These ratings are based on all reported 1999 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. Thanks Ron!
The column labeled SE (standard error) is an estimate of the uncertainty in the ratings. Rating differences much smaller than the SE's are insignificant. For example, the ratings for the US and China are essentially equal. The column labeled Opp is the average rating of each team's opponents during the rating period.
The home field advantage was about 70 rating points.
Note: matches such as the WWC final decided by PK's are counted as ties for rating purposes
Rank games Won Tied Lost Rating SE Opp.mean China 1 25 22 1 2 707 82 212 USA 2 29 25 2 2 697 80 270 Norway 3 14 8 4 2 527 76 283 Germany 4 15 10 3 2 526 80 275 Brazil 5 13 7 2 4 487 85 357 Italy 6 12 4 6 2 376 76 267 Sweden 7 12 4 5 3 369 75 330 Russia 8 13 8 2 3 304 83 140 France 9 12 6 3 3 298 84 118 Nigeria 10 6 3 1 2 288 106 323 Netherlands 11 12 2 6 4 260 80 386 Denmark 12 13 2 3 8 250 77 337 North_Korea 13 13 8 2 3 229 88 99 England 14 4 2 0 2 212 106 217 Australia 15 16 3 5 8 194 79 369 Taiwan 16 6 4 1 1 146 110 20 Iceland 17 3 0 2 1 132 104 328 Spain 18 3 0 1 2 105 101 309 Yugoslavia 19 3 1 0 2 104 115 207 Japan 20 14 6 2 6 103 86 118 Ukraine 21 7 0 3 4 84 95 242 Finland 22 12 2 1 9 68 91 369 Canada 23 11 3 1 7 59 93 259 Belgium 24 4 4 0 0 39 110 -197 Ghana 25 6 0 1 5 13 130 495 Hungary 26 3 3 0 0 -15 122 -453 Portugal 27 8 1 1 6 -33 100 385 Romania 28 6 3 2 1 -46 102 -238 Scotland 29 10 3 3 4 -49 90 36 Switzerland 30 7 1 0 6 -57 107 261 Uzbekistan 31 4 3 0 1 -58 150 -250 South_Korea 32 9 3 1 5 -75 123 93 Czech_Rep 32 4 2 1 1 -75 108 -142 Belarus 34 6 3 2 1 -99 103 -157 Guatemala 35 4 3 1 0 -107 126 -302 Mexico 36 6 0 0 6 -111 126 367 Ivory_Coast 37 1 1 0 0 -114 240 -426 Costa_Rica 38 4 2 1 1 -115 119 -298 Poland 40 2 1 0 1 -122 118 -163 Ireland 40 5 1 2 2 -122 106 56 Vietnam 41 4 2 0 2 -137 134 -102 Croatia 42 2 1 0 1 -144 131 -86 Nthrn_Irelnd 43 1 0 1 0 -150 207 -122 Slovakia 44 4 2 0 2 -153 112 -324 Thailand 45 4 2 0 2 -167 134 -223 Austria 46 4 0 1 3 -243 125 -26 India 47 4 1 0 3 -275 141 -68 Greece 48 3 1 0 2 -324 126 -122 Kazakhstan 49 4 2 0 2 -329 160 -93 Philippines 50 4 1 0 3 -364 157 -174 Wales 51 3 0 1 2 -365 112 -109 Turkey 52 3 1 0 2 -385 132 -46 Nicaragua 53 4 2 0 2 -408 150 -340 Burkina_Faso 54 1 0 0 1 -426 268 -114 Moldova 55 4 0 0 4 -461 229 28 Guam 56 4 1 0 3 -470 165 -57 Malaysia 57 4 0 0 4 -509 176 -9 Israel 58 3 1 0 2 -528 136 -264 Hong_Kong 59 4 0 0 4 -532 159 -42 Honduras 60 4 0 0 4 -568 137 -260 Nepal 61 4 0 0 4 -573 210 -121 Estonia 62 4 0 0 4 -595 130 -206 Bosnia_Herz 63 3 0 0 3 -650 142 -241