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.
1 July 1998
To take into account The Time the function was used - exp{Game Date - Current Date)/Four Year).
18019 results of games were used. (01.01.1876 - 22.06.1998) and 326 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. So ask him to make it faster then teams play:)
Diff = R-Ro; Din = Diff * Diff/Ro
Rnk Teams Ro(25.01) R(22.06) Diff Din 1 Brazil 4427 4155 -272 17 2 France 3875 4003 128 4 3 Netherlands 3495 3866 371 39 4 England 3782 3757 -25 0 5 Spain 3601 3742 141 5 6 Germany 3427 3660 234 16 7 Argentina 3307 3623 316 30 8 Italy 3232 3424 192 11 9 Yugoslavia 3367 3398 31 0 10 Croatia 2869 3335 466 76 11 Norway 2888 3139 252 22 12 Belgium 2603 3026 423 69 13 Russia 2935 2941 7 0 14 Japan 3041 2939 -102 3 15 Czech Republic 2860 2930 70 2 16 Romania 2743 2908 165 10 17 Mexico 2854 2907 52 1 18 USA 2807 2888 81 2 19 Sweden 2737 2860 124 6 20 Denmark 2856 2825 -30 0 21 Chile 2907 2807 -100 3 22 Portugal 2714 2758 45 1 23 South Korea 2875 2660 -215 16 24 East Germany ? 2656 ? 25 Morocco 2472 2637 165 11 26 Iran 2847 2622 -225 18 27 Uruguay 2644 2618 -26 0 28 Ireland 2508 2616 108 5 29 Australia 2659 2606 -53 1 30 Colombia 2678 2582 -96 3 31 Palestine ? 2564 ? 32 Austria 2399 2519 120 6 33 Ecuador 2504 2486 -18 0 34 Bulgaria 2540 2482 -58 1 35 Israel 2114 2470 356 60 36 Bolivia 2487 2469 -19 0 37 Saudi Arabia 2686 2458 -228 19 38 Switzerland 2312 2451 139 8 39 UAE 2502 2436 -66 2 40 Greece 2312 2394 82 3 41 Scotland 2321 2390 69 2 42 Paraguay 2477 2377 -100 4 43 Peru 2381 2361 -20 0 44 Kuwait 2489 2349 -140 8 45 Qatar 2427 2334 -93 4 46 Iraq 2365 2284 -81 3 47 China 2348 2271 -77 3 48 Lebanon 2310 2260 -51 1 49 Northern Ireland 2067 2256 189 17 50 South Africa 2352 2220 -132 7 51 Honduras 2295 2220 -75 2 52 Poland 2187 2200 13 0 53 Great Britain ? 2190 ? 54 Saar ? 2185 ? 55 Slovakia 2153 2169 17 0 56 Egypt 2102 2143 40 1 57 Ukraine 2016 2119 103 5 58 Tunisia 2076 2109 33 1 59 Hungary 1953 2092 140 10 60 Thailand 2076 2069 -7 0 61 Canada 2072 2056 -16 0 62 Costa Rica 2033 2056 23 0 63 Turkey 2109 2055 -54 1 64 North Korea 2081 1991 -90 4 65 Macedonia 1700 1987 287 49 66 Georgia 1844 1981 136 10 67 Syria 2052 1964 -88 4 68 Guatemala 1939 1962 23 0 69 Jamaica 1827 1919 92 5 70 Uzbekistan 1987 1919 -69 2 71 Ivory Coast 1759 1913 154 14 72 Nigeria 1892 1901 9 0 73 El Salvador 1929 1870 -59 2 74 Wales 1836 1842 6 0 75 Iceland 1756 1836 80 4 76 Trinidad & Tobago 1851 1833 -17 0 77 Zambia 1889 1826 -63 2 78 Finland 1662 1800 138 11 79 Cyprus 1662 1738 76 3 80 Oman 1778 1735 -43 1 81 Slovenia 1717 1726 9 0 82 Jordan 1750 1703 -47 1 83 Bahrain 1758 1693 -65 2 84 Tajikistan 1744 1688 -56 2 85 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1784 1682 -102 6 86 Hong Kong 1818 1679 -138 11 87 Lithuania 1632 1675 43 1 88 Curacao ? 1660 ? 89 Kazakhstan 1774 1650 -124 9 90 Cameroon 1598 1637 39 1 91 Algeria 1693 1621 -72 3 92 Libya 1612 1613 1 0 93 Burundi 1561 1573 12 0 94 Malaysia 1576 1525 -51 2 95 Ghana 1498 1523 24 0 96 Burma ? 1519 ? 97 Zimbabwe 1556 1516 -40 1 98 Zaire 1492 1514 22 0 99 Congo 1496 1500 4 0 100 Gabon 1460 1491 31 1 101 Angola 1588 1483 -105 7 102 Albania 1441 1467 27 0 103 Burkina Faso 1153 1439 286 71 104 Senegal 1417 1439 23 0 105 Guinea 1402 1418 16 0 106 Malawi 1437 1407 -30 1 107 Latvia 1373 1403 30 1 108 Gambia 1362 1392 30 1 109 Madagascar 1418 1375 -43 1 110 Uganda 1384 1365 -20 0 111 Armenia 1302 1364 62 3 112 Sierra Leone 1328 1359 31 1 113 New Zealand 1225 1353 128 13 114 Indonesia 1385 1352 -32 1 115 Belarus 1284 1346 61 3 116 Haiti 1053 1342 289 79 117 Panama 1347 1334 -13 0 118 Mali 1282 1331 49 2 119 Venezuela 1321 1312 -9 0 120 Togo 1340 1304 -36 1 121 Barbados 1264 1290 26 1 122 Malta 1188 1287 99 8 123 Kenya 1288 1281 -7 0 124 Sudan 1304 1276 -28 1 125 Turkmenistan 1301 1265 -36 1 126 Mozambique 1409 1225 -184 24 127 Singapore 1236 1210 -26 1 128 Namibia 1263 1188 -75 5 129 Liberia 1158 1184 26 1 130 Ethiopia 1168 1171 3 0 131 Luxembourg 1168 1170 2 0 132 Tanzania 1172 1152 -21 0 133 Moldova 1230 1147 -83 6 134 Azerbaijan 1065 1128 63 4 135 Niger 1047 1121 74 5 136 Sao Tome e Principi ? 1118 ? 137 Reunion 1162 1113 -49 2 138 Mauritania 1076 1111 34 1 139 Lesotho 1141 1103 -38 1 140 Central African Rep. 1079 1092 13 0 141 Chad 1086 1090 3 0 142 Zanzibar 1100 1086 -14 0 143 Benin 1022 1070 48 2 144 Cuba 1084 1070 -14 0 145 Grenada 912 1066 154 26 146 Yemen Arab Rep. ? 1058 ? 147 Estonia 962 1051 89 8 148 St Lucia 766 1039 273 97 149 Bermuda 1603 1032 -571 203 150 India 1066 1031 -35 1 151 Yemen 1047 1008 -39 1 152 Martinique 949 991 42 2 153 Kyrgyzstan 1005 961 -44 2 154 Swaziland 942 956 14 0 155 St Vincent & Gr. 849 947 98 11 156 Rwanda 948 943 -6 0 157 Vietnam 951 928 -24 1 158 Rhodesia ? 925 ? 159 Guinea-Bissau 886 901 15 0 160 Yemen PR ? 895 ? 161 St Kitts/Nevis 859 892 33 1 162 Eritrea ? 891 ? 163 Mauritius 910 882 -28 1 164 Faroe Islands 906 873 -33 1 165 Cape Verde Is. 835 853 19 0 166 Myanmar 849 829 -20 0 167 Botswana 823 799 -24 1 168 Belize 783 775 -7 0 169 Surinam 769 764 -5 0 170 Equatoria Guinea ? 754 ? 171 St Maarten ? 742 ? 172 Aruba ? 740 ? 173 Neth. Antilles 594 737 143 34 174 Cayman 497 719 222 99 175 Antigua & Barbuda 654 717 63 6 176 Dominica 707 690 -17 0 177 Dominican Rep. 593 685 92 14 178 Seychelles 686 667 -19 1 179 Tahiti 647 663 16 0 180 Fiji 607 646 39 3 181 Laos 658 642 -16 0 182 Guyana 534 641 107 22 183 Nicaragua 626 624 -1 0 184 French Guiana 694 621 -73 8 185 Papua New Guinea 563 605 42 3 186 Bangladesh 618 595 -23 1 187 Guadeloupe 700 589 -111 18 188 San Marino 556 576 19 1 189 Taiwan 596 571 -24 1 190 Sri Lanka 563 544 -20 1 191 Solomon Is. 512 527 15 0 192 Liechtenstein 513 514 1 0 193 Puerto Rico 550 507 -43 3 194 Afghanistan ? 490 ? 195 Andorra 243 463 219 197 196 Pakistan 461 443 -18 1 197 Cambodia 436 425 -11 0 198 Nepal 423 407 -16 1 199 Djibouti ? 389 ? 200 Comoro Is. ? 389 ? 201 North Vietnam ? 384 ? 202 Somalia 384 381 -3 0 203 Macao 368 354 -14 1 204 Vanuatu 310 330 20 1 205 New Hebrides ? 329 ? 206 Brunei 321 315 -7 0 207 Maldive Is. 311 300 -10 0 208 Philippines 303 297 -5 0 209 Dutch Indies ? 227 ? 210 British Virgin Is. ? 168 ? 211 New Caledonia ? 130 ? 212 Tonga 92 95 3 0 213 Montserrat 58 53 -5 0 214 Western Samoa ? 51 ? 215 Guam ? 47 ? 216 Anguilla 54 41 -13 3 217 Cook Islands ? 33 ?
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World Wide Ratings and Rankings WWRR Soccer Last Updated on 1.07.98 By Eugene L. Potemkin Email: eelecs@dol.ru .