These ratings are based on all reported 1998 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 70 rating points.
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp USA 1 9 7 1 1 634 100 221 China 2 8 7 1 0 634 98 304 Norway 3 4 2 1 1 560 97 384 Germany 4 3 2 1 0 552 112 287 Denmark 5 4 1 1 2 421 95 388 Brazil 6 0 0 0 0 391 139 NA Italy 7 3 1 1 1 389 108 210 Sweden 8 4 0 1 3 370 94 400 Australia 9 7 2 1 4 293 90 330 Netherlands 10 0 0 0 0 243 125 NA Russia 11 0 0 0 0 239 127 NA Japan 12 1 1 0 0 234 131 215 France 13 3 2 1 0 215 117 -63 England 14 0 0 0 0 183 127 NA Ukraine 15 0 0 0 0 178 135 NA North_Korea 16 0 0 0 0 144 146 NA Spain 17 0 0 0 0 139 126 NA Nigeria 18 0 0 0 0 118 160 NA Finland 19 6 0 5 1 113 106 483 Yugoslavia 20 0 0 0 0 111 144 NA Iceland 21 0 0 0 0 72 132 NA Portugal 22 6 1 4 1 65 106 455 Canada 23 2 0 2 0 45 131 341 Romania 24 0 0 0 0 -15 133 NA Czech_Rep 25 0 0 0 0 -17 145 NA Belgium 26 1 1 0 0 -26 125 -84 New_Zealand 27 0 0 0 0 -33 165 NA Taiwan 28 0 0 0 0 -40 154 NA Mexico 29 1 0 1 0 -42 146 634 Ghana 30 2 0 2 0 -42 170 634 Peru 31 0 0 0 0 -77 166 NA Hungary 32 0 0 0 0 -77 138 NA Switzerland 33 1 0 1 0 -84 130 -26 Slovakia 34 0 0 0 0 -99 139 NA Austria 35 1 0 1 0 -100 154 215 Costa_Rica 36 0 0 0 0 -115 152 NA Argentina 37 0 0 0 0 -118 151 NA Bulgaria 38 0 0 0 0 -130 146 NA Thailand 39 0 0 0 0 -131 183 NA Poland 40 0 0 0 0 -134 136 NA Morocco 41 0 0 0 0 -148 168 NA Ireland 42 0 0 0 0 -156 143 NA South_Korea 43 0 0 0 0 -160 178 NA Scotland 44 0 0 0 0 -160 138 NA Croatia 45 0 0 0 0 -178 160 NA Myanmar 46 0 0 0 0 -182 211 NA Vietnam 47 0 0 0 0 -183 181 NA Cameroon 48 0 0 0 0 -187 179 NA Guatemala 49 0 0 0 0 -190 163 NA Trini_Tobago 50 0 0 0 0 -200 164 NA India 51 0 0 0 0 -204 186 NA Colombia 52 0 0 0 0 -204 201 NA Ivory_Coast 53 0 0 0 0 -205 272 NA Uzbekistan 54 0 0 0 0 -223 242 NA Ecuador 55 0 0 0 0 -228 159 NA Hong_Kong 56 0 0 0 0 -236 213 NA Belarus 57 0 0 0 0 -265 142 NA Nthrn_Irelnd 58 0 0 0 0 -268 291 NA South_Africa 59 0 0 0 0 -270 163 NA Pap_New_Guin 60 0 0 0 0 -292 181 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.