| World Football |
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South America | Oceania |
World Football Ranking Table 1986 - 1997.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 64 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 133 | 37 | 145 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Germany | 66 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 131 | 59 | 140 | 95.464 |
| 3 | Italy | 71 | 43 | 20 | 8 | 113 | 43 | 149 | 93.614 |
| 4 | Serbia & Montenegro | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 8 | 29 | 93.215 |
| 5 | Argentina | 74 | 36 | 24 | 14 | 100 | 65 | 132 | 92.674 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 39 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 62 | 26 | 73 | 92.113 |
| 7 | Spain | 74 | 47 | 15 | 12 | 163 | 57 | 156 | 91.276 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 74 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 156 | 43 | 156 | 90.813 |
| 9 | Denmark | 65 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 107 | 53 | 125 | 89.343 |
| 10 | England | 59 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 103 | 36 | 107 | 89.123 |
| 11 | France | 59 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 92 | 43 | 107 | 89.083 |
| 12 | Croatia | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 23 | 48 | 87.914 |
| 13 | Romania | 62 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 135 | 56 | 126 | 87.842 |
| 14 | Colombia | 66 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 87 | 61 | 103 | 85.883 |
| 15 | Uruguay | 62 | 27 | 15 | 20 | 74 | 60 | 96 | 83.927 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia | 37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 63 | 31 | 67 | 83.462 |
| 17 | Sweden | 56 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 89 | 54 | 98 | 82.551 |
| 18 | Mexico | 67 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 155 | 54 | 130 | 81.921 |
| 19 | Russia | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 80 | 30 | 65 | 81.763 |
| 20 | Paraguay | 55 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 63 | 72 | 79 | 81.528 |
| 21 | Portugal | 61 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 94 | 42 | 112 | 81.353 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 64 | 31 | 13 | 20 | 109 | 72 | 106 | 80.742 |
| 23 | Republic of Ireland | 69 | 30 | 25 | 14 | 99 | 52 | 115 | 80.673 |
| 24 | Belgium | 67 | 33 | 15 | 19 | 116 | 73 | 114 | 80.638 |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 20 | 45 | 80.345 |
| 26 | Norway | 55 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 88 | 41 | 92 | 80.277 |
| 27 | Chile | 44 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 75 | 52 | 62 | 80.255 |
| 28 | Scotland | 66 | 32 | 17 | 17 | 88 | 54 | 113 | 79.990 |
| 29 | Nigeria | 66 | 36 | 17 | 13 | 109 | 44 | 125 | 79.360 |
| 30 | Bolivia | 54 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 78.531 |
| 31 | Cameroon | 81 | 42 | 24 | 15 | 108 | 72 | 150 | 78.441 |
| 32 | South Africa | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 20 | 53 | 78.058 |
| 33 | Ecuador | 51 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 62 | 54 | 64 | 77.689 |
| 34 | Greece | 51 | 24 | 9 | 18 | 70 | 62 | 81 | 75.788 |
| 35 | Ghana | 55 | 31 | 11 | 13 | 71 | 37 | 104 | 75.784 |
| 36 | U.S. of America | 56 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 75 | 54 | 95 | 75.504 |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 62 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 89 | 53 | 113 | 75.483 |
| 38 | Zambia | 73 | 42 | 13 | 18 | 113 | 50 | 139 | 75.003 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 34 | 74.622 |
| 40 | Burundi | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 74.617 |
| 41 | Switzerland | 57 | 22 | 16 | 19 | 93 | 66 | 82 | 74.028 |
| 42 | Slovakia | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 73.304 |
| 43 | Algeria | 64 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 80 | 56 | 100 | 72.641 |
| 44 | Morocco | 65 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 79 | 42 | 102 | 72.216 |
| 45 | Peru | 49 | 12 | 13 | 24 | 51 | 79 | 49 | 72.124 |
| 46 | Poland | 52 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 56 | 71 | 65 | 71.791 |
| 47 | Austria | 55 | 23 | 9 | 23 | 84 | 69 | 78 | 71.408 |
| 48 | Georgia | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 70.074 |
| 49 | Egypt | 75 | 32 | 23 | 20 | 113 | 51 | 119 | 69.538 |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 40 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 43 | 44 | 60 | 68.861 |
| 51 | Wales | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 67 | 71 | 55 | 68.087 |
| 52 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 67.732 |
| 53 | Tunisia | 53 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 72 | 42 | 88 | 67.646 |
| 54 | Hungary | 53 | 16 | 14 | 23 | 57 | 85 | 62 | 67.310 |
| 55 | Lithuania | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 41 | 42 | 66.987 |
| 56 | Turkey | 49 | 14 | 9 | 26 | 63 | 81 | 51 | 66.796 |
| 57 | Northern Ireland | 57 | 16 | 15 | 26 | 61 | 77 | 63 | 66.503 |
| 58 | Australia | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 80 | 19 | 60 | 65.840 |
| 59 | Madagascar | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 65.837 |
| 60 | Saudi Arabia | 59 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 104 | 39 | 117 | 65.448 |
| 61 | Israel | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 52 | 38 | 65.378 |
| 62 | Zimbabwe | 54 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 72 | 66 | 79 | 65.377 |
| 63 | Honduras | 49 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 89 | 59 | 80 | 65.243 |
| 64 | South Korea | 63 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 146 | 51 | 127 | 64.727 |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 68 | 32 | 12 | 24 | 106 | 77 | 108 | 64.723 |
| 66 | Gabon | 52 | 21 | 12 | 19 | 53 | 53 | 75 | 64.473 |
| 67 | Guinea | 50 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 66 | 54 | 76 | 63.576 |
| 68 | Finland | 48 | 13 | 9 | 26 | 51 | 82 | 48 | 63.070 |
| 69 | Angola | 52 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 58 | 52 | 70 | 63.051 |
| 70 | Senegal | 53 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 63 | 50 | 74 | 62.937 |
| 71 | Iceland | 50 | 11 | 13 | 26 | 38 | 69 | 46 | 62.801 |
| 72 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 61 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 72 | 54 | 80 | 61.947 |
| 73 | Mali | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 46 | 47 | 53 | 61.645 |
| 74 | Macedonia FYR | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 36 | 20 | 60.761 |
| 75 | Canada | 43 | 15 | 10 | 18 | 53 | 74 | 55 | 60.235 |
| 76 | Jamaica | 61 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 94 | 66 | 114 | 59.453 |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 54 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 84 | 50 | 96 | 59.231 |
| 78 | Congo | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 59.062 |
| 79 | Uganda | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 38 | 44 | 42 | 58.810 |
| 80 | Japan | 51 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 112 | 36 | 99 | 58.737 |
| 81 | Kenya | 48 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 44 | 56 | 58 | 58.411 |
| 82 | Iran | 61 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 154 | 48 | 118 | 58.185 |
| 83 | Sudan | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 36 | 39 | 57.657 |
| 84 | Armenia | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 13 | 56.889 |
| 85 | Slovenia | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 56.565 |
| 86 | Guatemala | 39 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 42 | 51 | 55.965 |
| 87 | Niger | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 34 | 27 | 55.239 |
| 88 | China | 59 | 33 | 11 | 15 | 112 | 49 | 110 | 55.055 |
| 89 | Latvia | 32 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 55 | 27 | 54.347 |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 29 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 31 | 53 | 30 | 54.291 |
| 91 | Qatar | 43 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 42 | 73 | 54.129 |
| 92 | Kuwait | 42 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 77 | 34 | 72 | 54.109 |
| 93 | Liberia | 41 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 46 | 53.829 |
| 94 | El Salvador | 57 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 79 | 76 | 77 | 53.757 |
| 95 | Malawi | 39 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 36 | 51 | 40 | 53.522 |
| 96 | Cyprus | 53 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 35 | 122 | 26 | 53.280 |
| 97 | Swaziland | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 52.976 |
| 98 | Syria | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 70 | 33 | 57 | 52.270 |
| 99 | Iraq | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 73 | 34 | 54 | 52.193 |
| 100 | Mozambique | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 42 | 58 | 46 | 51.193 |
| 101 | Venezuela | 47 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 29 | 153 | 9 | 51.126 |
| 102 | Togo | 45 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 32 | 61 | 41 | 50.973 |
| 103 | Moldova | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 48 | 9 | 50.733 |
| 104 | Tanzania | 35 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 47 | 32 | 49.813 |
| 105 | Albania | 51 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 30 | 115 | 20 | 49.716 |
| 106 | Belarus | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 34 | 15 | 49.432 |
| 107 | North Korea | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 50 | 34 | 57 | 49.292 |
| 108 | Trinidad & Tobago | 48 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 94 | 51 | 72 | 49.243 |
| 109 | Tajikistan | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 48.703 |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 35 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 74 | 28 | 47.859 |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 41 | 31 | 28 | 47.371 |
| 112 | Faroe Islands | 38 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 24 | 130 | 16 | 47.307 |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 21 | 47.242 |
| 114 | Namibia | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 55 | 28 | 47.167 |
| 115 | Malta | 54 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 16 | 144 | 12 | 45.023 |
| 116 | New Zealand | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 22 | 30 | 44.905 |
| 117 | Luxembourg | 48 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 119 | 13 | 44.395 |
| 118 | Gambia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 43.101 |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 51 | 4 | 42.441 |
| 120 | Martinique | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 33 | 44 | 42.116 |
| 121 | Panama | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 48 | 30 | 42.096 |
| 122 | Cuba | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 44 | 26 | 35 | 42.050 |
| 123 | Lesotho | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 33 | 10 | 40.752 |
| 124 | Haiti | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 40.618 |
| 125 | Malaysia | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 39 | 39.406 |
| 126 | Bermuda | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 39.306 |
| 127 | Estonia | 30 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 74 | 5 | 39.239 |
| 128 | San Marino | 36 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 5 | 157 | 1 | 38.818 |
| 129 | Lebanon | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 38.337 |
| 130 | Jordan | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 38.201 |
| 131 | Bahrain | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 38.067 |
| 132 | Mauritania | 20 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 31 | 13 | 38.011 |
| 133 | Benin | 28 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 59 | 11 | 37.613 |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 11 | 37.179 |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 36.991 |
| 136 | Fiji | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 36.095 |
| 137 | Oman | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 28 | 35 | 34.899 |
| 138 | Liechtenstein | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 92 | 1 | 34.588 |
| 139 | Thailand | 37 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 62 | 63 | 46 | 34.237 |
| 140 | Tahiti | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 33 | 20 | 34.129 |
| 141 | Singapore | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 44 | 40 | 36 | 32.537 |
| 142 | Mauritius | 25 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 49 | 9 | 32.049 |
| 143 | Yemen | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 31.871 |
| 144 | St Vincent & Grenad. | 39 | 12 | 6 | 21 | 67 | 104 | 42 | 30.449 |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 38 | 37 | 30.403 |
| 146 | Indonesia | 31 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 37 | 52 | 29 | 28.452 |
| 147 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 28.235 |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 40 | 25 | 28.207 |
| 149 | Botswana | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 46 | 5 | 28.205 |
| 150 | Barbados | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 14 | 23 | 27.525 |
| 151 | Hong Kong | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 31 | 49 | 23 | 24.820 |
| 152 | Grenada | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 24.700 |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 22.310 |
| 154 | Surinam | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 21.143 |
| 155 | Bangladesh | 27 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 67 | 15 | 19.585 |
| 156 | Dominican Republic | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 41 | 23 | 17.949 |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 39 | 17 | 17.517 |
| 158 | Nicaragua | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 16.425 |
| 159 | India | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 13 | 16.014 |
| 160 | Papua New Guinea | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 15.762 |
| 161 | Macao | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 90 | 11 | 15.005 |
| 162 | Sint-Maarten | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13.471 |
| 163 | Guadeloupe | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 13.044 |
| 164 | Vietnam | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 44 | 9 | 12.052 |
| 165 | Sri Lanka | 17 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 55 | 10 | 11.529 |
| 166 | Taiwan | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 70 | 8 | 11.319 |
| 167 | Dominica | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 15 | 8.983 |
| 168 | Pakistan | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 98 | 0 | 8.620 |
| 169 | Netherlands Antilles | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 18 | 7.582 |
| 170 | Guyana | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 54 | 15 | 7.215 |
| 171 | French Guiana | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 7.060 |
| 172 | Cayman Islands | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 6.946 |
| 173 | Nepal | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 80 | 2 | 5.036 |
| 174 | Maldives | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 89 | 0 | 4.163 |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 1.696 |
| 176 | Antigua & Barbuda | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 13 | 1.000 |
| . | Tonga | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 10 | . |
| . | Samoa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 7 | . |
| . | Myanmar | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 7 | . |
| . | Montserrat | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 7 | . |
| . | Seychelles | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | . |
| . | British Virgin Isl. | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | . |
| . | Cape Verde Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | . |
| . | New Caledonia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | . |
| . | Aruba | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 3 | . |
| . | Chad | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | . |
| . | Belize | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | . |
| . | Cambodia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 1 | . |
| . | Anguilla | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 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 | . |
| . | Philippines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 0 | . |