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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 .