| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1982 - 1993.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 58 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 109 | 38 | 117 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Germany | 61 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 113 | 56 | 117 | 99.540 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 62 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 129 | 37 | 132 | 99.520 |
| 4 | Denmark | 64 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 113 | 49 | 125 | 97.657 |
| 5 | Italy | 56 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 87 | 45 | 107 | 97.357 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 58 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 93 | 40 | 108 | 97.089 |
| 7 | Argentina | 61 | 30 | 19 | 12 | 82 | 54 | 109 | 96.576 |
| 8 | England | 67 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 130 | 37 | 123 | 94.903 |
| 9 | France | 64 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 110 | 59 | 120 | 94.827 |
| 10 | Spain | 69 | 40 | 12 | 17 | 139 | 64 | 132 | 93.837 |
| 11 | Sweden | 47 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 77 | 41 | 85 | 93.048 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia | 47 | 27 | 8 | 12 | 84 | 56 | 89 | 92.977 |
| 13 | Romania | 53 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 92 | 44 | 97 | 91.748 |
| 14 | Cameroon | 72 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 93 | 52 | 131 | 91.022 |
| 15 | Côte d'Ivoire | 53 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 79 | 38 | 96 | 90.922 |
| 16 | Uruguay | 49 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 61 | 43 | 84 | 90.906 |
| 17 | Portugal | 55 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 75 | 49 | 98 | 90.562 |
| 18 | Algeria | 69 | 33 | 23 | 13 | 103 | 56 | 122 | 90.407 |
| 19 | Republic of Ireland | 58 | 25 | 21 | 12 | 81 | 44 | 96 | 89.354 |
| 20 | Russia | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 88.729 |
| 21 | Colombia | 49 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 60 | 41 | 77 | 88.296 |
| 22 | Czechoslovakia | 56 | 25 | 18 | 13 | 91 | 54 | 93 | 88.229 |
| 23 | Mexico | 33 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 92 | 24 | 70 | 87.637 |
| 24 | Nigeria | 71 | 35 | 20 | 16 | 107 | 51 | 125 | 87.290 |
| 25 | Belgium | 65 | 31 | 15 | 19 | 100 | 69 | 108 | 87.195 |
| 26 | Ghana | 43 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 47 | 29 | 73 | 86.703 |
| 27 | Chile | 37 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 67 | 43 | 57 | 84.802 |
| 28 | East Germany | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 45 | 33 | 47 | 84.591 |
| 29 | Morocco | 60 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 68 | 33 | 94 | 84.516 |
| 30 | Libya | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 32 | 84.248 |
| 31 | Zambia | 58 | 31 | 9 | 18 | 81 | 39 | 102 | 83.931 |
| 32 | Wales | 40 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 52 | 43 | 59 | 83.912 |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 50 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 74 | 51 | 75 | 83.709 |
| 34 | Paraguay | 41 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 49 | 57 | 53 | 83.518 |
| 35 | Switzerland | 48 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 73 | 55 | 68 | 83.065 |
| 36 | Scotland | 60 | 23 | 17 | 20 | 79 | 68 | 86 | 82.180 |
| 37 | Egypt | 61 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 65 | 42 | 92 | 80.656 |
| 38 | Greece | 44 | 18 | 11 | 15 | 49 | 59 | 65 | 80.151 |
| 39 | Poland | 53 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 59 | 67 | 70 | 80.026 |
| 40 | Norway | 48 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 60 | 49 | 59 | 79.273 |
| 41 | Bolivia | 33 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 48 | 36 | 77.996 |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 37 | 77.246 |
| 43 | Burundi | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 77.047 |
| 44 | Senegal | 45 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 50 | 37 | 65 | 76.922 |
| 45 | Zimbabwe | 43 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 52 | 67 | 76.559 |
| 46 | Hungary | 52 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 81 | 79 | 71 | 76.494 |
| 47 | Gabon | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 34 | 50 | 76.003 |
| 48 | Northern Ireland | 58 | 20 | 15 | 23 | 56 | 69 | 75 | 75.815 |
| 49 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 40 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 46 | 32 | 52 | 74.632 |
| 50 | Ecuador | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 49 | 35 | 74.546 |
| 51 | Uganda | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 40 | 74.338 |
| 52 | Mali | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 35 | 33 | 74.326 |
| 53 | Austria | 54 | 19 | 10 | 25 | 67 | 73 | 67 | 73.567 |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 20 | 73.433 |
| 55 | Tunisia | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 40 | 58 | 73.047 |
| 56 | Peru | 41 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 44 | 64 | 36 | 71.810 |
| 57 | Guinea | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 39 | 70.460 |
| 58 | Angola | 35 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 37 | 38 | 69.458 |
| 59 | Sudan | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 32 | 69.129 |
| 60 | U.S. of America | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 56 | 68.669 |
| 61 | Madagascar | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 28 | 68.495 |
| 62 | Niger | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 24 | 67.422 |
| 63 | Finland | 44 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 32 | 78 | 34 | 67.247 |
| 64 | Australia | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 52 | 18 | 45 | 66.594 |
| 65 | Malawi | 37 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 34 | 41 | 42 | 66.227 |
| 66 | Iceland | 46 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 64 | 39 | 65.880 |
| 67 | South Africa | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 65.573 |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 48 | 23 | 10 | 15 | 75 | 49 | 79 | 65.270 |
| 69 | Honduras | 45 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 71 | 46 | 73 | 65.044 |
| 70 | Kenya | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 35 | 52 | 48 | 65.033 |
| 71 | Gambia | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 64.104 |
| 72 | Congo | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 63.910 |
| 73 | Togo | 32 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 41 | 30 | 63.362 |
| 74 | Canada | 33 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 52 | 48 | 62.111 |
| 75 | Swaziland | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 12 | 61.426 |
| 76 | Turkey | 46 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 36 | 99 | 33 | 60.683 |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 43 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 78 | 24 | 83 | 60.516 |
| 78 | Liberia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 18 | 59.630 |
| 79 | South Korea | 57 | 35 | 11 | 11 | 120 | 33 | 116 | 59.547 |
| 80 | Israel | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 23 | 59.120 |
| 81 | Lithuania | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 58.365 |
| 82 | Tanzania | 23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 30 | 20 | 58.260 |
| 83 | Mozambique | 29 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 45 | 26 | 57.283 |
| 84 | Ethiopia | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 49 | 25 | 57.022 |
| 85 | Iraq | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 75 | 33 | 58 | 55.588 |
| 86 | Iran | 43 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 85 | 29 | 84 | 53.372 |
| 87 | Malta | 50 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 23 | 147 | 14 | 53.013 |
| 88 | Latvia | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 52.147 |
| 89 | Japan | 40 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 69 | 26 | 74 | 51.991 |
| 90 | Venezuela | 35 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 122 | 8 | 51.484 |
| 91 | United Arab Emirates | 48 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 92 | 48 | 85 | 51.484 |
| 92 | Martinique | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 51.235 |
| 93 | Mauritania | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 51.087 |
| 94 | Qatar | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 87 | 35 | 74 | 50.823 |
| 95 | Jamaica | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 43 | 52 | 50.794 |
| 96 | China | 55 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 116 | 33 | 108 | 50.409 |
| 97 | Cyprus | 49 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 26 | 126 | 11 | 50.292 |
| 98 | Albania | 45 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 102 | 15 | 50.180 |
| 99 | New Zealand | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 33 | 33 | 49.716 |
| 100 | Kuwait | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 25 | 52 | 49.314 |
| 101 | El Salvador | 39 | 16 | 6 | 17 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 48.302 |
| 102 | Syria | 37 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 54 | 37 | 66 | 47.157 |
| 103 | Faroe Islands | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 64 | 4 | 46.110 |
| 104 | Trinidad & Tobago | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 45.873 |
| 105 | Guatemala | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 45.788 |
| 106 | Luxembourg | 46 | 0 | 3 | 43 | 16 | 139 | 3 | 45.348 |
| 107 | North Korea | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 36 | 62 | 44.454 |
| 108 | Benin | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 65 | 7 | 43.261 |
| 109 | San Marino | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 42.798 |
| 110 | Estonia | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 42.067 |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 41.627 |
| 112 | Panama | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 9 | 41.410 |
| 113 | Mauritius | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 26 | 8 | 37.936 |
| 114 | Bermuda | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 36.345 |
| 115 | Yemen | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 34.826 |
| 116 | Saint Lucia | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 27 | 34.517 |
| 117 | Bahrain | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 33.458 |
| 118 | Malaysia | 27 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 46 | 32 | 38 | 33.232 |
| 119 | Jordan | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 29 | 31.784 |
| 120 | St Vincent & Grenad. | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 42 | 14 | 29.417 |
| 121 | Singapore | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 28 | 27.635 |
| 122 | Lebanon | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 10 | 25.193 |
| 123 | Indonesia | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 52 | 39 | 23.720 |
| 124 | Thailand | 35 | 12 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 53 | 42 | 22.979 |
| 125 | Surinam | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 22.706 |
| 126 | Oman | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 36 | 14 | 21.866 |
| 127 | Hong Kong | 33 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 37 | 47 | 32 | 20.830 |
| 128 | Haiti | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 18.391 |
| 129 | India | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 46 | 28 | 17.950 |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 12.816 |
| 131 | Netherlands Antilles | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 9.526 |
| 132 | Puerto Rico | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 8.913 |
| 133 | North Yemen | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 39 | 6 | 8.748 |
| 134 | Bangladesh | 32 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 76 | 21 | 7.603 |
| 135 | Macao | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 65 | 10 | 4.825 |
| 136 | Guyana | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 12 | 4.188 |
| 137 | Taiwan | 17 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 83 | 1 | 4.051 |
| 138 | Vietnam | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 4.017 |
| 139 | Antigua & Barbuda | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2.127 |
| 140 | Nepal | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 1.707 |
| 141 | Pakistan | 22 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 83 | 3 | 1.524 |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 1.000 |
| . | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 11 | . |
| . | Fiji | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 | . |
| . | Sint-Maarten | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | . |
| . | Lesotho | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 7 | . |
| . | French Guiana | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | . |
| . | Barbados | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | . |
| . | Tahiti | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | . |
| . | Cayman Islands | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 4 | . |
| . | Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | . |
| . | Cape Verde Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . |
| . | Guadeloupe | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | . |
| . | Grenada | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | . |
| . | South Yemen | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | . |
| . | Chad | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | . |
| . | Botswana | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 2 | . |
| . | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . |
| . | Equatorial Guinea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . |
| . | Montserrat | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . |
| . | Dominica | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | . |
| . | British Virgin Isl. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | . |
| . | Solomon Islands | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 | . |
| . | Anguilla | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | . |
| . | Vanuatu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | . |
| . | Namibia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | . |
| . | Nicaragua | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 0 | . |