| World Football |
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World Football Ranking Table 1997 - 2008.
| Rank | Team | Mat- ches |
Wins | Draws | Los- ses |
Goals Fore |
Goals Against |
Points | Rating Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 87 | 53 | 26 | 8 | 140 | 52 | 185 | 100.000 |
| 2 | Spain | 84 | 58 | 17 | 9 | 201 | 56 | 191 | 99.090 |
| 3 | Germany | 80 | 50 | 19 | 11 | 165 | 68 | 169 | 98.791 |
| 4 | Brazil | 103 | 63 | 21 | 19 | 207 | 80 | 210 | 98.584 |
| 5 | France | 73 | 45 | 18 | 10 | 135 | 51 | 153 | 98.583 |
| 6 | Argentina | 89 | 52 | 22 | 15 | 162 | 75 | 178 | 98.447 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 77 | 50 | 15 | 12 | 162 | 49 | 165 | 97.750 |
| 8 | England | 78 | 47 | 18 | 13 | 143 | 53 | 159 | 96.145 |
| 9 | Portugal | 80 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 175 | 56 | 164 | 94.522 |
| 10 | Sweden | 75 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 134 | 49 | 153 | 94.271 |
| 11 | Croatia | 80 | 46 | 22 | 12 | 138 | 63 | 160 | 94.242 |
| 12 | Czech Republic | 81 | 56 | 6 | 19 | 168 | 62 | 174 | 94.120 |
| 13 | Romania | 73 | 43 | 16 | 14 | 143 | 60 | 145 | 92.256 |
| 14 | Turkey | 83 | 45 | 23 | 15 | 150 | 75 | 158 | 91.654 |
| 15 | Mexico | 117 | 68 | 24 | 25 | 240 | 98 | 228 | 91.193 |
| 16 | Denmark | 77 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 138 | 78 | 137 | 90.933 |
| 17 | Serbia & Montenegro | 54 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 105 | 59 | 98 | 90.451 |
| 18 | U.S. of America | 95 | 56 | 19 | 20 | 170 | 75 | 187 | 90.056 |
| 19 | Greece | 67 | 37 | 10 | 20 | 89 | 60 | 121 | 89.551 |
| 20 | Paraguay | 86 | 40 | 18 | 28 | 121 | 99 | 138 | 89.415 |
| 21 | Russia | 75 | 41 | 16 | 18 | 131 | 73 | 139 | 88.675 |
| 22 | Serbia | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 33 | 88.169 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 73 | 31 | 27 | 15 | 95 | 68 | 120 | 87.700 |
| 24 | Republic of Ireland | 68 | 30 | 25 | 13 | 104 | 58 | 115 | 87.444 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 83 | 51 | 21 | 11 | 146 | 62 | 174 | 87.029 |
| 26 | Scotland | 65 | 32 | 15 | 18 | 87 | 62 | 111 | 86.576 |
| 27 | Poland | 69 | 36 | 12 | 21 | 114 | 75 | 120 | 86.483 |
| 28 | Nigeria | 85 | 52 | 19 | 14 | 133 | 53 | 175 | 86.344 |
| 29 | Norway | 69 | 31 | 19 | 19 | 102 | 64 | 112 | 86.142 |
| 30 | Belgium | 63 | 29 | 16 | 18 | 104 | 71 | 103 | 85.983 |
| 31 | Switzerland | 57 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 87 | 62 | 90 | 85.966 |
| 32 | Colombia | 94 | 38 | 22 | 34 | 107 | 96 | 136 | 85.300 |
| 33 | Morocco | 81 | 47 | 22 | 12 | 127 | 51 | 163 | 85.013 |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 62 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 84 | 74 | 98 | 84.322 |
| 35 | Uruguay | 90 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 114 | 110 | 120 | 84.082 |
| 36 | Côte d'Ivoire | 78 | 43 | 21 | 14 | 146 | 66 | 150 | 83.658 |
| 37 | Egypt | 81 | 48 | 18 | 15 | 164 | 60 | 162 | 83.452 |
| 38 | Ecuador | 81 | 30 | 16 | 35 | 100 | 110 | 106 | 82.896 |
| 39 | Israel | 56 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 93 | 65 | 89 | 82.805 |
| 40 | Finland | 59 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 81 | 70 | 87 | 82.639 |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 121 | 59 | 26 | 36 | 211 | 141 | 203 | 82.091 |
| 42 | Slovakia | 64 | 29 | 13 | 22 | 112 | 78 | 100 | 81.500 |
| 43 | Austria | 53 | 22 | 11 | 20 | 79 | 77 | 77 | 81.440 |
| 44 | Tunisia | 87 | 45 | 23 | 19 | 149 | 77 | 158 | 81.396 |
| 45 | Slovenia | 71 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 85 | 99 | 93 | 80.329 |
| 46 | Honduras | 88 | 46 | 16 | 26 | 184 | 99 | 154 | 79.714 |
| 47 | Chile | 80 | 23 | 19 | 38 | 95 | 111 | 88 | 79.536 |
| 48 | Peru | 82 | 24 | 21 | 37 | 87 | 131 | 93 | 79.262 |
| 49 | Senegal | 83 | 35 | 29 | 19 | 122 | 68 | 134 | 78.563 |
| 50 | South Africa | 86 | 39 | 27 | 20 | 112 | 86 | 144 | 78.175 |
| 51 | Australia | 61 | 44 | 7 | 10 | 253 | 37 | 139 | 78.034 |
| 52 | Ghana | 73 | 38 | 13 | 22 | 112 | 65 | 127 | 77.840 |
| 53 | Japan | 76 | 47 | 16 | 13 | 181 | 66 | 157 | 77.718 |
| 54 | Jamaica | 102 | 53 | 22 | 27 | 183 | 104 | 181 | 77.640 |
| 55 | Guinea | 67 | 34 | 15 | 18 | 103 | 68 | 117 | 77.451 |
| 56 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 57 | 21 | 10 | 26 | 79 | 78 | 73 | 76.862 |
| 57 | Bolivia | 74 | 18 | 19 | 37 | 81 | 129 | 73 | 75.499 |
| 58 | Lithuania | 59 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 50 | 76 | 69 | 75.403 |
| 59 | Iran | 89 | 50 | 25 | 14 | 205 | 71 | 175 | 75.230 |
| 60 | Angola | 75 | 31 | 26 | 18 | 114 | 80 | 119 | 75.115 |
| 61 | Zambia | 77 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 101 | 73 | 129 | 75.012 |
| 62 | Canada | 57 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 60 | 70 | 75 | 74.998 |
| 63 | Latvia | 65 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 76 | 92 | 78 | 74.927 |
| 64 | Hungary | 59 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 78 | 87 | 70 | 74.862 |
| 65 | Guatemala | 85 | 34 | 24 | 27 | 126 | 103 | 126 | 74.659 |
| 66 | Wales | 56 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 66 | 86 | 58 | 74.192 |
| 67 | Trinidad & Tobago | 114 | 59 | 17 | 38 | 205 | 137 | 194 | 73.877 |
| 68 | South Korea | 84 | 41 | 25 | 18 | 166 | 70 | 148 | 73.468 |
| 69 | Mali | 60 | 27 | 14 | 19 | 80 | 58 | 95 | 72.872 |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 85 | 54 | 13 | 18 | 196 | 76 | 175 | 72.713 |
| 71 | Georgia | 60 | 14 | 12 | 34 | 67 | 99 | 54 | 72.138 |
| 72 | Northern Ireland | 58 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 49 | 82 | 54 | 72.127 |
| 73 | Iceland | 60 | 18 | 10 | 32 | 75 | 105 | 64 | 71.953 |
| 74 | Albania | 61 | 12 | 14 | 35 | 56 | 97 | 50 | 70.673 |
| 75 | Togo | 76 | 31 | 15 | 30 | 100 | 88 | 108 | 70.577 |
| 76 | Cyprus | 55 | 15 | 9 | 31 | 67 | 123 | 54 | 70.530 |
| 77 | Macedonia FYR | 58 | 13 | 14 | 31 | 67 | 95 | 53 | 70.433 |
| 78 | Algeria | 71 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 89 | 80 | 95 | 70.129 |
| 79 | New Zealand | 36 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 105 | 29 | 81 | 70.014 |
| 80 | Belarus | 57 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 55 | 97 | 47 | 69.881 |
| 81 | Venezuela | 71 | 14 | 10 | 47 | 61 | 146 | 52 | 69.518 |
| 82 | Cuba | 88 | 44 | 20 | 24 | 161 | 105 | 152 | 69.377 |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 64 | 28 | 10 | 26 | 81 | 76 | 94 | 69.333 |
| 84 | China | 69 | 40 | 14 | 15 | 157 | 57 | 134 | 69.320 |
| 85 | El Salvador | 81 | 28 | 17 | 36 | 103 | 111 | 101 | 68.310 |
| 86 | Panama | 65 | 18 | 15 | 32 | 67 | 97 | 69 | 67.627 |
| 87 | Gabon | 58 | 21 | 14 | 23 | 72 | 72 | 77 | 67.357 |
| 88 | Democrat. Rep. Congo | 82 | 29 | 24 | 29 | 106 | 100 | 111 | 67.170 |
| 89 | Estonia | 64 | 14 | 11 | 39 | 55 | 115 | 53 | 66.977 |
| 90 | Armenia | 62 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 41 | 110 | 41 | 66.964 |
| 91 | Benin | 47 | 15 | 9 | 23 | 58 | 77 | 54 | 66.085 |
| 92 | Burkina Faso | 70 | 24 | 17 | 29 | 95 | 95 | 89 | 66.012 |
| 93 | Uganda | 45 | 16 | 10 | 19 | 49 | 65 | 58 | 66.011 |
| 94 | Rwanda | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 54 | 43 | 65.854 |
| 95 | Gambia | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 65.852 |
| 96 | Sudan | 50 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 56 | 72 | 63 | 65.735 |
| 97 | Kenya | 61 | 22 | 14 | 25 | 75 | 70 | 80 | 65.639 |
| 98 | Congo | 64 | 20 | 18 | 26 | 60 | 75 | 78 | 65.162 |
| 99 | Libya | 53 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 64 | 75 | 63 | 65.093 |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 81 | 43 | 18 | 20 | 178 | 99 | 147 | 65.061 |
| 101 | Moldova | 57 | 7 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 111 | 34 | 64.816 |
| 102 | Kuwait | 58 | 29 | 10 | 19 | 113 | 60 | 97 | 64.481 |
| 103 | Haiti | 80 | 39 | 15 | 26 | 166 | 97 | 132 | 64.346 |
| 104 | Qatar | 66 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 105 | 71 | 106 | 63.053 |
| 105 | Martinique | 56 | 29 | 7 | 20 | 105 | 80 | 94 | 62.612 |
| 106 | Liberia | 69 | 22 | 12 | 35 | 67 | 105 | 78 | 62.490 |
| 107 | Bahrain | 71 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 94 | 90 | 100 | 62.069 |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 52 | 15 | 10 | 27 | 72 | 87 | 55 | 61.683 |
| 109 | Mozambique | 39 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 38 | 50 | 48 | 61.665 |
| 110 | Iraq | 61 | 30 | 14 | 17 | 133 | 66 | 104 | 61.456 |
| 111 | Cape Verde Islands | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 42 | 61.423 |
| 112 | Oman | 55 | 28 | 11 | 16 | 124 | 49 | 95 | 60.887 |
| 113 | United Arab Emirates | 68 | 31 | 13 | 24 | 110 | 79 | 106 | 60.559 |
| 114 | Jordan | 43 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 41 | 69 | 60.388 |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 40 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 53 | 40 | 60.311 |
| 116 | Namibia | 60 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 61 | 117 | 53 | 60.236 |
| 117 | Guadeloupe | 47 | 24 | 5 | 18 | 94 | 60 | 77 | 60.194 |
| 118 | Syria | 44 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 134 | 44 | 76 | 60.016 |
| 119 | Ethiopia | 27 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 24 | 48 | 29 | 59.359 |
| 120 | Madagascar | 44 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 40 | 71 | 45 | 59.128 |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 58 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 24 | 128 | 22 | 58.963 |
| 122 | Malawi | 44 | 11 | 7 | 26 | 51 | 78 | 40 | 58.376 |
| 123 | North Korea | 40 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 39 | 64 | 58.327 |
| 124 | Faroe Islands | 59 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 31 | 142 | 19 | 58.061 |
| 125 | Liechtenstein | 59 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 27 | 178 | 21 | 57.361 |
| 126 | Chad | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 40 | 21 | 57.302 |
| 127 | Barbados | 57 | 21 | 12 | 24 | 90 | 105 | 75 | 56.883 |
| 128 | Eritrea | 27 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 50 | 21 | 55.924 |
| 129 | Burundi | 33 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 47 | 31 | 55.445 |
| 130 | Botswana | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 46 | 32 | 55.244 |
| 131 | Equatorial Guinea | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 50 | 19 | 55.032 |
| 132 | Swaziland | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 47 | 20 | 54.863 |
| 133 | St Vincent & Grenad. | 51 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 97 | 106 | 68 | 54.696 |
| 134 | Malta | 58 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 31 | 165 | 10 | 54.656 |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 35 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 76 | 79 | 48 | 54.170 |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 37 | 18 | 9 | 10 | 70 | 33 | 63 | 54.061 |
| 137 | Niger | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 19 | 53.591 |
| 138 | Surinam | 44 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 73 | 76 | 57 | 52.938 |
| 139 | Fiji | 44 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 120 | 61 | 77 | 52.710 |
| 140 | Thailand | 55 | 19 | 13 | 23 | 88 | 86 | 70 | 52.682 |
| 141 | Grenada | 49 | 17 | 9 | 23 | 114 | 97 | 60 | 52.459 |
| 142 | San Marino | 54 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 234 | 1 | 52.404 |
| 143 | Andorra | 56 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 16 | 170 | 5 | 52.298 |
| 144 | Tanzania | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 41 | 22 | 52.055 |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 59 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 17 | 165 | 7 | 52.007 |
| 146 | Mauritius | 41 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 80 | 28 | 51.981 |
| 147 | Turkmenistan | 45 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 82 | 59 | 67 | 51.337 |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 44 | 21 | 6 | 17 | 113 | 99 | 69 | 51.298 |
| 149 | Guyana | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 67 | 45 | 46 | 51.125 |
| 150 | Saint Kitts & Nevis | 49 | 19 | 6 | 24 | 94 | 91 | 63 | 50.505 |
| 151 | Lesotho | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 56 | 18 | 50.441 |
| 152 | Lebanon | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 62 | 51 | 45 | 49.709 |
| 153 | Indonesia | 39 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 69 | 74 | 53 | 49.181 |
| 154 | Mauritania | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 51 | 13 | 48.874 |
| 155 | Bermuda | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 84 | 42 | 46 | 48.739 |
| 156 | Tahiti | 40 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 100 | 76 | 62 | 48.202 |
| 157 | Belize | 22 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 64 | 7 | 46.705 |
| 158 | Seychelles | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 56 | 12 | 46.319 |
| 159 | India | 31 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 68 | 34 | 46.290 |
| 160 | French Guiana | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 46.238 |
| 161 | Yemen | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 68 | 63 | 47 | 45.777 |
| 162 | Antigua & Barbuda | 50 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 76 | 102 | 54 | 45.530 |
| 163 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 45.096 |
| 164 | Singapore | 41 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 36 | 63 | 39 | 44.683 |
| 165 | New Caledonia | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 79 | 54 | 46 | 44.456 |
| 166 | Kyrgyzstan | 28 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 36 | 49 | 32 | 44.166 |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 44 | 17 | 3 | 24 | 91 | 91 | 54 | 44.125 |
| 168 | Netherlands Antilles | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 28 | 58 | 28 | 44.075 |
| 169 | Nicaragua | 27 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | 85 | 10 | 43.957 |
| 170 | Hong Kong | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 67 | 43 | 43.328 |
| 171 | Central African Rep. | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 42.642 |
| 172 | Vietnam | 33 | 10 | 3 | 20 | 42 | 67 | 33 | 42.167 |
| 173 | Malaysia | 35 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 38 | 73 | 31 | 41.568 |
| 174 | Cayman Islands | 32 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 72 | 26 | 41.367 |
| 175 | Palestine | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 52 | 23 | 40.962 |
| 176 | Myanmar | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 40 | 21 | 40.613 |
| 177 | Dominican Republic | 26 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 42 | 46 | 32 | 38.443 |
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 48 | 56 | 27 | 38.063 |
| 179 | Dominica | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 35 | 97 | 23 | 36.510 |
| 180 | Djibouti | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 56 | 4 | 35.793 |
| 181 | Bahamas | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 70 | 19 | 35.117 |
| 182 | Maldives | 32 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 32 | 128 | 18 | 31.820 |
| 183 | Aruba | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 61 | 12 | 31.689 |
| 184 | Philippines | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 11 | 31.629 |
| 185 | British Virgin Isl. | 31 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 95 | 24 | 31.622 |
| 186 | Laos | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 96 | 11 | 31.621 |
| 187 | Nepal | 31 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 29 | 112 | 22 | 31.451 |
| 188 | Turks & Caicos Isl. | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 7 | 31.113 |
| 189 | Saint-Martin | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 11 | 29.949 |
| 190 | Bangladesh | 32 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 76 | 19 | 29.592 |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 29.517 |
| 192 | Puerto Rico | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 47 | 7 | 29.198 |
| 193 | Sri Lanka | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 38 | 94 | 23 | 29.008 |
| 194 | Taiwan | 39 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 27 | 118 | 20 | 28.858 |
| 195 | Pakistan | 31 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 116 | 12 | 24.794 |
| 196 | Cook Islands | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 24 | 108 | 19 | 24.566 |
| 197 | Samoa | 24 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 59 | 30 | 23.120 |
| 198 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 17 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 119 | 3 | 22.310 |
| 199 | Cambodia | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 75 | 5 | 21.482 |
| 200 | Macao | 23 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 93 | 7 | 20.704 |
| 201 | Bhutan | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 75 | 5 | 19.320 |
| 202 | Tonga | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 31 | 112 | 22 | 18.498 |
| 203 | Mongolia | 15 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 54 | 5 | 18.358 |
| 204 | Anguilla | 19 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 102 | 4 | 17.206 |
| 205 | Brunei | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 16.260 |
| 206 | Montserrat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 57 | 0 | 6.250 |
| 207 | Guam | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 6.094 |
| 208 | American Samoa | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 210 | 0 | 1.000 |
| . | Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | . |
| . | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | . |
| . | Tuvalu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 1 | . |
| . | Comoros | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | . |
| . | East Timor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 0 | . |
| . | Somalia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | . |