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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 .