| World Football |
Europe | Asia | Africa | N & C America & Caribbean |
South America | Oceania |
World Football Ranking Table 1955 - 1966.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 52 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 132 | 61 | 109 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Germany | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 29 | 50 | 99.817 |
| 3 | Brazil | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 99 | 60 | 86 | 97.507 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 40 | 28 | 4 | 8 | 92 | 38 | 88 | 95.680 |
| 5 | England | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 61 | 28 | 50 | 95.297 |
| 6 | Uruguay | 43 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 88 | 63 | 79 | 91.305 |
| 7 | Spain | 29 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 59 | 31 | 58 | 89.940 |
| 8 | Sweden | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 23 | 41 | 89.858 |
| 9 | Hungary | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 81 | 44 | 67 | 87.612 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 35 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 77 | 38 | 62 | 85.994 |
| 11 | Italy | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 18 | 42 | 85.513 |
| 12 | Portugal | 28 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 52 | 41 | 48 | 83.976 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 66 | 43 | 59 | 82.553 |
| 14 | Chile | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 81 | 80 | 60 | 80.742 |
| 15 | Scotland | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 80.474 |
| 16 | France | 39 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 101 | 56 | 70 | 79.492 |
| 17 | Bolivia | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 54 | 27 | 79.395 |
| 18 | Paraguay | 41 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 69 | 77 | 51 | 77.190 |
| 19 | Northern Ireland | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 32 | 35 | 76.774 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 45 | 44 | 75.396 |
| 21 | Wales | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 73.968 |
| 22 | Peru | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 63 | 42 | 73.800 |
| 23 | Mexico | 39 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 86 | 31 | 74 | 73.521 |
| 24 | Romania | 19 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 73.265 |
| 25 | Republic of Ireland | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 48 | 25 | 68.438 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 24 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 49 | 27 | 66.506 |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 52 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 145 | 42 | 120 | 65.329 |
| 28 | East Germany | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 35 | 14 | 64.492 |
| 29 | Poland | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 33 | 21 | 63.536 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 62.250 |
| 31 | Austria | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 20 | 60.919 |
| 32 | Greece | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 40 | 15 | 60.071 |
| 33 | Ecuador | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 95 | 18 | 58.571 |
| 34 | Colombia | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 79 | 17 | 57.224 |
| 35 | Turkey | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 12 | 56.675 |
| 36 | Belgium | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 35 | 31 | 19 | 56.378 |
| 37 | Norway | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 14 | 52.547 |
| 38 | Denmark | 23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 34 | 60 | 19 | 46.424 |
| 39 | U.S. of America | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 46.272 |
| 40 | El Salvador | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 41 | 47 | 46.268 |
| 41 | Egypt | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 22 | 42.095 |
| 42 | Netherlands Antilles | 44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 60 | 76 | 64 | 40.831 |
| 43 | Finland | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 53 | 4 | 38.513 |
| 44 | Luxembourg | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 75 | 9 | 38.252 |
| 45 | Israel | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 48 | 42 | 37.248 |
| 46 | Cyprus | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 36.266 |
| 47 | Guatemala | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 46 | 26 | 34.977 |
| 48 | Albania | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 34.525 |
| 49 | Honduras | 37 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 59 | 44 | 32.839 |
| 50 | Haiti | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 39 | 22 | 31.138 |
| 51 | Jamaica | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 37 | 8 | 28.919 |
| 52 | Ghana | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 28.729 |
| 53 | Morocco | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 26.284 |
| 54 | Surinam | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 21.568 |
| 55 | Sudan | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 18.973 |
| 56 | Panama | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 14.662 |
| 57 | Nigeria | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 8 | 12.851 |
| 58 | Ethiopia | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 15 | 9.821 |
| 59 | Tunisia | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 8.951 |
| 60 | Cuba | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 54 | 7 | 3.389 |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 1.000 |
| . | South Korea | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 37 | . |
| . | Senegal | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | . |
| . | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | . |
| . | India | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | . |
| . | Guinea | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | . |
| . | Côte d'Ivoire | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . |
| . | Uganda | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | . |
| . | Hong Kong | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 5 | . |
| . | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . |
| . | Trinidad & Tobago | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 3 | . |
| . | Iceland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 1 | . |
| . | Mali | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | . |
| . | Japan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | . |
| . | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | . |
| . | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | . |
| . | Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | . |
| . | Venezuela | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 0 | . |