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World Football Ranking Table 1947 - 1958.

Rank Team Mat-
ches
Wins Draws Los-
ses
Goals
Fore
Goals
Against
Points Rating
Score
1 Brazil 47 32 6 9 146 47 102 100.000
2 Soviet Union 11 7 1 3 26 10 22 98.364
3 Argentina 30 22 2 6 91 31 68 98.162
4 Germany 16 10 3 3 49 31 33 95.374
5 Yugoslavia 23 13 7 3 43 21 46 94.508
6 France 21 13 4 4 77 33 43 94.086
7 Sweden 17 9 3 5 38 32 30 90.842
8 England 20 11 5 4 54 27 38 90.396
9 Uruguay 49 28 6 15 121 81 90 89.523
10 Austria 14 8 3 3 42 23 27 89.257
11 Paraguay 45 22 9 14 91 80 75 87.986
12 Spain 15 7 4 4 35 27 25 87.582
13 Belgium 10 5 3 2 32 25 18 87.015
14 Hungary 14 8 1 5 47 22 25 86.418
15 Peru 38 15 8 15 68 61 53 81.092
16 Scotland 15 6 2 7 32 34 20 80.881
17 Chile 47 17 6 24 81 96 57 76.107
18 Switzerland 13 5 2 6 29 32 17 74.688
19 Northern Ireland 15 5 3 7 20 37 18 74.164
20 Italy 11 6 0 5 22 17 18 73.150
21 Greece 10 2 2 6 7 19 8 72.347
22 Wales 17 5 5 7 20 24 20 71.318
23 Bolivia 25 7 4 14 31 74 25 69.998
24 Czechoslovakia 14 7 2 5 23 17 23 68.495
25 Republic of Ireland 12 5 2 5 20 20 17 68.440
26 Portugal 8 1 3 4 8 23 6 66.623
27 Mexico 22 13 2 7 62 32 41 65.649
28 Finland 10 0 3 7 10 36 3 62.139
29 Colombia 24 2 5 17 19 75 11 58.060
30 Ecuador 31 1 6 24 22 96 9 54.195
31 Costa Rica 30 23 3 4 92 29 72 48.902
32 Israel 11 2 0 9 8 25 6 44.729
33 U.S. of America 15 4 1 10 24 53 13 44.408
34 Luxembourg 10 0 0 10 8 46 0 43.176
35 Haiti 8 4 0 4 16 22 12 37.978
36 Honduras 15 8 2 5 27 20 26 32.194
37 Guatemala 20 7 6 7 38 42 27 30.072
38 Netherlands Antilles 27 11 5 11 53 43 38 27.213
39 Panama 22 8 2 12 41 51 26 20.735
40 El Salvador 20 7 2 11 24 44 23 19.142
41 Cuba 13 0 1 12 6 39 1 3.569
42 Nicaragua 10 1 0 9 8 40 3 1.000
. South Korea 11 7 2 2 25 26 23 .
. Romania 9 5 1 3 14 9 16 .
. Turkey 8 3 1 4 21 20 10 .
. Poland 5 3 0 2 9 7 9 .
. Netherlands 4 2 1 1 12 7 7 .
. Malaysia 4 2 1 1 15 11 7 .
. Bulgaria 8 2 1 5 14 14 7 .
. Canada 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 .
. Egypt 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 .
. South Vietnam 5 1 2 2 13 12 5 .
. Norway 8 1 2 5 7 24 5 .
. Indonesia 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 .
. Sudan 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 .
. China 3 1 1 1 4 5 4 .
. Saar 4 1 1 2 4 8 4 .
. Aruba 5 1 1 3 8 9 4 .
. East Germany 4 1 0 3 5 12 3 .
. Hong Kong 3 0 2 1 6 7 2 .
. Japan 2 0 1 1 3 7 1 .
. Syria 3 0 1 2 1 9 1 .
. Ethiopia 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 .
. Taiwan 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 .
. Philippines 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 .
. Cambodia 2 0 0 2 4 12 0 .
. Denmark 4 0 0 4 4 13 0 .
. Iceland 4 0 0 4 6 26 0 .