These ratings are based on all reported 1995 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
Norway 1 19 15 3 1 602 69 312
USA 2 23 19 2 2 576 71 242
Germany 3 13 11 2 0 547 77 267
Sweden 4 13 7 4 2 471 71 391
China 5 8 2 4 2 430 84 464
Denmark 6 14 7 6 1 387 70 343
Italy 7 11 4 4 3 292 75 276
England 8 9 3 4 2 291 81 308
Brazil 9 9 5 4 0 270 122 166
France 10 9 4 2 3 248 77 192
Russia 11 3 1 0 2 187 90 184
Spain 12 1 0 1 0 170 120 387
Netherlands 13 8 2 3 3 166 79 264
Japan 14 5 2 3 0 165 115 384
Iceland 15 3 1 1 1 138 107 200
Finland 16 7 0 5 2 125 87 403
Romania 17 2 0 2 0 81 121 429
Czech_Rep 18 2 2 0 0 81 117 -400
Nigeria 19 7 4 2 1 67 111 -7
Portugal 20 4 1 3 0 63 112 287
Switzerland 21 3 2 1 0 61 125 98
Canada 22 11 1 8 2 58 87 344
Belgium 23 4 3 1 0 49 106 -266
Ireland 24 4 4 0 0 38 163 -399
Argentina 25 4 3 1 0 32 175 -150
New_Zealand 26 0 0 0 0 30 148 NA
Ukraine 27 2 1 0 1 12 114 -78
Hungary 28 4 1 2 1 8 103 23
Australia 29 7 1 6 0 5 122 358
Slovakia 30 3 0 2 1 -7 151 425
Hong_Kong 31 0 0 0 0 -54 252 NA
Austria 32 3 2 1 0 -87 180 -187
Ivory_Coast 33 0 0 0 0 -105 231 NA
Croatia 34 3 0 3 0 -107 135 216
North_Korea 35 0 0 0 0 -114 217 NA
Taiwan 36 3 0 3 0 -120 140 394
Poland 37 4 3 1 0 -125 122 -171
Yugoslavia 38 3 1 2 0 -165 168 -161
Bulgaria 39 2 1 1 0 -165 145 -203
Nthrn_Irelnd 40 0 0 0 0 -168 253 NA
South_Africa 41 4 1 2 1 -174 157 -113
Chile 42 4 1 2 1 -187 159 -95
Mexico 43 0 0 0 0 -201 173 NA
Martinique 44 0 0 0 0 -207 282 NA
Ecuador 45 4 1 2 1 -208 168 -90
Trini_Tobago 46 0 0 0 0 -214 150 NA
Lithuania 47 0 0 0 0 -246 204 NA
Costa_Rica 48 0 0 0 0 -256 257 NA
Angola 49 2 0 1 1 -292 189 -174
Scotland 50 3 1 2 0 -301 143 -94
Ghana 51 2 0 2 0 -328 221 67
Venezuela 52 0 0 0 0 -337 247 NA
South_Korea 53 0 0 0 0 -353 220 NA
Slovenia 54 0 0 0 0 -355 203 NA
Sierra_Leone 55 0 0 0 0 -361 224 NA
Faroe_Isles 56 5 1 4 0 -367 161 -148
Belarus 57 2 0 2 0 -367 209 -22
Zambia 58 0 0 0 0 -370 238 NA
Guinea 59 0 0 0 0 -378 232 NA
Cameroon 60 0 0 0 0 -378 232 NA
Latvia 61 0 0 0 0 -396 221 NA
Haiti 62 0 0 0 0 -398 234 NA
Turkey 63 2 0 2 0 -418 208 -78
Estonia 64 3 0 3 0 -432 200 -56
Greece 65 2 0 2 0 -456 176 -126
Jamaica 66 0 0 0 0 -469 192 NA
Bolivia 67 4 0 4 0 -475 198 -23
Pap_New_Guin 68 0 0 0 0 -507 190 NA
Wales 69 3 0 3 0 -563 165 -94
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.