| World Football |
Europe | Asia | Africa | N & C America & Caribbean |
South America | Oceania |
World Football Ranking Table 1956 - 1967.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | 52 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 126 | 58 | 108 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Brazil | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 99 | 60 | 86 | 98.870 |
| 3 | Germany | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 31 | 57 | 97.237 |
| 4 | England | 29 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 68 | 31 | 56 | 97.180 |
| 5 | Uruguay | 43 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 89 | 53 | 85 | 96.593 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 46 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 108 | 44 | 103 | 96.492 |
| 7 | Spain | 33 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 33 | 65 | 91.749 |
| 8 | Hungary | 40 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 88 | 47 | 76 | 90.604 |
| 9 | Italy | 28 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 62 | 20 | 55 | 89.784 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 41 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 85 | 42 | 72 | 88.428 |
| 11 | Portugal | 33 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 57 | 45 | 56 | 87.393 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 38 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 74 | 46 | 68 | 86.969 |
| 13 | Scotland | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 86.481 |
| 14 | Sweden | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 50 | 34 | 45 | 86.023 |
| 15 | France | 42 | 24 | 5 | 13 | 109 | 59 | 77 | 84.768 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 33 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 49 | 45 | 55 | 84.392 |
| 17 | Chile | 42 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 70 | 78 | 58 | 83.033 |
| 18 | Paraguay | 41 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 71 | 76 | 53 | 81.817 |
| 19 | Northern Ireland | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 39 | 81.761 |
| 20 | Mexico | 44 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 96 | 32 | 86 | 77.659 |
| 21 | Bolivia | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 63 | 28 | 77.304 |
| 22 | Peru | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 46 | 52 | 34 | 77.059 |
| 23 | Wales | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 37 | 31 | 76.469 |
| 24 | Romania | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 31 | 75.246 |
| 25 | Republic of Ireland | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 53 | 28 | 73.224 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 45 | 56 | 34 | 72.980 |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 46 | 31 | 9 | 6 | 126 | 38 | 102 | 72.873 |
| 28 | East Germany | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 24 | 72.020 |
| 29 | Poland | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 28 | 70.945 |
| 30 | Austria | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 40 | 27 | 69.142 |
| 31 | Ecuador | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 39 | 73 | 18 | 67.835 |
| 32 | Turkey | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 41 | 17 | 66.837 |
| 33 | Netherlands | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 29 | 66.607 |
| 34 | Greece | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 48 | 20 | 66.378 |
| 35 | Colombia | 27 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 79 | 17 | 63.879 |
| 36 | Belgium | 21 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 39 | 26 | 63.757 |
| 37 | Norway | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 54 | 18 | 62.473 |
| 38 | El Salvador | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 28 | 38 | 62.305 |
| 39 | Venezuela | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 3 | 56.210 |
| 40 | Denmark | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 40 | 68 | 23 | 56.097 |
| 41 | U.S. of America | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 6 | 54.914 |
| 42 | Guatemala | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 43 | 42 | 53.981 |
| 43 | Albania | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 50.260 |
| 44 | Finland | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 63 | 5 | 49.563 |
| 45 | Netherlands Antilles | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 53 | 74 | 56 | 49.185 |
| 46 | Egypt | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 29 | 49.010 |
| 47 | South Korea | 21 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 25 | 41 | 48.039 |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 25 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 86 | 10 | 46.765 |
| 49 | Honduras | 37 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 55 | 45 | 46.712 |
| 50 | Israel | 27 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 48 | 42 | 45.946 |
| 51 | Senegal | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 45.811 |
| 52 | Haiti | 27 | 11 | 2 | 14 | 38 | 51 | 35 | 43.525 |
| 53 | Cyprus | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 41.929 |
| 54 | Trinidad & Tobago | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 16 | 40.764 |
| 55 | Guinea | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 39.459 |
| 56 | Jamaica | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 13 | 39.049 |
| 57 | Ghana | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 23 | 38.368 |
| 58 | Morocco | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 37.156 |
| 59 | Surinam | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 35.207 |
| 60 | Taiwan | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 19 | 30.488 |
| 61 | Sudan | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 28.804 |
| 62 | Panama | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 11 | 26.215 |
| 63 | Nigeria | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 23.581 |
| 64 | Tunisia | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 20 | 22.838 |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 53 | 7 | 22.438 |
| 66 | Ethiopia | 15 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 36 | 15 | 20.493 |
| 67 | Cuba | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 45 | 8 | 17.744 |
| 68 | Hong Kong | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 14.341 |
| 69 | South Vietnam | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 30 | 17 | 1.000 |
| . | Côte d'Ivoire | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 16 | . |
| . | Malaysia | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 14 | . |
| . | Algeria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 | . |
| . | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | . |
| . | Japan | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | . |
| . | Uganda | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | . |
| . | India | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 10 | . |
| . | Myanmar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | . |
| . | Indonesia | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | . |
| . | Pakistan | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | . |
| . | Thailand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | . |
| . | Mali | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | . |
| . | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | . |
| . | Cambodia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 6 | . |
| . | Congo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | . |
| . | Tanzania | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | . |
| . | Kenya | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | . |
| . | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | . |
| . | Togo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | . |
| . | Liberia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | . |
| . | Libya | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | . |
| . | Mauritius | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| . | Singapore | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 1 | . |
| . | Iceland | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 1 | . |
| . | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | . |
| . | Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | . |
| . | Burkina Faso | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | . |
| . | Philippines | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 0 | . |