| World Football |
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South America | Oceania |
World Football Ranking Table 1985 - 1996.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 62 | 40 | 15 | 7 | 117 | 36 | 135 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Germany | 65 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 131 | 59 | 134 | 97.642 |
| 3 | Italy | 63 | 39 | 16 | 8 | 104 | 42 | 133 | 95.284 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 45 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 74 | 32 | 86 | 94.946 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 74 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 154 | 45 | 156 | 93.625 |
| 6 | Argentina | 66 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 95 | 62 | 119 | 93.559 |
| 7 | Yugoslavia | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 65 | 31 | 70 | 93.201 |
| 8 | Spain | 73 | 46 | 14 | 13 | 157 | 59 | 152 | 91.582 |
| 9 | Denmark | 64 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 110 | 53 | 124 | 91.321 |
| 10 | France | 64 | 31 | 21 | 12 | 100 | 47 | 114 | 89.667 |
| 11 | England | 60 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 103 | 37 | 107 | 89.580 |
| 12 | Uruguay | 53 | 26 | 12 | 15 | 66 | 47 | 90 | 88.693 |
| 13 | Colombia | 61 | 27 | 19 | 15 | 80 | 54 | 100 | 88.056 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 33 | 87.886 |
| 15 | Croatia | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 33 | 87.754 |
| 16 | Romania | 62 | 35 | 14 | 13 | 118 | 56 | 119 | 87.697 |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia | 43 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 69 | 41 | 75 | 84.567 |
| 18 | Sweden | 54 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 87 | 54 | 90 | 84.178 |
| 19 | Paraguay | 49 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 84.069 |
| 20 | Chile | 39 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 68 | 50 | 59 | 83.977 |
| 21 | Mexico | 51 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 124 | 38 | 104 | 83.973 |
| 22 | Russia | 27 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 24 | 54 | 83.579 |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 64 | 31 | 13 | 20 | 106 | 71 | 106 | 83.102 |
| 24 | Republic of Ireland | 65 | 28 | 24 | 13 | 87 | 47 | 108 | 83.073 |
| 25 | Portugal | 61 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 95 | 46 | 110 | 82.216 |
| 26 | Belgium | 65 | 31 | 15 | 19 | 104 | 66 | 108 | 82.082 |
| 27 | Nigeria | 67 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 108 | 44 | 125 | 81.128 |
| 28 | Scotland | 65 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 80 | 54 | 105 | 80.640 |
| 29 | Norway | 54 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 78 | 46 | 83 | 80.568 |
| 30 | Cameroon | 73 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 96 | 72 | 131 | 79.480 |
| 31 | South Africa | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 79.148 |
| 32 | Ghana | 55 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 70 | 35 | 105 | 79.001 |
| 33 | Algeria | 69 | 31 | 24 | 14 | 96 | 56 | 117 | 77.508 |
| 34 | Côte d'Ivoire | 63 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 89 | 52 | 109 | 77.191 |
| 35 | Zambia | 69 | 39 | 11 | 19 | 104 | 47 | 128 | 77.142 |
| 36 | Bolivia | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 48 | 59 | 45 | 77.086 |
| 37 | Switzerland | 58 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 88 | 68 | 79 | 76.109 |
| 38 | Burundi | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 75.619 |
| 39 | Ecuador | 41 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 49 | 45 | 74.778 |
| 40 | U.S. of America | 50 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 62 | 48 | 85 | 74.549 |
| 41 | Greece | 51 | 23 | 9 | 19 | 70 | 68 | 78 | 74.018 |
| 42 | Wales | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 65 | 61 | 62 | 73.865 |
| 43 | Slovakia | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 73.644 |
| 44 | Poland | 50 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 54 | 65 | 65 | 72.979 |
| 45 | Ukraine | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 72.111 |
| 46 | Egypt | 69 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 95 | 47 | 108 | 71.305 |
| 47 | Morocco | 63 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 68 | 41 | 91 | 71.196 |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 35 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 39 | 41 | 53 | 70.318 |
| 49 | Northern Ireland | 56 | 18 | 15 | 23 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 70.294 |
| 50 | Austria | 51 | 18 | 10 | 23 | 75 | 70 | 64 | 70.270 |
| 51 | Hungary | 49 | 17 | 11 | 21 | 55 | 69 | 62 | 69.993 |
| 52 | Gabon | 43 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 38 | 69 | 69.926 |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 49 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 71 | 62 | 80 | 69.800 |
| 54 | Georgia | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 68.975 |
| 55 | Australia | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 66 | 18 | 55 | 68.429 |
| 56 | Peru | 41 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 65 | 32 | 68.314 |
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 47 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 78 | 33 | 88 | 67.646 |
| 58 | Canada | 41 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 59 | 58 | 67 | 67.138 |
| 59 | Lithuania | 25 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 31 | 66.477 |
| 60 | Tunisia | 54 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 68 | 51 | 81 | 66.287 |
| 61 | South Korea | 59 | 36 | 11 | 12 | 135 | 46 | 119 | 66.015 |
| 62 | Honduras | 52 | 24 | 13 | 15 | 92 | 63 | 85 | 65.587 |
| 63 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 55 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 67 | 44 | 75 | 65.085 |
| 64 | Senegal | 52 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 65 | 47 | 76 | 65.046 |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 58 | 28 | 11 | 19 | 89 | 60 | 95 | 64.892 |
| 66 | Israel | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 55 | 42 | 64.260 |
| 67 | Finland | 46 | 11 | 9 | 26 | 45 | 78 | 42 | 63.761 |
| 68 | Iceland | 47 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 30 | 65 | 39 | 63.729 |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 38 | 30 | 63.179 |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 46 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 73 | 41 | 84 | 63.084 |
| 71 | Madagascar | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 62.945 |
| 72 | Turkey | 50 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 51 | 88 | 42 | 62.846 |
| 73 | Mali | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 40 | 46 | 48 | 61.727 |
| 74 | Iraq | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 85 | 37 | 70 | 61.588 |
| 75 | Angola | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 52 | 50 | 58 | 61.548 |
| 76 | Guinea | 46 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 60 | 56 | 65 | 61.372 |
| 77 | Slovenia | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 61.027 |
| 78 | Uganda | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 42 | 60.811 |
| 79 | Japan | 44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 76 | 29 | 83 | 60.008 |
| 80 | Iran | 44 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 97 | 31 | 88 | 59.861 |
| 81 | Macedonia FYR | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 59.231 |
| 82 | Belarus | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 15 | 58.509 |
| 83 | Qatar | 41 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 92 | 35 | 75 | 58.304 |
| 84 | Sudan | 33 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 40 | 40 | 58.211 |
| 85 | Congo | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 57.543 |
| 86 | Liberia | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 30 | 35 | 56.994 |
| 87 | Jamaica | 44 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 49 | 83 | 56.923 |
| 88 | Niger | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 27 | 56.369 |
| 89 | Moldova | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 35 | 9 | 56.084 |
| 90 | Syria | 35 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 32 | 65 | 55.905 |
| 91 | Kenya | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 44 | 55.532 |
| 92 | China | 51 | 29 | 9 | 13 | 111 | 35 | 96 | 55.507 |
| 93 | Armenia | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 55.409 |
| 94 | Kuwait | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 68 | 27 | 59 | 55.290 |
| 95 | Malawi | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 46 | 37 | 54.678 |
| 96 | Swaziland | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 54.234 |
| 97 | Latvia | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 48 | 18 | 54.051 |
| 98 | El Salvador | 46 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 73 | 57 | 70 | 53.888 |
| 99 | Guatemala | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 42 | 47 | 53.420 |
| 100 | North Korea | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 36 | 62 | 52.499 |
| 101 | Venezuela | 41 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 31 | 143 | 8 | 51.960 |
| 102 | Tanzania | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 42 | 27 | 51.797 |
| 103 | Togo | 37 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 49 | 31 | 51.652 |
| 104 | Cyprus | 51 | 4 | 7 | 40 | 29 | 127 | 19 | 51.630 |
| 105 | New Zealand | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 23 | 31 | 51.381 |
| 106 | Mozambique | 41 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 41 | 50.587 |
| 107 | Ethiopia | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 57 | 27 | 50.410 |
| 108 | Albania | 47 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 25 | 105 | 18 | 50.198 |
| 109 | Malta | 53 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 18 | 142 | 13 | 48.565 |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 48 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 15 | 118 | 13 | 48.196 |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 46.802 |
| 112 | Trinidad & Tobago | 48 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 87 | 55 | 66 | 46.700 |
| 113 | Faroe Islands | 33 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 19 | 121 | 10 | 44.560 |
| 114 | Panama | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 40 | 26 | 43.835 |
| 115 | Gambia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 43.752 |
| 116 | Namibia | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 19 | 42.852 |
| 117 | Tahiti | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 42.683 |
| 118 | Bermuda | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 42.176 |
| 119 | Jordan | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 28 | 42.057 |
| 120 | Bahrain | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 26 | 41.599 |
| 121 | Malaysia | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 31 | 35 | 41.540 |
| 122 | Lesotho | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 41.216 |
| 123 | Mauritania | 22 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 36 | 14 | 40.832 |
| 124 | Estonia | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 59 | 4 | 40.816 |
| 125 | Fiji | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 40.423 |
| 126 | Yemen | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 39.753 |
| 127 | Cuba | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 26 | 32 | 39.217 |
| 128 | Martinique | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 29 | 38.701 |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 38.043 |
| 130 | San Marino | 32 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 136 | 1 | 38.012 |
| 131 | Benin | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 52 | 9 | 36.916 |
| 132 | Singapore | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 43 | 36 | 35.848 |
| 133 | Oman | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 35.175 |
| 134 | Mauritius | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 39 | 8 | 34.863 |
| 135 | Liechtenstein | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 61 | 1 | 33.904 |
| 136 | Lebanon | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 42 | 17 | 33.715 |
| 137 | Indonesia | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 35 | 56 | 35 | 33.406 |
| 138 | Haiti | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 31.932 |
| 139 | Thailand | 39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 61 | 47 | 31.190 |
| 140 | Hong Kong | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 46 | 36 | 30.610 |
| 141 | St Vincent & Grenad. | 37 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 64 | 94 | 42 | 30.348 |
| 142 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 27.319 |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 26.805 |
| 144 | Botswana | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 26.571 |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 35 | 34 | 26.388 |
| 146 | Barbados | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 22.467 |
| 147 | Surinam | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 22.152 |
| 148 | India | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 56 | 22 | 21.284 |
| 149 | Vietnam | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 20.221 |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 27 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 63 | 18 | 20.044 |
| 151 | Grenada | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 15.942 |
| 152 | Nicaragua | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 14.511 |
| 153 | Dominican Republic | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 41 | 23 | 14.110 |
| 154 | Macao | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 77 | 13 | 13.977 |
| 155 | Taiwan | 20 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 93 | 4 | 12.925 |
| 156 | Sri Lanka | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 10 | 12.793 |
| 157 | Guadeloupe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 12.446 |
| 158 | Puerto Rico | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 17 | 12.238 |
| 159 | Pakistan | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 76 | 0 | 11.439 |
| 160 | Nepal | 20 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 72 | 2 | 10.296 |
| 161 | French Guiana | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 9.273 |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 5.829 |
| 163 | Netherlands Antilles | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 18 | 5.643 |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 4.206 |
| 165 | Guyana | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 3.540 |
| 166 | Dominica | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2.490 |
| 167 | Antigua & Barbuda | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 1.000 |
| . | Serbia & Montenegro | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 12 | . |
| . | Tonga | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | . |
| . | Sint-Maarten | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | . |
| . | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | . |
| . | Samoa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 7 | . |
| . | Myanmar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 7 | . |
| . | Montserrat | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 7 | . |
| . | Uzbekistan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 6 | . |
| . | Seychelles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | . |
| . | Tajikistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | . |
| . | Cape Verde Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . |
| . | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | . |
| . | New Caledonia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | . |
| . | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | . |
| . | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | . |
| . | Chad | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | . |
| . | Turkmenistan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | . |
| . | British Virgin Isl. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | . |
| . | Anguilla | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | . |
| . | Cook Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | . |
| . | Rwanda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | . |
| . | American Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | . |
| . | Central African Rep. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 0 | . |
| . | Guam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 0 | . |
| . | Aruba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0 | . |
| . | Belize | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | . |
| . | Maldives | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 0 | . |
| . | Philippines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 0 | . |