| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1975 - 1986.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 51 | 31 | 14 | 6 | 103 | 33 | 107 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Argentina | 37 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 36 | 70 | 95.137 |
| 3 | Germany | 65 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 145 | 52 | 130 | 93.427 |
| 4 | England | 57 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 123 | 32 | 118 | 92.474 |
| 5 | Poland | 53 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 82 | 48 | 96 | 91.208 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 59 | 36 | 9 | 14 | 118 | 55 | 117 | 91.064 |
| 7 | Italy | 51 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 71 | 42 | 92 | 90.726 |
| 8 | France | 55 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 106 | 54 | 101 | 89.057 |
| 9 | Spain | 53 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 83 | 50 | 92 | 88.509 |
| 10 | Peru | 44 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 59 | 47 | 68 | 87.902 |
| 11 | Ghana | 35 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 32 | 56 | 87.891 |
| 12 | Algeria | 62 | 29 | 19 | 14 | 101 | 59 | 106 | 87.590 |
| 13 | Morocco | 61 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 85 | 44 | 102 | 87.153 |
| 14 | Czechoslovakia | 52 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 96 | 50 | 91 | 87.122 |
| 15 | Soviet Union | 51 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 94 | 40 | 94 | 86.764 |
| 16 | Guinea | 44 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 67 | 53 | 74 | 85.870 |
| 17 | Tunisia | 47 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 62 | 46 | 70 | 85.318 |
| 18 | Portugal | 50 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 66 | 61 | 84 | 85.217 |
| 19 | Nigeria | 58 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 85 | 56 | 95 | 85.040 |
| 20 | Libya | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 25 | 41 | 84.984 |
| 21 | Belgium | 63 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 87 | 77 | 100 | 84.762 |
| 22 | Cameroon | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 69 | 45 | 67 | 84.420 |
| 23 | Uruguay | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 35 | 46 | 84.124 |
| 24 | Austria | 54 | 28 | 10 | 16 | 92 | 57 | 94 | 83.681 |
| 25 | Chile | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 37 | 57 | 83.672 |
| 26 | Paraguay | 35 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 43 | 36 | 47 | 83.504 |
| 27 | Egypt | 53 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 73 | 59 | 86 | 82.924 |
| 28 | East Germany | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 72 | 41 | 67 | 82.503 |
| 29 | Romania | 44 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 59 | 42 | 64 | 82.183 |
| 30 | Colombia | 33 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 81.928 |
| 31 | Scotland | 51 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 72 | 55 | 76 | 81.901 |
| 32 | Zambia | 45 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 38 | 69 | 81.580 |
| 33 | Senegal | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 45 | 81.390 |
| 34 | Yugoslavia | 49 | 24 | 7 | 18 | 85 | 65 | 79 | 81.245 |
| 35 | Northern Ireland | 52 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 49 | 52 | 76 | 80.663 |
| 36 | Sweden | 45 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 68 | 50 | 71 | 80.317 |
| 37 | Sudan | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 25 | 80.267 |
| 38 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 54 | 35 | 52 | 79.863 |
| 39 | Hungary | 49 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 96 | 74 | 74 | 79.420 |
| 40 | Denmark | 52 | 24 | 6 | 22 | 97 | 73 | 78 | 79.205 |
| 41 | Wales | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 37 | 56 | 78.606 |
| 42 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 40 | 34 | 78.461 |
| 43 | Republic of Ireland | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 62 | 49 | 56 | 76.622 |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 44 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 53 | 52 | 59 | 76.556 |
| 45 | Mali | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 76.009 |
| 46 | Uganda | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 32 | 40 | 75.943 |
| 47 | Togo | 31 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 43 | 41 | 74.666 |
| 48 | Angola | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 74.593 |
| 49 | Bolivia | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 60 | 26 | 73.822 |
| 50 | Greece | 41 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 58 | 51 | 73.046 |
| 51 | Mexico | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 45 | 28 | 42 | 73.042 |
| 52 | Congo | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 31 | 71.357 |
| 53 | Iran | 35 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 78 | 22 | 78 | 71.009 |
| 54 | Switzerland | 42 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 68 | 41 | 69.645 |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 69.562 |
| 56 | Ethiopia | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 29 | 68.456 |
| 57 | Honduras | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 40 | 18 | 48 | 68.297 |
| 58 | Tanzania | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 19 | 67.085 |
| 59 | Niger | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 66.958 |
| 60 | Canada | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 45 | 66.889 |
| 61 | Kenya | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 18 | 66.368 |
| 62 | Finland | 40 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 37 | 94 | 31 | 65.465 |
| 63 | Malawi | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 27 | 65.010 |
| 64 | Ecuador | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 52 | 12 | 64.981 |
| 65 | Kuwait | 44 | 26 | 7 | 11 | 77 | 37 | 85 | 64.892 |
| 66 | Benin | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 5 | 63.983 |
| 67 | Gambia | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 27 | 15 | 63.826 |
| 68 | Mozambique | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 31 | 16 | 63.743 |
| 69 | Madagascar | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 63.023 |
| 70 | Norway | 40 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 72 | 27 | 62.888 |
| 71 | Israel | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 23 | 62.221 |
| 72 | Turkey | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 84 | 33 | 61.927 |
| 73 | Mauritania | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 9 | 61.760 |
| 74 | Gabon | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 61.092 |
| 75 | Iceland | 43 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 85 | 24 | 60.806 |
| 76 | El Salvador | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 37 | 51 | 60.395 |
| 77 | Venezuela | 26 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 80 | 8 | 59.941 |
| 78 | Australia | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 86 | 28 | 61 | 59.914 |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 13 | 59.909 |
| 80 | Burkina Faso | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 59.465 |
| 81 | New Zealand | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 80 | 41 | 52 | 59.215 |
| 82 | South Korea | 47 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 82 | 36 | 89 | 59.181 |
| 83 | Guatemala | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 21 | 34 | 56.941 |
| 84 | Albania | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 50 | 10 | 56.878 |
| 85 | U.S. of America | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 56.622 |
| 86 | Mauritius | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 17 | 55.708 |
| 87 | China | 44 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 98 | 29 | 86 | 53.786 |
| 88 | North Korea | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 47 | 53.303 |
| 89 | Costa Rica | 21 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 53.262 |
| 90 | Liberia | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 53.218 |
| 91 | Iraq | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 26 | 50 | 52.874 |
| 92 | Cyprus | 42 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 133 | 3 | 51.437 |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 32 | 51 | 50.900 |
| 94 | Malta | 39 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 17 | 151 | 8 | 50.241 |
| 95 | Cuba | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 49.845 |
| 96 | Haiti | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 39 | 49.655 |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 42 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 17 | 153 | 1 | 46.772 |
| 98 | Syria | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 30 | 45 | 44.108 |
| 99 | Malaysia | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 44 | 44.053 |
| 100 | Japan | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 43.458 |
| 101 | United Arab Emirates | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 23 | 25 | 43.439 |
| 102 | Qatar | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 61 | 37 | 56 | 41.931 |
| 103 | Fiji | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 12 | 38.702 |
| 104 | Hong Kong | 40 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 55 | 56 | 48 | 37.235 |
| 105 | India | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 34.768 |
| 106 | Thailand | 28 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 39 | 34.483 |
| 107 | Indonesia | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 51 | 38 | 33.507 |
| 108 | Surinam | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 37 | 20 | 32.880 |
| 109 | Panama | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 5 | 32.405 |
| 110 | Trinidad & Tobago | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 29.863 |
| 111 | Bahrain | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 28.840 |
| 112 | Taiwan | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 61 | 6 | 28.340 |
| 113 | Jordan | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 28.247 |
| 114 | Netherlands Antilles | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 28.236 |
| 115 | Singapore | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 39 | 16 | 24.649 |
| 116 | Bangladesh | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 14 | 20.942 |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 20.013 |
| 118 | Macao | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 9 | 19.555 |
| 119 | Nepal | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 14.610 |
| 120 | North Yemen | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 14.433 |
| 121 | Guyana | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 14.356 |
| 122 | Afghanistan | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 12.692 |
| 123 | Philippines | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 5.647 |
| 124 | Brunei | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 1.000 |
| . | Somalia | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 9 | . |
| . | 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 | . |
| . | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 3 | . |
| . | South Yemen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 1 | . |
| . | Lebanon | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | . |
| . | Central African Rep. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | . |
| . | Swaziland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | . |
| . | Puerto Rico | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | . |