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World Football Ranking Table 1976 - 1987.

Rank Team Mat-
ches
Wins Draws Los-
ses
Goals
Fore
Goals
Against
Points Rating
Score
1 Brazil 47 27 14 6 92 33 95 100.000
2 England 57 36 13 8 129 30 121 95.554
3 Argentina 37 20 8 9 66 36 68 95.508
4 Germany 62 36 17 9 142 50 125 94.456
5 Netherlands 61 39 10 12 130 50 127 93.450
6 Italy 52 27 15 10 80 44 96 91.618
7 Spain 53 28 11 14 88 51 95 89.754
8 Algeria 62 30 19 13 101 57 109 89.492
9 Poland 55 28 14 13 85 54 98 89.436
10 France 56 30 11 15 106 57 101 89.157
11 Uruguay 30 13 10 7 37 32 49 89.067
12 Chile 36 18 8 10 61 34 62 89.042
13 Soviet Union 51 26 15 10 91 39 93 88.396
14 Morocco 55 24 18 13 72 40 90 87.196
15 Paraguay 33 10 14 9 38 34 44 86.431
16 Peru 37 12 15 10 47 42 51 86.278
17 Ghana 33 13 12 8 36 29 51 86.178
18 Czechoslovakia 51 22 17 12 85 53 83 85.134
19 Belgium 65 29 16 20 92 80 103 84.998
20 Austria 53 27 10 16 86 56 91 84.851
21 Libya 27 11 8 8 28 25 41 84.690
22 Nigeria 60 26 18 16 88 58 96 84.620
23 Portugal 51 25 9 17 65 60 84 84.377
24 Cameroon 44 19 13 12 74 46 70 83.799
25 East Germany 40 21 8 11 78 41 71 83.588
26 Tunisia 45 17 13 15 56 42 64 83.569
27 Romania 43 18 13 12 57 38 67 83.504
28 Denmark 52 26 7 19 98 63 85 83.342
29 Guinea 42 18 11 13 56 53 65 83.245
30 Senegal 31 13 9 9 28 19 48 82.965
31 Egypt 49 21 13 15 62 56 76 82.926
32 Côte d'Ivoire 35 18 7 10 60 35 61 82.913
33 Colombia 28 9 9 10 31 35 36 82.412
34 Yugoslavia 48 23 7 18 85 69 76 81.636
35 Zambia 41 18 8 15 50 30 62 81.629
36 Hungary 51 24 7 20 97 78 79 81.575
37 Northern Ireland 52 20 13 19 46 56 73 80.065
38 Sweden 45 20 9 16 64 47 69 79.950
39 Scotland 51 20 14 17 69 56 74 79.949
40 Republic of Ireland 44 17 12 15 63 48 63 79.536
41 Sudan 19 5 8 6 14 25 23 78.292
42 Bulgaria 46 18 10 18 56 55 64 77.481
43 Democrat. Rep. Congo 27 10 9 8 45 41 39 77.416
44 Wales 38 15 9 14 48 39 54 76.327
45 Uganda 24 11 3 10 34 35 36 75.553
46 Greece 43 15 9 19 51 63 54 75.432
47 Mali 12 5 2 5 16 22 17 75.353
48 Angola 14 5 4 5 13 13 19 74.857
49 Bolivia 26 6 6 14 25 53 24 74.383
50 Togo 27 9 5 13 26 39 32 73.637
51 Niger 10 3 3 4 7 14 12 73.497
52 Mexico 26 11 9 6 45 28 42 72.689
53 Switzerland 42 10 14 18 40 63 44 72.056
54 Iran 35 23 9 3 78 22 78 69.942
55 Zimbabwe 20 8 5 7 24 22 29 69.926
56 Congo 25 7 7 11 37 42 28 69.660
57 Ecuador 22 2 6 14 16 46 12 69.308
58 Kenya 22 6 5 11 23 40 23 68.280
59 Honduras 26 13 9 4 40 18 48 67.948
60 Ethiopia 27 7 8 12 27 39 29 67.456
61 Sierra Leone 22 5 5 12 24 39 20 66.928
62 Gambia 14 4 3 7 12 21 15 66.535
63 Canada 30 11 12 7 33 29 45 66.510
64 Tanzania 20 4 7 9 28 29 19 65.936
65 Finland 40 9 6 25 39 94 33 65.641
66 Norway 42 7 10 25 32 69 31 64.568
67 Kuwait 44 26 7 11 77 37 85 63.850
68 Benin 8 1 2 5 7 20 5 63.797
69 Malawi 27 6 8 13 27 37 26 62.689
70 Madagascar 18 5 4 9 18 31 19 62.277
71 Mauritania 10 2 3 5 11 20 9 62.187
72 Israel 18 6 5 7 28 19 23 61.408
73 Mozambique 19 4 5 10 28 35 17 61.116
74 Venezuela 24 1 5 18 11 62 8 60.211
75 South Korea 43 24 11 8 79 33 83 60.184
76 Turkey 42 8 6 28 27 88 30 60.135
77 Gabon 8 1 3 4 9 16 6 59.921
78 Iceland 44 7 5 32 25 91 26 59.765
79 El Salvador 32 14 9 9 46 37 51 59.718
80 Australia 32 18 7 7 86 28 61 58.738
81 New Zealand 31 15 7 9 80 41 52 58.096
82 Liberia 12 1 4 7 7 21 7 56.084
83 Guatemala 23 9 7 7 40 21 34 56.078
84 U.S. of America 15 5 5 5 15 18 20 55.692
85 Albania 28 2 4 22 16 62 10 54.944
86 Mauritius 16 4 4 8 13 25 16 53.354
87 Costa Rica 21 4 13 4 24 22 25 52.235
88 China 39 23 5 11 84 25 74 51.582
89 Cyprus 43 0 4 39 19 135 4 51.328
90 Saudi Arabia 26 12 5 9 38 27 41 51.240
91 North Korea 20 11 4 5 31 22 37 50.382
92 Malta 41 1 4 36 19 154 7 49.169
93 Haiti 27 11 6 10 36 31 39 48.440
94 Iraq 21 11 1 9 35 23 34 47.037
95 Luxembourg 44 0 2 42 14 148 2 46.789
96 Japan 16 7 2 7 19 12 23 44.509
97 Syria 31 13 6 12 29 30 45 41.748
98 United Arab Emirates 18 7 4 7 35 23 25 41.106
99 Qatar 30 15 4 11 56 29 49 40.796
100 Malaysia 26 8 10 8 40 31 34 39.153
101 Hong Kong 35 11 9 15 49 52 42 33.874
102 India 14 5 4 5 15 15 19 31.509
103 Indonesia 28 10 4 14 30 46 34 31.401
104 Surinam 20 5 5 10 24 37 20 30.913
105 Panama 16 1 2 13 10 49 5 30.443
106 Thailand 24 9 3 12 37 43 30 28.447
107 Trinidad & Tobago 14 3 5 6 13 18 14 27.754
108 Bahrain 13 3 2 8 13 19 11 26.086
109 Netherlands Antilles 8 0 4 4 2 15 4 26.047
110 Taiwan 18 1 3 14 7 61 6 25.838
111 Jordan 8 2 1 5 10 17 7 24.039
112 Singapore 19 3 4 12 12 36 13 21.855
113 Bangladesh 19 4 2 13 20 48 14 16.689
114 Sri Lanka 8 2 1 5 11 23 7 16.102
115 Macao 12 3 0 9 8 31 9 12.560
116 Guyana 10 3 1 6 11 18 10 11.550
117 Nepal 8 0 1 7 0 41 1 11.244
118 North Yemen 8 0 0 8 3 29 0 10.794
119 Afghanistan 8 0 2 6 5 31 2 4.606
120 Philippines 8 0 0 8 4 26 0 1.000
. Rwanda 5 2 0 3 2 7 6 .
. Somalia 7 1 3 3 2 8 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 .
. Brunei 6 0 0 6 2 29 0 .