These ratings are based on all reported 1997 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 60 rating points.
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp USA 1 18 16 2 0 669 78 231 Norway 2 15 10 2 3 595 69 348 Germany 3 15 8 2 5 557 64 450 China 4 15 9 3 3 491 75 157 Brazil 5 4 2 2 0 402 97 437 Sweden 6 16 8 6 2 401 66 302 Italy 7 11 6 2 3 393 74 325 Denmark 8 12 5 3 4 383 66 336 France 9 11 4 3 4 303 73 284 England 10 9 3 6 0 244 87 353 Netherlands 11 12 5 5 2 206 74 258 Spain 12 6 1 4 1 199 85 317 Japan 13 6 4 1 1 188 100 81 Russia 14 8 3 5 0 166 83 171 North_Korea 15 4 3 1 0 164 164 13 Finland 16 7 3 3 1 143 85 232 Australia 17 16 6 9 1 141 95 296 Ukraine 18 4 2 2 0 81 101 73 Iceland 19 5 1 4 0 76 95 321 Czech_Rep 20 3 3 0 0 70 116 -498 Yugoslavia 21 4 4 0 0 67 123 -358 Nigeria 22 0 0 0 0 67 143 NA Thailand 23 4 4 0 0 66 209 -277 Romania 24 3 2 0 1 37 103 -246 Belgium 25 5 1 4 0 35 94 240 Argentina 26 0 0 0 0 32 196 NA Canada 27 3 0 3 0 13 107 401 New_Zealand 28 2 0 2 0 -15 156 316 Slovakia 29 3 2 0 1 -30 114 -167 India 30 3 2 1 0 -46 184 -143 Bulgaria 31 2 1 1 0 -49 118 -129 Taiwan 32 3 2 1 0 -62 147 -98 Ireland 33 4 2 2 0 -70 114 -114 Switzerland 34 4 0 4 0 -79 105 261 Portugal 35 5 0 5 0 -80 101 329 Austria 36 0 0 0 0 -98 146 NA Ivory_Coast 37 0 0 0 0 -105 248 NA Myanmar 38 4 2 1 1 -132 179 -189 Hungary 39 3 1 2 0 -144 106 -94 Poland 40 3 2 0 1 -151 109 -225 Croatia 41 0 0 0 0 -163 127 NA Nthrn_Irelnd 42 0 0 0 0 -168 268 NA Uzbekistan 43 3 1 2 0 -173 214 68 South_Africa 44 0 0 0 0 -174 180 NA Hong_Kong 45 3 1 2 0 -186 181 -96 Chile 46 0 0 0 0 -187 182 NA Vietnam 47 4 2 2 0 -197 185 -211 Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp Mexico 48 0 0 0 0 -201 194 NA Martinique 49 0 0 0 0 -207 296 NA Ecuador 50 0 0 0 0 -208 190 NA Trini_Tobago 51 0 0 0 0 -214 174 NA Scotland 52 4 2 2 0 -234 114 -112 Costa_Rica 53 0 0 0 0 -256 273 NA Belarus 54 4 1 3 0 -276 121 -96 Angola 55 0 0 0 0 -292 209 NA Malaysia 56 2 0 1 1 -299 203 -228 South_Korea 57 4 1 3 0 -309 181 200 Israel 58 1 0 1 0 -316 238 37 Indonesia 59 4 0 2 2 -324 180 -140 Greece 60 4 0 2 2 -325 111 -160 Ghana 61 0 0 0 0 -328 238 NA Wales 62 5 0 2 3 -330 99 -230 Venezuela 63 0 0 0 0 -337 263 NA Slovenia 64 0 0 0 0 -355 222 NA Sierra_Leone 65 0 0 0 0 -361 241 NA Zambia 66 0 0 0 0 -370 254 NA Guinea 67 0 0 0 0 -378 249 NA Cameroon 68 0 0 0 0 -378 249 NA Lithuania 69 4 1 3 0 -382 150 -160 Bosnia_Herz 70 3 0 3 0 -392 208 -46 Latvia 71 0 0 0 0 -396 238 NA Haiti 72 0 0 0 0 -398 250 NA Guam 73 3 0 3 0 -431 215 -15 Phillippines 74 5 0 5 0 -453 208 70 Jamaica 75 0 0 0 0 -469 212 NA Bolivia 76 0 0 0 0 -475 217 NA Kazakhstan 77 2 0 2 0 -476 214 -186 Turkey 78 3 1 2 0 -483 153 -354 Pap_New_Guin 79 0 0 0 0 -507 210 NA Faroe_Isles 80 0 0 0 0 -531 152 NA Estonia 81 6 1 5 0 -555 138 -136 Georgia 82 2 0 2 0 -573 221 -208
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.