These ratings are based on all reported 1990 FIFA "A" matches, combined with historical information in the form of a `prior distribution'. If you linked to this page directly, without reading the explanation of the rating system, you may want to go back and read my International ratings pages, or my general discussion of ratings.
The data are from Ron Kessler's RSSSF archive of 'A' Internationals.
The column labeled SE (standard error) is an estimate of the uncertainty in the ratings. The column labeled Opp is the average rating of each team's opponents during the rating period. Teams with 0 games in the current rating period are included for completeness, with their most recent rating.
The home field advantage was about 68 points.
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp Norway 1 15 9 3 3 469 54 244 Sweden 2 6 3 0 3 439 63 322 Germany 3 9 8 1 0 430 61 160 Denmark 4 10 5 2 3 429 58 279 USA 5 6 6 0 0 412 97 317 Italy 6 5 1 1 3 373 64 402 Brazil 7 0 0 0 0 340 144 NA Netherlands 8 8 4 1 3 320 61 194 England 9 12 3 6 3 275 56 284 China 10 1 1 0 0 222 128 86 Finland 11 3 0 2 1 195 80 391 Russia 12 9 1 4 4 176 106 279 Czech_Rep 13 1 0 1 0 146 97 430 France 14 6 1 4 1 144 63 254 Hungary 15 3 0 3 0 129 113 456 Belgium 16 4 0 4 0 106 83 372 Canada 17 5 1 3 1 86 92 291 Australia 18 0 0 0 0 54 161 NA Switzerland 19 1 0 1 0 17 135 429 Taiwan 20 0 0 0 0 0 195 NA Ireland 21 1 0 0 1 -13 166 320 Iceland 22 0 0 0 0 -13 196 NA Poland 23 1 0 1 0 -26 147 144 Spain 24 1 0 1 0 -31 138 429 Hong_Kong 25 0 0 0 0 -54 209 NA Japan 26 0 0 0 0 -101 176 NA Ivory_Coast 27 0 0 0 0 -105 183 NA Bulgaria 28 2 0 2 0 -123 162 430 Nthrn_Irelnd 29 2 0 2 0 -168 210 320 Scotland 30 1 0 1 0 -191 201 275
The data came from Ron Kessler's RSSSF archive of 'A' Internationals.
If you linked to this page directly, without reading the
explanation of the rating system, you may want to go
back and read my
International ratings pages.