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World Football Ranking Table 1968 - 1979.

Rank Team Mat-
ches		 Wins Draws Los-
ses		 Goals
Fore		 Goals
Against		 Points Rating
Score
1 Brazil 44 30 9 5 101 30 99 100.000
2 Germany 50 32 15 3 110 36 111 95.456
3 Netherlands 56 36 9 11 137 49 117 91.308
4 Poland 49 30 9 10 96 41 99 90.073
5 Italy 51 28 15 8 87 38 99 89.369
6 England 40 25 8 7 75 29 83 88.971
7 Argentina 29 13 6 10 61 34 45 85.952
8 Czechoslovakia 40 24 6 10 83 41 78 85.139
9 East Germany 42 22 11 9 82 43 77 83.991
10 Peru 34 16 6 12 54 41 54 83.774
11 Belgium 47 25 11 11 72 41 86 83.447
12 Paraguay 27 12 8 7 35 25 44 82.990
13 Spain 40 18 12 10 63 35 66 82.934
14 Yugoslavia 50 23 12 15 93 54 81 82.334
15 Austria 45 23 9 13 87 48 78 80.538
16 Romania 40 17 13 10 70 44 64 80.084
17 Scotland 40 18 9 13 64 46 63 79.884
18 Soviet Union 45 22 11 12 63 37 77 78.960
19 Chile 28 10 10 8 35 24 40 76.629
20 Hungary 47 21 12 14 91 64 75 76.505
21 Portugal 37 16 11 10 54 42 59 75.748
22 Colombia 27 10 7 10 27 29 37 74.795
23 Sweden 45 19 10 16 66 56 67 74.322
24 Iran 35 27 4 4 65 23 85 74.187
25 Bulgaria 44 17 12 15 69 62 63 72.962
26 Uruguay 27 10 8 9 27 25 38 72.548
27 Wales 33 13 3 17 42 40 42 72.467
28 France 35 14 8 13 53 45 50 71.815
29 Bolivia 24 8 1 15 23 58 25 70.918
30 Northern Ireland 37 14 8 15 45 42 50 69.394
31 Greece 32 9 9 14 48 50 36 66.925
32 Turkey 34 11 7 16 31 49 40 65.989
33 Morocco 52 22 17 13 80 56 83 64.806
34 Tunisia 37 13 15 9 50 37 54 64.722
35 Guinea 45 21 14 10 78 57 77 64.522
36 Egypt 42 23 8 11 76 55 77 64.154
37 Democrat. Rep. Congo 47 24 6 17 87 69 78 62.897
38 Ghana 38 19 7 12 71 43 64 62.342
39 Switzerland 37 12 5 20 35 52 41 62.303
40 Nigeria 43 17 16 10 73 57 67 62.297
41 Republic of Ireland 33 7 8 18 32 51 29 61.070
42 Mexico 39 22 8 9 69 38 74 60.860
43 Finland 36 6 5 25 34 109 23 59.880
44 Sudan 29 11 9 9 42 42 42 59.452
45 Côte d'Ivoire 43 23 6 14 74 54 75 59.422
46 Mali 17 6 8 3 29 28 26 59.266
47 Israel 21 11 5 5 37 14 38 59.104
48 Haiti 36 21 7 8 72 35 70 58.832
49 Cameroon 27 12 5 10 41 40 41 58.596
50 Syria 15 6 4 5 14 15 22 57.145
51 Denmark 36 6 5 25 40 77 23 57.006
52 North Korea 16 8 5 3 21 11 29 56.327
53 Senegal 22 7 5 10 24 32 26 55.864
54 Australia 35 14 13 8 53 34 55 54.627
55 Kuwait 30 16 4 10 43 30 52 54.062
56 Venezuela 18 0 4 14 5 64 4 53.522
57 Norway 34 6 2 26 31 86 20 53.478
58 Ecuador 20 1 5 14 14 42 8 53.167
59 Congo 36 12 7 17 52 63 43 53.069
60 South Korea 36 15 14 7 52 28 59 52.267
61 Zambia 49 22 11 16 91 66 77 51.895
62 Iceland 26 2 2 22 9 70 8 51.712
63 Togo 27 8 8 11 25 40 32 49.953
64 Algeria 27 8 6 13 30 36 30 49.258
65 China 12 7 1 4 21 10 22 49.015
66 Canada 18 7 5 6 26 21 26 48.357
67 El Salvador 28 13 4 11 41 41 43 47.267
68 Costa Rica 22 9 8 5 38 21 35 47.236
69 Guatemala 29 10 11 8 45 29 41 47.052
70 Cyprus 37 2 1 34 12 135 7 46.875
71 Iraq 25 14 6 5 43 21 48 46.822
72 Uganda 32 11 5 16 43 47 38 46.767
73 Luxembourg 36 1 2 33 18 128 5 46.743
74 Cuba 12 4 5 3 13 12 17 44.641
75 Malta 29 1 2 26 7 96 5 44.331
76 Libya 14 4 2 8 10 20 14 43.640
77 Kenya 25 7 7 11 25 31 28 43.515
78 Ethiopia 34 11 7 16 47 53 40 43.489
79 Malaysia 24 11 7 6 39 21 40 41.242
80 U.S. of America 15 4 3 8 20 26 15 40.824
81 Trinidad & Tobago 29 11 7 11 51 51 40 39.915
82 Tanzania 19 4 8 7 22 33 20 38.422
83 Saudi Arabia 10 4 1 5 15 12 13 37.023
84 Sierra Leone 10 1 3 6 12 20 6 35.900
85 Thailand 28 11 4 13 51 44 37 31.779
86 Hong Kong 35 10 7 18 40 61 37 31.268
87 Surinam 20 8 3 9 43 40 27 30.940
88 New Zealand 17 6 5 6 32 26 23 30.602
89 Netherlands Antilles 16 3 3 10 17 49 12 30.103
90 Japan 17 2 5 10 12 21 11 28.628
91 Mauritius 25 5 8 12 33 45 23 28.199
92 Niger 8 1 0 7 7 32 3 27.979
93 Burkina Faso 11 1 2 8 8 27 5 27.375
94 Indonesia 22 6 4 12 31 41 22 25.442
95 Qatar 14 6 2 6 18 19 20 24.311
96 Panama 8 1 2 5 9 24 5 21.442
97 Malawi 10 1 2 7 13 25 5 18.443
98 Singapore 11 3 1 7 13 21 10 18.020
99 Jamaica 15 1 3 11 9 29 6 17.624
100 Taiwan 8 0 2 6 4 27 2 16.398
101 South Vietnam 7 1 0 6 2 15 3 8.412
102 Afghanistan 10 0 2 8 7 29 2 1.000
. Madagascar 6 3 0 3 9 15 9 .
. Bahrain 9 3 0 6 12 11 9 .
. Lebanon 7 2 1 4 6 11 7 .
. Somalia 4 2 0 2 3 7 6 .
. Bangladesh 4 1 2 1 7 8 5 .
. Lesotho 6 1 2 3 4 13 5 .
. Benin 6 1 1 4 4 16 4 .
. 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 .
. Gambia 4 1 0 3 1 8 3 .
. Sri Lanka 7 1 0 6 6 22 3 .
. United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 .
. Mauritania 4 0 2 2 4 9 2 .
. Gabon 4 0 1 3 6 9 1 .
. Liberia 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 .
. Dominican Republic 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 .
. South Yemen 2 0 0 2 0 9 0 .
. Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 10 0 .
. Brunei 6 0 0 6 1 46 0 .