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World Football Ranking Table 1974 - 1985.

Rank Team Mat-
ches
Wins Draws Los-
ses
Goals
Fore
Goals
Against
Points Rating
Score
1 Germany 67 41 18 8 153 51 141 100.000
2 Netherlands 65 41 9 15 136 60 132 97.992
3 Poland 56 33 13 10 100 46 112 97.808
4 England 52 32 13 7 114 29 109 97.123
5 Brazil 53 30 15 8 99 36 105 95.426
6 Italy 49 23 16 10 67 41 85 93.099
7 France 47 26 8 13 97 50 86 92.427
8 Belgium 56 27 13 16 70 60 94 91.911
9 Spain 49 23 13 13 73 48 82 91.288
10 Portugal 46 24 8 14 62 55 80 91.209
11 Czechoslovakia 51 24 15 12 93 53 87 91.060
12 Austria 53 28 10 15 91 54 94 89.820
13 Soviet Union 45 23 11 11 75 37 80 89.647
14 Algeria 56 29 16 11 98 51 103 89.377
15 Scotland 49 20 15 14 72 55 75 87.821
16 Morocco 52 26 14 12 78 37 92 87.380
17 East Germany 44 21 10 13 78 49 73 87.176
18 Ghana 35 15 11 9 42 32 56 86.658
19 Northern Ireland 49 22 11 16 50 45 77 86.653
20 Argentina 36 16 8 12 73 43 56 86.259
21 Romania 43 15 17 11 55 41 62 85.967
22 Yugoslavia 55 26 9 20 97 71 87 85.587
23 Peru 44 18 14 12 59 47 68 84.698
24 Tunisia 49 20 13 16 63 47 73 84.636
25 Libya 29 12 8 9 29 26 44 84.552
26 Nigeria 58 26 17 15 85 56 95 84.323
27 Hungary 46 22 8 16 97 66 74 83.929
28 Wales 38 18 7 13 55 38 61 83.739
29 Sweden 49 21 9 19 67 57 72 83.698
30 Guinea 45 20 12 13 68 56 72 82.754
31 Egypt 53 25 13 15 81 63 88 82.313
32 Zambia 48 23 9 16 68 43 78 81.925
33 Republic of Ireland 42 16 10 16 64 48 58 80.925
34 Cameroon 37 15 11 11 61 40 56 80.722
35 Bulgaria 43 16 10 17 56 55 58 80.488
36 Uruguay 29 12 9 8 35 33 45 80.096
37 Paraguay 31 10 12 9 39 30 42 79.928
38 Denmark 48 20 6 22 87 69 66 79.860
39 Senegal 26 11 6 9 23 23 39 79.763
40 Chile 39 16 11 12 60 39 59 79.584
41 Sudan 19 6 7 6 18 26 25 79.196
42 Democrat. Rep. Congo 32 13 8 11 56 62 47 78.131
43 Colombia 33 12 9 12 34 37 45 77.413
44 Greece 41 13 11 17 51 59 50 77.299
45 Angola 10 3 4 3 11 9 13 75.878
46 Iran 35 23 9 3 78 22 78 75.165
47 Mali 14 6 2 6 19 27 20 74.843
48 Côte d'Ivoire 31 12 8 11 49 35 44 74.837
49 Switzerland 40 10 10 20 36 64 40 72.999
50 Uganda 27 11 4 12 37 37 37 72.194
51 Togo 31 12 5 14 34 43 41 72.132
52 Congo 30 8 8 14 39 51 32 69.372
53 Bolivia 28 7 5 16 28 60 26 68.976
54 Finland 40 8 6 26 38 97 30 68.891
55 Kuwait 44 26 7 11 77 37 85 68.740
56 Zimbabwe 16 7 2 7 19 18 23 67.429
57 Turkey 42 10 6 26 30 82 36 67.023
58 Norway 40 7 8 25 32 72 29 66.942
59 Tanzania 19 4 7 8 28 29 19 66.429
60 Mozambique 14 4 4 6 25 24 16 66.062
61 Israel 18 6 5 7 28 19 23 65.969
62 Honduras 26 13 9 4 40 18 48 65.845
63 Kenya 20 5 3 12 19 40 18 64.971
64 Niger 12 3 3 6 9 21 12 64.497
65 Canada 27 11 12 4 33 24 45 64.400
66 Ethiopia 26 6 8 12 23 37 26 64.364
67 Mexico 21 8 7 6 39 26 31 64.239
68 Iceland 42 6 5 31 24 85 23 63.768
69 Gambia 14 4 3 7 11 24 15 63.538
70 Australia 35 18 8 9 86 33 62 63.320
71 Malawi 27 6 9 12 30 42 27 62.966
72 South Korea 44 26 10 8 78 29 88 62.413
73 New Zealand 31 15 7 9 80 41 52 62.234
74 Albania 22 2 4 16 14 45 10 61.744
75 Benin 8 1 2 5 7 20 5 61.600
76 Mauritania 10 2 3 5 11 20 9 60.514
77 Madagascar 16 4 4 8 16 28 16 59.993
78 Ecuador 24 2 6 16 19 52 12 59.333
79 Iraq 24 16 2 6 48 22 50 57.710
80 China 44 27 5 12 98 29 86 57.043
81 El Salvador 32 14 9 9 46 37 51 56.888
82 North Korea 25 14 5 6 38 26 47 56.461
83 Sierra Leone 16 2 3 11 17 33 9 56.428
84 Burkina Faso 11 1 3 7 8 26 6 56.378
85 Cyprus 40 0 3 37 16 127 3 54.248
86 Saudi Arabia 32 15 6 11 50 32 51 54.211
87 Malta 38 2 2 34 17 145 8 53.639
88 Venezuela 26 1 5 20 11 80 8 53.312
89 Guatemala 23 9 7 7 40 21 34 53.156
90 Liberia 12 1 3 8 5 21 6 52.563
91 U.S. of America 15 5 5 5 15 18 20 51.400
92 Mauritius 21 4 5 12 16 38 17 50.514
93 Costa Rica 21 4 13 4 24 22 25 49.326
94 Luxembourg 42 0 1 41 19 153 1 48.155
95 Syria 31 13 6 12 29 30 45 47.002
96 Malaysia 30 11 11 8 46 32 44 46.608
97 United Arab Emirates 18 7 4 7 35 23 25 46.297
98 Japan 21 8 4 9 22 16 28 45.978
99 Haiti 30 11 6 13 38 45 39 45.952
100 Cuba 14 6 5 3 18 13 23 45.307
101 Qatar 36 17 5 14 61 37 56 44.872
102 Fiji 12 3 3 6 17 44 12 40.691
103 Hong Kong 40 12 12 16 55 56 48 39.435
104 India 14 5 4 5 15 15 19 36.797
105 Thailand 28 12 3 13 45 45 39 36.474
106 Indonesia 32 11 5 16 33 51 38 35.365
107 Bahrain 13 3 2 8 13 19 11 30.922
108 Jordan 8 2 1 5 10 17 7 30.559
109 Taiwan 18 1 3 14 7 61 6 29.720
110 Panama 16 1 2 13 10 49 5 27.319
111 Surinam 20 5 5 10 24 37 20 27.289
112 Singapore 22 4 4 14 19 39 16 26.067
113 Trinidad & Tobago 14 3 5 6 13 18 14 24.156
114 Netherlands Antilles 8 0 4 4 2 15 4 22.542
115 Bangladesh 19 4 2 13 20 48 14 22.241
116 Sri Lanka 8 2 1 5 11 23 7 21.224
117 Macao 12 3 0 9 8 31 9 20.660
118 Nepal 8 0 1 7 0 41 1 15.414
119 North Yemen 8 0 0 8 3 29 0 15.254
120 Afghanistan 14 0 3 11 8 49 3 13.900
121 Guyana 10 3 1 6 11 18 10 7.639
122 Philippines 8 0 0 8 4 26 0 5.899
123 Brunei 9 0 0 9 3 48 0 1.000
. Tahiti 4 3 0 1 23 9 9 .
. New Caledonia 4 3 0 1 14 12 9 .
. Somalia 7 2 2 3 3 5 8 .
. Lesotho 6 2 1 3 7 13 7 .
. Rwanda 5 2 0 3 2 7 6 .
. 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 .
. South Yemen 4 0 1 3 4 16 1 .
. Lebanon 6 0 1 5 0 28 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 .
. Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 6 9 0 .
. Solomon Islands 3 0 0 3 3 21 0 .