| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1989 - 2000.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 64 | 40 | 17 | 7 | 117 | 45 | 137 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Italy | 77 | 47 | 23 | 7 | 125 | 44 | 164 | 99.717 |
| 3 | Brazil | 85 | 57 | 17 | 11 | 176 | 55 | 188 | 99.209 |
| 4 | Germany | 71 | 46 | 16 | 9 | 145 | 64 | 154 | 98.520 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 73 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 156 | 53 | 146 | 96.585 |
| 6 | Croatia | 41 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 72 | 38 | 80 | 95.725 |
| 7 | Spain | 76 | 48 | 16 | 12 | 191 | 60 | 160 | 95.327 |
| 8 | Serbia & Montenegro | 29 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 74 | 33 | 60 | 94.656 |
| 9 | Denmark | 71 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 121 | 62 | 135 | 94.456 |
| 10 | Argentina | 82 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 119 | 74 | 150 | 94.350 |
| 11 | England | 63 | 29 | 23 | 11 | 103 | 41 | 110 | 94.073 |
| 12 | Portugal | 67 | 41 | 15 | 11 | 133 | 40 | 138 | 93.892 |
| 13 | Romania | 74 | 43 | 16 | 15 | 150 | 67 | 145 | 93.421 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 42 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 78 | 28 | 85 | 92.392 |
| 15 | Norway | 64 | 34 | 18 | 12 | 107 | 43 | 120 | 92.021 |
| 16 | Sweden | 60 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 89 | 54 | 108 | 91.582 |
| 17 | Republic of Ireland | 69 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 107 | 53 | 118 | 89.321 |
| 18 | Russia | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 106 | 42 | 90 | 89.163 |
| 19 | Belgium | 58 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 96 | 58 | 100 | 88.853 |
| 20 | Scotland | 71 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 99 | 63 | 125 | 88.242 |
| 21 | Colombia | 84 | 35 | 23 | 26 | 101 | 79 | 128 | 87.921 |
| 22 | Mexico | 85 | 47 | 22 | 16 | 198 | 75 | 163 | 87.810 |
| 23 | Paraguay | 67 | 30 | 16 | 21 | 86 | 75 | 106 | 87.797 |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 64 | 30 | 12 | 22 | 104 | 73 | 102 | 87.004 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 37 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 36 | 61 | 86.640 |
| 26 | Nigeria | 76 | 43 | 19 | 14 | 130 | 55 | 148 | 86.591 |
| 27 | Switzerland | 58 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 96 | 64 | 89 | 85.959 |
| 28 | Uruguay | 72 | 30 | 18 | 24 | 86 | 68 | 108 | 85.900 |
| 29 | South Africa | 53 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 71 | 45 | 103 | 85.201 |
| 30 | Slovakia | 33 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 41 | 54 | 84.459 |
| 31 | Poland | 50 | 18 | 13 | 19 | 63 | 63 | 67 | 83.679 |
| 32 | U.S. of America | 70 | 34 | 16 | 20 | 97 | 65 | 118 | 83.649 |
| 33 | Cameroon | 89 | 46 | 26 | 17 | 127 | 79 | 164 | 83.635 |
| 34 | Ghana | 66 | 40 | 11 | 15 | 101 | 47 | 131 | 83.613 |
| 35 | Greece | 54 | 25 | 10 | 19 | 71 | 57 | 85 | 83.488 |
| 36 | Turkey | 57 | 21 | 12 | 24 | 78 | 72 | 75 | 82.171 |
| 37 | Zambia | 90 | 53 | 16 | 21 | 137 | 65 | 175 | 81.938 |
| 38 | Ecuador | 62 | 22 | 13 | 27 | 76 | 71 | 79 | 81.797 |
| 39 | Austria | 60 | 25 | 12 | 23 | 99 | 81 | 87 | 81.739 |
| 40 | Chile | 60 | 20 | 13 | 27 | 90 | 77 | 73 | 81.533 |
| 41 | Morocco | 72 | 35 | 20 | 17 | 96 | 49 | 125 | 81.525 |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 70 | 35 | 21 | 14 | 107 | 62 | 126 | 81.395 |
| 43 | Bolivia | 65 | 20 | 19 | 26 | 71 | 85 | 79 | 81.339 |
| 44 | Tunisia | 74 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 104 | 63 | 129 | 80.030 |
| 45 | Egypt | 82 | 39 | 23 | 20 | 130 | 55 | 140 | 79.533 |
| 46 | Hungary | 52 | 14 | 17 | 21 | 61 | 76 | 59 | 78.444 |
| 47 | Wales | 49 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 67 | 82 | 57 | 78.079 |
| 48 | Israel | 47 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 67 | 72 | 57 | 77.970 |
| 49 | Slovenia | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 43 | 59 | 40 | 77.829 |
| 50 | Honduras | 69 | 39 | 9 | 21 | 146 | 81 | 126 | 77.790 |
| 51 | Northern Ireland | 55 | 16 | 15 | 24 | 60 | 77 | 63 | 77.406 |
| 52 | Peru | 65 | 17 | 15 | 33 | 70 | 103 | 66 | 77.191 |
| 53 | Algeria | 72 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 99 | 66 | 112 | 77.072 |
| 54 | Finland | 51 | 16 | 9 | 26 | 60 | 81 | 57 | 76.626 |
| 55 | Lithuania | 45 | 15 | 8 | 22 | 41 | 68 | 53 | 75.885 |
| 56 | Costa Rica | 82 | 38 | 14 | 30 | 138 | 95 | 128 | 75.789 |
| 57 | Iceland | 52 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 46 | 64 | 54 | 75.716 |
| 58 | Australia | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 124 | 20 | 78 | 75.510 |
| 59 | Canada | 54 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 63 | 79 | 79 | 75.502 |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 62 | 28 | 13 | 21 | 88 | 77 | 97 | 74.824 |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 62 | 33 | 17 | 12 | 112 | 53 | 116 | 74.626 |
| 62 | Macedonia FYR | 31 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 52 | 32 | 74.420 |
| 63 | Georgia | 30 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 33 | 42 | 33 | 74.373 |
| 64 | Japan | 58 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 146 | 45 | 117 | 74.225 |
| 65 | Gabon | 65 | 27 | 15 | 23 | 76 | 75 | 96 | 74.060 |
| 66 | Guinea | 59 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 85 | 63 | 91 | 74.031 |
| 67 | Jamaica | 82 | 45 | 15 | 22 | 124 | 89 | 150 | 73.623 |
| 68 | South Korea | 65 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 158 | 55 | 128 | 73.348 |
| 69 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 36 | 20 | 73.229 |
| 70 | Burundi | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 33 | 73.194 |
| 71 | Sierra Leone | 41 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 52 | 55 | 73.187 |
| 72 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 77 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 102 | 76 | 107 | 73.184 |
| 73 | Madagascar | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 41 | 72.998 |
| 74 | Senegal | 65 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 81 | 67 | 88 | 72.535 |
| 75 | Angola | 63 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 82 | 74 | 83 | 71.720 |
| 76 | Latvia | 45 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 39 | 72 | 43 | 71.690 |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 49 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 82 | 47 | 89 | 71.056 |
| 78 | Trinidad & Tobago | 72 | 40 | 9 | 23 | 164 | 83 | 129 | 70.981 |
| 79 | Mali | 47 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 53 | 54 | 63 | 70.932 |
| 80 | Cyprus | 52 | 12 | 6 | 34 | 51 | 117 | 42 | 70.809 |
| 81 | Guatemala | 57 | 21 | 15 | 21 | 61 | 59 | 78 | 70.073 |
| 82 | Burkina Faso | 47 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 60 | 76 | 54 | 69.916 |
| 83 | Belarus | 31 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 49 | 24 | 69.886 |
| 84 | Armenia | 33 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 54 | 22 | 69.856 |
| 85 | Iran | 66 | 39 | 14 | 13 | 191 | 52 | 131 | 69.846 |
| 86 | Congo | 51 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 51 | 62 | 69.736 |
| 87 | Uganda | 40 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 47 | 61 | 52 | 69.044 |
| 88 | China | 57 | 34 | 8 | 15 | 135 | 50 | 110 | 67.522 |
| 89 | Liberia | 51 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67.489 |
| 90 | El Salvador | 76 | 27 | 15 | 34 | 102 | 112 | 96 | 67.411 |
| 91 | Kuwait | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 102 | 35 | 76 | 67.153 |
| 92 | Albania | 55 | 7 | 9 | 39 | 38 | 111 | 30 | 66.925 |
| 93 | Kenya | 55 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 60 | 61 | 65 | 66.679 |
| 94 | Togo | 62 | 17 | 17 | 28 | 57 | 77 | 68 | 66.541 |
| 95 | Niger | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 30 | 66.084 |
| 96 | Iraq | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 86 | 39 | 67 | 65.948 |
| 97 | Qatar | 47 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 85 | 44 | 80 | 65.814 |
| 98 | Sudan | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 38 | 40 | 65.680 |
| 99 | Moldova | 29 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 68 | 14 | 65.347 |
| 100 | Malawi | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 54 | 42 | 64.355 |
| 101 | New Zealand | 26 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 51 | 25 | 45 | 64.212 |
| 102 | North Korea | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 39 | 61 | 63.687 |
| 103 | Cuba | 41 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 47 | 71 | 63.683 |
| 104 | Mozambique | 51 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 49 | 69 | 58 | 63.477 |
| 105 | Estonia | 44 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 27 | 97 | 22 | 63.217 |
| 106 | Syria | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 29 | 54 | 62.763 |
| 107 | Faroe Islands | 50 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 31 | 154 | 20 | 62.561 |
| 108 | Ethiopia | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 78 | 31 | 62.330 |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 59 | 47 | 41 | 62.248 |
| 110 | Swaziland | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 14 | 61.928 |
| 111 | Venezuela | 58 | 2 | 6 | 50 | 35 | 186 | 12 | 61.739 |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 25 | 61.686 |
| 113 | Malta | 55 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 16 | 149 | 10 | 61.540 |
| 114 | Namibia | 49 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 52 | 88 | 45 | 61.492 |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 61.282 |
| 116 | Luxembourg | 48 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 14 | 119 | 12 | 61.197 |
| 117 | Libya | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 60.929 |
| 118 | Panama | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 40 | 64 | 39 | 60.867 |
| 119 | Tanzania | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 49 | 29 | 60.724 |
| 120 | Haiti | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 77 | 49 | 59 | 60.547 |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 31 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 82 | 8 | 60.384 |
| 122 | Rwanda | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 60.359 |
| 123 | Gambia | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 59.364 |
| 124 | Chad | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 59.357 |
| 125 | Eritrea | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 8 | 59.339 |
| 126 | Martinique | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 71 | 54 | 59 | 58.076 |
| 127 | Lesotho | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 16 | 57.373 |
| 128 | Cape Verde Islands | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 56.429 |
| 129 | Mauritius | 37 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 72 | 22 | 56.402 |
| 130 | Liechtenstein | 32 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 134 | 5 | 56.368 |
| 131 | San Marino | 46 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 6 | 204 | 1 | 56.243 |
| 132 | Benin | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 72 | 18 | 55.926 |
| 133 | Thailand | 41 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 72 | 63 | 56 | 55.713 |
| 134 | Lebanon | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 23 | 55.330 |
| 135 | Mauritania | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 39 | 14 | 55.104 |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 12 | 55.009 |
| 137 | Malaysia | 29 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 39 | 42 | 54.975 |
| 138 | Bermuda | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 53.948 |
| 139 | Fiji | 24 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 26 | 48 | 53.897 |
| 140 | Barbados | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 56 | 54 | 51 | 53.417 |
| 141 | Jordan | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 37 | 31 | 30 | 52.501 |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 52.450 |
| 143 | Bahrain | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 26 | 24 | 52.409 |
| 144 | Oman | 29 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 53 | 32 | 38 | 51.426 |
| 145 | Singapore | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 43 | 42 | 51.363 |
| 146 | St Vincent & Grenad. | 57 | 19 | 7 | 31 | 107 | 148 | 64 | 50.987 |
| 147 | Andorra | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 49.959 |
| 148 | Botswana | 24 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 52 | 9 | 49.278 |
| 149 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 63 | 49 | 48 | 49.151 |
| 150 | Indonesia | 35 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 54 | 60 | 36 | 48.587 |
| 151 | Grenada | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 45 | 33 | 47.791 |
| 152 | Yemen | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 33 | 28 | 47.695 |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 12 | 46.973 |
| 154 | Hong Kong | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 38 | 49 | 29 | 46.770 |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 66 | 45 | 46.585 |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 46.456 |
| 157 | Tahiti | 29 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 87 | 51 | 47 | 46.375 |
| 158 | Dominican Republic | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 56 | 36 | 45.164 |
| 159 | Surinam | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 44.553 |
| 160 | Guadeloupe | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 43.590 |
| 161 | Belize | 12 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 43.448 |
| 162 | Cayman Islands | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 60 | 22 | 42.797 |
| 163 | Bangladesh | 26 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 70 | 16 | 41.677 |
| 164 | Sint-Maarten | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 40.666 |
| 165 | Myanmar | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 40.542 |
| 166 | Antigua & Barbuda | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 48 | 62 | 32 | 40.446 |
| 167 | India | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 53 | 15 | 39.917 |
| 168 | Nicaragua | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 39.714 |
| 169 | Netherlands Antilles | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 47 | 21 | 38.163 |
| 170 | Vietnam | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 33 | 46 | 15 | 38.030 |
| 171 | Dominica | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 54 | 23 | 37.870 |
| 172 | Macao | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 94 | 14 | 37.844 |
| 173 | Taiwan | 24 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 73 | 11 | 36.274 |
| 174 | Puerto Rico | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 58 | 18 | 36.226 |
| 175 | Guyana | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 39 | 57 | 20 | 35.431 |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 35 | 67 | 18 | 34.109 |
| 177 | Sri Lanka | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 73 | 10 | 34.057 |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 15 | 33.151 |
| 179 | Aruba | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 11 | 32.783 |
| 180 | French Guiana | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 32.658 |
| 181 | Pakistan | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 102 | 0 | 31.747 |
| 182 | Bahamas | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 10 | 29.532 |
| 183 | Cook Islands | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 61 | 16 | 28.325 |
| 184 | British Virgin Isl. | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 52 | 14 | 28.301 |
| 185 | Maldives | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 113 | 0 | 27.529 |
| 186 | New Caledonia | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 27.244 |
| 187 | Nepal | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 86 | 4 | 27.173 |
| 188 | Cambodia | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 24.332 |
| 189 | Samoa | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 24.218 |
| 190 | Philippines | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 3 | 23.718 |
| 191 | Tonga | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 41 | 17 | 21.933 |
| 192 | Guam | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 21.673 |
| 193 | Montserrat | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 38 | 7 | 17.447 |
| 194 | Anguilla | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 68 | 1 | 6.677 |
| 195 | American Samoa | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 1.000 |
| . | São Tomé & Príncipe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | . |
| . | Laos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 3 | . |
| . | Palestine | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | . |
| . | U.S. Virgin Islands | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 2 | . |
| . | Seychelles | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | . |
| . | Turks & Caicos Isl. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 1 | . |
| . | Central African Rep. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 1 | . |
| . | Djibouti | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 1 | . |
| . | Somalia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | . |
| . | Mongolia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | . |
| . | Brunei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | . |
| . | Bhutan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 0 | . |
| . | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 0 | . |