| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1980 - 1991.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 69 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 153 | 54 | 147 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Brazil | 50 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 94 | 32 | 107 | 99.552 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 63 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 112 | 38 | 126 | 97.075 |
| 4 | Italy | 58 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 79 | 44 | 107 | 96.060 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 59 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 109 | 36 | 120 | 95.350 |
| 6 | Argentina | 47 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 67 | 40 | 85 | 95.242 |
| 7 | France | 59 | 34 | 12 | 13 | 111 | 54 | 114 | 94.724 |
| 8 | England | 66 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 121 | 37 | 123 | 94.577 |
| 9 | Denmark | 55 | 32 | 8 | 15 | 106 | 54 | 104 | 94.093 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia | 55 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 106 | 63 | 108 | 93.218 |
| 11 | Algeria | 68 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 112 | 55 | 127 | 91.620 |
| 12 | Spain | 60 | 32 | 10 | 18 | 114 | 64 | 106 | 90.913 |
| 13 | Uruguay | 41 | 20 | 10 | 11 | 51 | 36 | 70 | 90.167 |
| 14 | Cameroon | 65 | 33 | 18 | 14 | 96 | 55 | 117 | 88.316 |
| 15 | Romania | 51 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 68 | 37 | 85 | 87.558 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia | 58 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 90 | 55 | 95 | 87.022 |
| 17 | Republic of Ireland | 55 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 79 | 51 | 85 | 86.727 |
| 18 | Belgium | 67 | 30 | 17 | 20 | 100 | 77 | 107 | 86.671 |
| 19 | Chile | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 70 | 39 | 64 | 86.498 |
| 20 | Sweden | 41 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 59 | 36 | 68 | 85.927 |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 43 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 35 | 74 | 85.416 |
| 22 | Portugal | 54 | 26 | 10 | 18 | 66 | 59 | 88 | 85.064 |
| 23 | Morocco | 59 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 62 | 36 | 89 | 83.737 |
| 24 | Wales | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 38 | 56 | 83.589 |
| 25 | Nigeria | 65 | 30 | 19 | 16 | 86 | 49 | 109 | 83.550 |
| 26 | Poland | 47 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 61 | 54 | 71 | 83.416 |
| 27 | Scotland | 56 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 75 | 57 | 86 | 83.263 |
| 28 | Zambia | 47 | 24 | 7 | 16 | 60 | 33 | 79 | 82.839 |
| 29 | Libya | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 17 | 36 | 82.835 |
| 30 | Hungary | 52 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 88 | 76 | 78 | 81.553 |
| 31 | East Germany | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 39 | 53 | 81.279 |
| 32 | Senegal | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 49 | 80.899 |
| 33 | Egypt | 55 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 61 | 42 | 84 | 80.620 |
| 34 | Mexico | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 15 | 32 | 80.577 |
| 35 | Ghana | 37 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 36 | 27 | 56 | 80.545 |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 48 | 19 | 11 | 18 | 66 | 51 | 68 | 78.660 |
| 37 | Paraguay | 35 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 49 | 45 | 78.368 |
| 38 | Colombia | 41 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 45 | 42 | 55 | 77.919 |
| 39 | Switzerland | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 59 | 61 | 56 | 77.728 |
| 40 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 37 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 47 | 41 | 53 | 77.393 |
| 41 | Northern Ireland | 54 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 76.652 |
| 42 | Austria | 52 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 68 | 63 | 72 | 76.255 |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 27 | 20 | 74.940 |
| 44 | Greece | 47 | 15 | 11 | 21 | 50 | 74 | 56 | 74.256 |
| 45 | Niger | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 73.974 |
| 46 | Peru | 35 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 41 | 49 | 38 | 73.838 |
| 47 | Honduras | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 58 | 27 | 68 | 73.751 |
| 48 | Tunisia | 40 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 40 | 53 | 73.258 |
| 49 | Norway | 46 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 43 | 59 | 44 | 73.034 |
| 50 | U.S. of America | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 35 | 26 | 47 | 72.791 |
| 51 | Congo | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 71.604 |
| 52 | Canada | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 36 | 71.177 |
| 53 | Ecuador | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 42 | 21 | 71.090 |
| 54 | Uganda | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 70.477 |
| 55 | Sudan | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 70.458 |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 37 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 39 | 56 | 69.483 |
| 57 | Togo | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 69.457 |
| 58 | Gabon | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 29 | 69.275 |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 43 | 42 | 69.063 |
| 60 | Mali | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 29 | 68.758 |
| 61 | Angola | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 67.457 |
| 62 | Bolivia | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 41 | 21 | 67.187 |
| 63 | Guinea | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 35 | 66.513 |
| 64 | Sierra Leone | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 23 | 65.775 |
| 65 | Iceland | 46 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 34 | 79 | 36 | 64.541 |
| 66 | Finland | 42 | 7 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 87 | 30 | 63.524 |
| 67 | Madagascar | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 24 | 63.171 |
| 68 | Israel | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 23 | 62.258 |
| 69 | Malawi | 35 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 40 | 37 | 61.836 |
| 70 | Kenya | 36 | 9 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 50 | 37 | 61.571 |
| 71 | El Salvador | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 43 | 40 | 50 | 59.537 |
| 72 | Gambia | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 59.432 |
| 73 | Guatemala | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 27 | 22 | 35 | 59.331 |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 20 | 58.992 |
| 75 | Faroe Islands | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 58.674 |
| 76 | Australia | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 77 | 24 | 49 | 58.197 |
| 77 | New Zealand | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 45 | 55 | 58.052 |
| 78 | Mozambique | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 42 | 23 | 58.039 |
| 79 | South Korea | 51 | 31 | 9 | 11 | 100 | 36 | 102 | 57.263 |
| 80 | Tanzania | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 19 | 56.786 |
| 81 | Liberia | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 19 | 56.220 |
| 82 | Turkey | 44 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 102 | 23 | 56.186 |
| 83 | Kuwait | 40 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 65 | 30 | 73 | 55.917 |
| 84 | Cuba | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 54.788 |
| 85 | Trinidad & Tobago | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 24 | 38 | 53.917 |
| 86 | Mauritania | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 53.819 |
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 37 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 30 | 65 | 53.257 |
| 88 | Swaziland | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 51.845 |
| 89 | Iraq | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 22 | 42 | 51.646 |
| 90 | Jamaica | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 51.218 |
| 91 | Venezuela | 28 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 86 | 6 | 51.135 |
| 92 | Malta | 45 | 1 | 7 | 37 | 22 | 147 | 10 | 51.080 |
| 93 | Iran | 33 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 66 | 21 | 67 | 50.998 |
| 94 | Albania | 41 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 98 | 13 | 50.148 |
| 95 | Cyprus | 47 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 22 | 137 | 4 | 48.507 |
| 96 | Benin | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 47.298 |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 46 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 15 | 145 | 2 | 46.237 |
| 98 | Qatar | 37 | 17 | 9 | 11 | 62 | 32 | 60 | 46.136 |
| 99 | China | 54 | 31 | 9 | 14 | 112 | 34 | 102 | 45.428 |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 37 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 67 | 46 | 55 | 43.026 |
| 101 | Mauritius | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 41.116 |
| 102 | Surinam | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 40.954 |
| 103 | Syria | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 38 | 58 | 40.613 |
| 104 | San Marino | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 39.594 |
| 105 | Haiti | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 25 | 16 | 38.972 |
| 106 | Fiji | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 49 | 15 | 38.735 |
| 107 | North Korea | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 31 | 48 | 38.318 |
| 108 | Panama | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 5 | 38.292 |
| 109 | Japan | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 32 | 19 | 39 | 35.555 |
| 110 | Malaysia | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 34 | 32.092 |
| 111 | Bahrain | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 32.070 |
| 112 | Jordan | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 20 | 28.807 |
| 113 | Indonesia | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 40 | 28.316 |
| 114 | Netherlands Antilles | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 25.607 |
| 115 | Taiwan | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 6 | 23.464 |
| 116 | Guyana | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 14 | 17.938 |
| 117 | Hong Kong | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 17.894 |
| 118 | India | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 17.302 |
| 119 | Singapore | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 13 | 16.560 |
| 120 | Oman | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 6 | 15.491 |
| 121 | Thailand | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 53 | 23 | 12.645 |
| 122 | North Yemen | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 6 | 6.262 |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 58 | 15 | 3.677 |
| 124 | Pakistan | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 3.424 |
| 125 | Nepal | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 1.000 |
| . | Saint Lucia | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 14 | . |
| . | Martinique | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | . |
| . | Somalia | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | . |
| . | Dominican Republic | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 5 | . |
| . | Cayman Islands | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | . |
| . | French Guiana | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | . |
| . | Guadeloupe | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | . |
| . | Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . |
| . | Antigua & Barbuda | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | . |
| . | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | . |
| . | Chad | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | . |
| . | South Yemen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | . |
| . | British Virgin Isl. | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| . | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . |
| . | Montserrat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . |
| . | Anguilla | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | . |
| . | Nicaragua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | . |
| . | Central African Rep. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | . |
| . | Puerto Rico | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 0 | . |