| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1991 - 2002.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 89 | 58 | 15 | 16 | 182 | 67 | 189 | 100.000 |
| 2 | France | 62 | 38 | 16 | 8 | 117 | 44 | 130 | 97.815 |
| 3 | Argentina | 79 | 44 | 22 | 13 | 134 | 75 | 154 | 97.357 |
| 4 | Germany | 76 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 152 | 70 | 163 | 96.600 |
| 5 | Italy | 79 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 128 | 50 | 161 | 96.214 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 71 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 166 | 51 | 149 | 95.700 |
| 7 | Spain | 75 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 189 | 56 | 164 | 95.357 |
| 8 | England | 62 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 108 | 45 | 111 | 93.569 |
| 9 | Denmark | 77 | 43 | 21 | 13 | 130 | 64 | 150 | 93.001 |
| 10 | Croatia | 52 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 88 | 44 | 100 | 92.300 |
| 11 | Sweden | 66 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 103 | 54 | 126 | 91.660 |
| 12 | Romania | 74 | 45 | 15 | 14 | 156 | 63 | 150 | 91.543 |
| 13 | Serbia & Montenegro | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 97 | 42 | 80 | 91.231 |
| 14 | Portugal | 68 | 43 | 14 | 11 | 155 | 41 | 143 | 91.207 |
| 15 | Mexico | 108 | 59 | 27 | 22 | 227 | 92 | 204 | 91.156 |
| 16 | Colombia | 84 | 39 | 21 | 24 | 109 | 76 | 138 | 90.786 |
| 17 | Norway | 66 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 114 | 49 | 126 | 89.986 |
| 18 | U.S. of America | 79 | 41 | 17 | 21 | 116 | 70 | 140 | 88.634 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 53 | 32 | 8 | 13 | 97 | 38 | 104 | 88.430 |
| 20 | Belgium | 62 | 33 | 13 | 16 | 106 | 61 | 112 | 87.727 |
| 21 | Paraguay | 71 | 29 | 19 | 23 | 92 | 85 | 106 | 87.571 |
| 22 | Russia | 59 | 35 | 11 | 13 | 132 | 54 | 116 | 87.090 |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 67 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 112 | 80 | 117 | 86.806 |
| 24 | Republic of Ireland | 71 | 33 | 23 | 15 | 118 | 61 | 122 | 85.959 |
| 25 | Uruguay | 76 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 87 | 77 | 108 | 85.421 |
| 26 | Turkey | 69 | 32 | 15 | 22 | 112 | 75 | 111 | 84.568 |
| 27 | Scotland | 66 | 33 | 18 | 15 | 95 | 54 | 117 | 84.562 |
| 28 | Switzerland | 59 | 27 | 15 | 17 | 101 | 61 | 96 | 84.489 |
| 29 | Nigeria | 78 | 44 | 21 | 13 | 129 | 48 | 153 | 84.219 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 49 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 57 | 46 | 78 | 84.106 |
| 31 | Ecuador | 70 | 27 | 13 | 30 | 90 | 81 | 94 | 83.135 |
| 32 | Poland | 55 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 79 | 70 | 80 | 81.970 |
| 33 | Honduras | 88 | 47 | 13 | 28 | 182 | 108 | 154 | 81.425 |
| 34 | South Africa | 71 | 38 | 21 | 12 | 94 | 58 | 135 | 80.964 |
| 35 | Cameroon | 86 | 46 | 26 | 14 | 124 | 67 | 164 | 80.869 |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 98 | 47 | 20 | 31 | 174 | 111 | 161 | 80.782 |
| 37 | Bolivia | 68 | 19 | 20 | 29 | 81 | 98 | 77 | 80.140 |
| 38 | Austria | 59 | 27 | 10 | 22 | 102 | 84 | 91 | 80.137 |
| 39 | Australia | 43 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 214 | 21 | 106 | 79.588 |
| 40 | Greece | 56 | 25 | 10 | 21 | 73 | 61 | 85 | 79.582 |
| 41 | Morocco | 77 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 104 | 51 | 139 | 79.189 |
| 42 | Peru | 69 | 20 | 15 | 34 | 75 | 108 | 75 | 79.090 |
| 43 | Canada | 59 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 68 | 83 | 87 | 78.892 |
| 44 | Chile | 64 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 83 | 88 | 68 | 78.525 |
| 45 | Japan | 56 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 144 | 45 | 115 | 78.307 |
| 46 | Slovakia | 42 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 55 | 64 | 78.268 |
| 47 | Slovenia | 50 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 62 | 77 | 62 | 77.387 |
| 48 | Tunisia | 78 | 37 | 25 | 16 | 121 | 63 | 136 | 77.346 |
| 49 | Ghana | 78 | 43 | 15 | 20 | 116 | 64 | 144 | 77.148 |
| 50 | Egypt | 78 | 39 | 20 | 19 | 139 | 60 | 137 | 76.534 |
| 51 | Wales | 53 | 18 | 12 | 23 | 75 | 86 | 66 | 75.888 |
| 52 | Côte d'Ivoire | 71 | 33 | 24 | 14 | 108 | 64 | 123 | 75.861 |
| 53 | Zambia | 88 | 47 | 20 | 21 | 130 | 70 | 161 | 75.747 |
| 54 | South Korea | 63 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 138 | 61 | 112 | 75.385 |
| 55 | Israel | 47 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 70 | 71 | 59 | 75.339 |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 70 | 40 | 16 | 14 | 148 | 64 | 136 | 75.200 |
| 57 | Jamaica | 98 | 51 | 18 | 29 | 142 | 108 | 171 | 75.127 |
| 58 | Finland | 53 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 70 | 79 | 63 | 74.202 |
| 59 | Northern Ireland | 57 | 17 | 15 | 25 | 65 | 80 | 66 | 74.158 |
| 60 | Guatemala | 59 | 22 | 17 | 20 | 69 | 66 | 83 | 73.405 |
| 61 | Iran | 72 | 41 | 17 | 14 | 194 | 56 | 140 | 73.197 |
| 62 | Hungary | 51 | 14 | 14 | 23 | 61 | 74 | 56 | 72.849 |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 64 | 33 | 11 | 20 | 94 | 69 | 110 | 72.521 |
| 64 | Senegal | 79 | 32 | 23 | 24 | 105 | 74 | 119 | 72.412 |
| 65 | Iceland | 52 | 16 | 11 | 25 | 53 | 68 | 59 | 71.926 |
| 66 | El Salvador | 79 | 30 | 17 | 32 | 109 | 113 | 107 | 71.481 |
| 67 | Trinidad & Tobago | 83 | 43 | 9 | 31 | 178 | 102 | 138 | 71.308 |
| 68 | Georgia | 37 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 42 | 56 | 40 | 71.164 |
| 69 | Lithuania | 53 | 16 | 10 | 27 | 45 | 82 | 58 | 70.677 |
| 70 | Guinea | 59 | 27 | 13 | 19 | 86 | 58 | 94 | 69.876 |
| 71 | New Zealand | 33 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 89 | 27 | 68 | 69.632 |
| 72 | China | 63 | 39 | 9 | 15 | 155 | 55 | 126 | 69.041 |
| 73 | Angola | 65 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 89 | 70 | 94 | 68.556 |
| 74 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 48 | 28 | 68.553 |
| 75 | Kuwait | 44 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 105 | 35 | 80 | 68.505 |
| 76 | Algeria | 76 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 102 | 83 | 109 | 68.452 |
| 77 | United Arab Emirates | 53 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 95 | 49 | 96 | 68.174 |
| 78 | Latvia | 53 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 45 | 83 | 51 | 68.134 |
| 79 | Gabon | 59 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 71 | 68 | 85 | 67.977 |
| 80 | Macedonia FYR | 41 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 59 | 73 | 37 | 67.636 |
| 81 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 83 | 31 | 23 | 29 | 108 | 90 | 116 | 67.564 |
| 82 | Belarus | 41 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 29 | 62 | 33 | 67.282 |
| 83 | Cyprus | 53 | 13 | 8 | 32 | 52 | 122 | 47 | 66.976 |
| 84 | Mali | 49 | 20 | 9 | 20 | 56 | 53 | 69 | 65.897 |
| 85 | Liberia | 60 | 23 | 14 | 23 | 66 | 67 | 83 | 65.793 |
| 86 | Cuba | 56 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 102 | 58 | 99 | 65.752 |
| 87 | Qatar | 50 | 25 | 12 | 13 | 97 | 49 | 87 | 65.642 |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 47 | 18 | 7 | 22 | 46 | 59 | 61 | 65.534 |
| 89 | Armenia | 42 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 72 | 27 | 65.498 |
| 90 | Togo | 73 | 22 | 22 | 29 | 71 | 87 | 88 | 64.369 |
| 91 | Burkina Faso | 58 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 68 | 88 | 64 | 64.216 |
| 92 | Kenya | 47 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 62 | 56 | 62 | 64.104 |
| 93 | Tajikistan | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 14 | 25 | 64.027 |
| 94 | Iraq | 44 | 23 | 8 | 13 | 112 | 49 | 77 | 63.801 |
| 95 | Uganda | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 47 | 66 | 53 | 63.348 |
| 96 | Syria | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 104 | 30 | 60 | 63.144 |
| 97 | Haiti | 47 | 26 | 7 | 14 | 114 | 62 | 85 | 62.974 |
| 98 | North Korea | 25 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 30 | 44 | 62.918 |
| 99 | Venezuela | 61 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 42 | 180 | 24 | 62.882 |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 40 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 92 | 66 | 65 | 62.760 |
| 101 | Madagascar | 39 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 46 | 47 | 62.718 |
| 102 | Burundi | 27 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 34 | 62.705 |
| 103 | Panama | 44 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 52 | 74 | 47 | 62.501 |
| 104 | Albania | 56 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 40 | 104 | 31 | 62.402 |
| 105 | Martinique | 48 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 97 | 68 | 85 | 61.973 |
| 106 | Kazakhstan | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 51 | 32 | 44 | 61.604 |
| 107 | Congo | 62 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 54 | 70 | 67 | 61.469 |
| 108 | Sudan | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 54 | 50 | 60.932 |
| 109 | Niger | 25 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 42 | 30 | 60.569 |
| 110 | Moldova | 38 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 26 | 89 | 19 | 60.351 |
| 111 | Bahrain | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 39 | 49 | 59.823 |
| 112 | Estonia | 52 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 33 | 118 | 25 | 58.595 |
| 113 | Malawi | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 57 | 35 | 58.240 |
| 114 | Swaziland | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 16 | 57.833 |
| 115 | Thailand | 49 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 95 | 69 | 73 | 57.721 |
| 116 | Mozambique | 49 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 48 | 67 | 56 | 57.132 |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 71 | 31 | 56.634 |
| 118 | Oman | 37 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 91 | 40 | 58 | 56.264 |
| 119 | Gambia | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 10 | 56.256 |
| 120 | Lebanon | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 34 | 36 | 56.194 |
| 121 | Faroe Islands | 59 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 35 | 172 | 24 | 56.061 |
| 122 | Fiji | 31 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 76 | 40 | 60 | 55.437 |
| 123 | Namibia | 61 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 59 | 120 | 51 | 54.837 |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 41 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 101 | 13 | 54.812 |
| 125 | Bermuda | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 54.470 |
| 126 | Luxembourg | 50 | 3 | 2 | 45 | 13 | 130 | 11 | 53.810 |
| 127 | Saint Lucia | 41 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 84 | 61 | 65 | 53.398 |
| 128 | Malta | 57 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 19 | 154 | 8 | 53.333 |
| 129 | Libya | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 46 | 17 | 53.155 |
| 130 | Barbados | 44 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 70 | 71 | 62 | 52.986 |
| 131 | Tanzania | 36 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 35 | 53 | 28 | 52.015 |
| 132 | Rwanda | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 52.004 |
| 133 | Tahiti | 38 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 109 | 66 | 65 | 51.782 |
| 134 | Malaysia | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 48 | 42 | 39 | 51.744 |
| 135 | Lesotho | 28 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 57 | 20 | 51.290 |
| 136 | Benin | 33 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 69 | 21 | 51.125 |
| 137 | San Marino | 53 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 9 | 227 | 2 | 50.954 |
| 138 | Cape Verde Islands | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 50.952 |
| 139 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 41 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 76 | 63 | 59 | 50.706 |
| 140 | St Vincent & Grenad. | 60 | 20 | 8 | 32 | 114 | 152 | 68 | 50.595 |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 28 | 50.580 |
| 142 | Mauritius | 40 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 27 | 74 | 24 | 50.230 |
| 143 | Jordan | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 44 | 31 | 31 | 50.119 |
| 144 | Eritrea | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 8 | 50.062 |
| 145 | Chad | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 49.941 |
| 146 | Liechtenstein | 40 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 160 | 6 | 49.673 |
| 147 | Singapore | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 42 | 37 | 49.299 |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 12 | 48.960 |
| 149 | Mauritania | 21 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 27 | 11 | 48.302 |
| 150 | Solomon Islands | 37 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 83 | 85 | 52 | 48.289 |
| 151 | Andorra | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 48.072 |
| 152 | Yemen | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 41 | 39 | 47.700 |
| 153 | Guadeloupe | 24 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 47 | 39 | 35 | 46.842 |
| 154 | Surinam | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 46.297 |
| 155 | Belize | 14 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 46.078 |
| 156 | Indonesia | 35 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 65 | 57 | 42 | 45.963 |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 16 | 45.346 |
| 158 | Grenada | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 78 | 67 | 42 | 44.948 |
| 159 | Hong Kong | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 30 | 44.155 |
| 160 | Myanmar | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 43.949 |
| 161 | Central African Rep. | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 43.748 |
| 162 | Cayman Islands | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 72 | 28 | 42.640 |
| 163 | Palestine | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 42.546 |
| 164 | Seychelles | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 42.376 |
| 165 | India | 25 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 35 | 58 | 26 | 42.317 |
| 166 | Dominican Republic | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 52 | 69 | 45 | 41.571 |
| 167 | Botswana | 26 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 8 | 54 | 10 | 41.261 |
| 168 | Nicaragua | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 75 | 0 | 39.427 |
| 169 | Sint-Maarten | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 39.397 |
| 170 | Vietnam | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 42 | 55 | 25 | 39.175 |
| 171 | Antigua & Barbuda | 36 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 53 | 69 | 34 | 38.167 |
| 172 | Vanuatu | 33 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 48 | 94 | 27 | 37.523 |
| 173 | Papua New Guinea | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 56 | 28 | 37.227 |
| 174 | Bangladesh | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 76 | 18 | 37.205 |
| 175 | Guyana | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 62 | 29 | 35.380 |
| 176 | Netherlands Antilles | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 53 | 25 | 35.092 |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 34.560 |
| 178 | Dominica | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 37 | 62 | 23 | 33.977 |
| 179 | Macao | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 18 | 125 | 14 | 32.814 |
| 180 | Laos | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 54 | 7 | 32.193 |
| 181 | French Guiana | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 12 | 32.003 |
| 182 | Sri Lanka | 27 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 19 | 93 | 14 | 31.637 |
| 183 | Taiwan | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 98 | 11 | 31.049 |
| 184 | Puerto Rico | 28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 27 | 66 | 19 | 30.313 |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 46 | 48 | 18 | 29.583 |
| 186 | Nepal | 22 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 20 | 83 | 10 | 29.128 |
| 187 | Saint-Martin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 9 | 28.901 |
| 188 | Cook Islands | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 86 | 16 | 26.985 |
| 189 | British Virgin Isl. | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 78 | 19 | 26.880 |
| 190 | Bahamas | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 10 | 26.490 |
| 191 | Maldives | 24 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 132 | 4 | 26.382 |
| 192 | Aruba | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 25 | 57 | 11 | 25.003 |
| 193 | Samoa | 21 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 45 | 52 | 28 | 24.430 |
| 194 | Pakistan | 26 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 119 | 1 | 24.108 |
| 195 | Tonga | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 30 | 89 | 26 | 22.658 |
| 196 | Philippines | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 70 | 4 | 21.278 |
| 197 | Mongolia | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 21.160 |
| 198 | Brunei | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 19.947 |
| 199 | Cambodia | 16 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 68 | 2 | 19.589 |
| 200 | Guam | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 94 | 0 | 18.510 |
| 201 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 2 | 17.852 |
| 202 | Montserrat | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 8.156 |
| 203 | Anguilla | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 72 | 4 | 2.176 |
| 204 | American Samoa | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 145 | 0 | 1.000 |
| . | São Tomé & Príncipe | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | . |
| . | Turks & Caicos Isl. | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 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 | . |