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World Football Ranking Table 1972 - 1983.

Rank Team Mat-
ches
Wins Draws Los-
ses
Goals
Fore
Goals
Against
Points Rating
Score
1 Germany 60 38 16 6 137 42 130 100.000
2 Netherlands 63 41 10 12 147 55 133 98.438
3 Poland 54 32 12 10 96 43 108 96.799
4 Brazil 49 28 13 8 93 34 97 93.949
5 England 50 29 12 9 97 34 99 92.935
6 Belgium 55 28 14 13 74 51 98 92.342
7 Spain 43 20 13 10 69 41 73 90.665
8 Czechoslovakia 47 23 14 10 91 44 83 90.469
9 Italy 57 27 19 11 80 43 100 89.651
10 Soviet Union 46 24 11 11 71 34 83 89.607
11 Yugoslavia 50 25 10 15 95 60 85 87.758
12 Ghana 34 17 8 9 51 36 59 87.501
13 Scotland 45 19 13 13 70 54 70 87.425
14 Portugal 40 20 9 11 56 47 69 86.718
15 East Germany 42 21 10 11 80 43 73 86.133
16 Austria 54 28 11 15 97 55 95 86.076
17 Morocco 54 24 17 13 80 50 89 85.961
18 France 38 17 8 13 71 47 59 85.034
19 Argentina 34 15 8 11 70 39 53 84.838
20 Romania 41 16 16 9 62 39 64 84.231
21 Nigeria 53 23 16 14 79 58 85 83.848
22 Peru 39 16 12 11 52 42 60 83.195
23 Tunisia 43 16 14 13 56 41 62 83.012
24 Egypt 44 22 9 13 74 56 75 82.782
25 Democrat. Rep. Congo 45 22 8 15 87 76 74 82.175
26 Guinea 47 20 14 13 74 57 74 81.858
27 Algeria 45 20 12 13 73 54 72 81.847
28 Wales 36 16 7 13 51 37 55 81.836
29 Sweden 48 21 10 17 70 57 73 81.551
30 Northern Ireland 48 19 13 16 48 47 70 81.349
31 Côte d'Ivoire 30 14 7 9 46 37 49 80.581
32 Republic of Ireland 38 15 9 14 63 43 54 80.365
33 Libya 19 7 6 6 17 19 27 79.982
34 Cameroon 40 17 10 13 63 43 61 78.697
35 Zambia 54 26 10 18 89 55 88 78.244
36 Chile 35 14 10 11 47 30 52 77.494
37 Bulgaria 41 15 11 15 56 53 56 77.389
38 Senegal 24 9 6 9 21 25 33 77.319
39 Hungary 50 19 14 17 101 76 71 77.229
40 Iran 37 26 6 5 70 27 84 77.128
41 Paraguay 27 9 10 8 33 27 37 77.124
42 Mali 19 7 6 6 34 35 27 76.806
43 Uruguay 29 11 10 8 35 31 43 76.268
44 Uganda 29 13 5 11 45 36 44 76.200
45 Sudan 22 7 7 8 24 32 28 75.915
46 Colombia 29 10 10 9 29 29 40 75.295
47 Congo 35 11 9 15 48 56 42 74.114
48 Greece 39 12 9 18 51 60 45 71.271
49 Togo 31 12 6 13 36 44 42 71.001
50 Denmark 40 13 5 22 63 72 44 69.832
51 Switzerland 38 10 8 20 33 58 38 68.539
52 Turkey 40 12 7 21 33 61 43 67.179
53 Kuwait 43 25 5 13 72 44 80 65.955
54 Ethiopia 31 8 10 13 27 41 34 65.691
55 Norway 38 8 5 25 37 78 29 64.460
56 Madagascar 14 4 4 6 16 25 16 62.756
57 Israel 18 7 5 6 23 15 26 62.448
58 Bolivia 28 7 3 18 27 64 24 62.096
59 Tanzania 22 4 9 9 30 33 21 61.616
60 Kenya 23 5 5 13 25 41 20 61.097
61 Niger 12 3 3 6 9 21 12 60.393
62 Gambia 10 2 3 5 5 14 9 60.303
63 Mexico 30 14 9 7 57 34 51 59.945
64 Honduras 23 10 10 3 36 19 40 59.563
65 Finland 38 6 5 27 34 106 23 59.283
66 Iceland 42 5 5 32 22 104 20 58.788
67 Mozambique 8 2 1 5 17 19 7 58.787
68 Australia 38 19 10 9 87 39 67 58.423
69 South Korea 41 20 13 8 65 33 73 58.035
70 Ecuador 24 2 7 15 18 49 13 57.109
71 North Korea 27 14 6 7 40 29 48 55.136
72 Mauritius 23 5 8 10 25 37 23 55.073
73 Malawi 18 4 5 9 21 32 17 54.925
74 Lesotho 10 2 3 5 9 24 9 53.523
75 Haiti 31 16 6 9 53 37 54 53.000
76 China 28 15 4 9 49 23 49 52.464
77 Sierra Leone 16 1 4 11 16 33 7 51.363
78 Zimbabwe 8 2 1 5 3 10 7 51.342
79 Albania 22 2 2 18 11 49 8 50.856
80 Cyprus 40 1 3 36 14 123 6 50.853
81 Iraq 23 12 5 6 34 21 41 50.751
82 Canada 23 7 10 6 28 27 31 50.585
83 New Zealand 36 16 10 10 85 50 58 50.237
84 Venezuela 20 1 4 15 6 65 7 49.311
85 Liberia 8 0 3 5 2 13 3 49.188
86 Tahiti 9 5 2 2 30 13 17 48.759
87 Burkina Faso 13 1 3 9 9 35 6 48.311
88 Malta 35 2 1 32 12 138 7 48.015
89 Syria 20 8 3 9 15 19 27 46.768
90 El Salvador 28 10 8 10 31 37 38 46.090
91 Cuba 14 6 5 3 18 13 23 43.674
92 Guatemala 26 9 9 8 39 24 36 42.683
93 Luxembourg 40 1 1 38 19 140 4 42.083
94 New Caledonia 9 6 0 3 24 18 18 41.983
95 Saudi Arabia 20 8 2 10 24 28 26 40.904
96 Trinidad & Tobago 19 9 5 5 38 19 32 40.617
97 U.S. of America 13 2 4 7 13 25 10 39.156
98 Malaysia 26 8 10 8 32 31 34 38.411
99 Hong Kong 32 10 9 13 38 48 39 35.697
100 Costa Rica 15 2 9 4 18 19 15 34.917
101 Qatar 22 9 3 10 26 30 30 30.412
102 Thailand 26 8 4 14 38 53 28 29.119
103 Netherlands Antilles 11 0 5 6 6 30 5 27.577
104 Japan 17 4 3 10 12 15 15 27.340
105 Surinam 18 6 4 8 31 31 22 24.754
106 Indonesia 25 5 6 14 24 49 21 24.645
107 Bahrain 9 2 0 7 5 13 6 22.622
108 Vanuatu 8 1 1 6 11 19 4 19.747
109 Taiwan 12 1 3 8 6 25 6 19.550
110 Fiji 16 3 3 10 19 57 12 18.655
111 Bangladesh 8 1 2 5 9 25 5 16.316
112 Singapore 14 3 2 9 14 24 11 15.279
113 Panama 14 1 2 11 10 45 5 14.600
114 Afghanistan 10 0 2 8 7 29 2 1.000
. Angola 6 2 3 1 8 5 9 .
. Guyana 8 3 0 5 10 16 9 .
. Somalia 7 2 2 3 4 9 8 .
. Rwanda 5 2 0 3 2 7 6 .
. Mauritania 6 1 2 3 6 12 5 .
. Benin 6 1 1 4 6 21 4 .
. Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 6 22 3 .
. Sri Lanka 4 1 0 3 5 12 3 .
. United Arab Emirates 6 0 3 3 3 9 3 .
. Macao 6 1 0 5 4 16 3 .
. Gabon 4 0 2 2 7 12 2 .
. Lebanon 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 .
. Grenada 2 0 0 2 4 8 0 .
. Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 10 0 .
. Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 3 21 0 .