 964 (0)
15. France 915 (0)
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20. Bosnia and Herzegovina 869 (+3)
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40. Slovakia 648 (0)
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57. Estonia 555 (+1)
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68. Latvia 466 (0)
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92. Lithuania 382 (+2)
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132. Liechtenstein 246 (-2)
