FIFA Confederation Ranking Comparison - November 2012

Comparing FIFA Confederations using the average FIFA ranking of the top 5 teams from each region.

Top 5 Avg. - Confederation (+/- October)

3.6 - Europe (-0.2)
1 - Spain
2 - Germany
4 - Portugal
5 - Italy
6 - England

10.4 - South America (-0.2)
3 - Argentina
8 - Colombia
11 - Uruguay
13 - Brazil
17 - Ecuador

26.0 - Africa (+1.6)
15 - Côte d'Ivoire
19 - Algeria
28 - Mali
29 - Ghana
39 - Zambia

38.6 - CONCACAF (+2.6)
14 - Mexico
27 - USA
46 - Panama
50 - Jamaica
56 - Honduras

40.4 - Asia (+1.6)
24 - Japan
32 - South Korea
33 - Australia
44 - Iran
69 - Uzbekistan

130.0 - Oceania (-2.6)
93 - New Zealnad
104 - New Caldeonia
139 - Tahiti
149 - Solomon Islands
165 - Samoa

Lao League Club Logos

Club Logos from the Lao League, the highest division in Laos.

Lao Airlines FC

Yotha FC

Vientiane FC

Lao Army FC

Eastern Star FC

Ezra FC

Friends Development FC

Lao-American College FC

Lao Lane Xang FC

Lao Police Club

German Bundesliga: Unique Internationals - 2012/2013

Nations that are currently represented by a single player in the German Bundesliga.

Algeria
Karim Matmour (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Angola
Nando Rafael (Fortuna Düsseldorf)

Argentina
Javier Pinola (1.FC Nürnberg)

Belarus
Anton Putsila (SC Freiburg)

Burkina Faso
Aristide Bancé (FC Augsburg)

Chile
Junior Fernándes (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)

Colombia
Elkin Soto (1.FSV Mainz 05)

Costa Rica
Júnior Díaz (1.FSV Mainz 05)

England
Michael Mancienne (Hamburger SV)

Estonia
Ragnar Klavan (FC Augsburg)

The Gambia
Dawda Bah (FC Augsburg)

Ghana
Abdul Rahman Baba (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)

Israel
Almog Cohen (1.FC Nürnberg)

Kazakhstan
Heinrich Schmidtgal (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)

Latvia
Artjoms Rudnevs (Hamburger SV)

Liechtenstein
Sandro Wieser (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)

Mali
Garra Dembélé (SC Freiburg)

Mexico
Maza (VfB Stuttgart)

Montenegro
Milorad Pekovic (SpVgg Greuther Fürth)

Morocco
Mohamed Amsif (FC Augsburg)

Philippines
Stephan Schröck (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)

Portugal
Vieirinha (VfL Wolfsburg)

Romania
Ciprian Marica (FC Schalke 04)

Saudi Arabia
Mazin Ahmed Al-Huthayfi (Fortuna Düsseldorf)

Sierra Leone
Gibril Sankoh (FC Augsburg)

Zimbabwe
Knowledge Musona (FC Augsburg)

Italy Serie A: Unique Internationals - 2012/2013

Nations that are currently represented by a single player in Italy's Serie A.

Australia
James Troisi (Atalanta)

Canada
Robert Stillo (Genoa)

Cote d'Ivoire 
Tallo (AS Roma)

Egypt
Ahmed Hegazy (Fiorentina)

Finland
Perparim Hetemaj (Chievo)

Guinea
Kévin Constant (AC Milan)

Hungary
Dániel Tőzsér (Genoa)

Iceland
Birkir Bjarnason (Pescara)

Israel
Eran Zahavi (Palermo)

Kenya
McDonald Mariga (Inter Milan)

Macedonia
Goran Pandev (Napoli)

Portugal
Neto (Siena)

Sierra Leone
Rodney Strasser (AC Milan)

Tunisia
Yohan Benalouane (Parma)

United States
Michael Bradley (Roma)