These ratings are based on all reported 1991 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 66 rating points.
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp
Norway 1 17 13 3 1 518 62 319
USA 2 28 21 6 1 492 71 183
Germany 3 15 12 3 0 480 68 235
Sweden 4 10 5 5 0 419 71 335
Denmark 5 15 7 3 5 409 61 325
China 6 12 6 4 2 344 88 334
Italy 7 8 4 4 0 333 73 278
England 8 8 4 2 2 306 73 203
Netherlands 9 7 3 3 1 299 78 222
Brazil 10 5 3 2 0 262 121 68
Finland 11 3 0 2 1 202 90 445
France 12 8 3 5 0 150 78 304
Czech_Rep 13 0 0 0 0 146 116 NA
Russia 14 8 1 7 0 127 101 395
Canada 15 5 4 1 0 122 99 -114
Hungary 16 2 0 2 0 106 122 486
Belgium 17 1 0 1 0 97 102 480
Australia 18 4 3 1 0 44 142 -235
Switzerland 19 2 0 2 0 1 142 499
Ireland 20 0 0 0 0 -13 178 NA
Iceland 21 0 0 0 0 -13 206 NA
Spain 22 0 0 0 0 -31 152 NA
New_Zealand 23 7 3 4 0 -35 152 70
Taiwan 24 6 1 3 2 -37 123 166
Hong_Kong 25 0 0 0 0 -54 218 NA
Poland 26 2 0 2 0 -65 147 315
Nigeria 27 10 4 5 1 -70 129 16
Ivory_Coast 28 0 0 0 0 -105 194 NA
Chile 29 2 1 1 0 -109 202 -37
North_Korea 30 2 0 1 1 -114 176 153
Japan 31 6 0 5 1 -125 131 272
Bulgaria 32 1 0 1 0 -128 170 492
Trini_Tobago 33 3 1 2 0 -151 182 72
Nthrn_Irelnd 34 0 0 0 0 -168 219 NA
Scotland 35 1 0 1 0 -198 206 306
Yugoslavia 36 1 0 1 0 -205 254 492
Mexico 37 1 0 1 0 -207 252 492
Martinique 38 1 0 1 0 -207 252 492
Jamaica 39 1 0 1 0 -256 224 122
Costa_Rica 40 1 0 1 0 -256 224 122
Venezuela 41 2 0 2 0 -337 212 77
Guinea 42 2 0 2 0 -378 195 -70
Cameroon 43 2 0 2 0 -378 195 -70
Haiti 44 3 0 3 0 -398 197 154
Pap_New_Guin 45 4 0 4 0 -435 182 5
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.