These ratings are based on all reported 1993 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 56 rating points.
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp
Norway 1 9 6 2 1 543 76 367
Sweden 2 6 5 1 0 478 89 217
USA 3 12 9 3 0 457 85 254
Germany 4 12 8 3 1 447 78 261
Denmark 5 7 3 2 2 412 80 260
Italy 6 7 3 3 1 358 82 277
China 7 0 0 0 0 344 126 NA
England 8 3 2 0 1 286 94 -9
Brazil 9 0 0 0 0 262 150 NA
Netherlands 10 2 0 2 0 213 96 111
France 11 6 2 3 1 199 87 260
Czech_Rep 12 1 0 1 0 136 142 543
Belgium 13 4 2 1 1 135 103 84
Finland 14 1 0 0 1 127 104 124
Hungary 15 2 0 1 1 124 126 335
Russia 16 4 1 2 1 122 96 181
Romania 17 3 1 0 2 120 119 -44
Spain 18 2 0 0 2 106 125 211
Yugoslavia 19 0 0 0 0 102 260 NA
Iceland 20 1 1 0 0 87 166 213
Canada 21 6 1 4 1 79 110 254
Croatia 22 1 1 0 0 69 209 -71
Australia 23 0 0 0 0 44 167 NA
New_Zealand 24 2 0 1 1 -5 149 268
Ireland 25 0 0 0 0 -13 199 NA
Taiwan 26 0 0 0 0 -37 152 NA
Ukraine 27 3 1 1 1 -42 147 10
Hong_Kong 28 0 0 0 0 -54 236 NA
Nigeria 29 0 0 0 0 -70 157 NA
Switzerland 30 4 1 3 0 -71 136 153
Slovakia 31 2 1 1 0 -77 215 62
Ivory_Coast 32 0 0 0 0 -105 213 NA
Chile 33 0 0 0 0 -109 221 NA
North_Korea 34 0 0 0 0 -114 197 NA
Bulgaria 35 3 1 1 1 -123 162 -24
Japan 36 0 0 0 0 -125 159 NA
Nthrn_Irelnd 37 0 0 0 0 -168 237 NA
Trini_Tobago 38 2 0 2 0 -196 182 268
Mexico 39 0 0 0 0 -207 268 NA
Martinique 40 0 0 0 0 -207 268 NA
Poland 41 3 0 3 0 -212 140 175
Greece 42 0 0 0 0 -217 260 NA
Scotland 43 1 0 1 0 -241 200 358
Lithuania 44 3 0 2 1 -242 186 56
Portugal 45 1 0 1 0 -256 236 199
Jamaica 46 0 0 0 0 -256 241 NA
Costa_Rica 47 0 0 0 0 -256 241 NA
Slovenia 48 2 0 2 0 -268 229 211
Venezuela 49 0 0 0 0 -337 230 NA
Wales 50 1 0 1 0 -351 215 -71
Latvia 51 2 0 2 0 -354 225 200
Guinea 52 0 0 0 0 -378 214 NA
Cameroon 53 0 0 0 0 -378 214 NA
Haiti 54 0 0 0 0 -398 216 NA
Pap_New_Guin 55 0 0 0 0 -435 203 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.