| World Football |
Europe | Asia | Africa | N & C America & Caribbean |
South America | Oceania |
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 | . |