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World Football Ranking Table 1948 - 1959.

Rank Team Mat-
ches		 Wins Draws Los-
ses		 Goals
Fore		 Goals
Against		 Points Rating
Score
1 Brazil 57 38 8 11 170 64 122 100.000
2 Argentina 33 23 3 7 91 41 72 99.927
3 Soviet Union 12 8 1 3 27 10 25 96.669
4 Germany 16 10 3 3 49 31 33 95.135
5 France 22 14 4 4 82 35 46 93.658
6 Yugoslavia 25 14 8 3 46 22 50 91.326
7 England 20 11 5 4 54 27 38 90.094
8 Uruguay 52 28 7 17 128 88 91 89.869
9 Sweden 17 9 3 5 38 32 30 89.300
10 Spain 17 9 4 4 42 29 31 88.673
11 Austria 17 10 3 4 50 30 33 88.208
12 Belgium 10 5 3 2 32 25 18 84.869
13 Paraguay 48 20 9 19 93 92 69 84.531
14 Peru 37 14 9 14 66 63 51 83.298
15 Hungary 15 8 1 6 47 23 25 81.774
16 Scotland 15 6 2 7 32 34 20 80.363
17 Romania 10 5 1 4 14 11 16 77.733
18 Poland 7 3 0 4 11 14 9 77.103
19 Czechoslovakia 18 9 3 6 34 22 30 77.083
20 Turkey 9 4 1 4 23 20 13 76.198
21 Chile 46 15 6 25 76 97 51 75.492
22 Northern Ireland 15 5 3 7 20 37 18 74.952
23 Switzerland 13 5 2 6 29 32 17 73.895
24 Bolivia 24 7 3 14 29 76 24 72.536
25 Italy 11 6 0 5 22 17 18 72.205
26 Wales 17 5 5 7 20 24 20 70.906
27 Republic of Ireland 14 6 2 6 22 24 20 68.084
28 Portugal 10 3 3 4 13 25 12 66.315
29 Mexico 22 13 2 7 62 32 41 64.150
30 Greece 10 2 2 6 7 19 8 63.133
31 Bulgaria 10 2 2 6 15 17 8 61.334
32 Colombia 17 2 3 12 17 56 9 60.346
33 Ecuador 28 2 4 22 24 88 10 57.304
34 Norway 10 1 2 7 9 30 5 57.123
35 Finland 10 0 3 7 10 36 3 55.776
36 Costa Rica 30 23 3 4 92 29 72 47.183
37 U.S. of America 15 4 1 10 24 53 13 42.815
38 Luxembourg 10 0 0 10 8 46 0 41.778
39 Israel 17 5 2 10 18 33 17 39.989
40 Haiti 8 4 0 4 16 22 12 36.082
41 Honduras 15 8 2 5 27 20 26 30.162
42 Guatemala 20 7 6 7 38 42 27 27.995
43 Netherlands Antilles 27 11 5 11 53 43 38 25.083
44 Panama 22 8 2 12 41 51 26 18.480
45 El Salvador 20 7 2 11 24 44 23 16.855
46 Cuba 13 0 1 12 6 39 1 1.000
. South Korea 11 7 2 2 25 26 23 .
. Egypt 6 4 0 2 14 9 12 .
. Iran 6 3 1 2 12 10 10 .
. Netherlands 4 2 1 1 12 7 7 .
. Malaysia 4 2 1 1 15 11 7 .
. Sudan 5 2 1 2 5 5 7 .
. Pakistan 5 2 1 2 8 9 7 .
. Canada 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 .
. South Vietnam 5 1 2 2 13 12 5 .
. Indonesia 3 1 1 1 5 4 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 .
. India 5 1 0 4 6 9 3 .
. East Germany 6 1 0 5 7 17 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 .
. Denmark 6 0 1 5 7 20 1 .
. Taiwan 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 .
. Philippines 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 .
. Cambodia 2 0 0 2 4 12 0 .
. Ethiopia 3 0 0 3 0 9 0 .
. Iceland 4 0 0 4 6 26 0 .