| World Football |
Europe | Asia | Africa | N & C America & Caribbean |
South America | Oceania |
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 | . |