FIFA World Ranking as of May 1998

This article is men's ranking as of 20 May 1998.

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Updated: 20 May 1998

Rank: from 1st to 50th

Rank		Points	Team	Apr	Mar	Feb	Dec	Nov
1		71	Brazil	1	1	1	1	1
2		64	Germany	2	2	2	2	2
3		64	Czech Republic	3	3	3	3	4
4		61	Mexico	4	4	4	5	11
5		60	England	5	5	5	4	6
6		60	Argentina	7	7	17	17	19
7		59	Norway	12	10	10	13	14
8		59	Yugoslavia	8	12	8	20	22
9		58	Chile	6	8	7	16	17
10		58	Colombia	13	17	15	10	9
11		58	USA	15	16	12	26	29
12		57	Japan	11	9	9	14	18
13		57	Morocco	10	11	13	15	16
14		56	Italy	16	13	14	9	10
15		56	Spain	9	25	23	11	3
16		56	Russia	17	23	22	12	13
17		56	Egypt	18	21	26	32	37
18		56	France	25	14	6	6	7
19		55	Croatia	23	18	16	19	21
20		55	Korea Republic	24	24	20	27	31
21		55	Tunisia	26	22	19	23	23
22		54	Romania	22	15	11	7	5
23		54	Zambia	19	19	18	21	20
24		54	South Africa	21	20	36	31	35
25		54	Netherlands	14	6	25	22	12
26		53	Ecuador	30	32	31	28	28
27		52	Denmark	20	26	24	8	8
28		52	Sweden	27	27	21	18	15
29		52	Paraguay	29	30	30	29	30
30		52	Jamaica	31	33	33	39	39
31		51	Austria	28	28	27	25	26
32		51	Australia	33	35	35	35	32
33		51	Bolivia	34	29	28	24	25
34		50	Saudi Arabia	38	34	32	33	34
35		50	Bulgaria	42	38	38	36	24
36		50	Belgium	32	31	41	41	41
37		50	Peru	35	39	39	38	38
38		50	Uruguay	37	41	40	40	43
39		49	Portugal	39	40	34	30	27
40		49	Slovakia	36	36	29	34	33
41		48	Scotland	44	37	37	37	36
42		47	IR Iran	46	45	47	46	50
43		46	Kuwait	41	43	44	44	46
44		46	Côte d'Ivoire	43	42	45	52	48
45		46	Lithuania	45	47	48	45	44
46		46	Republic of Ireland	47	50	50	47	45
47		45	Israel	40	46	63	61	60
48		45	Trinidad and Tobago	49	51	51	56	58
49		45	Cameroon	48	48	49	53	51
50		45	Thailand	52	60	56	54	57

Rank: from 51st to 100th

51		45	China PR	51	55	57	55	56
52		45	Georgia	57	56	55	69	72
53		44	Turkey	54	44	43	43	42
54		44	Poland	55	61	60	48	47
55		44	Greece	56	52	42	42	40
56		43	Angola	59	57	58	58	54
57		43	Algeria	58	59	59	59	55
58		43	Costa Rica	50	49	46	51	52
59		42	United Arab Emirates	53	54	53	50	59
60		42	Guinea	61	62	61	65	67
61		42	Finland	62	64	62	60	61
62		41	Hungary	73	82	84	77	78
63		40	Zaire	64	63	82	76	77
64		40	Ukraine	63	53	52	49	49
65		40	Ghana	60	58	54	57	53
66		39	Mali	66	68	69	80	88
67		39	Burkina Faso	68	75	75	106	106
68		38	El Salvador	65	67	65	64	68
69		38	Mozambique	71	74	74	67	66
70		38	Qatar	72	76	73	70	69
71		37	FYR Macedonia	89	91	92	92	86
72		37	Iceland	76	78	77	72	74
73		37	Togo	77	81	79	78	75
74		36	Nigeria	69	65	67	71	71
75		36	Guatemala	67	70	71	83	89
76		36	Namibia	78	80	78	86	85
77		36	Canada	74	73	72	66	63
78		36	Senegal	81	85	81	85	82
79		35	Gabon	80	72	66	63	64
80		35	Uzbekistan	79	83	85	79	81
81		35	Switzerland	70	69	68	62	62
82		35	Latvia	75	77	76	75	73
83		35	Cyprus	82	79	80	82	84
84		35	Zimbabwe	86	92	83	74	70
85		33	Iraq	84	71	70	68	76
86		33	Honduras	83	66	64	73	65
87		33	Oman	87	84	87	81	80
88		33	Cuba	85	90	90	88	90
89		33	Indonesia	88	89	91	91	96
90		33	Northern Ireland	92	98	99	93	83
91		32	Sierra Leone	90	87	88	84	79
92		31	Syria	93	97	98	98	99
93		30	Kenya	91	93	93	89	93
94		30	Slovenia	96	86	86	95	94
95		30	Tanzania	95	94	95	96	97
96		30	Lebanon	94	95	97	90	91
97		29	Malawi	97	99	94	97	95
98		29	Liberia	98	96	96	94	92
99		28	Malaysia	99	88	89	87	87
100		28	Vietnam	104	104	106	104	107

Rank: from 101st to 150th

101		28	Albania	100	100	102	116	117
102		28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	102	101	100	99	101
103		28	Wales	101	108	107	102	98
104		28	Estonia	103	103	101	100	103
105		27	Grenada	120	110	109	111	111
106		27	Singapore	106	105	103	103	105
107		26	Kazakhstan	107	109	108	107	109
108		25	Barbados	108	102	110	113	114
109		25	Congo	110	106	104	101	102
110		25	Haiti	109	126	127	125	126
111		25	Armenia	105	107	105	105	108
112		24	Belarus	112	114	111	110	110
113		24	Sudan	111	112	113	108	104
114		24	Venezuela	115	115	115	115	115
115		24	India	114	111	112	112	112
116		24	Uganda	113	113	114	109	100
117		23	New Zealand	118	119	119	120	120
118		22	Myanmar	119	118	117	114	113
119		22	Tajikistan	117	117	118	118	119
120		22	Gambia	121	121	121	132	143
121		22	Faroe Islands	116	116	116	117	118
122		21	St Kitts and Nevis	129	131	131	127	127
123		21	Azerbaijan	122	122	124	123	124
124		20	Malta	125	124	126	133	132
125		20	Jordan	123	123	123	124	123
126		20	St Vincent and the Grenadines	124	125	125	122	121
127		19	Panama	126	120	120	119	116
128		19	Mauritania	127	127	128	135	135
129		19	Sri Lanka	128	130	130	136	136
130		17	Dominica	146	139	139	139	138
131		17	Ethiopia	131	133	129	126	125
132		16	Benin	134	136	134	137	134
133		16	St Lucia	133	149	144	142	141
134		16	Bahrain	135	128	122	121	122
135		16	Yemen	130	132	132	128	128
136		16	Lesotho	137	137	137	149	150
137		16	Solomon Islands	138	138	138	130	130
138		16	Moldova	136	135	135	131	131
139		15	Hong Kong	139	129	133	129	129
140		15	Turkmenistan	132	134	136	134	133
141		15	Kyrgyz Republic	140	140	141	140	140
142		14	Dominican Republic	142	145	146	144	144
143		14	Luxembourg	141	141	140	138	137
144		13	Antigua and Barbuda	164	164	164	159	158
145		13	Laos	143	143	145	143	142
146		13	Suriname	144	147	149	145	147
147		12	eSwatini	145	144	143	165	171
148		12	Libya	147	146	148	147	145
149		11	Bangladesh	148	142	142	141	139
150		11	Netherlands Antilles	149	159	159	156	156

Rank: from 151st to 192nd

151		11	Fiji	151	150	147	146	146
152		10	Guinea-Bissau	150	148	150	148	148
153		10	Guyana	170	169	169	168	168
154		9	Botswana	153	152	152	162	162
155		9	Niger	152	151	151	150	149
156		9	Pakistan	154	153	154	153	153
157		9	Mauritius	155	154	153	151	151
158		8	Burundi	156	155	155	152	152
159		7	Cambodia	157	158	158	170	169
160		7	Maldives	158	162	162	160	160
161		7	Macau	159	160	160	157	157
162		7	Chinese Taipei	160	156	156	154	154
163		7	Tahiti	161	163	163	161	161
164		7	Cape Verde Islands	163	165	165	171	170
165		7	Liechtenstein	162	161	161	158	159
166		6	Nepal	165	157	157	155	155
167		6	Cayman Islands	166	167	167	164	164
168		6	Papua New Guinea	168	168	168	167	167
169		6	Madagascar	167	166	166	163	163
170		5	Korea DPR	169	170	170	166	165
171		5	Puerto Rico	171	171	171	169	166
172		4	Rwanda	172	172	172	172	172
173		4	Aruba	173	176	177	177	177
174		4	Philippines	175	175	175	175	176
175		4	Tonga	174	174	174	174	175
176		3	San Marino	176	173	173	173	173
177		3	Brunei Darussalam	177	178	178	178	178
178		2	Belize	178	177	179	179	179
179		2	British Virgin Islands	179	179	180	180	180
180		2	Seychelles	180	181	181	181	181
181		2	Samoa	182	182	183	183	183
182		2	Chad	183	183	184	184	184
183		2	Bermuda	184	184	176	176	174
184		1	Nicaragua	181	180	182	182	182
185		1	Andorra	185	185	185	185	185
186		1	Vanuatu	186	186	186	186	186
187		1	Somalia	187	187	187	187	187
188		0	Central African Republic	188	188	188	188	188
189		0	Djibouti	189	189	189	189	189
190		0	Anguilla	190	190	192	190	190
191		0	Cook Islands	191	191	190	192	191
192		0	Guam	192	192	191	191	192

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