| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1973 - 1984.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 61 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 136 | 44 | 130 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Poland | 56 | 33 | 13 | 10 | 101 | 46 | 112 | 98.002 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 64 | 41 | 9 | 14 | 140 | 58 | 132 | 97.831 |
| 4 | England | 49 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 108 | 31 | 101 | 95.561 |
| 5 | Brazil | 49 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 93 | 34 | 97 | 95.267 |
| 6 | Italy | 53 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 75 | 41 | 95 | 92.383 |
| 7 | France | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 90 | 49 | 80 | 92.025 |
| 8 | Spain | 48 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 74 | 46 | 80 | 91.374 |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia | 49 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 96 | 46 | 86 | 91.292 |
| 10 | Belgium | 53 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 66 | 58 | 88 | 89.665 |
| 11 | Portugal | 45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 59 | 55 | 74 | 89.029 |
| 12 | Soviet Union | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 66 | 31 | 74 | 88.960 |
| 13 | Scotland | 45 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 70 | 54 | 70 | 88.561 |
| 14 | Austria | 53 | 27 | 10 | 16 | 91 | 57 | 91 | 87.168 |
| 15 | Yugoslavia | 51 | 25 | 9 | 17 | 97 | 67 | 84 | 87.016 |
| 16 | Argentina | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 70 | 39 | 53 | 86.004 |
| 17 | East Germany | 44 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 82 | 48 | 73 | 85.263 |
| 18 | Romania | 40 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 59 | 40 | 59 | 85.185 |
| 19 | Morocco | 51 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 80 | 46 | 88 | 84.702 |
| 20 | Ghana | 35 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 39 | 56 | 83.998 |
| 21 | Peru | 39 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 52 | 42 | 60 | 83.869 |
| 22 | Northern Ireland | 49 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 52 | 47 | 75 | 83.389 |
| 23 | Sweden | 49 | 22 | 9 | 18 | 70 | 59 | 75 | 83.385 |
| 24 | Algeria | 48 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 79 | 50 | 80 | 83.102 |
| 25 | Tunisia | 43 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 39 | 65 | 82.509 |
| 26 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 40 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 77 | 66 | 69 | 82.281 |
| 27 | Nigeria | 58 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 87 | 64 | 93 | 82.067 |
| 28 | Egypt | 49 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 80 | 60 | 84 | 81.328 |
| 29 | Wales | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 53 | 41 | 58 | 81.147 |
| 30 | Hungary | 45 | 20 | 10 | 15 | 97 | 70 | 70 | 80.630 |
| 31 | Guinea | 45 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 69 | 55 | 71 | 80.104 |
| 32 | Republic of Ireland | 39 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 61 | 44 | 54 | 79.930 |
| 33 | Libya | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 79.014 |
| 34 | Cameroon | 40 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 62 | 41 | 61 | 78.768 |
| 35 | Chile | 35 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 47 | 30 | 52 | 77.903 |
| 36 | Paraguay | 27 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 37 | 77.668 |
| 37 | Zambia | 54 | 26 | 9 | 19 | 86 | 55 | 87 | 77.403 |
| 38 | Senegal | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 35 | 77.367 |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 77.025 |
| 40 | Uruguay | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 31 | 43 | 76.690 |
| 41 | Sudan | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 76.224 |
| 42 | Colombia | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 75.716 |
| 43 | Denmark | 45 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 75 | 71 | 57 | 75.336 |
| 44 | Mali | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 74.356 |
| 45 | Iran | 43 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 87 | 28 | 94 | 74.249 |
| 46 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 44 | 49 | 73.886 |
| 47 | Uganda | 33 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 42 | 50 | 73.577 |
| 48 | Greece | 40 | 12 | 10 | 18 | 52 | 62 | 46 | 72.942 |
| 49 | Switzerland | 39 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 58 | 43 | 70.139 |
| 50 | Togo | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 33 | 41 | 40 | 69.623 |
| 51 | Congo | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 46 | 31 | 67.669 |
| 52 | Turkey | 40 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 69 | 40 | 67.144 |
| 53 | Kuwait | 46 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 73 | 43 | 82 | 64.723 |
| 54 | Norway | 39 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 35 | 69 | 30 | 64.419 |
| 55 | Israel | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 15 | 26 | 63.254 |
| 56 | Bolivia | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 27 | 64 | 24 | 62.205 |
| 57 | Tanzania | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 24 | 62.139 |
| 58 | Madagascar | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 61.691 |
| 59 | Finland | 39 | 7 | 4 | 28 | 36 | 108 | 25 | 60.915 |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 45 | 30 | 60.472 |
| 61 | Australia | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 87 | 39 | 67 | 59.813 |
| 62 | Iceland | 42 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 23 | 97 | 23 | 59.803 |
| 63 | Kenya | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 41 | 22 | 59.725 |
| 64 | Mozambique | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 59.520 |
| 65 | Niger | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 59.410 |
| 66 | Gambia | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 59.280 |
| 67 | Honduras | 23 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 42 | 58.760 |
| 68 | Iraq | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 17 | 39 | 57.803 |
| 69 | South Korea | 44 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 71 | 30 | 80 | 57.689 |
| 70 | Albania | 23 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 51 | 12 | 57.457 |
| 71 | Mexico | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 31 | 39 | 57.247 |
| 72 | Benin | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 57.104 |
| 73 | Malawi | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 24 | 57.008 |
| 74 | Ecuador | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 49 | 13 | 56.758 |
| 75 | North Korea | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 48 | 55.210 |
| 76 | China | 38 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 75 | 27 | 73 | 54.897 |
| 77 | Canada | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 27 | 53.738 |
| 78 | Zimbabwe | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 53.216 |
| 79 | New Zealand | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 50 | 58 | 52.937 |
| 80 | Mauritania | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 52.906 |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 31 | 50 | 52.407 |
| 82 | Haiti | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 39 | 51 | 52.048 |
| 83 | Cyprus | 40 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 119 | 6 | 51.033 |
| 84 | Tahiti | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 51.032 |
| 85 | Sierra Leone | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 10 | 50.932 |
| 86 | Burkina Faso | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 6 | 48.757 |
| 87 | Venezuela | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 65 | 7 | 48.682 |
| 88 | Mauritius | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 45 | 24 | 48.509 |
| 89 | Lesotho | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 48.481 |
| 90 | El Salvador | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 44 | 47.876 |
| 91 | Malta | 34 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 14 | 133 | 7 | 47.626 |
| 92 | Liberia | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 6 | 46.528 |
| 93 | U.S. of America | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 45.838 |
| 94 | Syria | 29 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 32 | 40 | 45.513 |
| 95 | New Caledonia | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 43.850 |
| 96 | Cuba | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 43.183 |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 40 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 17 | 146 | 1 | 41.356 |
| 98 | Malaysia | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 34 | 41 | 40.639 |
| 99 | Qatar | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 40 | 34 | 44 | 39.885 |
| 100 | Guatemala | 24 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 24 | 30 | 37.841 |
| 101 | Trinidad & Tobago | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 22 | 37.809 |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 41 | 33.075 |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 32.176 |
| 104 | Thailand | 26 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 41 | 54 | 34 | 29.505 |
| 105 | Indonesia | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 54 | 30 | 28.295 |
| 106 | Japan | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 26.558 |
| 107 | Bahrain | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 26.305 |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 19 | 18 | 25.801 |
| 109 | Netherlands Antilles | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 6 | 24.628 |
| 110 | Surinam | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 23.277 |
| 111 | Taiwan | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 20.690 |
| 112 | Vanuatu | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 20.617 |
| 113 | Fiji | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 57 | 12 | 19.865 |
| 114 | Bangladesh | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 38 | 8 | 15.882 |
| 115 | Singapore | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 15.799 |
| 116 | Panama | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 5 | 12.124 |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 8.646 |
| 118 | Guyana | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 1.554 |
| 119 | Philippines | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 1.000 |
| . | Angola | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 12 | . |
| . | Somalia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 11 | . |
| . | India | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | . |
| . | Sri Lanka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 7 | . |
| . | Rwanda | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | . |
| . | Jordan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | . |
| . | Oman | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 4 | . |
| . | Antigua & Barbuda | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | . |
| . | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 3 | . |
| . | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3 | . |
| . | Gabon | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 3 | . |
| . | Macao | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 3 | . |
| . | Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | . |
| . | Grenada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | . |
| . | Swaziland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | . |
| . | Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | . |
| . | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | . |
| . | North Yemen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 0 | . |
| . | Nepal | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | . |