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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 .