These ratings are based on all reported 1996 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 64 rating points.
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp
USA 1 24 21 1 2 661 68 355
Norway 2 17 13 2 2 641 68 354
China 3 11 7 3 1 533 75 401
Germany 4 15 8 4 3 501 72 305
Sweden 5 12 5 6 1 449 70 447
Brazil 6 9 3 3 3 392 89 428
Denmark 7 16 8 7 1 346 67 278
Italy 8 4 2 0 2 292 85 143
France 9 7 4 3 0 282 82 281
England 10 6 3 2 1 247 82 98
Spain 11 7 2 2 3 242 87 263
Russia 12 7 3 4 0 216 89 352
Netherlands 13 8 4 4 0 185 81 246
Japan 14 7 0 5 2 115 99 419
Iceland 15 8 1 7 0 107 96 379
Belgium 16 8 6 1 1 90 95 -170
Finland 17 7 1 6 0 70 91 364
Nigeria 18 0 0 0 0 67 128 NA
Ukraine 19 9 5 4 0 55 98 23
Czech_Rep 20 6 4 2 0 55 103 -136
Romania 21 6 1 4 1 51 98 232
Canada 22 5 0 4 1 45 95 409
Argentina 23 0 0 0 0 32 186 NA
New_Zealand 24 0 0 0 0 30 161 NA
Australia 25 2 0 2 0 3 137 661
Yugoslavia 26 3 2 0 1 -10 128 -128
Portugal 27 8 1 7 0 -11 99 311
Switzerland 28 6 3 2 1 -27 101 -159
Bulgaria 29 4 3 1 0 -41 120 -167
Ireland 30 4 2 2 0 -44 125 -113
Hong_Kong 31 0 0 0 0 -54 260 NA
Austria 32 3 1 1 1 -98 131 -99
Ivory_Coast 33 0 0 0 0 -105 240 NA
Hungary 34 4 1 3 0 -109 102 -133
North_Korea 35 0 0 0 0 -114 226 NA
Taiwan 36 0 0 0 0 -120 153 NA
Slovakia 37 5 0 5 0 -146 128 278
Croatia 38 5 0 4 1 -163 110 95
Nthrn_Irelnd 39 0 0 0 0 -168 261 NA
South_Africa 40 0 0 0 0 -174 169 NA
Belarus 41 4 3 1 0 -185 149 -311
Chile 42 0 0 0 0 -187 171 NA
Mexico 43 0 0 0 0 -201 184 NA
Martinique 44 0 0 0 0 -207 289 NA
Ecuador 45 0 0 0 0 -208 179 NA
Trini_Tobago 46 0 0 0 0 -214 163 NA
Poland 47 3 0 3 0 -235 117 -25
Lithuania 48 0 0 0 0 -246 213 NA
Costa_Rica 49 0 0 0 0 -256 265 NA
Greece 50 4 1 2 1 -260 132 -40
Angola 51 0 0 0 0 -292 199 NA
Scotland 52 5 2 3 0 -309 115 -226
Wales 53 5 2 2 1 -322 121 -221
Ghana 54 0 0 0 0 -328 230 NA
Venezuela 55 0 0 0 0 -337 255 NA
South_Korea 56 0 0 0 0 -353 229 NA
Slovenia 57 0 0 0 0 -355 213 NA
Sierra_Leone 58 0 0 0 0 -361 233 NA
Zambia 59 0 0 0 0 -370 246 NA
Guinea 60 0 0 0 0 -378 241 NA
Cameroon 61 0 0 0 0 -378 241 NA
Latvia 62 0 0 0 0 -396 230 NA
Haiti 63 0 0 0 0 -398 242 NA
Jamaica 64 0 0 0 0 -469 202 NA
Bolivia 65 0 0 0 0 -475 208 NA
Turkey 66 4 0 4 0 -505 177 -10
Pap_New_Guin 67 0 0 0 0 -507 200 NA
Faroe_Isles 68 3 0 3 0 -531 138 -180
Estonia 69 3 0 3 0 -532 173 -105
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.