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Ireland sandwiched between DR Congo and Congo in the latest FIFA Rankings

It’s only a small improvement but it’s an improvement.

IRELAND HAVE MOVED up one place to 61st in the latest FIFA World Rankings.

Martin O’Neill’s side sit between DR Congo and Congo following their 1-1 draw against Germany in Gelsenkirchen.

Because Gibraltar are not ranked, Ireland didn’t get any boost from their 7-0 win against the minnows earlier this month.

Nonetheless, it is the third straight month of improvement for the Boys in Green.

The top three in the rankings are unchanged with world champions Germany still leading the way from Argentina and Colombia while Belgium and the Netherlands complete the top five.

England drop two places to 20th, Wales are in 34th, while Michael O’Neill’s Northern Ireland climb a massive 28 places to 43rd.

Of Ireland’s Euro 2016 rivals, Scotland are 37th, Poland are 44th and Georgia are 117th.

‘Games like this are the reason we play football’ – Cork City’s Donegal man Dunleavy

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    Mute ryan o sullivan
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 10:29 AM

    Drawin with world champions and we get bumped up 1 place haha them rankings are a shambles

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    Mute Pádraig Caoimhín
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 4:20 PM

    Because FIFA rankings are calculated over 4 yrs, we will actually go down again in the new year because 2011 (our best year in the last 4) will no longer be counted….

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    Mute Dave Murray
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 10:47 AM

    Are Norn Iron, Scotland and Wales really that much ahead of us? I doubt it very much. The rankings are seriously flawed.

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    Mute Conall McNally
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 2:43 PM

    and only 28 places behind that powerhouse of world football …. The Cape Verde Islands

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    Mute Conall McNally
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    Oct 24th 2014, 9:40 AM

    I’m assuming I got red thumbed by the 5 people who took Eddie Hobbs advice and bought a holiday home there!

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    Mute ScewMadd
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 12:46 PM

    The Elo rating system gives far more accurate results. We’re 29th in that.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Football_Elo_Ratings

    FIFA refuses to adopt it though, because, well, they’re FIFA.

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    Mute Niall Martin
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 1:01 PM

    The result of Mr. Blue Sky thinking.

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    Mute Ian O'Gorman
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 12:04 PM

    We would have gone up further only FIFA don’t recognise Gibraltar as an official team so no ranking points for that match. We’re not as bad as 61st.

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    Mute Brian Burke
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 2:33 PM

    I refuse to believe Scotland are above us. The haven’t qualified for a tournament for 16 years and have frequently struggled to even make the playoffs in that time.

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    Mute Nick Menezes
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 12:26 PM

    Pretty sure Gemany would trounce the too Congos at home too.Not a fair reflection and a seriously flawed system

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    Mute Vinny Brown
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 1:13 PM

    Wonder when if any of the 25 or 30 teams ahead of us have qualified for any major tournament in the last 30 years… Rankings are a joke.

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    Mute Stephen O Flynn
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 3:55 PM

    Northern Ireland have been above us for awhile which shows how rubbish these rankings can be. They have been nowhere near qualifying for anything since 86. We would hockey them

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    Mute Donal Costello
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 4:30 PM

    They’re in a crap group this time around so they should qualify.

    I’d hate to see them qualify though

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    Mute Dave O'Hanlon
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 1:24 PM

    Um-Bongo!!!!!!

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    Mute Liam is ainm dumb
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 2:53 PM

    “Amy. Good. Gorilla.”

    A Congo movie reference there for ye lads

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    Mute Colm Buckley
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    Oct 23rd 2014, 8:08 PM

    61!!!!!!! Fantastic. John Delaney deserves a €100k wage increase

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