| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1990 - 2001.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 59 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 111 | 42 | 129 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Italy | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 134 | 45 | 177 | 99.418 |
| 3 | Germany | 75 | 48 | 17 | 10 | 152 | 73 | 161 | 97.217 |
| 4 | Brazil | 86 | 54 | 15 | 17 | 168 | 65 | 177 | 95.482 |
| 5 | Croatia | 47 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 86 | 39 | 96 | 95.135 |
| 6 | Argentina | 83 | 45 | 24 | 14 | 137 | 77 | 159 | 94.257 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 76 | 44 | 20 | 12 | 173 | 56 | 152 | 94.251 |
| 8 | Spain | 75 | 48 | 16 | 11 | 193 | 59 | 160 | 94.220 |
| 9 | England | 64 | 31 | 22 | 11 | 109 | 46 | 115 | 94.202 |
| 10 | Denmark | 74 | 41 | 20 | 13 | 126 | 61 | 143 | 93.255 |
| 11 | Portugal | 67 | 43 | 15 | 9 | 150 | 37 | 144 | 92.807 |
| 12 | Romania | 78 | 45 | 17 | 16 | 157 | 70 | 152 | 91.389 |
| 13 | Serbia & Montenegro | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 94 | 41 | 76 | 91.260 |
| 14 | Sweden | 63 | 35 | 14 | 14 | 100 | 54 | 119 | 90.841 |
| 15 | Norway | 66 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 112 | 49 | 123 | 89.286 |
| 16 | Czech Republic | 51 | 30 | 8 | 13 | 93 | 38 | 98 | 88.890 |
| 17 | Russia | 54 | 32 | 11 | 11 | 120 | 47 | 107 | 88.070 |
| 18 | Belgium | 60 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 105 | 59 | 107 | 87.655 |
| 19 | Colombia | 88 | 40 | 22 | 26 | 113 | 80 | 142 | 87.070 |
| 20 | Republic of Ireland | 72 | 33 | 25 | 14 | 117 | 56 | 124 | 86.907 |
| 21 | Mexico | 101 | 55 | 25 | 21 | 219 | 87 | 190 | 86.646 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 67 | 33 | 13 | 21 | 110 | 82 | 112 | 86.235 |
| 23 | Scotland | 70 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 98 | 58 | 123 | 86.016 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 53 | 44 | 73 | 85.468 |
| 25 | Nigeria | 76 | 45 | 18 | 13 | 132 | 50 | 153 | 85.124 |
| 26 | Paraguay | 67 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 86 | 78 | 102 | 84.926 |
| 27 | Switzerland | 59 | 27 | 14 | 18 | 101 | 60 | 95 | 84.698 |
| 28 | Poland | 52 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 75 | 64 | 77 | 84.155 |
| 29 | U.S. of America | 72 | 35 | 15 | 22 | 102 | 70 | 120 | 82.775 |
| 30 | Turkey | 61 | 25 | 14 | 22 | 92 | 74 | 89 | 82.734 |
| 31 | South Africa | 62 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 84 | 50 | 122 | 82.393 |
| 32 | Uruguay | 77 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 85 | 77 | 110 | 82.286 |
| 33 | Greece | 55 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 75 | 59 | 85 | 80.986 |
| 34 | Ecuador | 65 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 86 | 75 | 88 | 80.309 |
| 35 | Slovakia | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 50 | 64 | 80.294 |
| 36 | Slovenia | 45 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 65 | 59 | 80.152 |
| 37 | Ghana | 75 | 44 | 13 | 18 | 114 | 59 | 145 | 80.121 |
| 38 | Cameroon | 87 | 44 | 26 | 17 | 123 | 77 | 158 | 80.106 |
| 39 | Morocco | 74 | 39 | 18 | 17 | 101 | 47 | 135 | 80.028 |
| 40 | Tunisia | 74 | 39 | 22 | 13 | 124 | 58 | 139 | 79.847 |
| 41 | Austria | 62 | 26 | 11 | 25 | 101 | 89 | 89 | 78.924 |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 72 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 113 | 65 | 130 | 78.332 |
| 43 | Zambia | 90 | 50 | 20 | 20 | 135 | 68 | 170 | 78.067 |
| 44 | Honduras | 88 | 47 | 13 | 28 | 182 | 108 | 154 | 77.151 |
| 45 | Bolivia | 68 | 19 | 20 | 29 | 81 | 98 | 77 | 77.053 |
| 46 | Egypt | 81 | 38 | 23 | 20 | 140 | 64 | 137 | 77.044 |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 94 | 45 | 18 | 31 | 165 | 106 | 153 | 76.664 |
| 48 | Australia | 38 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 191 | 19 | 94 | 76.283 |
| 49 | Wales | 52 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 73 | 86 | 63 | 76.127 |
| 50 | Peru | 69 | 20 | 15 | 34 | 75 | 108 | 75 | 75.971 |
| 51 | Finland | 52 | 17 | 11 | 24 | 68 | 76 | 62 | 75.743 |
| 52 | Israel | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 68 | 71 | 56 | 75.737 |
| 53 | Chile | 64 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 83 | 88 | 68 | 75.637 |
| 54 | Northern Ireland | 58 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 66 | 80 | 67 | 75.150 |
| 55 | Hungary | 52 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 62 | 76 | 57 | 74.581 |
| 56 | Canada | 54 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 63 | 79 | 79 | 74.285 |
| 57 | Japan | 52 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 139 | 42 | 108 | 74.109 |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 67 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 148 | 52 | 136 | 73.300 |
| 59 | Georgia | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 41 | 52 | 40 | 73.154 |
| 60 | Iceland | 54 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 54 | 71 | 59 | 72.674 |
| 61 | Algeria | 76 | 32 | 21 | 23 | 108 | 79 | 117 | 72.629 |
| 62 | Lithuania | 50 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 43 | 77 | 55 | 72.578 |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 63 | 31 | 11 | 21 | 92 | 71 | 104 | 71.954 |
| 64 | Jamaica | 95 | 49 | 17 | 29 | 135 | 106 | 164 | 70.963 |
| 65 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 43 | 28 | 70.733 |
| 66 | Gabon | 59 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 72 | 65 | 89 | 70.444 |
| 67 | Iran | 72 | 41 | 17 | 14 | 194 | 56 | 140 | 70.306 |
| 68 | South Korea | 54 | 29 | 12 | 13 | 128 | 54 | 99 | 70.216 |
| 69 | Guinea | 59 | 26 | 14 | 19 | 85 | 60 | 92 | 70.156 |
| 70 | Guatemala | 57 | 22 | 17 | 18 | 68 | 62 | 83 | 70.085 |
| 71 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 79 | 30 | 22 | 27 | 104 | 85 | 112 | 69.747 |
| 72 | Senegal | 72 | 26 | 21 | 25 | 94 | 70 | 99 | 69.369 |
| 73 | Angola | 65 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 90 | 71 | 94 | 69.342 |
| 74 | Belarus | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 55 | 33 | 69.173 |
| 75 | Macedonia FYR | 38 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 55 | 68 | 35 | 68.933 |
| 76 | Liberia | 55 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 62 | 60 | 78 | 67.909 |
| 77 | Trinidad & Tobago | 79 | 42 | 8 | 29 | 175 | 99 | 134 | 67.708 |
| 78 | Latvia | 50 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 43 | 83 | 44 | 67.666 |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 47 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 44 | 60 | 59 | 67.496 |
| 80 | El Salvador | 76 | 29 | 17 | 30 | 108 | 108 | 104 | 67.351 |
| 81 | Cyprus | 54 | 12 | 8 | 34 | 51 | 130 | 44 | 66.978 |
| 82 | Armenia | 40 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 28 | 68 | 26 | 66.841 |
| 83 | China | 60 | 39 | 9 | 12 | 155 | 46 | 126 | 66.716 |
| 84 | Mali | 43 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 49 | 48 | 60 | 66.573 |
| 85 | Burkina Faso | 56 | 16 | 17 | 23 | 68 | 85 | 65 | 66.335 |
| 86 | Kuwait | 44 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 105 | 35 | 80 | 65.622 |
| 87 | Burundi | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 34 | 65.338 |
| 88 | United Arab Emirates | 56 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 97 | 60 | 96 | 64.961 |
| 89 | Togo | 72 | 21 | 21 | 30 | 71 | 88 | 84 | 64.592 |
| 90 | Uganda | 43 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 48 | 68 | 53 | 64.178 |
| 91 | Madagascar | 39 | 12 | 9 | 18 | 36 | 46 | 45 | 64.165 |
| 92 | Congo | 62 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 54 | 70 | 69 | 64.017 |
| 93 | Sudan | 41 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 38 | 52 | 50 | 63.421 |
| 94 | Albania | 57 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 38 | 111 | 30 | 63.385 |
| 95 | Kenya | 49 | 15 | 12 | 22 | 59 | 61 | 57 | 63.161 |
| 96 | Qatar | 50 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 97 | 49 | 87 | 62.898 |
| 97 | New Zealand | 28 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 66 | 25 | 53 | 62.516 |
| 98 | Moldova | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 85 | 19 | 62.312 |
| 99 | Niger | 26 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 29 | 44 | 30 | 62.031 |
| 100 | Tajikistan | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 25 | 61.341 |
| 101 | Iraq | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 112 | 49 | 77 | 61.037 |
| 102 | Cuba | 51 | 26 | 11 | 14 | 93 | 55 | 89 | 60.528 |
| 103 | Syria | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 104 | 30 | 60 | 60.372 |
| 104 | Venezuela | 61 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 42 | 180 | 24 | 60.346 |
| 105 | North Korea | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 44 | 60.051 |
| 106 | Estonia | 50 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 33 | 117 | 24 | 59.983 |
| 107 | Mozambique | 49 | 16 | 10 | 23 | 49 | 65 | 58 | 59.854 |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 92 | 66 | 65 | 59.840 |
| 109 | Faroe Islands | 58 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 34 | 170 | 26 | 58.855 |
| 110 | Panama | 44 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 52 | 74 | 47 | 58.673 |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 32 | 44 | 58.620 |
| 112 | Haiti | 42 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 107 | 58 | 76 | 58.425 |
| 113 | Swaziland | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 13 | 58.195 |
| 114 | Malawi | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 58 | 32 | 57.762 |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 72 | 28 | 57.248 |
| 116 | Bahrain | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 49 | 57.074 |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 38 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 94 | 13 | 56.989 |
| 118 | Namibia | 60 | 11 | 18 | 31 | 59 | 119 | 51 | 56.706 |
| 119 | Martinique | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 87 | 63 | 75 | 56.225 |
| 120 | Tanzania | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 34 | 49 | 29 | 55.996 |
| 121 | Malta | 56 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 19 | 156 | 9 | 55.973 |
| 122 | Rwanda | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 55.590 |
| 123 | Luxembourg | 50 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 15 | 125 | 11 | 55.129 |
| 124 | Gambia | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 55.100 |
| 125 | Chad | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 55.067 |
| 126 | Eritrea | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 8 | 55.056 |
| 127 | Thailand | 49 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 95 | 69 | 73 | 55.028 |
| 128 | Lesotho | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 50 | 20 | 54.515 |
| 129 | Libya | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 20 | 42 | 14 | 54.514 |
| 130 | Oman | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 91 | 40 | 58 | 53.664 |
| 131 | Lebanon | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 34 | 36 | 53.421 |
| 132 | San Marino | 52 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 9 | 231 | 2 | 52.907 |
| 133 | Mauritius | 39 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 27 | 73 | 24 | 52.732 |
| 134 | Cape Verde Islands | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 52.096 |
| 135 | Fiji | 28 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 74 | 30 | 57 | 51.824 |
| 136 | Mauritania | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 39 | 14 | 51.234 |
| 137 | Benin | 34 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 72 | 18 | 51.176 |
| 138 | Liechtenstein | 38 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 6 | 154 | 5 | 50.816 |
| 139 | Bermuda | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 50.669 |
| 140 | Guinea-Bissau | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 12 | 50.221 |
| 141 | Malaysia | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 42 | 39 | 49.478 |
| 142 | Andorra | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 49.391 |
| 143 | Barbados | 41 | 17 | 7 | 17 | 67 | 69 | 58 | 48.740 |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 37 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 71 | 57 | 56 | 48.443 |
| 145 | Turkmenistan | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 48.255 |
| 146 | Tahiti | 33 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 101 | 57 | 56 | 47.804 |
| 147 | Jordan | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 31 | 31 | 47.768 |
| 148 | Singapore | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 42 | 37 | 46.921 |
| 149 | St Vincent & Grenad. | 60 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 114 | 152 | 68 | 46.730 |
| 150 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 39 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 74 | 60 | 56 | 46.120 |
| 151 | Yemen | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 41 | 39 | 45.491 |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 80 | 76 | 51 | 45.160 |
| 153 | Indonesia | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 57 | 42 | 43.663 |
| 154 | Botswana | 24 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 52 | 9 | 43.354 |
| 155 | Kyrgyzstan | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 16 | 43.301 |
| 156 | Belize | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 43.005 |
| 157 | Grenada | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 58 | 52 | 36 | 41.702 |
| 158 | Hong Kong | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 30 | 41.667 |
| 159 | Myanmar | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 41.505 |
| 160 | Surinam | 26 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 33 | 36 | 30 | 41.162 |
| 161 | Palestine | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 40.390 |
| 162 | India | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 58 | 26 | 39.933 |
| 163 | Dominican Republic | 29 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 60 | 39 | 39.848 |
| 164 | Cayman Islands | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 64 | 25 | 38.526 |
| 165 | Vietnam | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 42 | 55 | 25 | 37.235 |
| 166 | Guadeloupe | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 23 | 37.077 |
| 167 | Nicaragua | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 36.529 |
| 168 | Sint-Maarten | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 36.324 |
| 169 | Bangladesh | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 76 | 18 | 35.221 |
| 170 | Antigua & Barbuda | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 52 | 67 | 33 | 35.041 |
| 171 | Netherlands Antilles | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 47 | 21 | 32.180 |
| 172 | Dominica | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 62 | 23 | 31.408 |
| 173 | Macao | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 125 | 14 | 30.935 |
| 174 | Guyana | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 60 | 26 | 30.843 |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 46 | 88 | 21 | 30.736 |
| 176 | Laos | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 7 | 30.119 |
| 177 | Sri Lanka | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 93 | 14 | 29.690 |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 42 | 15 | 29.650 |
| 179 | Taiwan | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 98 | 11 | 29.283 |
| 180 | Puerto Rico | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 60 | 19 | 28.881 |
| 181 | Nepal | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 83 | 10 | 27.295 |
| 182 | French Guiana | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 27.014 |
| 183 | Cook Islands | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 86 | 16 | 25.729 |
| 184 | Tonga | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 71 | 23 | 25.190 |
| 185 | Samoa | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 43 | 22 | 24.829 |
| 186 | Maldives | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 132 | 4 | 24.807 |
| 187 | Bahamas | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 10 | 24.650 |
| 188 | British Virgin Isl. | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 67 | 19 | 24.576 |
| 189 | Aruba | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 49 | 11 | 23.647 |
| 190 | New Caledonia | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 23.339 |
| 191 | Pakistan | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 119 | 1 | 22.545 |
| 192 | Philippines | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 70 | 4 | 19.802 |
| 193 | Mongolia | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 19.700 |
| 194 | Brunei | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 18.297 |
| 195 | Cambodia | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 68 | 2 | 18.183 |
| 196 | Guam | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 17.011 |
| 197 | Montserrat | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 7.519 |
| 198 | American Samoa | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 116 | 0 | 2.864 |
| 199 | Anguilla | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 72 | 4 | 1.000 |
| . | Saint-Martin | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 9 | . |
| . | São Tomé & Príncipe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | . |
| . | Seychelles | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | . |
| . | U.S. Virgin Islands | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 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 | . |
| . | Bhutan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 0 | . |
| . | Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 0 | . |