Statistics are from Ron
Kessler, that currently update soccer statistics.
Gerrard Russell that
prepare statistics from 1944 to 1996 and
RSSSF
collection that has got data from 1885 to 1943
Here RS - "Seller's" Rating; Rb - "Buyer's" Rating; RS - Rb - E-Rating
RS and Rb are absolutely equivalent ratings. Only difference is - "Who determines "price" for games "Seller" or "Buyer" (Loser or Winner)? See also description.
31 May 1998
To take into account The Time the function was used - exp{Game Date - Current Date)/Four Year).
17902 results of games were used. (01.01.1876 - 31.05.1998) and 252 since the 01.01.98
This Rank-list contain 217 teams. Some of them are not exist now but their data helpful for teams estimation.
Next issue will be postet as soon as Ron Kessler update his statistics. Ask him to make it faster then teams play:)
Rnk Teams 25.01 31.05 Change 1 Brazil 4427 4269 -158 2 France 3875 3764 -112 3 Spain 3601 3727 126 4 England 3782 3717 -65 5 Argentina 3307 3577 270 6 Netherlands 3495 3529 34 7 Germany 3427 3477 51 8 Yugoslavia 3367 3431 63 9 Italy 3232 3389 157 10 Norway 2888 3113 225 11 Japan 3041 3061 19 12 USA 2807 2954 148 13 Croatia 2869 2953 83 14 Chile 2907 2922 15 15 Mexico 2854 2912 58 16 Russia 2935 2910 -25 17 Czech Republic 2860 2865 4 18 Belgium 2603 2846 243 19 South Korea 2875 2782 -94 20 Denmark 2856 2779 -77 21 Romania 2743 2776 33 22 Sweden 2737 2763 27 23 Australia 2659 2750 91 24 Iran 2847 2732 -115 25 Colombia 2678 2684 7 26 Portugal 2714 2679 -34 27 Uruguay 2644 2664 20 28 Morocco 2472 2574 102 29 Ireland 2508 2559 51 30 Saudi Arabia 2686 2540 -146 31 Ecuador 2504 2533 29 32 Bulgaria 2540 2522 -18 33 Bolivia 2487 2517 30 34 Paraguay 2477 2491 14 35 UAE 2502 2470 -32 36 Austria 2399 2430 31 37 Israel 2114 2421 307 38 Peru 2381 2406 25 39 Kuwait 2489 2394 -95 40 Qatar 2427 2381 -47 41 Scotland 2321 2372 51 42 Switzerland 2312 2362 50 43 Greece 2312 2344 32 44 China 2348 2331 -17 45 Iraq 2365 2325 -41 46 Lebanon 2310 2282 -28 47 Honduras 2295 2252 -43 48 South Africa 2352 2233 -119 49 Northern Ireland 2067 2209 143 50 Poland 2187 2161 -26 51 Slovakia 2153 2147 -5 52 Canada 2072 2140 68 53 Egypt 2102 2129 27 54 Thailand 2076 2096 20 55 Costa Rica 2033 2089 55 56 Hungary 1953 2057 104 57 North Korea 2081 2043 -38 58 Ukraine 2016 2041 25 59 Tunisia 2076 2037 -38 60 Turkey 2109 2005 -104 61 Syria 2052 2003 -48 62 Guatemala 1939 1991 51 63 Uzbekistan 1987 1959 -28 64 Georgia 1844 1959 115 65 Jamaica 1827 1949 122 66 El Salvador 1929 1913 -16 67 Macedonia 1700 1912 212 68 Nigeria 1892 1905 13 69 Wales 1836 1900 64 70 Ivory Coast 1759 1893 135 71 Trinidad & Tobago 1851 1838 -13 72 Zambia 1889 1818 -72 73 Iceland 1756 1811 55 74 Oman 1778 1759 -19 75 Bermuda 1603 1742 139 76 Jordan 1750 1728 -22 77 Finland 1662 1727 65 78 Bahrain 1758 1721 -37 79 Tajikistan 1744 1721 -23 80 Hong Kong 1818 1711 -107 81 Cyprus 1662 1709 47 82 Kazakhstan 1774 1687 -87 83 Slovenia 1717 1657 -60 84 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1784 1652 -132 85 Algeria 1693 1631 -63 86 Lithuania 1632 1623 -10 87 Libya 1612 1620 8 88 Cameroon 1598 1589 -8 89 Burundi 1561 1561 0 90 Malaysia 1576 1552 -24 91 Zimbabwe 1556 1546 -10 92 Ghana 1498 1516 18 93 Zaire 1492 1499 7 94 Congo 1496 1489 -8 95 Gabon 1460 1470 11 96 Angola 1588 1470 -119 97 Albania 1441 1437 -4 98 Senegal 1417 1425 8 99 Burkina Faso 1153 1422 270 100 Guinea 1402 1402 0 101 New Zealand 1225 1400 175 102 Malawi 1437 1398 -39 103 Gambia 1362 1378 16 104 Indonesia 1385 1372 -13 105 Haiti 1053 1371 318 106 Madagascar 1418 1370 -48 107 Uganda 1384 1358 -26 108 Panama 1347 1352 5 109 Sierra Leone 1328 1344 17 110 Venezuela 1321 1339 18 111 Latvia 1373 1338 -34 112 Armenia 1302 1336 34 113 Mali 1282 1319 37 114 Belarus 1284 1305 21 115 Togo 1340 1292 -48 116 Barbados 1264 1286 22 117 Turkmenistan 1301 1283 -17 118 Sudan 1304 1277 -27 119 Kenya 1288 1273 -15 120 Malta 1188 1267 80 121 Singapore 1236 1228 -8 122 Mozambique 1409 1213 -196 123 Luxembourg 1168 1204 35 124 Moldova 1230 1182 -49 125 Liberia 1158 1168 9 126 Ethiopia 1168 1163 -6 127 Tanzania 1172 1145 -27 128 Namibia 1263 1139 -124 129 Niger 1047 1106 58 130 Mauritania 1076 1099 22 131 Azerbaijan 1065 1097 32 132 Lesotho 1141 1093 -48 133 Zanzibar 1100 1081 -20 134 Chad 1086 1079 -8 135 Grenada 912 1068 155 136 Benin 1022 1060 37 137 India 1066 1049 -17 138 St Lucia 766 1034 268 139 Yemen 1047 1028 -19 140 Cuba 1084 1027 -57 141 Martinique 949 987 38 142 Kyrgyzstan 1005 981 -24 143 Estonia 962 964 2 144 Swaziland 942 948 6 145 Vietnam 951 941 -10 146 St Vincent & Gr. 849 940 91 147 Rwanda 948 932 -17 148 Faroe Islands 906 926 20 149 Guinea-Bissau 886 892 5 150 St Kitts/Nevis 859 887 28 151 Mauritius 910 878 -32 152 Cape Verde Is. 835 845 10 153 Myanmar 849 842 -7 154 Belize 783 787 5 155 Botswana 823 786 -37 156 Surinam 769 760 -9 157 Neth. Antilles 594 733 139 158 Antigua & Barbuda 654 724 70 159 Tahiti 647 694 47 160 Dominica 707 687 -20 161 Dominican Rep. 593 684 91 162 Fiji 607 671 65 163 Seychelles 686 664 -22 164 Laos 658 651 -7 165 Guyana 534 635 101 166 Nicaragua 626 634 8 167 Papua New Guinea 563 628 65 168 French Guiana 694 609 -85 169 Bangladesh 618 608 -10 170 Taiwan 596 586 -10 171 Cayman 497 579 82 172 San Marino 556 565 9 173 Sri Lanka 563 554 -9 174 Solomon Is. 512 551 39 175 Liechtenstein 513 524 11 176 Puerto Rico 550 503 -47 177 Pakistan 461 452 -9 178 Cambodia 436 432 -4 179 Nepal 423 416 -7 180 Macao 368 361 -7 181 Brunei 321 319 -2 182 Maldive Is. 311 306 -5 183 Philippines 303 299 -3 184 Anguilla 54 41 -13 185 East Germany ? 2614 ? 186 Palestine ? 2601 ? 187 Great Britain ? 2208 ? 188 Saar ? 2097 ? 189 Curacao ? 1659 ? 190 Burma ? 1552 ? 191 Sao Tome e Principi ? 1107 ? 192 Yemen Arab Rep. ? 1083 ? 193 Rhodesia ? 976 ? 194 Yemen PR ? 905 ? 195 Eritrea ? 887 ? 196 Equatoria Guinea ? 742 ? 197 St Maarten ? 738 ? 198 Aruba ? 736 ? 199 Afghanistan ? 500 ? 200 Djibouti ? 388 ? 201 Comoro Is. ? 387 ? 202 North Vietnam ? 386 ? 203 New Hebrides ? 344 ? 204 Dutch Indies ? 223 ? 205 British Virgin Is. ? 166 ? 206 New Caledonia ? 135 ? 207 Western Samoa ? 54 ? 208 Guam ? 49 ? 209 Cook Islands ? 34 ? 210 Reunion 1162 1108 211 Central African Rep. 1079 1077 212 Guadeloupe 700 586 213 Somalia 384 379 214 Vanuatu 310 343 215 Andorra 243 242 216 Tonga 92 99 217 Montserrat 58 53
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World Wide Ratings and Rankings WWRR Soccer Last Updated on 1.06.98 By Eugene L. Potemkin Email: eelecs@dol.ru .