FIFA World Ranking as of Dec 1998

This article is men's ranking as of 23 Dec 1998.

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Updated: 23 Dec 1998

Rank: from 1st to 50th

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

Rank: from 51st to 100th

51		44	Trinidad and Tobago	49	47	44	47	59
52		44	Georgia	55	59	42	46	44
53		43	Greece	54	55	66	51	50
54		43	Lithuania	58	61	61	55	55
55		43	Finland	52	53	55	63	62
56		42	Republic of Ireland	57	52	54	48	47
57		42	Turkey	56	60	62	54	53
58		42	Oman	71	108	106	104	98
59		41	FYR Macedonia	64	67	71	77	76
60		41	Qatar	77	56	75	72	72
61		41	Bolivia	60	63	57	61	54
62		41	Zaire	62	65	69	66	60
63		41	Ecuador	63	66	51	44	41
64		40	Iceland	59	62	65	70	69
65		40	Nigeria	65	68	68	65	64
66		40	Uzbekistan	107	99	93	85	84
67		40	Costa Rica	66	51	50	52	51
68		40	Togo	73	71	73	79	77
69		40	Namibia	68	73	72	74	81
70		39	Mali	53	54	53	58	67
71		39	Algeria	61	69	56	64	63
72		39	Peru	70	64	58	41	43
73		39	Guatemala	83	82	82	75	74
74		39	Zimbabwe	72	75	70	69	71
75		38	Burkina Faso	75	72	67	62	68
76		38	Uruguay	47	41	35	34	35
77		38	Latvia	76	74	83	94	91
78		38	Cyprus	74	80	74	80	78
79		37	Guinea	67	70	63	59	61
80		37	Mozambique	78	76	78	78	75
81		37	Singapore	79	77	81	92	89
82		35	Gabon	81	79	87	87	82
83		35	Switzerland	82	81	77	76	73
84		35	Syria	89	102	101	114	106
85		35	Lebanon	97	112	110	107	99
86		34	Northern Ireland	88	87	94	90	88
87		34	Indonesia	85	85	76	86	83
88		34	Slovenia	84	84	91	95	93
89		33	Malawi	87	88	89	83	100
90		33	Estonia	86	86	90	96	107
91		33	Honduras	95	94	92	88	86
92		33	El Salvador	90	83	79	71	70
93		33	Kenya	91	89	86	84	92
94		33	Iraq	101	101	98	91	89
95		32	Senegal	80	78	80	73	85
96		32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	93	91	95	97	94
97		32	Wales	92	90	107	103	101
98		31	Vietnam	96	97	84	98	95
99		31	Azerbaijan	104	104	100	102	109
100		31	Armenia	108	106	109	111	110

Rank: from 101st to 150th

101		30	Canada	94	93	88	82	80
102		30	Kazakhstan	120	118	113	112	111
103		30	New Zealand	100	100	131	131	130
104		30	Belarus	99	98	97	106	102
105		29	Uganda	98	96	104	101	118
106		29	Albania	109	107	108	100	97
107		29	Cuba	102	92	85	81	79
108		28	Liberia	106	105	105	108	104
109		28	Haiti	105	95	96	93	112
110		27	India	127	125	119	115	114
111		27	Sierra Leone	103	103	103	89	87
112		27	Congo	111	110	115	116	116
113		27	Malaysia	110	109	102	99	96
114		27	Sudan	113	117	116	117	115
115		26	Myanmar	112	111	99	105	103
116		25	Moldova	118	116	118	136	133
117		25	Grenada	114	113	112	110	108
118		24	Tanzania	115	115	111	109	105
119		24	Bahrain	117	137	135	134	132
120		24	Tajikistan	128	126	123	121	122
121		24	Barbados	116	114	114	113	113
122		23	Turkmenistan	146	149	145	145	143
123		22	Tahiti	119	119	172	170	169
124		22	Fiji	121	120	161	160	159
125		22	Faroe Islands	122	121	121	120	119
126		22	Jordan	123	122	120	130	121
127		21	Benin	125	129	125	127	135
128		20	Solomon Islands	126	124	139	140	139
129		19	Venezuela	129	128	122	119	120
130		18	Malta	130	127	124	124	124
131		17	Panama	131	130	126	123	123
132		17	St Kitts and Nevis	132	132	128	128	128
133		17	Dominica	133	133	130	129	129
134		17	Sri Lanka	141	141	140	122	126
135		16	Gambia	124	123	117	118	117
136		16	Hong Kong	139	139	137	139	138
137		16	Antigua and Barbuda	136	136	133	132	144
138		16	St Vincent and the Grenadines	135	134	129	126	125
139		15	St Lucia	138	138	136	135	133
140		15	Lesotho	137	135	132	133	136
141		15	Burundi	154	153	147	153	160
142		14	Mauritania	134	131	127	125	127
143		14	Luxembourg	147	146	146	144	142
144		14	Laos	143	143	134	137	137
145		14	Ethiopia	140	140	138	138	131
146		13	Yemen	144	144	143	142	141
147		13	Libya	145	145	151	151	148
148		13	Mauritius	149	151	149	157	157
149		13	eSwatini	142	142	141	147	145
150		12	Madagascar	148	148	152	161	168

Rank: from 151st to 198th

151		12	Kyrgyz Republic	152	154	150	148	146
152		12	Dominican Republic	151	150	144	143	140
153		12	Cayman Islands	153	152	148	146	151
154		12	Niger	150	147	142	141	155
155		11	Botswana	156	157	155	154	158
156		11	Netherlands Antilles	155	155	153	150	150
157		11	Bangladesh	157	158	156	152	149
158		10	Korea DPR	181	181	176	173	171
159		10	Liechtenstein	159	159	165	165	163
160		10	Suriname	158	156	154	149	147
161		9	Guyana	160	160	157	155	153
162		8	Cambodia	165	165	160	159	156
163		8	Tonga	163	163	177	175	175
164		8	Samoa	164	164	184	184	184
165		8	Guinea-Bissau	162	162	158	156	152
166		8	Maldives	175	175	169	163	161
167		7	Cape Verde Islands	161	161	159	162	164
168		7	Pakistan	167	167	162	158	154
169		7	Chinese Taipei	168	168	164	164	162
170		7	Rwanda	166	166	163	167	172
171		7	Andorra	170	169	171	182	182
172		7	Papua New Guinea	169	170	173	171	170
173		6	Cook Islands	172	172	193	192	190
174		6	Macau	173	173	167	166	165
175		6	Philippines	171	171	166	169	167
176		6	Nepal	174	174	168	168	166
177		5	Vanuatu	176	176	186	186	186
178		5	Chad	177	177	170	176	183
179		4	San Marino	180	180	180	178	177
180		4	Aruba	179	179	175	172	173
181		4	Seychelles	178	178	174	183	181
182		3	Puerto Rico	182	182	178	174	174
183		3	Brunei Darussalam	183	183	179	177	176
184		2	Palestine	-	-	-	-	-
185		2	Bermuda	184	184	181	179	178
186		2	Belize	185	185	182	180	179
187		2	British Virgin Islands	186	186	183	181	180
188		1	Nicaragua	187	187	185	185	185
189		1	Eritrea	189	189	-	-	-
190		0	Somalia	188	188	187	187	187
191		0	Djibouti	191	191	189	190	189
192		0	Central African Republic	190	190	188	188	188
193		0	American Samoa	193	192	-	-	-
194		0	São Tomé and Príncipe	194	194	191	194	-
195		0	Equatorial Guinea	192	193	190	189	-
196		0	Mongolia	-	-	-	-	-
197		0	Anguilla	196	195	192	191	190
198		0	Guam	195	196	194	193	190

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