| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1979 - 1990.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 49 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 92 | 33 | 102 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Germany | 69 | 43 | 17 | 9 | 152 | 53 | 146 | 99.103 |
| 3 | England | 67 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 132 | 36 | 130 | 96.587 |
| 4 | Italy | 53 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 72 | 40 | 99 | 96.475 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 59 | 35 | 12 | 12 | 113 | 40 | 117 | 94.874 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 61 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 106 | 42 | 115 | 93.870 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 54 | 33 | 9 | 12 | 101 | 61 | 108 | 93.516 |
| 8 | Algeria | 70 | 36 | 22 | 12 | 115 | 57 | 130 | 93.084 |
| 9 | France | 58 | 32 | 12 | 14 | 104 | 54 | 108 | 92.654 |
| 10 | Argentina | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 58 | 40 | 70 | 91.814 |
| 11 | Spain | 59 | 32 | 11 | 16 | 115 | 60 | 107 | 91.736 |
| 12 | Uruguay | 41 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 38 | 69 | 90.772 |
| 13 | Belgium | 68 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 104 | 77 | 114 | 89.348 |
| 14 | Denmark | 54 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 97 | 57 | 92 | 89.271 |
| 15 | Cameroon | 63 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 95 | 58 | 110 | 88.534 |
| 16 | Chile | 40 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 72 | 39 | 68 | 88.348 |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia | 58 | 27 | 17 | 14 | 97 | 53 | 98 | 88.208 |
| 18 | Republic of Ireland | 55 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 77 | 48 | 85 | 86.099 |
| 19 | Romania | 50 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 68 | 40 | 79 | 85.822 |
| 20 | Paraguay | 40 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 50 | 48 | 55 | 85.814 |
| 21 | Libya | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 43 | 85.706 |
| 22 | Morocco | 59 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 71 | 37 | 90 | 85.490 |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 44 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 69 | 36 | 74 | 85.448 |
| 24 | Poland | 49 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 54 | 76 | 85.286 |
| 25 | Nigeria | 60 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 75 | 47 | 100 | 85.150 |
| 26 | Portugal | 52 | 24 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 60 | 82 | 84.767 |
| 27 | East Germany | 40 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 69 | 46 | 66 | 84.111 |
| 28 | Sweden | 45 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 44 | 72 | 83.968 |
| 29 | Ghana | 32 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 48 | 83.484 |
| 30 | Zambia | 47 | 23 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 31 | 77 | 83.467 |
| 31 | Hungary | 50 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 88 | 73 | 78 | 83.398 |
| 32 | Scotland | 55 | 22 | 16 | 17 | 72 | 59 | 82 | 83.139 |
| 33 | Austria | 52 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 71 | 57 | 78 | 82.441 |
| 34 | Senegal | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 49 | 82.252 |
| 35 | Egypt | 54 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 56 | 40 | 82 | 81.635 |
| 36 | Mexico | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 81.203 |
| 37 | Colombia | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 38 | 54 | 81.177 |
| 38 | Wales | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 41 | 52 | 79.893 |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 79.654 |
| 40 | Bulgaria | 49 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 59 | 56 | 66 | 78.982 |
| 41 | Northern Ireland | 54 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 68 | 78.875 |
| 42 | Peru | 33 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 33 | 42 | 36 | 78.446 |
| 43 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 37 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 54 | 49 | 52 | 78.427 |
| 44 | Mali | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 28 | 78.217 |
| 45 | Sudan | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 28 | 77.732 |
| 46 | Greece | 43 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 44 | 67 | 52 | 76.700 |
| 47 | Honduras | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 41 | 19 | 50 | 75.701 |
| 48 | Switzerland | 47 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 53 | 69 | 54 | 75.578 |
| 49 | Bolivia | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 41 | 25 | 75.489 |
| 50 | Tunisia | 37 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 36 | 50 | 75.478 |
| 51 | Canada | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 33 | 75.372 |
| 52 | Uganda | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 74.539 |
| 53 | Ecuador | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 44 | 20 | 72.984 |
| 54 | Angola | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 33 | 72.592 |
| 55 | Gabon | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 24 | 72.544 |
| 56 | Congo | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 72.506 |
| 57 | Costa Rica | 29 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 29 | 44 | 71.904 |
| 58 | Niger | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 71.753 |
| 59 | Togo | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 38 | 29 | 70.556 |
| 60 | U.S. of America | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 34 | 70.502 |
| 61 | Zimbabwe | 29 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 39 | 37 | 69.757 |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | 19 | 69.512 |
| 63 | Guinea | 31 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 46 | 34 | 68.896 |
| 64 | Norway | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 39 | 70 | 36 | 68.017 |
| 65 | Finland | 39 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 86 | 27 | 65.675 |
| 66 | Madagascar | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 20 | 65.300 |
| 67 | Gambia | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 18 | 65.263 |
| 68 | Malawi | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 36 | 36 | 64.583 |
| 69 | El Salvador | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 36 | 29 | 43 | 64.534 |
| 70 | Kenya | 35 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 52 | 34 | 64.072 |
| 71 | Guatemala | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 16 | 30 | 63.998 |
| 72 | Iceland | 47 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 87 | 33 | 63.929 |
| 73 | Israel | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 63.834 |
| 74 | Turkey | 45 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 98 | 33 | 63.158 |
| 75 | Ethiopia | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 21 | 62.354 |
| 76 | Mauritania | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 62.337 |
| 77 | Tanzania | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 62.292 |
| 78 | Liberia | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 19 | 60.899 |
| 79 | Mozambique | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 41 | 20 | 60.332 |
| 80 | Benin | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 6 | 60.177 |
| 81 | New Zealand | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 45 | 55 | 59.871 |
| 82 | South Korea | 51 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 100 | 36 | 102 | 59.841 |
| 83 | Australia | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 77 | 24 | 49 | 59.652 |
| 84 | Kuwait | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 30 | 73 | 59.272 |
| 85 | Trinidad & Tobago | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 58.954 |
| 86 | Venezuela | 28 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 83 | 8 | 58.182 |
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 30 | 65 | 56.587 |
| 88 | Cuba | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 56.586 |
| 89 | Iran | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 66 | 21 | 67 | 55.543 |
| 90 | Iraq | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 22 | 42 | 55.164 |
| 91 | Malta | 44 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 23 | 143 | 10 | 53.184 |
| 92 | Albania | 37 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 89 | 10 | 52.772 |
| 93 | Cyprus | 47 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 24 | 137 | 5 | 51.907 |
| 94 | China | 54 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 112 | 34 | 102 | 50.014 |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 47 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 16 | 149 | 3 | 49.468 |
| 96 | Qatar | 41 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 72 | 34 | 70 | 48.848 |
| 97 | Swaziland | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 48.844 |
| 98 | Mauritius | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 24 | 15 | 47.585 |
| 99 | United Arab Emirates | 39 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 67 | 46 | 57 | 47.249 |
| 100 | Syria | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 44 | 38 | 65 | 45.846 |
| 101 | Haiti | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 12 | 45.563 |
| 102 | North Korea | 35 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 47 | 33 | 61 | 45.048 |
| 103 | Surinam | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 41.348 |
| 104 | Fiji | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 15 | 41.213 |
| 105 | Netherlands Antilles | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 40.066 |
| 106 | Japan | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 19 | 39 | 39.806 |
| 107 | Panama | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 37.587 |
| 108 | Malaysia | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 36 | 42 | 36.632 |
| 109 | Bahrain | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 34.424 |
| 110 | Jordan | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 34.014 |
| 111 | Indonesia | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 53 | 40 | 30.191 |
| 112 | Taiwan | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 6 | 27.014 |
| 113 | Hong Kong | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 24.805 |
| 114 | India | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 23.792 |
| 115 | Thailand | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 57 | 35 | 23.344 |
| 116 | Oman | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 20.074 |
| 117 | Singapore | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 38 | 13 | 16.243 |
| 118 | Guyana | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 7 | 14.871 |
| 119 | Bangladesh | 30 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 66 | 20 | 13.663 |
| 120 | North Yemen | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 6 | 13.394 |
| 121 | Pakistan | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 9.999 |
| 122 | Nepal | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 5.174 |
| 123 | Macao | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 1.000 |
| . | Jamaica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | . |
| . | Somalia | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | . |
| . | Faroe Islands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . |
| . | Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . |
| . | Antigua & Barbuda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | . |
| . | South Yemen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | . |
| . | Chad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| . | 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 | . |
| . | San Marino | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | . |
| . | Puerto Rico | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | . |
| . | Brunei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 0 | . |