FIFA World Ranking as of Dec 1997

This article is men's ranking as of 23 Dec 1997.

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Updated: 23 Dec 1997

Rank: from 1st to 50th

Rank		Points	Team	Nov	Oct	Sep	Aug	Jul
1		73	Brazil	1	1	1	1	1
2		65	Germany	2	3	2	4	5
3		64	Czech Republic	4	4	14	16	14
4		61	England	6	7	7	7	8
5		60	Mexico	11	10	11	9	10
6		60	France	7	14	17	11	11
7		60	Romania	5	5	3	12	4
8		59	Denmark	8	6	5	3	3
9		59	Italy	10	16	12	8	9
10		59	Colombia	9	11	9	10	12
11		59	Spain	3	2	6	2	2
12		58	Russia	13	9	16	5	7
13		58	Norway	14	12	8	15	16
14		57	Japan	18	20	18	17	17
15		57	Morocco	16	15	15	14	15
16		57	Chile	17	27	29	23	27
17		57	Argentina	19	13	10	13	13
18		57	Sweden	15	17	21	25	25
19		56	Croatia	21	29	33	33	32
20		56	Yugoslavia	22	36	37	39	37
21		56	Zambia	20	19	19	19	19
22		55	Netherlands	12	8	4	6	6
23		55	Tunisia	23	24	20	21	28
24		54	Bolivia	25	22	23	18	18
25		54	Austria	26	23	26	44	41
26		54	USA	29	35	32	28	26
27		54	Korea Republic	31	34	35	34	34
28		54	Ecuador	28	31	30	29	30
29		53	Paraguay	30	28	28	27	23
30		53	Portugal	27	21	24	30	29
31		53	South Africa	35	26	25	24	22
32		53	Egypt	37	32	31	31	38
33		52	Saudi Arabia	34	37	38	35	33
34		52	Slovakia	33	30	22	20	21
35		52	Australia	32	33	36	32	31
36		52	Bulgaria	24	18	13	22	20
37		52	Scotland	36	25	27	26	24
38		51	Peru	38	38	34	36	35
39		51	Jamaica	39	40	40	37	39
40		50	Uruguay	43	52	47	50	44
41		50	Belgium	41	48	48	38	36
42		49	Greece	40	41	41	46	40
43		49	Turkey	42	39	39	52	43
44		48	Kuwait	46	47	49	51	52
45		47	Lithuania	44	42	43	42	55
46		47	IR Iran	50	49	53	60	57
47		47	Republic of Ireland	45	43	42	55	53
48		46	Poland	47	45	50	53	51
49		45	Ukraine	49	51	52	54	49
50		45	United Arab Emirates	59	60	67	66	66

Rank: from 51st to 100th

51		45	Costa Rica	52	56	55	56	54
52		45	Côte d'Ivoire	48	46	46	40	45
53		45	Cameroon	51	44	44	45	46
54		45	Thailand	57	65	70	68	67
55		44	China PR	56	54	58	58	56
56		44	Trinidad and Tobago	58	57	60	61	74
57		44	Ghana	53	50	45	41	42
58		44	Angola	54	55	56	57	59
59		44	Algeria	55	53	51	47	60
60		42	Finland	61	59	61	65	68
61		41	Israel	60	58	54	43	50
62		40	Switzerland	62	64	65	64	63
63		40	Gabon	64	63	62	62	61
64		39	El Salvador	68	70	73	73	73
65		39	Guinea	67	66	64	69	64
66		39	Canada	63	62	59	48	47
67		39	Mozambique	66	69	68	67	72
68		39	Iraq	76	76	75	78	76
69		39	Georgia	72	74	94	99	99
70		39	Qatar	69	96	85	81	81
71		38	Nigeria	71	67	63	59	58
72		38	Iceland	74	71	83	88	87
73		38	Honduras	65	61	57	49	48
74		38	Zimbabwe	70	72	66	63	62
75		37	Latvia	73	73	69	74	75
76		37	Zaire	77	78	78	77	79
77		37	Hungary	78	68	71	72	71
78		36	Togo	75	79	76	76	77
79		36	Uzbekistan	81	83	82	83	83
80		36	Mali	88	86	77	75	70
81		36	Oman	80	87	86	82	82
82		36	Cyprus	84	77	81	84	84
83		36	Guatemala	89	88	90	93	93
84		36	Sierra Leone	79	80	79	86	86
85		35	Senegal	82	81	74	70	65
86		35	Namibia	85	85	84	80	80
87		34	Malaysia	87	84	88	90	89
88		34	Cuba	90	103	101	97	98
89		34	Kenya	93	92	99	102	102
90		34	Lebanon	91	89	87	87	91
91		34	Indonesia	96	100	109	107	107
92		33	FYR Macedonia	86	82	80	79	78
93		33	Northern Ireland	83	75	72	71	69
94		33	Liberia	92	93	91	85	94
95		32	Slovenia	94	90	92	95	92
96		32	Tanzania	97	94	93	94	96
97		32	Malawi	95	91	89	89	88
98		31	Syria	99	99	97	100	101
99		30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	101	101	103	117	115
100		30	Estonia	103	102	102	101	100

Rank: from 101st to 150th

101		29	Congo	102	97	96	98	97
102		29	Wales	98	98	98	91	90
103		28	Singapore	105	107	112	111	109
104		28	Vietnam	107	119	120	114	110
105		27	Armenia	108	105	104	108	108
106		27	Burkina Faso	106	106	105	104	104
107		27	Kazakhstan	109	112	121	122	122
108		26	Sudan	104	104	100	96	95
109		26	Uganda	100	95	95	92	85
110		26	Belarus	110	108	106	103	103
111		26	Grenada	111	110	107	105	120
112		26	India	112	109	119	118	116
113		26	Barbados	114	111	108	106	111
114		26	Myanmar	113	117	126	120	119
115		25	Venezuela	115	115	110	109	106
116		24	Albania	117	113	116	124	121
117		23	Faroe Islands	118	116	117	115	126
118		23	Tajikistan	119	118	114	116	114
119		23	Panama	116	114	111	110	105
120		22	New Zealand	120	120	115	113	113
121		21	Bahrain	122	121	113	112	112
122		21	St Vincent and the Grenadines	121	122	118	119	117
123		21	Azerbaijan	124	124	122	126	125
124		21	Jordan	123	123	123	123	135
125		20	Haiti	126	132	134	133	132
126		20	Ethiopia	125	125	124	121	118
127		19	St Kitts and Nevis	127	128	128	128	136
128		18	Yemen	128	129	129	130	128
129		18	Hong Kong	129	130	130	129	127
130		18	Solomon Islands	130	131	131	134	134
131		18	Moldova	131	127	125	127	124
132		18	Gambia	143	142	142	142	142
133		17	Malta	132	126	127	125	123
134		17	Turkmenistan	133	134	133	132	131
135		17	Mauritania	135	133	132	131	129
136		17	Sri Lanka	136	136	137	137	137
137		16	Benin	134	135	136	136	130
138		16	Luxembourg	137	137	135	135	133
139		15	Dominica	138	139	138	139	139
140		15	Kyrgyz Republic	140	140	139	140	140
141		15	Bangladesh	139	138	140	138	138
142		14	St Lucia	141	141	141	141	141
143		13	Laos	142	149	160	150	151
144		13	Dominican Republic	144	143	143	143	144
145		12	Suriname	147	146	145	146	146
146		12	Fiji	146	144	144	144	143
147		12	Libya	145	145	171	172	187
148		11	Guinea-Bissau	148	148	147	148	147
149		10	Lesotho	150	156	154	154	155
150		10	Niger	149	147	146	145	145

Rank: from 151st to 192nd

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

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