i dont think Scotland should be as high as 52nd im thinking 203rd just ahead of Wales/Northern Ireland/Ireland XD
England remain sixth in FIFA world rankings
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I would change my county their 2nd place on the ranking with England's 6th place for only 1 thing. A won match on a specific date which would be:
July 11th, 2010 around 8.30pm
:'( For the rest I'm happy that such a small country are in the top 10 ranks for many years now 
July 11th, 2010 around 8.30pm
:'( For the rest I'm happy that such a small country are in the top 10 ranks for many years now (going by premier league rules. 3points for win, 1 point for draw, no points for lose)
During World Cup Qualification + World Cup, which is past two years not including friendly's.
Portugal: W6 D6 L2 - 14 games = 24 points
England: W10 D2 L2 - 14 games = 32 points
During UEFA Euro 2008 Qualification + UEFA Euro 2008, which is 2-4 years ago, not including friendly's.
Portugal: W9 D6 L3 - 18 games = 33 points
England: W7 D2 L3 - 12 games = 23 points
Overall
Portugal: W15 D12 L5 - 32 games = 57 points
England W17 D4 L5 - 26 games = 55 points
So yeah, Portugal has played better then England over the past 4 years, but what I neglected to mention on my previous comment, was that recent results are more heavily weighted to help reflect the current competitive state of the team.
Edit: Found another ranking system base on Elo ranking.
http://www.eloratings.net/world.html
(look who's 6th still)
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My point is looking at it since Euro 2004.
Portugal: Runners Up
England: Quarter Finals
WC 2006:
Portugal: 4th Place
England: Quarter Finals
Euro 2008:
Portugal: 4th Place
England: Did not qualify
World Cup 2010:
Portugal: Last 16
England: Last 16
Seems to me that Portugal have done much better than England...
But it's still ludicrous for England to be 6th and Portugal 8th considering before this summers World Cup we were 3rd.
We both went out at the same stage and suddenly we're 8th and they are above us? That can't make sense..
And my point is it's based on the past 4 years. Not 6
Ok well, 2 fourth place finishes and a last 16 is better than a Quarter Final, Last 16 and not qualifying for the tournament?
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But we qualified did we not? We were 3rd in the rankings before this summers World Cup. That's after qualification and you doing that. What changed in a tournament where we went out at the same stage?
World Cup 2006 isn't included fyi. That's over 4 years ago. (Also explains why Portugal magically fell in rank from 3rd to 8th)
And Portugal didn't get 4th place in Euro 2008, you got knocked out in the quarter-finals. The 3rd place game is for the loser of the Semi final, and even then, I don't think the Euro competition has 3rd place game.
Yeah we lost to Germany in the quarters my bad. Still, England didn't qualify...
You did NOT top your group, the US did. I think DMF has a point, we know it's based on a formula but it's rather strange that Portugal was 3rd before the World Cup and fell to 8th while England stayed in 6th even though they were better in the WC (they had a much better goal differential in a tough group and then lost 1-0 to the eventual champions, while England had a weak group, struggled, and then got beat 4-1).
Touche.
Although, drawing 0-0 with Montenegro hardly warrants 6th place
As stated here... Completely agree