| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1967 - 1978.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 91 | 21 | 91 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Germany | 49 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 110 | 37 | 107 | 92.969 |
| 3 | Italy | 56 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 101 | 40 | 112 | 86.411 |
| 4 | Poland | 47 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 95 | 44 | 95 | 86.384 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 55 | 34 | 8 | 13 | 133 | 53 | 110 | 86.114 |
| 6 | England | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 67 | 31 | 74 | 83.975 |
| 7 | Argentina | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 66 | 31 | 53 | 82.090 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 41 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 77 | 42 | 76 | 81.247 |
| 9 | Spain | 41 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 62 | 33 | 69 | 80.661 |
| 10 | Soviet Union | 47 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 74 | 37 | 89 | 79.447 |
| 11 | Peru | 32 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 53 | 39 | 53 | 79.201 |
| 12 | Scotland | 39 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 64 | 45 | 65 | 78.536 |
| 13 | Yugoslavia | 50 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 90 | 56 | 78 | 78.334 |
| 14 | East Germany | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 77 | 46 | 74 | 78.033 |
| 15 | Belgium | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 74 | 46 | 79 | 76.437 |
| 16 | Romania | 39 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 72 | 47 | 62 | 76.052 |
| 17 | Austria | 45 | 23 | 7 | 15 | 87 | 55 | 76 | 74.622 |
| 18 | Hungary | 48 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 93 | 64 | 79 | 74.001 |
| 19 | Bulgaria | 43 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 71 | 52 | 68 | 73.651 |
| 20 | Portugal | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 54 | 41 | 61 | 72.828 |
| 21 | Uruguay | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 22 | 46 | 71.589 |
| 22 | Sweden | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 67 | 59 | 67 | 70.135 |
| 23 | Paraguay | 23 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 69.922 |
| 24 | Iran | 35 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 23 | 85 | 68.442 |
| 25 | France | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 53 | 44 | 48 | 68.076 |
| 26 | Chile | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 33 | 68.047 |
| 27 | Colombia | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 67.626 |
| 28 | Wales | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 41 | 38 | 40 | 67.519 |
| 29 | Northern Ireland | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 42 | 31 | 48 | 66.781 |
| 30 | Greece | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 53 | 58 | 37 | 60.687 |
| 31 | Morocco | 48 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 66 | 51 | 76 | 60.465 |
| 32 | Egypt | 43 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 78 | 56 | 81 | 59.554 |
| 33 | Switzerland | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 43 | 46 | 42 | 59.005 |
| 34 | Tunisia | 40 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 55 | 40 | 58 | 58.834 |
| 35 | Turkey | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 51 | 35 | 58.805 |
| 36 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 46 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 82 | 63 | 78 | 57.441 |
| 37 | Guinea | 46 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 80 | 58 | 78 | 56.803 |
| 38 | Ghana | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 71 | 43 | 64 | 55.745 |
| 39 | Mexico | 44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 79 | 39 | 86 | 55.674 |
| 40 | Republic of Ireland | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 54 | 26 | 55.602 |
| 41 | Côte d'Ivoire | 43 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 73 | 50 | 79 | 55.074 |
| 42 | Nigeria | 47 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 77 | 62 | 71 | 54.604 |
| 43 | Bolivia | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 60 | 20 | 54.208 |
| 44 | Syria | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 53.494 |
| 45 | Denmark | 36 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 42 | 79 | 24 | 53.122 |
| 46 | Israel | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 14 | 38 | 52.578 |
| 47 | Sudan | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 51.662 |
| 48 | Finland | 37 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 34 | 113 | 22 | 50.925 |
| 49 | Senegal | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 39 | 36 | 50.896 |
| 50 | Albania | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 50.872 |
| 51 | Cameroon | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 43 | 41 | 49.965 |
| 52 | Norway | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 36 | 82 | 24 | 49.899 |
| 53 | Haiti | 45 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 84 | 47 | 83 | 47.668 |
| 54 | Mali | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 32 | 32 | 47.412 |
| 55 | Australia | 35 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 53 | 34 | 55 | 46.826 |
| 56 | Zambia | 45 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 86 | 64 | 70 | 46.520 |
| 57 | Congo | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 59 | 44 | 46.518 |
| 58 | Algeria | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 39 | 46.021 |
| 59 | Iceland | 21 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 57 | 8 | 45.557 |
| 60 | North Korea | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 45.204 |
| 61 | Guatemala | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 32 | 60 | 44.490 |
| 62 | Kuwait | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 30 | 52 | 44.072 |
| 63 | Venezuela | 19 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 68 | 5 | 42.854 |
| 64 | Ecuador | 16 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 41.925 |
| 65 | El Salvador | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 41.103 |
| 66 | Canada | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 26 | 41.072 |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 35 | 40.741 |
| 68 | Honduras | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 39.682 |
| 69 | South Korea | 40 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 61 | 32 | 63 | 39.449 |
| 70 | Uganda | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 48 | 52 | 42 | 39.061 |
| 71 | Cyprus | 36 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 10 | 140 | 6 | 38.691 |
| 72 | Luxembourg | 35 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 125 | 5 | 38.558 |
| 73 | Togo | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 29 | 38.530 |
| 74 | China | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 38.458 |
| 75 | Ethiopia | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 50 | 39 | 35.215 |
| 76 | Malta | 25 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 90 | 4 | 35.076 |
| 77 | Iraq | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 48 | 34.576 |
| 78 | Trinidad & Tobago | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 64 | 67 | 53 | 32.205 |
| 79 | U.S. of America | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 31.992 |
| 80 | Libya | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 31.913 |
| 81 | Kenya | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 32 | 26 | 30.765 |
| 82 | Cuba | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 26.621 |
| 83 | Tanzania | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 17 | 26.257 |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 6 | 24.591 |
| 85 | Malaysia | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 36 | 24.412 |
| 86 | Hong Kong | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 56 | 39 | 22.804 |
| 87 | Japan | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 21.957 |
| 88 | Surinam | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 43 | 40 | 27 | 21.900 |
| 89 | New Zealand | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 23 | 21.601 |
| 90 | Netherlands Antilles | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 54 | 16 | 20.427 |
| 91 | Taiwan | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 18.898 |
| 92 | Thailand | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 43 | 44 | 31 | 15.902 |
| 93 | Niger | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 15.013 |
| 94 | Burkina Faso | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 5 | 13.916 |
| 95 | Indonesia | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 26 | 12.899 |
| 96 | Mauritius | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 39 | 18 | 12.673 |
| 97 | Jamaica | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 9.934 |
| 98 | Panama | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 7.974 |
| 99 | Singapore | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 2.055 |
| 100 | South Vietnam | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 9 | 1.000 |
| . | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | . |
| . | Qatar | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 10 | . |
| . | New Caledonia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | . |
| . | Madagascar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 9 | . |
| . | Bahrain | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 9 | . |
| . | Tahiti | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 8 | . |
| . | Somalia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | . |
| . | Malawi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 5 | . |
| . | Vanuatu | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | . |
| . | Central African Rep. | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | . |
| . | Barbados | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . |
| . | Macao | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | . |
| . | Burundi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | . |
| . | Guyana | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | . |
| . | Lesotho | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | . |
| . | Liberia | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | . |
| . | Mauritania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | . |
| . | Gabon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | . |
| . | Afghanistan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 1 | . |
| . | Dominican Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | . |
| . | Gambia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | . |
| . | South Yemen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | . |
| . | Fiji | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 0 | . |
| . | Brunei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 0 | . |
| . | Philippines | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 0 | . |