These ratings are based on all reported 1993 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 56 rating points.
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp Norway 1 9 6 2 1 543 76 367 Sweden 2 6 5 1 0 478 89 217 USA 3 12 9 3 0 457 85 254 Germany 4 12 8 3 1 447 78 261 Denmark 5 7 3 2 2 412 80 260 Italy 6 7 3 3 1 358 82 277 China 7 0 0 0 0 344 126 NA England 8 3 2 0 1 286 94 -9 Brazil 9 0 0 0 0 262 150 NA Netherlands 10 2 0 2 0 213 96 111 France 11 6 2 3 1 199 87 260 Czech_Rep 12 1 0 1 0 136 142 543 Belgium 13 4 2 1 1 135 103 84 Finland 14 1 0 0 1 127 104 124 Hungary 15 2 0 1 1 124 126 335 Russia 16 4 1 2 1 122 96 181 Romania 17 3 1 0 2 120 119 -44 Spain 18 2 0 0 2 106 125 211 Yugoslavia 19 0 0 0 0 102 260 NA Iceland 20 1 1 0 0 87 166 213 Canada 21 6 1 4 1 79 110 254 Croatia 22 1 1 0 0 69 209 -71 Australia 23 0 0 0 0 44 167 NA New_Zealand 24 2 0 1 1 -5 149 268 Ireland 25 0 0 0 0 -13 199 NA Taiwan 26 0 0 0 0 -37 152 NA Ukraine 27 3 1 1 1 -42 147 10 Hong_Kong 28 0 0 0 0 -54 236 NA Nigeria 29 0 0 0 0 -70 157 NA Switzerland 30 4 1 3 0 -71 136 153 Slovakia 31 2 1 1 0 -77 215 62 Ivory_Coast 32 0 0 0 0 -105 213 NA Chile 33 0 0 0 0 -109 221 NA North_Korea 34 0 0 0 0 -114 197 NA Bulgaria 35 3 1 1 1 -123 162 -24 Japan 36 0 0 0 0 -125 159 NA Nthrn_Irelnd 37 0 0 0 0 -168 237 NA Trini_Tobago 38 2 0 2 0 -196 182 268 Mexico 39 0 0 0 0 -207 268 NA Martinique 40 0 0 0 0 -207 268 NA Poland 41 3 0 3 0 -212 140 175 Greece 42 0 0 0 0 -217 260 NA Scotland 43 1 0 1 0 -241 200 358 Lithuania 44 3 0 2 1 -242 186 56 Portugal 45 1 0 1 0 -256 236 199 Jamaica 46 0 0 0 0 -256 241 NA Costa_Rica 47 0 0 0 0 -256 241 NA Slovenia 48 2 0 2 0 -268 229 211 Venezuela 49 0 0 0 0 -337 230 NA Wales 50 1 0 1 0 -351 215 -71 Latvia 51 2 0 2 0 -354 225 200 Guinea 52 0 0 0 0 -378 214 NA Cameroon 53 0 0 0 0 -378 214 NA Haiti 54 0 0 0 0 -398 216 NA Pap_New_Guin 55 0 0 0 0 -435 203 NA
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.