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Ranking Table Africa 1986 - 1997.
Extracted from the World Football Ranking Table 1986 - 1997.
(*) within brackets: ranking in the corresponding World Football Ranking Table.
| Rank | (*) | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( 29 ) | Nigeria | 66 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 109 | 44 | 125 | 79.360 |
| 2 | ( 31 ) | Cameroon | 81 | 42 | 24 | 15 | 108 | 72 | 150 | 78.441 |
| 3 | ( 32 ) | South Africa | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 53 | 78.058 |
| 4 | ( 35 ) | Ghana | 55 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 71 | 37 | 104 | 75.784 |
| 5 | ( 37 ) | Côte d'Ivoire | 62 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 89 | 53 | 113 | 75.483 |
| 6 | ( 38 ) | Zambia | 73 | 42 | 13 | 18 | 113 | 50 | 139 | 75.003 |
| 7 | ( 40 ) | Burundi | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 74.617 |
| 8 | ( 43 ) | Algeria | 64 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 80 | 56 | 100 | 72.641 |
| 9 | ( 44 ) | Morocco | 65 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 79 | 42 | 102 | 72.216 |
| 10 | ( 49 ) | Egypt | 75 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 113 | 51 | 119 | 69.538 |
| 11 | ( 50 ) | Sierra Leone | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 44 | 60 | 68.861 |
| 12 | ( 53 ) | Tunisia | 53 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 72 | 42 | 88 | 67.646 |
| 13 | ( 59 ) | Madagascar | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 65.837 |
| 14 | ( 62 ) | Zimbabwe | 54 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 72 | 66 | 79 | 65.377 |
| 15 | ( 66 ) | Gabon | 52 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 53 | 53 | 75 | 64.473 |
| 16 | ( 67 ) | Guinea | 50 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 66 | 54 | 76 | 63.576 |
| 17 | ( 69 ) | Angola | 52 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 58 | 52 | 70 | 63.051 |
| 18 | ( 70 ) | Senegal | 53 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 63 | 50 | 74 | 62.937 |
| 19 | ( 72 ) | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 61 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 72 | 54 | 80 | 61.947 |
| 20 | ( 73 ) | Mali | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 47 | 53 | 61.645 |
| 21 | ( 78 ) | Congo | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 59.062 |
| 22 | ( 79 ) | Uganda | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 42 | 58.810 |
| 23 | ( 81 ) | Kenya | 48 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 56 | 58 | 58.411 |
| 24 | ( 83 ) | Sudan | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 39 | 57.657 |
| 25 | ( 87 ) | Niger | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 27 | 55.239 |
| 26 | ( 90 ) | Burkina Faso | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 53 | 30 | 54.291 |
| 27 | ( 93 ) | Liberia | 41 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 46 | 53.829 |
| 28 | ( 95 ) | Malawi | 39 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 51 | 40 | 53.522 |
| 29 | ( 97 ) | Swaziland | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 52.976 |
| 30 | ( 100 ) | Mozambique | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 58 | 46 | 51.193 |
| 31 | ( 102 ) | Togo | 45 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 32 | 61 | 41 | 50.973 |
| 32 | ( 104 ) | Tanzania | 35 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 47 | 32 | 49.813 |
| 33 | ( 110 ) | Ethiopia | 35 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 74 | 28 | 47.859 |
| 34 | ( 114 ) | Namibia | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 55 | 28 | 47.167 |
| 35 | ( 118 ) | Gambia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 43.101 |
| 36 | ( 123 ) | Lesotho | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 40.752 |
| 37 | ( 132 ) | Mauritania | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 38.011 |
| 38 | ( 133 ) | Benin | 28 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 59 | 11 | 37.613 |
| 39 | ( 134 ) | Guinea-Bissau | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 37.179 |
| 40 | ( 142 ) | Mauritius | 25 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 49 | 9 | 32.049 |
| 41 | ( 149 ) | Botswana | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 28.205 |
| 42 | (.) | Seychelles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | . |
| 43 | (.) | Cape Verde Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . |
| 44 | (.) | Chad | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | . |
| 45 | (.) | Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | . |
| 46 | (.) | Central African Rep. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | . |