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World Football Ranking Table 1981 - 1992.

Rank Team Mat-
ches
Wins Draws Los-
ses
Goals
Fore
Goals
Against
Points Rating
Score
1 Brazil 50 32 11 7 94 32 107 100.000
2 Germany 68 41 15 12 143 58 138 99.547
3 Netherlands 61 38 14 9 116 37 128 98.839
4 Denmark 60 34 13 13 108 53 115 98.699
5 Soviet Union 64 34 20 10 106 41 122 97.166
6 Argentina 47 24 13 10 67 40 85 95.612
7 Italy 53 25 19 9 73 46 94 95.338
8 England 64 31 23 10 115 34 116 95.078
9 France 63 34 14 15 108 60 116 94.341
10 Yugoslavia 52 31 9 12 99 60 102 94.264
11 Sweden 44 25 7 12 70 37 82 93.863
12 Spain 62 34 12 16 120 60 114 93.005
13 Cameroon 69 35 20 14 101 56 125 91.260
14 Côte d'Ivoire 47 24 13 10 73 32 85 91.059
15 Algeria 66 33 20 13 105 53 119 90.735
16 Uruguay 41 20 10 11 51 36 70 90.654
17 Republic of Ireland 53 21 20 12 73 43 83 89.069
18 Ghana 43 19 15 9 48 31 72 89.040
19 Romania 54 25 16 13 82 39 91 88.761
20 Belgium 65 32 14 19 101 73 110 88.607
21 Czechoslovakia 55 25 16 14 89 53 91 88.379
22 Portugal 51 24 10 17 61 55 82 87.201
23 Chile 38 19 7 12 70 39 64 86.950
24 Nigeria 65 31 18 16 88 50 111 86.258
25 Poland 48 19 15 14 62 56 72 85.678
26 Libya 20 9 5 6 24 16 32 85.251
27 Morocco 57 21 21 15 64 36 84 84.260
28 Zambia 51 27 6 18 64 36 87 83.513
29 Mexico 21 11 7 3 44 13 40 83.149
30 East Germany 34 16 5 13 54 39 53 82.591
31 Switzerland 48 16 18 14 71 60 66 82.535
32 Scotland 59 22 18 19 74 62 84 82.384
33 Hungary 55 23 13 19 92 78 82 82.289
34 Wales 39 14 11 14 44 45 53 81.585
35 Bulgaria 49 20 11 18 68 49 71 80.868
36 Egypt 57 22 18 17 61 41 84 80.413
37 Senegal 36 15 9 12 36 21 54 79.085
38 Paraguay 35 12 9 14 44 49 45 79.076
39 Colombia 41 14 13 14 45 42 55 78.353
40 Democrat. Rep. Congo 40 13 15 12 47 42 54 78.205
41 Sierra Leone 21 9 4 8 22 22 31 77.919
42 Northern Ireland 55 18 16 21 50 61 70 77.822
43 Greece 45 16 11 18 50 68 59 77.649
44 Gabon 28 11 6 11 27 31 39 77.043
45 Honduras 38 18 14 6 59 28 68 77.030
46 Austria 51 19 9 23 65 67 66 76.067
47 Mali 24 7 9 8 26 35 30 75.870
48 Norway 47 12 14 21 55 55 50 75.571
49 U.S. of America 24 12 7 5 31 18 43 75.091
50 Burkina Faso 16 6 3 7 15 31 21 74.735
51 Niger 14 6 2 6 14 14 20 74.696
52 Uganda 22 10 4 8 29 29 34 74.695
53 Peru 35 8 14 13 41 49 38 74.567
54 Tunisia 41 15 10 16 45 40 55 74.399
55 Congo 21 7 5 9 24 24 26 74.343
56 Costa Rica 38 18 7 13 58 42 61 73.761
57 Zimbabwe 32 13 8 11 44 42 47 72.622
58 Guinea 27 8 9 10 28 36 33 71.968
59 Madagascar 20 8 4 8 19 22 28 71.858
60 Ecuador 26 4 9 13 23 42 21 71.795
61 Sudan 22 7 7 8 13 23 28 70.695
62 Angola 31 8 9 14 28 34 33 69.979
63 Togo 28 7 8 13 21 36 29 69.094
64 Bolivia 26 4 9 13 19 41 21 67.958
65 Malawi 33 9 12 12 32 35 39 67.354
66 Finland 42 7 9 26 28 87 30 66.628
67 Iceland 46 9 9 28 32 71 36 66.029
68 Gambia 10 4 0 6 11 19 12 65.822
69 Canada 27 10 9 8 35 34 39 65.649
70 Ethiopia 23 7 5 11 24 39 26 62.036
71 Kenya 39 8 11 20 28 58 35 61.303
72 Tanzania 22 3 11 8 21 27 20 60.911
73 Liberia 21 4 6 11 14 32 18 60.711
74 Swaziland 13 2 5 6 9 27 11 60.263
75 Panama 8 2 1 5 5 15 7 59.771
76 Turkey 45 7 5 33 30 102 26 58.864
77 Mozambique 25 6 5 14 25 38 23 58.644
78 El Salvador 35 16 7 12 55 42 55 58.386
79 Trinidad & Tobago 28 11 7 10 37 26 40 57.585
80 Guatemala 22 6 6 10 17 22 24 56.480
81 New Zealand 34 18 8 8 87 38 62 55.911
82 South Korea 47 28 8 11 95 32 92 55.322
83 Israel 19 5 5 9 30 27 20 54.648
84 Mauritania 11 2 1 8 9 26 7 53.956
85 Kuwait 36 18 9 9 56 27 63 53.948
86 Malta 46 1 8 37 23 142 11 53.856
87 Saudi Arabia 42 20 13 9 59 33 73 53.849
88 Iran 32 19 9 4 62 16 66 53.227
89 Australia 26 14 7 5 66 22 49 53.127
90 Iraq 23 13 3 7 43 22 42 53.014
91 Venezuela 28 1 3 24 14 86 6 52.105
92 Jamaica 21 10 4 7 32 32 34 51.984
93 Faroe Islands 13 1 1 11 3 48 4 51.977
94 Albania 42 3 5 34 20 99 14 51.427
95 Cyprus 47 1 4 42 23 125 7 51.318
96 China 54 31 10 13 111 35 103 50.059
97 United Arab Emirates 40 19 9 12 73 44 66 49.851
98 Cuba 7 1 3 3 5 10 6 49.486
99 Qatar 38 18 10 10 70 30 64 48.110
100 Luxembourg 45 0 2 43 15 139 2 47.779
101 Benin 19 0 4 15 10 44 4 46.418
102 Japan 27 12 8 7 34 20 44 45.037
103 Bermuda 10 4 2 4 14 15 14 44.632
104 St Vincent & Grenad. 10 2 1 7 5 32 7 41.750
105 Syria 35 16 6 13 42 40 54 40.196
106 Mauritius 12 2 1 9 6 18 7 38.579
107 San Marino 11 0 0 11 2 49 0 38.253
108 North Korea 26 10 7 9 31 22 37 37.473
109 Surinam 12 3 5 4 10 15 14 37.223
110 Haiti 15 3 3 9 13 25 12 32.556
111 Jordan 18 5 5 8 17 25 20 30.442
112 Fiji 14 4 4 6 14 43 16 29.975
113 Bahrain 17 4 5 8 15 20 17 29.435
114 Indonesia 33 12 8 13 29 47 44 29.342
115 Malaysia 24 8 7 9 33 33 31 28.052
116 Guyana 12 2 3 7 12 25 9 22.436
117 Netherlands Antilles 10 2 2 6 5 20 8 21.830
118 India 21 6 6 9 18 24 24 21.675
119 Thailand 30 8 7 15 27 59 31 21.674
120 Hong Kong 25 5 10 10 28 28 25 20.772
121 Singapore 17 3 4 10 19 28 13 19.081
122 Taiwan 19 1 4 14 7 60 7 15.763
123 Oman 12 1 3 8 11 31 6 14.953
124 Antigua & Barbuda 8 2 1 5 8 15 7 14.588
125 Puerto Rico 10 1 1 8 8 22 4 9.372
126 Bangladesh 24 4 3 17 16 48 15 8.031
127 North Yemen 17 1 3 13 8 39 6 8.031
128 Macao 9 3 1 5 8 19 10 7.001
129 Pakistan 14 1 0 13 6 47 3 3.791
130 Nepal 18 0 2 16 0 76 2 1.000
. Saint Lucia 9 5 2 2 17 7 17 .
. Burundi 4 2 1 1 5 5 7 .
. Martinique 5 2 1 2 8 5 7 .
. Guinea-Bissau 7 2 1 4 5 11 7 .
. Russia 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 .
. Lithuania 5 1 3 1 5 5 6 .
. Dominican Republic 7 1 3 3 7 16 6 .
. Lesotho 4 1 2 1 6 5 5 .
. Cayman Islands 4 1 1 2 6 7 4 .
. Tahiti 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 .
. Latvia 7 0 4 3 3 13 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 .
. Cape Verde Islands 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 .
. South Africa 4 1 0 3 2 9 3 .
. Saint Kitts & Nevis 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 .
. South Yemen 5 0 2 3 5 11 2 .
. Chad 6 0 2 4 2 12 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 .
. Estonia 2 0 1 1 0 6 1 .
. Solomon Islands 4 0 1 3 5 13 1 .
. Botswana 4 0 1 3 0 11 1 .
. Barbados 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 .
. Namibia 3 0 0 3 0 9 0 .
. Nicaragua 4 0 0 4 3 15 0 .
. Vanuatu 4 0 0 4 1 18 0 .