Laws of the Game

On 1 July 2009, the new Laws of the Game, modified at the 123rd Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Newcastle, Northern Ireland on 28 February 2009, came into force.

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FIFA Latest ranking table

Ranking	Team	Pts Apr 10	+/- Ranking Mar 10		+/- Pts Mar 10
1	Brazil	1611	1		22
2	Spain	1565	-1		-37
3	Portugal	1249	1		35
4	Netherlands	1221	-1		-40
5	Italy	1184	0		1
6	Germany	1107	0		-50
7	Argentina	1084	2		9
8	England	1068	-1		-52
9	Croatia	1052	1		1
10	France	1044	-2		-33
11	Russia	1003	1		-6
12	Greece	968	-1		-64
13	Egypt	967	1		0
14	USA	950	2		2
15	Chile	948	-2		-26
16	Serbia	944	-1		-6
17	Mexico	936	0		15
18	Uruguay	902	0		0
19	Cameroon	887	1		0
20	Nigeria	883	2		0
20	Australia	883	-1		-15
22	Norway	879	2		26
23	Slovenia	860	6		50
24	Israel	857	4		46
25	Ukraine	855	1		18
26	Switzerland	854	-6		-33
27	Côte d'Ivoire	846	-2		0
28	Romania	843	4		45
29	Czech Republic	827	1		18
30	Paraguay	822	-7		-33
31	Algeria	821	-4		0
32	Ghana	802	-1		0
33	Turkey	798	2		28
34	Colombia	777	5		36
35	Denmark	767	-1		-11
36	Ecuador	763	0		-2
37	Sweden	757	3		18
38	Slovakia	742	-5		-49
39	Bulgaria	740	-1		-24
40	Honduras	727	-4		-38
41	Gabon	707	2		0
42	Costa Rica	706	0		-11
43	Republic of Ireland	690	1		-14
44	Scotland	684	-3		-48
45	Japan	674	0		-18
46	Latvia	652	0		-14
47	Korea Republic	619	2		-10
48	Lithuania	616	10		46
49	Venezuela	605	-1		-28
49	Finland	605	5		17