These ratings are based on all reported 1997 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
USA 1 18 16 2 0 669 78 231
Norway 2 15 10 2 3 595 69 348
Germany 3 15 8 2 5 557 64 450
China 4 15 9 3 3 491 75 157
Brazil 5 4 2 2 0 402 97 437
Sweden 6 16 8 6 2 401 66 302
Italy 7 11 6 2 3 393 74 325
Denmark 8 12 5 3 4 383 66 336
France 9 11 4 3 4 303 73 284
England 10 9 3 6 0 244 87 353
Netherlands 11 12 5 5 2 206 74 258
Spain 12 6 1 4 1 199 85 317
Japan 13 6 4 1 1 188 100 81
Russia 14 8 3 5 0 166 83 171
North_Korea 15 4 3 1 0 164 164 13
Finland 16 7 3 3 1 143 85 232
Australia 17 16 6 9 1 141 95 296
Ukraine 18 4 2 2 0 81 101 73
Iceland 19 5 1 4 0 76 95 321
Czech_Rep 20 3 3 0 0 70 116 -498
Yugoslavia 21 4 4 0 0 67 123 -358
Nigeria 22 0 0 0 0 67 143 NA
Thailand 23 4 4 0 0 66 209 -277
Romania 24 3 2 0 1 37 103 -246
Belgium 25 5 1 4 0 35 94 240
Argentina 26 0 0 0 0 32 196 NA
Canada 27 3 0 3 0 13 107 401
New_Zealand 28 2 0 2 0 -15 156 316
Slovakia 29 3 2 0 1 -30 114 -167
India 30 3 2 1 0 -46 184 -143
Bulgaria 31 2 1 1 0 -49 118 -129
Taiwan 32 3 2 1 0 -62 147 -98
Ireland 33 4 2 2 0 -70 114 -114
Switzerland 34 4 0 4 0 -79 105 261
Portugal 35 5 0 5 0 -80 101 329
Austria 36 0 0 0 0 -98 146 NA
Ivory_Coast 37 0 0 0 0 -105 248 NA
Myanmar 38 4 2 1 1 -132 179 -189
Hungary 39 3 1 2 0 -144 106 -94
Poland 40 3 2 0 1 -151 109 -225
Croatia 41 0 0 0 0 -163 127 NA
Nthrn_Irelnd 42 0 0 0 0 -168 268 NA
Uzbekistan 43 3 1 2 0 -173 214 68
South_Africa 44 0 0 0 0 -174 180 NA
Hong_Kong 45 3 1 2 0 -186 181 -96
Chile 46 0 0 0 0 -187 182 NA
Vietnam 47 4 2 2 0 -197 185 -211
Rank Games Won Lost Tied Rating SE Opp
Mexico 48 0 0 0 0 -201 194 NA
Martinique 49 0 0 0 0 -207 296 NA
Ecuador 50 0 0 0 0 -208 190 NA
Trini_Tobago 51 0 0 0 0 -214 174 NA
Scotland 52 4 2 2 0 -234 114 -112
Costa_Rica 53 0 0 0 0 -256 273 NA
Belarus 54 4 1 3 0 -276 121 -96
Angola 55 0 0 0 0 -292 209 NA
Malaysia 56 2 0 1 1 -299 203 -228
South_Korea 57 4 1 3 0 -309 181 200
Israel 58 1 0 1 0 -316 238 37
Indonesia 59 4 0 2 2 -324 180 -140
Greece 60 4 0 2 2 -325 111 -160
Ghana 61 0 0 0 0 -328 238 NA
Wales 62 5 0 2 3 -330 99 -230
Venezuela 63 0 0 0 0 -337 263 NA
Slovenia 64 0 0 0 0 -355 222 NA
Sierra_Leone 65 0 0 0 0 -361 241 NA
Zambia 66 0 0 0 0 -370 254 NA
Guinea 67 0 0 0 0 -378 249 NA
Cameroon 68 0 0 0 0 -378 249 NA
Lithuania 69 4 1 3 0 -382 150 -160
Bosnia_Herz 70 3 0 3 0 -392 208 -46
Latvia 71 0 0 0 0 -396 238 NA
Haiti 72 0 0 0 0 -398 250 NA
Guam 73 3 0 3 0 -431 215 -15
Phillippines 74 5 0 5 0 -453 208 70
Jamaica 75 0 0 0 0 -469 212 NA
Bolivia 76 0 0 0 0 -475 217 NA
Kazakhstan 77 2 0 2 0 -476 214 -186
Turkey 78 3 1 2 0 -483 153 -354
Pap_New_Guin 79 0 0 0 0 -507 210 NA
Faroe_Isles 80 0 0 0 0 -531 152 NA
Estonia 81 6 1 5 0 -555 138 -136
Georgia 82 2 0 2 0 -573 221 -208
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.