FIFA World Ranking as of Oct 1997

This article is men's ranking as of 17 Oct 1997.

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Updated: 17 Oct 1997

Rank: from 1st to 50th

Rank		Points	Team	Sep	Aug	Jul	Jun	May
1		72	Brazil	1	1	1	1	1
2		65	Spain	6	2	2	3	5
3		63	Germany	2	4	5	2	2
4		61	Czech Republic	14	16	14	11	8
5		61	Romania	3	12	4	6	9
6		60	Denmark	5	3	3	4	3
7		60	England	7	7	8	7	13
8		60	Netherlands	4	6	6	10	7
9		60	Russia	16	5	7	8	10
10		59	Mexico	11	9	10	12	12
11		59	Colombia	9	10	12	13	11
12		59	Norway	8	15	16	15	15
13		58	Argentina	10	13	13	16	21
14		57	France	17	11	11	5	4
15		57	Morocco	15	14	15	14	19
16		57	Italy	12	8	9	9	6
17		57	Sweden	21	25	25	25	20
18		56	Bulgaria	13	22	20	23	14
19		56	Zambia	19	19	19	18	23
20		56	Japan	18	17	17	17	18
21		55	Portugal	24	30	29	21	16
22		55	Bolivia	23	18	18	34	32
23		55	Austria	26	44	41	43	46
24		55	Tunisia	20	21	28	28	24
25		54	Scotland	27	26	24	22	29
26		53	South Africa	25	24	22	19	25
27		53	Chile	29	23	27	27	27
28		53	Paraguay	28	27	23	24	22
29		53	Croatia	33	33	32	29	28
30		53	Slovakia	22	20	21	20	17
31		53	Ecuador	30	29	30	38	40
32		52	Egypt	31	31	38	42	33
33		52	Australia	36	32	31	33	34
34		52	Korea Republic	35	34	34	32	36
35		52	USA	32	28	26	26	26
36		52	Yugoslavia	37	39	37	35	48
37		51	Saudi Arabia	38	35	33	30	30
38		51	Peru	34	36	35	39	39
39		51	Turkey	39	52	43	44	42
40		50	Jamaica	40	37	39	37	38
41		50	Greece	41	46	40	41	37
42		48	Lithuania	43	42	55	49	49
43		47	Republic of Ireland	42	55	53	40	44
44		47	Cameroon	44	45	46	45	41
45		47	Poland	50	53	51	57	57
46		46	Côte d'Ivoire	46	40	45	52	50
47		46	Kuwait	49	51	52	55	62
48		46	Belgium	48	38	36	31	31
49		45	IR Iran	53	60	57	56	73
50		45	Ghana	45	41	42	36	35

Rank: from 51st to 100th

51		45	Ukraine	52	54	49	48	51
52		44	Uruguay	47	50	44	51	54
53		44	Algeria	51	47	60	60	59
54		44	China PR	58	58	56	58	60
55		44	Angola	56	57	59	63	66
56		44	Costa Rica	55	56	54	53	53
57		43	Trinidad and Tobago	60	61	74	65	47
58		42	Israel	54	43	50	50	43
59		42	Finland	61	65	68	68	72
60		42	United Arab Emirates	67	66	66	67	65
61		42	Honduras	57	49	48	47	45
62		42	Canada	59	48	47	46	52
63		42	Gabon	62	62	61	64	58
64		41	Switzerland	65	64	63	61	56
65		41	Thailand	70	68	67	66	64
66		41	Guinea	64	69	64	59	67
67		41	Nigeria	63	59	58	54	61
68		40	Hungary	71	72	71	71	74
69		40	Mozambique	68	67	72	82	88
70		39	El Salvador	73	73	73	73	71
71		38	Iceland	83	88	87	83	76
72		38	Zimbabwe	66	63	62	62	55
73		38	Latvia	69	74	75	74	80
74		37	Georgia	94	99	99	97	102
75		37	Northern Ireland	72	71	69	69	63
76		37	Iraq	75	78	76	75	75
77		37	Cyprus	81	84	84	81	82
78		37	Zaire	78	77	79	76	70
79		37	Togo	76	76	77	77	77
80		36	Sierra Leone	79	86	86	80	81
81		36	Senegal	74	70	65	70	68
82		36	FYR Macedonia	80	79	78	78	89
83		35	Uzbekistan	82	83	83	91	104
84		35	Malaysia	88	90	89	86	87
85		35	Namibia	84	80	80	94	96
86		34	Mali	77	75	70	72	69
87		34	Oman	86	82	82	98	93
88		34	Guatemala	90	93	93	90	91
89		33	Lebanon	87	87	91	87	94
90		32	Slovenia	92	95	92	89	84
91		32	Malawi	89	89	88	84	86
92		32	Kenya	99	102	102	103	97
93		32	Liberia	91	85	94	95	92
94		32	Tanzania	93	94	96	100	98
95		32	Uganda	95	92	85	88	90
96		31	Qatar	85	81	81	79	78
97		31	Congo	96	98	97	93	95
98		31	Wales	98	91	90	85	83
99		30	Syria	97	100	101	105	115
100		30	Indonesia	109	107	107	108	109

Rank: from 101st to 150th

101		29	Bosnia and Herzegovina	103	117	115	115	116
102		29	Estonia	102	101	100	99	101
103		29	Cuba	101	97	98	96	79
104		29	Sudan	100	96	95	92	85
105		28	Armenia	104	108	108	107	107
106		27	Burkina Faso	105	104	104	101	106
107		27	Singapore	112	111	109	102	99
108		26	Belarus	106	103	103	104	100
109		26	India	119	118	116	116	114
110		26	Grenada	107	105	120	119	118
111		26	Barbados	108	106	111	112	103
112		26	Kazakhstan	121	122	122	136	161
113		25	Albania	116	124	121	120	120
114		25	Panama	111	110	105	106	105
115		25	Venezuela	110	109	106	111	113
116		24	Faroe Islands	117	115	126	124	132
117		24	Myanmar	126	120	119	110	110
118		23	Tajikistan	114	116	114	125	152
119		22	Vietnam	120	114	110	109	108
120		22	New Zealand	115	113	113	118	133
121		22	Bahrain	113	112	112	113	111
122		22	St Vincent and the Grenadines	118	119	117	114	112
123		21	Jordan	123	123	135	132	129
124		21	Azerbaijan	122	126	125	123	122
125		20	Ethiopia	124	121	118	117	117
126		20	Malta	127	125	123	121	123
127		19	Moldova	125	127	124	122	121
128		19	St Kitts and Nevis	128	128	136	133	125
129		18	Yemen	129	130	128	135	142
130		18	Hong Kong	130	129	127	127	126
131		18	Solomon Islands	131	134	134	140	139
132		17	Haiti	134	133	132	128	124
133		17	Mauritania	132	131	129	126	119
134		17	Turkmenistan	133	132	131	129	148
135		17	Benin	136	136	130	130	128
136		17	Sri Lanka	137	137	137	134	127
137		16	Luxembourg	135	135	133	131	130
138		16	Bangladesh	140	138	138	137	134
139		15	Dominica	138	139	139	138	135
140		15	Kyrgyz Republic	139	140	140	146	173
141		14	St Lucia	141	141	141	139	137
142		13	Gambia	142	142	142	141	131
143		13	Dominican Republic	143	143	144	142	141
144		12	Fiji	144	144	143	157	155
145		12	Libya	171	172	187	186	186
146		12	Suriname	145	146	146	144	138
147		11	Niger	146	145	145	143	140
148		11	Guinea-Bissau	147	148	147	145	136
149		10	Laos	160	150	151	151	147
150		10	Mauritius	148	147	148	148	145

Rank: from 151st to 192nd

151		9	Burundi	149	149	149	147	143
152		9	Pakistan	173	174	173	173	176
153		9	Chinese Taipei	151	152	152	152	149
154		9	Nepal	150	151	150	150	146
155		8	Netherlands Antilles	152	153	153	153	150
156		8	Lesotho	154	154	155	154	153
157		7	Antigua and Barbuda	155	155	159	158	156
158		7	Macau	156	158	158	172	170
159		7	Liechtenstein	153	162	163	160	158
160		7	Maldives	183	183	182	179	179
161		7	Cayman Islands	157	157	157	156	154
162		7	Tahiti	159	159	160	171	169
163		7	Botswana	161	160	154	161	159
164		7	Madagascar	162	161	161	149	144
165		7	Korea DPR	158	156	156	155	151
166		6	Puerto Rico	163	163	162	159	157
167		6	Papua New Guinea	164	164	164	162	171
168		6	Guyana	165	165	165	165	163
169		6	Cambodia	179	182	181	182	182
170		5	Cape Verde Islands	166	166	166	163	162
171		5	San Marino	167	167	167	164	166
172		5	Tonga	168	170	171	169	167
173		5	Rwanda	170	168	168	168	164
174		5	eSwatini	169	169	170	166	160
175		5	Bermuda	172	171	169	167	165
176		4	Philippines	174	173	172	170	168
177		3	Aruba	175	175	174	174	172
178		3	Belize	176	177	176	176	175
179		3	Brunei Darussalam	177	176	175	175	174
180		3	British Virgin Islands	178	178	178	178	178
181		2	Samoa	180	180	179	180	180
182		2	Seychelles	181	179	177	177	177
183		2	Nicaragua	182	181	180	181	181
184		2	Chad	190	190	190	190	189
185		1	Andorra	185	186	185	188	188
186		1	Vanuatu	184	184	183	183	183
187		1	Somalia	186	185	184	184	184
188		0	Central African Republic	187	187	186	185	185
189		0	Djibouti	188	188	188	187	187
190		0	Anguilla	189	189	189	189	192
191		0	Guam	192	192	191	192	190
192		0	Cook Islands	191	191	192	191	191

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