FIFA World Ranking as of Oct 1998

This article is men's ranking as of 21 Oct 1998.

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Updated: 21 Oct 1998

Rank: from 1st to 50th

Rank		Points	Team	Sep	Aug	Jul	May	Apr
1		73	Brazil	1	1	1	1	1
2		69	France	2	2	2	18	25
3		67	Germany	3	3	3	2	2
4		66	Croatia	4	4	4	19	23
5		65	Argentina	5	5	5	6	7
6		65	Italy	7	8	8	14	16
7		64	Czech Republic	6	6	6	3	3
8		64	Yugoslavia	8	7	7	8	8
9		62	Netherlands	9	9	8	25	14
10		62	England	11	10	10	5	5
11		61	Mexico	10	12	12	4	4
12		59	Romania	13	13	13	22	22
13		59	Morocco	15	16	16	13	10
14		59	Norway	16	11	11	7	12
15		58	Chile	12	15	15	9	6
16		58	Spain	14	14	14	15	9
17		57	USA	17	18	19	11	15
18		55	Denmark	18	17	18	27	20
19		55	Korea Republic	20	21	21	20	24
20		55	Egypt	19	20	20	17	18
21		54	Japan	21	22	22	12	11
22		54	Austria	29	24	23	31	28
23		54	Zambia	23	23	24	23	19
24		54	Paraguay	22	25	26	29	29
25		54	Sweden	25	31	30	28	27
26		53	Tunisia	26	26	25	21	26
27		53	Colombia	24	19	17	10	13
28		52	South Africa	31	28	27	24	21
29		52	Slovakia	33	33	32	40	36
30		52	Saudi Arabia	32	32	33	34	38
31		52	Belgium	28	30	31	36	32
32		51	Jamaica	30	27	29	30	31
33		51	Australia	36	39	38	32	33
34		50	Poland	34	40	48	54	55
35		49	Russia	27	29	28	16	17
36		49	Israel	40	42	39	47	40
37		49	Scotland	39	36	36	41	44
38		48	Kuwait	52	53	52	43	41
39		48	Portugal	41	43	42	39	39
40		47	Cameroon	37	37	40	49	48
41		47	Uruguay	35	34	35	38	37
42		47	Ukraine	49	68	66	64	63
43		46	Côte d'Ivoire	45	49	45	44	43
44		45	IR Iran	38	38	37	42	46
45		45	Bulgaria	47	35	34	35	42
46		45	Ghana	60	67	65	65	60
47		44	Trinidad and Tobago	44	47	59	48	49
48		44	Angola	46	56	57	56	59
49		44	Hungary	59	60	56	62	73
50		43	Thailand	43	45	46	50	52

Rank: from 51st to 100th

51		43	Costa Rica	50	52	51	58	50
52		43	Republic of Ireland	54	48	47	46	47
53		43	Finland	55	63	62	61	62
54		42	Mali	53	58	67	66	66
55		42	Greece	66	51	50	55	56
56		42	Qatar	75	72	72	70	72
57		42	China PR	48	50	49	51	51
58		42	United Arab Emirates	64	57	58	59	53
59		42	Georgia	42	46	44	52	57
60		42	Turkey	62	54	53	53	54
61		41	Lithuania	61	55	55	45	45
62		41	Iceland	65	70	69	72	76
63		41	Bolivia	57	61	54	33	34
64		41	Peru	58	41	43	37	35
65		41	Zaire	69	66	60	63	64
66		40	Ecuador	51	44	41	26	30
67		40	FYR Macedonia	71	77	76	71	89
68		40	Nigeria	68	65	64	74	69
69		40	Algeria	56	64	63	57	58
70		40	Guinea	63	59	61	60	61
71		40	Togo	73	79	77	73	77
72		39	Burkina Faso	67	62	68	67	68
73		39	Namibia	72	74	81	76	78
74		38	Latvia	83	94	91	82	75
75		38	Zimbabwe	70	69	71	84	86
76		37	Mozambique	78	78	75	69	71
77		37	Singapore	81	92	89	106	106
78		36	Senegal	80	73	85	78	81
79		36	Gabon	87	87	82	79	80
80		35	Cyprus	74	80	78	83	82
81		35	Switzerland	77	76	73	81	70
82		35	Guatemala	82	75	74	75	67
83		35	El Salvador	79	71	70	68	65
84		35	Slovenia	91	95	93	94	96
85		34	Indonesia	76	86	83	89	88
86		34	Estonia	90	96	107	104	103
87		33	Northern Ireland	94	90	88	90	92
88		33	Malawi	89	83	100	97	97
89		33	Kenya	86	84	92	93	91
90		33	Wales	107	103	101	103	101
91		32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	95	97	94	102	102
92		32	Cuba	85	81	79	88	85
93		31	Canada	88	82	80	77	74
94		31	Honduras	92	88	86	86	83
95		31	Haiti	96	93	112	110	109
96		31	Uganda	104	101	118	116	113
97		30	Vietnam	84	98	95	100	104
98		30	Belarus	97	106	102	112	112
99		30	Uzbekistan	93	85	84	80	79
100		30	New Zealand	131	131	130	117	118

Rank: from 101st to 150th

101		30	Iraq	98	91	89	85	84
102		29	Syria	101	114	106	92	93
103		29	Sierra Leone	103	89	87	91	90
104		29	Azerbaijan	100	102	109	123	122
105		28	Liberia	105	108	104	98	98
106		28	Armenia	109	111	110	111	105
107		28	Albania	108	100	97	101	100
108		27	Oman	106	104	98	87	87
109		27	Malaysia	102	99	96	99	99
110		27	Congo	115	116	116	109	110
111		26	Myanmar	99	105	103	118	119
112		26	Lebanon	110	107	99	96	94
113		25	Grenada	112	110	108	105	120
114		24	Barbados	114	113	113	108	108
115		24	Tanzania	111	109	105	95	95
116		24	Moldova	118	136	133	138	136
117		24	Sudan	116	117	115	113	111
118		22	Kazakhstan	113	112	111	107	107
119		22	Tahiti	172	170	169	163	161
120		22	Fiji	161	160	159	151	151
121		22	Faroe Islands	121	120	119	121	116
122		21	Jordan	120	130	121	125	123
123		21	Gambia	117	118	117	120	121
124		20	Solomon Islands	139	140	139	137	138
125		19	India	119	115	114	115	114
126		19	Tajikistan	123	121	122	119	117
127		19	Malta	124	124	124	124	125
128		19	Venezuela	122	119	120	114	115
129		18	Benin	125	127	135	132	134
130		18	Panama	126	123	123	127	126
131		18	Mauritania	127	125	127	128	127
132		17	St Kitts and Nevis	128	128	128	122	129
133		17	Dominica	130	129	129	130	146
134		17	St Vincent and the Grenadines	129	126	125	126	124
135		17	Lesotho	132	133	136	136	137
136		16	Antigua and Barbuda	133	132	144	144	164
137		16	Bahrain	135	134	132	134	135
138		15	St Lucia	136	135	133	133	133
139		15	Hong Kong	137	139	138	139	139
140		15	Ethiopia	138	138	131	131	131
141		14	Sri Lanka	140	122	126	129	128
142		14	eSwatini	141	147	145	147	145
143		14	Laos	134	137	137	145	143
144		13	Yemen	143	142	141	135	130
145		13	Libya	151	151	148	148	147
146		13	Luxembourg	146	144	142	143	141
147		13	Niger	142	141	155	155	152
148		13	Madagascar	152	161	168	169	167
149		13	Turkmenistan	145	145	143	140	132
150		13	Dominican Republic	144	143	140	142	142

Rank: from 151st to 196th

151		13	Mauritius	149	157	157	157	155
152		12	Cayman Islands	148	146	151	167	166
153		12	Burundi	147	153	160	158	156
154		12	Kyrgyz Republic	150	148	146	141	140
155		11	Netherlands Antilles	153	150	150	150	149
156		11	Suriname	154	149	147	146	144
157		11	Botswana	155	154	158	154	153
158		11	Bangladesh	156	152	149	149	148
159		10	Liechtenstein	165	165	163	165	162
160		9	Guyana	157	155	153	153	170
161		9	Cape Verde Islands	159	162	164	164	163
162		9	Guinea-Bissau	158	156	152	152	150
163		8	Tonga	177	175	175	175	174
164		8	Samoa	184	184	184	181	182
165		7	Cambodia	160	159	156	159	157
166		7	Rwanda	163	167	172	172	172
167		7	Pakistan	162	158	154	156	154
168		7	Chinese Taipei	164	164	162	162	160
169		7	Andorra	171	182	182	185	185
170		7	Papua New Guinea	173	171	170	168	168
171		6	Philippines	166	169	167	174	175
172		6	Cook Islands	193	192	190	191	191
173		6	Macau	167	166	165	161	159
174		6	Nepal	168	168	166	166	165
175		6	Maldives	169	163	161	160	158
176		5	Vanuatu	186	186	186	186	186
177		5	Chad	170	176	183	182	183
178		4	Seychelles	174	183	181	180	180
179		4	Aruba	175	172	173	173	173
180		4	San Marino	180	178	177	176	176
181		4	Korea DPR	176	173	171	170	169
182		3	Puerto Rico	178	174	174	171	171
183		3	Brunei Darussalam	179	177	176	177	177
184		2	Bermuda	181	179	178	183	184
185		2	Belize	182	180	179	178	178
186		2	British Virgin Islands	183	181	180	179	179
187		1	Nicaragua	185	185	185	184	181
188		1	Somalia	187	187	187	187	187
189		1	Eritrea	-	-	-	-	-
190		0	Central African Republic	188	188	188	188	188
191		0	Djibouti	189	190	189	189	189
192		0	American Samoa	-	-	-	-	-
193		0	Equatorial Guinea	190	189	-	-	-
194		0	São Tomé and Príncipe	191	194	-	-	-
195		0	Anguilla	192	191	190	190	190
196		0	Guam	194	193	190	192	192

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