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World Football Ranking Table 1987 - 1998.

Rank Team Mat-
ches
Wins Draws Los-
ses
Goals
Fore
Goals
Against
Points Rating
Score
1 Italy 72 45 20 7 115 38 155 100.000
2 Germany 66 42 16 8 134 60 142 99.648
3 Serbia & Montenegro 17 12 3 2 47 12 39 98.615
4 Brazil 71 46 15 10 143 48 153 98.210
5 France 59 33 18 8 101 40 117 97.638
6 Netherlands 78 47 20 11 166 50 161 96.966
7 Croatia 34 21 6 7 65 33 69 95.540
8 Spain 72 44 15 13 161 60 147 95.373
9 Romania 67 41 14 12 144 59 137 94.465
10 England 59 28 21 10 102 39 105 94.414
11 Argentina 72 33 24 15 96 64 123 93.063
12 Denmark 67 34 19 14 107 57 121 93.009
13 Portugal 59 33 14 12 96 38 113 90.961
14 Sweden 55 28 13 14 84 54 97 90.957
15 Czechoslovakia 35 18 9 8 60 31 63 90.667
16 Republic of Ireland 70 32 23 15 104 51 119 89.471
17 Czech Republic 29 16 6 7 52 22 54 89.054
18 Belgium 60 30 14 16 98 58 104 88.872
19 Colombia 69 29 19 21 88 64 106 88.808
20 Norway 60 28 16 16 98 48 100 88.500
21 Uruguay 58 27 13 18 72 52 94 88.174
22 Scotland 66 33 16 17 91 60 115 88.107
23 Bulgaria 64 31 11 22 107 76 104 87.622
24 Ukraine 25 13 4 8 29 26 43 87.128
25 Mexico 70 39 19 12 165 61 136 87.071
26 Russia 37 19 8 10 84 37 65 86.790
27 Nigeria 71 38 18 15 115 53 132 86.349
28 Paraguay 55 22 13 20 62 68 79 86.038
29 South Africa 37 20 9 8 45 32 69 85.398
30 Burundi 14 7 5 2 12 8 26 85.353
31 Switzerland 56 22 16 18 91 63 82 84.311
32 Greece 51 23 11 17 68 59 80 84.241
33 Chile 48 18 11 19 80 60 65 84.237
34 Côte d'Ivoire 62 32 19 11 93 54 115 84.101
35 Cameroon 84 41 25 18 108 79 148 83.799
36 Zambia 74 43 14 17 116 53 143 83.455
37 Ghana 59 33 11 15 77 41 110 83.380
38 Bolivia 54 18 15 21 65 71 69 83.306
39 Ecuador 51 17 13 21 62 54 64 82.499
40 Austria 59 24 12 23 92 71 84 82.337
41 Slovakia 23 11 3 9 39 35 36 82.161
42 U.S. of America 63 30 14 19 82 61 104 82.134
43 Morocco 64 29 19 16 86 43 106 81.875
44 Poland 48 17 12 19 59 63 63 81.528
45 Wales 48 17 9 22 71 75 60 79.926
46 Algeria 64 28 19 17 86 56 103 79.913
47 Lithuania 35 13 8 14 36 43 47 79.657
48 Hungary 51 16 15 20 60 77 63 79.368
49 Turkey 50 16 8 26 68 80 56 79.240
50 Egypt 76 33 23 20 118 51 122 78.919
51 Northern Ireland 55 17 14 24 62 73 65 78.431
52 Peru 49 12 13 24 51 79 49 78.087
53 Georgia 21 9 1 11 22 26 28 77.977
54 Tunisia 61 27 18 16 81 52 99 77.527
55 Sierra Leone 39 16 8 15 40 45 56 77.456
56 Israel 37 10 12 15 44 55 42 76.683
57 Iceland 50 12 13 25 39 67 49 75.995
58 Finland 48 15 8 25 56 81 53 75.958
59 Saudi Arabia 62 33 19 10 106 46 118 75.927
60 Madagascar 18 7 6 5 19 16 27 75.920
61 South Korea 63 38 13 12 144 53 127 75.141
62 Zimbabwe 54 21 16 17 72 66 79 75.096
63 Gabon 53 23 12 18 59 52 81 75.026
64 Macedonia FYR 23 7 5 11 39 40 26 74.819
65 Australia 32 21 6 5 103 22 69 74.123
66 Bosnia-Herzegovina 12 4 1 7 14 22 13 74.070
67 Costa Rica 70 33 12 25 114 81 111 73.871
68 Democrat. Rep. Congo 68 23 22 23 83 64 91 73.690
69 Honduras 51 23 11 17 90 64 80 73.343
70 Guinea 52 21 11 20 66 58 74 73.255
71 Senegal 51 18 14 19 60 50 68 72.602
72 Angola 56 18 18 20 65 62 72 72.174
73 Mali 42 16 9 17 49 48 57 72.082
74 Slovenia 21 4 4 13 22 37 16 71.903
75 Congo 38 10 12 16 30 38 42 71.443
76 Jamaica 74 41 16 17 114 83 139 71.371
77 Uganda 33 11 12 10 40 45 45 71.280
78 Canada 40 15 10 15 53 69 55 71.165
79 United Arab Emirates 54 27 15 12 84 50 96 71.059
80 Iran 64 35 16 13 156 52 121 70.885
81 Latvia 35 9 6 20 29 57 33 70.798
82 Armenia 23 3 8 12 16 37 17 70.361
83 Japan 54 28 15 11 113 40 99 69.995
84 Kenya 51 17 14 20 57 58 65 69.833
85 Burkina Faso 36 10 9 17 39 62 39 69.586
86 Sudan 31 11 6 14 24 36 39 69.302
87 Cyprus 54 8 8 38 37 121 32 68.833
88 China 59 33 11 15 112 49 110 67.948
89 Niger 24 9 3 12 29 37 30 67.924
90 Guatemala 42 14 11 17 37 46 53 67.317
91 Qatar 43 21 10 12 78 42 73 67.244
92 Kuwait 42 20 12 10 77 34 72 67.158
93 Liberia 42 12 12 18 32 48 48 66.705
94 Iraq 29 16 6 7 72 30 54 66.535
95 Syria 32 17 6 9 70 33 57 65.847
96 Belarus 22 4 4 14 15 37 16 65.779
97 Albania 52 5 7 40 31 113 22 65.578
98 El Salvador 60 22 12 26 79 82 78 65.360
99 Togo 51 13 14 24 44 67 53 65.264
100 Moldova 21 3 1 17 18 56 10 64.890
101 Swaziland 16 2 7 7 10 25 13 64.837
102 Malawi 41 10 10 21 37 54 40 64.664
103 Mozambique 45 14 11 20 48 61 53 64.384
104 Tanzania 36 7 11 18 33 45 32 63.976
105 Trinidad & Tobago 55 26 9 20 117 62 87 63.611
106 North Korea 34 17 6 11 50 34 57 63.381
107 New Zealand 24 13 3 8 52 23 42 63.147
108 Tajikistan 8 5 1 2 19 7 16 62.932
109 Namibia 37 8 11 18 37 68 35 62.361
110 Kazakhstan 16 6 3 7 23 27 21 61.825
111 Venezuela 47 1 6 40 29 153 9 61.797
112 Uzbekistan 19 8 4 7 41 31 28 61.766
113 Gambia 9 2 3 4 8 15 9 61.704
114 Faroe Islands 43 5 2 36 25 139 17 61.647
115 Ethiopia 34 6 7 21 21 72 25 61.265
116 Malta 56 1 9 46 18 152 12 60.824
117 Luxembourg 48 3 4 41 14 116 13 60.555
118 Chad 8 0 4 4 3 13 4 60.035
119 Estonia 34 2 3 29 17 82 9 59.246
120 Cuba 25 12 3 10 50 39 39 57.619
121 Azerbaijan 21 1 1 19 6 60 4 57.037
122 Haiti 15 9 2 4 34 21 29 56.839
123 Panama 28 8 6 14 32 48 30 56.319
124 Liechtenstein 23 1 1 21 6 104 4 55.891
125 Malaysia 27 10 9 8 40 32 39 55.717
126 San Marino 39 0 1 38 6 167 1 55.379
127 Benin 30 3 5 22 17 62 14 55.333
128 Mauritania 20 2 7 11 9 31 13 55.188
129 Jordan 24 7 8 9 27 28 29 55.012
130 Lebanon 16 5 6 5 19 22 21 54.854
131 Bahrain 21 6 6 9 18 23 24 54.654
132 Martinique 30 16 5 9 64 47 53 54.188
133 Kyrgyzstan 9 4 0 5 15 18 12 54.064
134 Fiji 22 13 2 7 36 27 41 53.654
135 Lesotho 16 2 5 9 13 37 11 53.554
136 Guinea-Bissau 15 3 2 10 13 33 11 53.053
137 Oman 26 10 5 11 49 28 35 52.392
138 Thailand 37 13 7 17 62 63 46 51.731
139 Bermuda 14 4 2 8 17 23 14 51.010
140 Mauritius 28 3 4 21 17 53 13 51.002
141 Singapore 27 10 6 11 44 40 36 50.383
142 Yemen 18 6 4 8 24 28 22 50.042
143 Saint Lucia 29 13 4 12 43 43 43 48.402
144 Tahiti 23 11 2 10 55 44 35 47.516
145 St Vincent & Grenad. 42 13 6 23 76 112 45 47.277
146 Indonesia 31 6 11 14 37 52 29 47.143
147 Botswana 20 0 6 14 7 48 6 46.624
148 Solomon Islands 22 9 5 8 46 47 32 45.628
149 Barbados 18 8 2 8 30 23 26 45.579
150 Saint Kitts & Nevis 25 9 9 7 39 34 36 44.937
151 Hong Kong 28 5 8 15 31 49 23 44.329
152 Turkmenistan 10 2 1 7 11 21 7 42.452
153 Grenada 18 7 4 7 42 29 25 42.417
154 Dominican Republic 20 7 5 8 28 47 26 42.019
155 Bangladesh 27 4 3 20 16 67 15 40.338
156 Surinam 14 3 7 4 17 21 16 37.879
157 Puerto Rico 21 5 2 14 23 46 17 37.679
158 India 20 3 4 13 17 50 13 37.557
159 Cayman Islands 19 5 3 11 22 47 18 37.275
160 Macao 18 3 2 13 15 90 11 36.718
161 Papua New Guinea 14 4 3 7 10 23 15 36.590
162 Nicaragua 12 0 0 12 6 44 0 36.421
163 Sint-Maarten 10 5 1 4 12 12 16 36.414
164 Netherlands Antilles 22 7 4 11 26 44 25 34.980
165 Vietnam 17 3 0 14 19 44 9 34.489
166 Taiwan 20 2 2 16 18 70 8 34.307
167 Sri Lanka 17 3 1 13 9 55 10 34.071
168 Dominica 20 6 4 10 31 42 22 33.801
169 Antigua & Barbuda 25 7 5 13 43 46 26 33.614
170 Pakistan 24 0 0 24 7 98 0 32.039
171 Guadeloupe 10 3 2 5 14 17 11 31.152
172 Guyana 24 5 4 15 37 58 19 29.704
173 Vanuatu 16 2 3 11 18 52 9 29.074
174 Nepal 22 0 2 20 4 80 2 29.039
175 Maldives 12 0 0 12 4 89 0 28.533
176 Aruba 9 2 1 6 14 24 7 26.562
177 French Guiana 15 3 3 9 19 25 12 26.040
178 Tonga 11 4 2 5 12 26 14 25.235
179 Samoa 9 4 1 4 15 19 13 24.340
180 Cook Islands 8 2 1 5 9 34 7 23.162
181 New Caledonia 8 1 0 7 9 19 3 18.700
182 British Virgin Isl. 10 1 1 8 11 31 4 14.318
183 Anguilla 12 0 1 11 5 63 1 4.251
184 American Samoa 7 0 0 7 6 30 0 1.000
. Myanmar 6 2 1 3 11 20 7 .
. Montserrat 6 2 1 3 5 26 7 .
. Seychelles 4 1 1 2 2 5 4 .
. Cape Verde Islands 5 1 1 3 2 7 4 .
. Libya 5 1 0 4 4 9 3 .
. Equatorial Guinea 4 0 1 3 1 9 1 .
. Rwanda 4 0 1 3 1 10 1 .
. Belize 6 0 1 5 4 13 1 .
. Cambodia 6 0 1 5 2 27 1 .
. Central African Rep. 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 .
. Eritrea 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 .
. São Tomé & Príncipe 2 0 0 2 0 6 0 .
. Djibouti 2 0 0 2 1 12 0 .
. Andorra 3 0 0 3 1 7 0 .
. Guam 3 0 0 3 2 27 0 .
. Philippines 6 0 0 6 1 30 0 .