World Football Ranking Table 1978 - 1989.

Rank	Team	Mat- ches	Wins	Draws	Los- ses	Goals Fore	Goals Against	Points	Rating Score
1	Brazil	52	31	15	6	98	34	108	100.000
2	Argentina	44	22	11	11	68	40	77	93.395
3	Uruguay	37	19	8	10	50	33	65	92.722
4	Germany	67	38	19	10	144	51	133	92.259
5	Netherlands	62	39	11	12	124	46	128	91.651
6	England	60	34	16	10	126	33	118	91.239
7	Italy	50	24	16	10	66	43	88	90.184
8	Chile	40	20	8	12	72	39	68	89.187
9	Soviet Union	58	31	18	9	102	40	111	89.063
10	Spain	58	32	11	15	106	55	107	88.515
11	Algeria	65	31	22	12	102	55	115	88.283
12	Cameroon	53	27	15	11	85	45	96	86.903
13	Paraguay	40	14	13	13	50	48	55	86.571
14	France	60	31	13	16	109	60	106	85.816
15	Belgium	65	30	20	15	99	72	110	85.314
16	Yugoslavia	48	27	8	13	88	59	89	84.244
17	Poland	55	25	14	16	72	58	89	83.575
18	Colombia	34	13	11	10	41	34	50	83.534
19	Czechoslovakia	51	23	17	11	85	45	86	83.524
20	Denmark	55	27	9	19	101	64	90	83.449
21	Romania	45	20	14	11	60	35	74	83.320
22	Côte d'Ivoire	39	18	11	10	63	31	65	82.846
23	Libya	26	12	7	7	31	22	43	82.165
24	Morocco	60	22	22	16	67	41	88	81.924
25	Nigeria	57	24	19	14	73	46	91	81.635
26	Austria	55	26	11	18	81	63	89	81.614
27	Portugal	53	25	10	18	64	62	85	81.604
28	Republic of Ireland	51	22	14	15	73	48	80	81.575
29	Egypt	46	21	13	12	52	32	76	81.229
30	Senegal	27	12	8	7	25	12	44	80.835
31	Ghana	34	13	13	8	34	27	52	80.811
32	Sweden	47	21	11	15	66	46	74	80.786
33	Peru	39	9	16	14	40	54	43	79.895
34	Zambia	43	20	7	16	54	31	67	79.590
35	East Germany	42	21	6	15	72	50	69	79.412
36	Bolivia	26	6	7	13	21	41	25	77.723
37	Scotland	55	21	16	18	75	65	79	77.519
38	Hungary	53	22	10	21	90	84	76	77.160
39	Northern Ireland	54	20	13	21	45	62	73	77.094
40	Mali	18	7	5	6	24	28	26	76.986
41	Uganda	19	10	2	7	29	27	32	76.420
42	Democrat. Rep. Congo	35	12	13	10	51	47	49	75.798
43	Sudan	20	6	7	7	13	24	25	75.522
44	Ecuador	26	4	8	14	21	44	20	75.465
45	Wales	38	14	10	14	48	40	52	75.183
46	Tunisia	43	15	9	19	41	41	54	74.176
47	Bulgaria	48	18	9	21	57	57	63	74.081
48	Togo	21	8	4	9	22	31	28	74.050
49	Greece	45	15	10	20	52	72	55	73.040
50	Angola	26	8	8	10	26	28	32	72.169
51	Switzerland	46	11	15	20	47	72	48	70.748
52	Mexico	17	5	7	5	22	22	22	70.311
53	Guinea	29	8	9	12	30	43	33	69.314
54	Zimbabwe	28	10	7	11	31	37	37	68.572
55	Honduras	28	13	11	4	41	19	50	68.103
56	Gabon	18	6	2	10	15	25	20	67.985
57	Mauritania	8	2	2	4	10	17	8	67.971
58	Canada	22	8	9	5	24	21	33	67.808
59	U.S. of America	20	9	7	4	23	15	34	65.946
60	Kenya	31	8	9	14	26	47	33	65.869
61	Sierra Leone	16	4	3	9	15	27	15	65.345
62	Gambia	14	4	3	7	12	21	15	65.305
63	Ethiopia	20	5	6	9	19	33	21	64.983
64	Finland	40	8	7	25	32	94	31	64.910
65	Malawi	35	9	12	14	35	38	39	64.650
66	Tanzania	22	4	9	9	30	31	21	64.375
67	Burkina Faso	9	2	1	6	6	23	7	63.650
68	Congo	17	4	5	8	20	26	17	63.382
69	Norway	46	7	12	27	39	74	33	63.263
70	Israel	20	5	8	7	28	21	23	62.928
71	Costa Rica	25	9	11	5	29	23	38	62.498
72	Benin	8	1	2	5	7	20	5	62.316
73	Madagascar	18	5	4	9	18	31	19	62.198
74	Venezuela	28	1	5	22	14	83	8	61.755
75	Liberia	22	4	7	11	11	28	19	61.204
76	Turkey	44	9	6	29	30	93	33	61.192
77	Iceland	46	7	9	30	29	90	30	60.766
78	South Korea	51	34	9	8	109	31	111	59.913
79	New Zealand	33	16	7	10	79	45	55	59.259
80	Australia	26	14	7	5	77	24	49	58.852
81	Mozambique	21	4	5	12	28	39	17	58.799
82	Kuwait	40	21	10	9	65	30	73	58.756
83	El Salvador	29	12	7	10	36	29	43	58.315
84	Guatemala	22	8	6	8	26	16	30	57.161
85	Saudi Arabia	37	18	11	8	51	30	65	56.394
86	Iran	36	19	11	6	68	29	68	55.460
87	Iraq	23	13	3	7	43	22	42	54.769
88	Albania	34	2	4	28	19	77	10	53.019
89	Trinidad & Tobago	20	6	8	6	16	15	26	52.895
90	Malta	42	1	6	35	22	137	9	51.392
91	Cyprus	45	0	5	40	22	131	5	50.689
92	Cuba	11	4	4	3	12	10	16	50.265
93	China	57	33	9	15	117	36	108	50.141
94	Qatar	41	20	10	11	72	34	70	49.384
95	Mauritius	16	4	3	9	11	24	15	48.715
96	United Arab Emirates	36	16	9	11	65	35	57	47.609
97	Luxembourg	46	0	3	43	15	148	3	47.136
98	Syria	40	19	8	13	44	38	65	46.389
99	North Korea	35	18	7	10	47	33	61	46.286
100	Fiji	14	4	3	7	19	49	15	42.130
101	Japan	26	11	6	9	32	19	39	41.533
102	Haiti	15	3	3	9	11	22	12	40.281
103	Malaysia	30	11	9	10	44	36	42	38.349
104	Surinam	10	3	3	4	9	13	12	36.527
105	Netherlands Antilles	10	2	4	4	5	13	10	36.102
106	Bahrain	16	4	5	7	14	16	17	35.979
107	Jordan	18	5	5	8	17	25	20	35.667
108	Indonesia	33	11	7	15	29	53	40	32.597
109	Panama	12	0	2	10	4	31	2	32.352
110	Taiwan	16	1	3	12	7	52	6	29.039
111	Hong Kong	32	8	11	13	39	36	35	27.817
112	India	19	5	6	8	16	21	21	26.559
113	Thailand	31	10	5	16	36	57	35	26.526
114	Oman	10	1	3	6	11	26	6	22.778
115	Singapore	20	3	4	13	19	38	13	19.641
116	Bangladesh	30	5	5	20	25	66	20	17.803
117	Sri Lanka	8	2	1	5	11	23	7	17.365
118	North Yemen	17	1	3	13	8	39	6	16.751
119	Pakistan	12	1	0	11	6	38	3	13.622
120	Guyana	10	2	1	7	9	20	7	12.104
121	Macao	12	3	0	9	8	31	9	11.282
122	Afghanistan	8	0	2	6	5	31	2	9.787
123	Nepal	18	0	2	16	0	76	2	9.345
124	Philippines	8	0	0	8	4	26	0	1.000
.	Jamaica	4	2	1	1	4	6	7	.
.	Somalia	7	1	3	3	2	8	6	.
.	Seychelles	2	1	0	1	1	3	3	.
.	Antigua & Barbuda	4	1	0	3	3	9	3	.
.	Swaziland	6	0	3	3	4	13	3	.
.	South Yemen	5	0	2	3	5	11	2	.
.	Equatorial Guinea	2	0	1	1	1	4	1	.
.	Lebanon	6	0	1	5	0	28	1	.
.	Central African Rep.	2	0	0	2	2	7	0	.
.	Puerto Rico	4	0	0	4	1	11	0	.
.	Brunei	6	0	0	6	2	29	0	.