These ratings are based on all reported 1990 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 68 points.
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp
Norway 1 15 9 3 3 469 54 244
Sweden 2 6 3 0 3 439 63 322
Germany 3 9 8 1 0 430 61 160
Denmark 4 10 5 2 3 429 58 279
USA 5 6 6 0 0 412 97 317
Italy 6 5 1 1 3 373 64 402
Brazil 7 0 0 0 0 340 144 NA
Netherlands 8 8 4 1 3 320 61 194
England 9 12 3 6 3 275 56 284
China 10 1 1 0 0 222 128 86
Finland 11 3 0 2 1 195 80 391
Russia 12 9 1 4 4 176 106 279
Czech_Rep 13 1 0 1 0 146 97 430
France 14 6 1 4 1 144 63 254
Hungary 15 3 0 3 0 129 113 456
Belgium 16 4 0 4 0 106 83 372
Canada 17 5 1 3 1 86 92 291
Australia 18 0 0 0 0 54 161 NA
Switzerland 19 1 0 1 0 17 135 429
Taiwan 20 0 0 0 0 0 195 NA
Ireland 21 1 0 0 1 -13 166 320
Iceland 22 0 0 0 0 -13 196 NA
Poland 23 1 0 1 0 -26 147 144
Spain 24 1 0 1 0 -31 138 429
Hong_Kong 25 0 0 0 0 -54 209 NA
Japan 26 0 0 0 0 -101 176 NA
Ivory_Coast 27 0 0 0 0 -105 183 NA
Bulgaria 28 2 0 2 0 -123 162 430
Nthrn_Irelnd 29 2 0 2 0 -168 210 320
Scotland 30 1 0 1 0 -191 201 275
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.