| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1969 - 1980.
| 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 | 54 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 124 | 40 | 121 | 96.321 |
| 3 | Italy | 53 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 89 | 35 | 106 | 90.778 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 59 | 36 | 10 | 13 | 140 | 54 | 118 | 90.299 |
| 5 | Poland | 50 | 31 | 9 | 10 | 98 | 41 | 102 | 89.901 |
| 6 | England | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 81 | 32 | 86 | 87.612 |
| 7 | Argentina | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 34 | 45 | 86.425 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 86 | 46 | 80 | 84.797 |
| 9 | East Germany | 42 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 82 | 43 | 77 | 84.682 |
| 10 | Peru | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 41 | 54 | 84.179 |
| 11 | Belgium | 50 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 68 | 43 | 88 | 83.820 |
| 12 | Paraguay | 27 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 44 | 83.467 |
| 13 | Austria | 45 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 87 | 43 | 84 | 83.342 |
| 14 | Spain | 39 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 63 | 35 | 65 | 82.992 |
| 15 | Yugoslavia | 45 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 83 | 48 | 75 | 81.815 |
| 16 | Romania | 40 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 71 | 43 | 65 | 81.238 |
| 17 | Scotland | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 61 | 45 | 63 | 80.705 |
| 18 | Soviet Union | 43 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 34 | 79 | 80.523 |
| 19 | Hungary | 45 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 89 | 61 | 72 | 77.667 |
| 20 | Chile | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 24 | 40 | 77.375 |
| 21 | Portugal | 39 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 42 | 63 | 76.500 |
| 22 | France | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 60 | 38 | 55 | 75.775 |
| 23 | Wales | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 49 | 39 | 48 | 75.477 |
| 24 | Colombia | 27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 75.442 |
| 25 | Iran | 37 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 70 | 27 | 84 | 75.032 |
| 26 | Sweden | 48 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 62 | 61 | 66 | 73.320 |
| 27 | Uruguay | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 38 | 73.255 |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 44 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 69 | 62 | 63 | 72.548 |
| 29 | Bolivia | 24 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 23 | 58 | 25 | 71.706 |
| 30 | Northern Ireland | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 41 | 40 | 48 | 68.888 |
| 31 | Greece | 35 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 46 | 53 | 37 | 67.920 |
| 32 | Turkey | 35 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 51 | 40 | 66.605 |
| 33 | Tunisia | 37 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 38 | 53 | 65.327 |
| 34 | Republic of Ireland | 39 | 10 | 9 | 20 | 44 | 59 | 39 | 64.603 |
| 35 | Morocco | 60 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 86 | 61 | 94 | 64.531 |
| 36 | Nigeria | 50 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 82 | 58 | 83 | 64.124 |
| 37 | Egypt | 47 | 25 | 9 | 13 | 82 | 62 | 84 | 63.934 |
| 38 | Israel | 21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 35 | 62.853 |
| 39 | Switzerland | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 35 | 52 | 38 | 62.583 |
| 40 | Guinea | 52 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 86 | 64 | 86 | 62.308 |
| 41 | Mexico | 43 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 43 | 79 | 62.097 |
| 42 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 88 | 70 | 76 | 61.287 |
| 43 | Ghana | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 36 | 58 | 60.595 |
| 44 | Syria | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 29 | 60.306 |
| 45 | Finland | 36 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 31 | 98 | 23 | 59.913 |
| 46 | Kuwait | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 36 | 65 | 59.804 |
| 47 | Haiti | 37 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 68 | 33 | 71 | 59.558 |
| 48 | Côte d'Ivoire | 41 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 67 | 51 | 68 | 58.938 |
| 49 | Mali | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 58.684 |
| 50 | Sudan | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 58.651 |
| 51 | Albania | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 58.333 |
| 52 | Cameroon | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 44 | 38 | 47 | 58.250 |
| 53 | Denmark | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 45 | 78 | 26 | 57.982 |
| 54 | North Korea | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 48 | 57.972 |
| 55 | Australia | 39 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 77 | 38 | 67 | 57.795 |
| 56 | South Korea | 42 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 64 | 34 | 72 | 56.741 |
| 57 | Algeria | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 38 | 39 | 42 | 56.658 |
| 58 | Senegal | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 29 | 56.383 |
| 59 | Congo | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 51 | 56 | 45 | 56.247 |
| 60 | Norway | 35 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 33 | 87 | 21 | 55.372 |
| 61 | Venezuela | 18 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 64 | 4 | 54.643 |
| 62 | Ecuador | 20 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 42 | 8 | 54.314 |
| 63 | Zambia | 49 | 22 | 11 | 16 | 86 | 58 | 77 | 53.940 |
| 64 | Iceland | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 82 | 11 | 53.391 |
| 65 | Canada | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 52.319 |
| 66 | Uganda | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 51.506 |
| 67 | China | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 15 | 36 | 51.484 |
| 68 | Iraq | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 21 | 48 | 50.174 |
| 69 | El Salvador | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 41 | 48 | 49.817 |
| 70 | Zimbabwe | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 49.472 |
| 71 | Honduras | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 33 | 35 | 48.354 |
| 72 | Guatemala | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 29 | 49 | 48.195 |
| 73 | Togo | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 35 | 47.732 |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 38 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 137 | 5 | 47.261 |
| 75 | Cuba | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 27 | 46.669 |
| 76 | Malta | 31 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 106 | 5 | 46.614 |
| 77 | Costa Rica | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 35 | 46.344 |
| 78 | Libya | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 18 | 45.135 |
| 79 | Cyprus | 37 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 11 | 139 | 4 | 45.075 |
| 80 | Kenya | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 37 | 31 | 44.891 |
| 81 | Malaysia | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 26 | 45 | 43.752 |
| 82 | Trinidad & Tobago | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 48 | 43 | 41 | 41.964 |
| 83 | Ethiopia | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 51 | 32 | 41.433 |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 40.826 |
| 85 | U.S. of America | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 10 | 40.440 |
| 86 | Tanzania | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 45 | 25 | 40.221 |
| 87 | Madagascar | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 38.367 |
| 88 | Netherlands Antilles | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 12 | 36.748 |
| 89 | Hong Kong | 35 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 41 | 54 | 39 | 35.423 |
| 90 | Thailand | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 44 | 37 | 35.283 |
| 91 | Sierra Leone | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 7 | 35.238 |
| 92 | Mauritius | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 24 | 33.175 |
| 93 | Japan | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 32.514 |
| 94 | Lesotho | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 32.186 |
| 95 | Tahiti | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 32.048 |
| 96 | Niger | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 8 | 31.369 |
| 97 | Qatar | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 30.523 |
| 98 | Surinam | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 30.502 |
| 99 | New Zealand | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 29.684 |
| 100 | Indonesia | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 22 | 28.569 |
| 101 | Malawi | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 28.210 |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 27.751 |
| 103 | New Caledonia | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 27.321 |
| 104 | Jamaica | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 22.465 |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 21.789 |
| 106 | Singapore | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 11 | 20.844 |
| 107 | Panama | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 48 | 6 | 20.257 |
| 108 | South Vietnam | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 12.578 |
| 109 | Vanuatu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 8.411 |
| 110 | Guyana | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 7.616 |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 6.044 |
| 112 | Fiji | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 1.000 |
| . | Bahrain | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 9 | . |
| . | Somalia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | . |
| . | Lebanon | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | . |
| . | Gambia | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | . |
| . | Mauritania | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 5 | . |
| . | Benin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4 | . |
| . | Barbados | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | . |
| . | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 3 | . |
| . | Mozambique | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 3 | . |
| . | Burundi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | . |
| . | Liberia | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | . |
| . | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | . |
| . | Macao | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 3 | . |
| . | Sri Lanka | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 3 | . |
| . | Angola | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| . | Gabon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | . |
| . | Grenada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 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 | . |
| . | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | . |
| . | Taiwan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 0 | . |
| . | Brunei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 0 | . |