FIFA World Ranking as of Dec 1996

This article is men's ranking as of 18 Dec 1996.

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Updated: 18 Dec 1996

Rank: from 1st to 50th

Rank		Points	Team	Nov	Oct	Sep	Aug	Jul
1		68	Brazil	1	1	1	1	1
2		64	Germany	2	2	2	2	2
3		61	France	3	3	3	3	3
4		61	Colombia	7	8	11	11	12
5		61	Czech Republic	4	4	4	4	4
6		60	Denmark	5	6	9	10	10
7		60	Russia	6	7	5	8	9
8		60	Spain	8	10	10	7	8
9		59	Netherlands	10	9	7	6	6
10		58	Italy	9	5	6	5	5
11		56	Mexico	11	15	13	14	14
12		56	England	12	12	12	13	13
13		56	Portugal	15	13	14	12	11
14		55	Norway	14	18	23	25	24
15		55	Bulgaria	17	21	21	17	19
16		55	Romania	20	14	15	18	23
17		55	Sweden	13	11	8	9	7
18		54	USA	16	25	18	20	17
19		54	South Africa	21	19	17	16	18
20		53	Zambia	18	16	16	15	16
21		53	Japan	22	20	20	26	25
22		52	Argentina	19	17	22	24	15
23		51	Tunisia	23	24	24	22	21
24		51	Croatia	24	22	25	23	22
25		50	Ghana	25	23	19	19	20
26		50	Chile	26	26	26	21	29
27		50	Morocco	27	27	27	34	33
28		49	Egypt	28	28	28	27	27
29		48	Scotland	29	29	39	36	30
30		48	Slovakia	30	37	40	38	37
31		47	Turkey	31	35	33	29	31
32		47	Jamaica	35	38	38	39	45
33		46	Ecuador	34	32	31	32	32
34		46	Austria	36	43	46	42	42
35		46	Greece	37	30	30	30	35
36		46	Republic of Ireland	33	32	32	37	40
37		46	Saudi Arabia	40	40	42	40	41
38		45	Paraguay	39	44	45	46	63
39		45	Bolivia	41	41	36	35	36
40		44	Canada	50	56	78	88	72
41		44	Trinidad and Tobago	38	34	34	33	34
42		44	Belgium	42	36	37	43	43
43		44	Uruguay	54	50	53	56	38
44		44	Korea Republic	46	45	41	41	53
45		43	Honduras	44	42	43	48	49
46		43	Gabon	51	49	48	46	46
47		43	Switzerland	43	39	35	31	26
48		43	Lithuania	45	51	58	57	65
49		43	Algeria	49	46	44	43	44
50		42	Australia	48	48	52	61	59

Rank: from 51st to 100th

51		42	Côte d'Ivoire	32	31	29	28	28
52		41	Israel	55	52	49	52	48
53		41	Poland	52	55	56	55	50
54		40	Peru	53	57	58	66	78
55		39	Yugoslavia	58	59	70	65	62
56		39	Cameroon	47	47	47	45	39
57		38	Thailand	57	54	50	50	61
58		37	Senegal	56	53	64	62	51
59		37	Ukraine	59	60	69	73	83
60		37	Iceland	58	67	54	54	52
60		37	United Arab Emirates	69	73	63	70	67
62		36	Kuwait	79	86	80	75	74
63		36	Nigeria	58	63	51	49	47
64		36	Northern Ireland	75	74	65	63	60
65		35	El Salvador	68	70	72	76	76
66		35	Zaire	65	64	60	59	58
67		35	Mali	70	69	81	77	69
68		35	Cuba	63	61	57	51	64
69		35	Qatar	64	62	84	79	86
70		35	Angola	67	80	77	74	71
71		35	Zimbabwe	62	58	67	67	66
72		35	Costa Rica	83	79	73	85	93
73		34	Guinea	73	84	90	86	75
74		34	Sudan	85	82	85	95	91
75		34	Hungary	72	78	74	81	87
76		34	China PR	78	66	55	53	54
77		34	Slovenia	70	68	62	57	55
78		33	Cyprus	74	85	79	82	81
79		33	Finland	76	76	71	68	73
80		33	Wales	82	75	68	71	70
81		33	Uganda	96	95	95	94	90
82		33	Latvia	80	72	75	69	77
83		33	IR Iran	77	71	66	64	57
84		32	Sierra Leone	66	65	61	60	56
85		32	Mozambique	81	77	83	78	79
86		32	FYR Macedonia	89	96	94	87	84
87		31	Togo	84	81	86	96	97
88		30	Malawi	87	87	89	84	100
89		29	Tanzania	86	83	76	72	68
90		29	Belarus	90	89	88	92	92
91		29	Oman	88	88	82	83	80
92		28	Singapore	94	93	93	89	99
93		28	St Vincent and the Grenadines	91	90	87	80	82
94		27	Liberia	93	91	97	91	88
95		27	Georgia	95	94	92	90	85
96		27	Malaysia	92	92	91	108	105
97		27	Lebanon	99	97	96	92	89
98		27	Iraq	129	128	127	126	139
99		26	Vietnam	103	101	100	110	130
100		26	Congo	97	110	107	103	103

Rank: from 101st to 150th

101		26	Panama	107	105	105	106	121
102		26	Estonia	101	109	115	112	124
103		25	Namibia	98	99	106	114	109
104		25	Myanmar	100	98	98	99	111
105		25	Guatemala	114	116	113	111	108
106		23	Armenia	104	112	114	122	119
107		23	Burkina Faso	109	103	102	98	94
108		23	Ethiopia	102	100	100	105	106
109		23	Uzbekistan	119	115	110	107	101
110		23	Barbados	108	107	104	101	98
111		23	Venezuela	110	106	118	118	125
112		22	Kenya	106	102	99	97	96
113		22	Mauritania	105	104	102	100	95
114		22	Haiti	112	111	108	102	104
115		21	Syria	120	132	130	129	142
116		21	Albania	113	114	111	104	102
117		21	Moldova	116	118	119	115	115
118		21	Bahrain	115	124	132	128	123
119		21	Indonesia	117	113	109	131	128
120		20	India	111	108	117	116	112
121		20	St Kitts and Nevis	118	117	112	109	118
122		20	Malta	122	120	120	120	107
123		19	Luxembourg	123	122	124	117	114
124		18	Hong Kong	123	121	122	119	116
125		18	Azerbaijan	125	123	121	133	132
126		18	Sri Lanka	128	130	137	136	135
127		18	Grenada	127	126	126	124	122
128		18	Gambia	121	119	116	113	109
129		16	Niger	130	127	125	122	113
130		16	Dominican Republic	132	133	131	130	127
131		16	Suriname	131	129	128	125	120
132		16	New Zealand	136	135	136	135	133
133		15	Guinea-Bissau	126	125	123	121	117
134		15	St Lucia	134	134	134	132	129
135		14	Faroe Islands	135	136	133	137	134
136		14	Bangladesh	133	131	129	127	126
137		13	Burundi	137	137	135	134	131
138		11	Dominica	138	139	140	140	140
139		11	Yemen	139	138	138	138	136
140		11	Madagascar	140	140	139	139	137
141		11	Turkmenistan	141	141	142	142	141
142		10	Netherlands Antilles	144	144	143	143	145
143		10	Benin	143	143	151	154	165
144		10	Korea DPR	142	142	141	141	138
145		10	Antigua and Barbuda	146	147	147	145	143
146		9	Jordan	147	146	145	144	152
147		9	Laos	145	145	144	156	155
148		9	Cayman Islands	150	149	150	148	144
149		9	Puerto Rico	148	148	148	146	146
150		8	Mauritius	151	151	146	149	154

Rank: from 151st to 188th

151		8	Nepal	149	149	149	147	147
152		8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	152	170	173	172	171
153		7	Guyana	154	153	153	151	150
154		7	Liechtenstein	155	156	163	160	160
155		7	Cape Verde Islands	153	152	152	150	148
156		7	Kazakhstan	159	158	157	158	157
157		6	Fiji	156	155	155	153	149
158		6	Tahiti	157	154	154	152	151
159		6	Rwanda	164	164	164	165	164
160		6	eSwatini	158	157	156	155	153
161		5	Botswana	161	160	160	162	163
162		5	Lesotho	160	159	158	159	159
163		5	Tajikistan	163	162	161	163	161
164		5	Tonga	176	-	-	-	-
165		5	San Marino	162	161	162	160	158
166		4	Philippines	166	165	165	170	169
167		4	Bermuda	164	163	159	157	156
168		4	Kyrgyz Republic	167	166	166	164	162
169		3	Papua New Guinea	169	168	179	-	-
170		3	Brunei Darussalam	168	167	167	174	173
171		3	Solomon Islands	170	169	168	177	175
172		3	Macau	171	171	169	166	166
173		3	Pakistan	172	172	170	167	167
174		3	Chinese Taipei	174	174	172	169	180
175		3	Seychelles	175	175	176	178	178
176		2	Maldives	173	173	171	168	168
177		2	Samoa	177	-	-	-	-
178		1	Somalia	178	176	174	171	169
179		1	Nicaragua	179	177	175	173	171
180		1	Vanuatu	180	178	177	181	181
181		1	Aruba	181	179	178	175	174
182		1	Belize	182	180	180	176	176
183		0	Central African Republic	183	181	-	-	-
184		0	Libya	184	182	181	179	177
185		0	Djibouti	185	183	182	180	179
186		0	Cambodia	186	184	183	182	182
187		0	Andorra	187	-	-	-	-
188		0	Guam	188	185	184	182	-
188		0	Cook Islands	188	-	-	-	-
188		0	Chad	188	185	184	182	182

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