FIFA World Ranking as of Apr 1997

This article is men's ranking as of 9 Apr 1997.

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Updated: 9 Apr 1997

Rank: from 1st to 50th

Rank		Points	Team	Feb	Dec	Nov	Oct	Sep
1		65	Brazil	1	1	1	1	1
2		63	Germany	2	2	2	2	2
3		61	France	3	3	3	3	3
4		61	Spain	7	8	8	10	10
5		61	Denmark	4	6	5	6	9
6		60	Czech Republic	6	5	4	4	4
7		60	Italy	10	10	9	5	6
8		59	Colombia	5	4	7	8	11
9		59	Romania	15	16	20	14	15
10		59	Netherlands	9	9	10	9	7
11		58	Russia	8	7	6	7	5
12		57	Mexico	11	11	11	15	13
13		56	Bulgaria	14	15	17	21	21
14		56	England	12	12	12	12	12
15		54	Portugal	13	13	15	13	14
16		54	Japan	19	21	22	20	20
17		54	Sweden	16	17	13	11	8
18		54	Norway	17	14	14	18	23
19		54	Argentina	18	22	19	17	22
20		52	Slovakia	24	30	30	37	40
21		52	USA	22	18	16	25	18
22		52	Zambia	20	20	18	16	16
23		51	Paraguay	31	38	39	44	45
24		51	Scotland	27	29	29	29	39
25		51	South Africa	23	19	21	19	17
26		50	Chile	21	26	26	26	26
27		50	Saudi Arabia	36	37	40	40	42
28		49	Croatia	25	24	24	22	25
29		49	Greece	40	35	37	30	30
29		49	Tunisia	26	23	23	24	24
31		48	Turkey	29	31	31	35	33
32		48	Bolivia	37	39	41	41	36
33		48	Australia	33	50	48	48	52
34		48	Korea Republic	41	44	46	45	41
35		47	Ecuador	35	33	34	32	31
36		47	Egypt	32	28	28	28	28
37		47	Jamaica	30	32	35	38	38
38		46	Morocco	28	27	27	27	27
39		46	Belgium	44	42	42	36	37
40		45	Ghana	38	25	25	23	19
41		45	Republic of Ireland	39	36	33	32	32
42		45	Uruguay	43	43	54	50	53
43		45	Côte d'Ivoire	47	51	32	31	29
44		44	Trinidad and Tobago	42	41	38	34	34
45		44	Peru	45	54	53	57	58
46		44	Yugoslavia	54	55	58	59	70
47		43	Austria	34	34	36	43	46
48		43	Ukraine	67	59	59	60	69
49		43	Zimbabwe	50	71	62	58	67
50		43	Honduras	46	45	44	42	43

Rank: from 51st to 100th

51		43	Switzerland	51	47	43	39	35
52		43	Poland	56	53	52	55	56
53		42	Israel	52	52	55	52	49
54		42	Lithuania	49	48	45	51	58
55		42	Canada	48	40	50	56	78
56		41	Algeria	53	49	49	46	44
57		41	Costa Rica	66	72	83	79	73
58		41	Gabon	55	46	51	49	48
59		41	Guinea	57	73	73	84	90
60		40	China PR	79	76	78	66	55
61		40	Thailand	61	57	57	54	50
62		40	Cameroon	59	56	47	47	47
63		40	Northern Ireland	68	64	75	74	65
64		39	Senegal	58	58	56	53	64
65		38	Mali	60	67	70	69	81
66		38	Kuwait	69	62	79	86	80
67		38	Zaire	63	66	65	64	60
68		36	United Arab Emirates	64	60	69	73	63
69		35	Finland	78	79	76	76	71
70		35	Togo	70	87	84	81	86
71		35	Nigeria	64	63	58	63	51
72		35	Hungary	76	75	72	78	74
73		35	Cuba	71	68	63	61	57
74		35	Angola	72	70	67	80	77
75		35	Qatar	73	69	64	62	84
76		35	Iceland	62	60	58	67	54
77		34	El Salvador	74	65	68	70	72
78		34	Cyprus	77	78	74	85	79
79		34	Mozambique	83	85	81	77	83
80		34	FYR Macedonia	85	86	89	96	94
81		34	Wales	82	80	82	75	68
82		33	Sudan	75	74	85	82	85
83		33	Slovenia	89	77	70	68	62
84		33	Malaysia	97	96	92	92	91
85		33	Iraq	98	98	129	128	127
86		32	Malawi	88	88	87	87	89
87		32	IR Iran	81	83	77	71	66
87		32	Uganda	80	81	96	95	95
89		32	Latvia	84	82	80	72	75
90		31	Oman	92	91	88	88	82
91		30	Sierra Leone	86	84	66	65	61
92		30	Namibia	101	103	98	99	106
93		30	Lebanon	87	97	99	97	96
94		29	Tanzania	90	89	86	83	76
95		29	Belarus	91	90	90	89	88
96		28	Estonia	104	102	101	109	115
97		28	Liberia	100	94	93	91	97
98		28	Congo	94	100	97	110	107
99		28	St Vincent and the Grenadines	93	93	91	90	87
100		28	Georgia	96	95	95	94	92

Rank: from 101st to 150th

101		28	Singapore	95	92	94	93	93
102		27	Guatemala	106	105	114	116	113
103		26	Burkina Faso	99	107	109	103	102
104		26	Panama	103	101	107	105	105
105		25	Kenya	107	112	106	102	99
106		25	Vietnam	102	99	103	101	100
107		25	Myanmar	105	104	100	98	98
108		24	Ethiopia	109	108	102	100	100
109		24	Venezuela	112	111	110	106	118
110		23	Armenia	108	106	104	112	114
111		23	Bahrain	119	118	115	124	132
112		23	Uzbekistan	110	109	119	115	110
113		23	Syria	115	115	120	132	130
114		23	Barbados	111	110	108	107	104
115		22	Indonesia	120	119	117	113	109
116		22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	139	152	152	170	173
117		22	Albania	118	116	113	114	111
118		21	Haiti	113	114	112	111	108
119		21	Moldova	117	117	116	118	119
120		21	Mauritania	114	113	105	104	102
121		21	India	121	120	111	108	117
122		21	New Zealand	116	132	136	135	136
123		20	Malta	122	122	122	120	120
124		20	Azerbaijan	125	125	125	123	121
125		20	St Kitts and Nevis	123	121	118	117	112
126		18	Hong Kong	135	124	123	121	122
127		18	Sri Lanka	126	126	128	130	137
128		18	Benin	129	143	143	143	151
129		17	Gambia	128	128	121	119	116
130		17	Bangladesh	137	136	133	131	129
131		16	Luxembourg	124	123	123	122	124
132		16	Suriname	131	131	131	129	128
133		16	Grenada	127	127	127	126	126
134		15	St Lucia	134	134	134	134	134
135		15	Niger	132	129	130	127	125
136		15	Guinea-Bissau	133	133	126	125	123
137		14	Dominican Republic	130	130	132	133	131
138		14	Solomon Islands	171	171	170	169	168
139		13	Faroe Islands	136	135	135	136	133
140		13	Burundi	138	137	137	137	135
141		12	Jordan	144	146	147	146	145
142		11	Madagascar	141	140	140	140	139
143		10	Netherlands Antilles	143	142	144	144	143
144		10	Mauritius	151	150	151	151	146
145		10	Dominica	140	138	138	139	140
146		9	Nepal	152	151	149	149	149
147		9	Laos	147	147	145	145	144
148		9	Korea DPR	145	144	142	142	141
149		9	Chinese Taipei	173	174	174	174	172
150		9	Turkmenistan	142	141	141	141	142

Rank: from 151st to 188th

151		8	Yemen	149	139	139	138	138
152		8	Cayman Islands	148	148	150	149	150
153		8	Puerto Rico	150	149	148	148	148
154		8	Fiji	158	157	156	155	155
155		8	Antigua and Barbuda	146	145	146	147	147
156		7	Guyana	153	153	154	153	153
157		7	Liechtenstein	154	154	155	156	163
158		6	Kazakhstan	156	156	159	158	157
159		6	Cape Verde Islands	155	155	153	152	152
160		6	Tahiti	157	158	157	154	154
161		6	Bermuda	167	167	164	163	159
162		6	Botswana	161	161	161	160	160
163		6	Rwanda	159	159	164	164	164
164		6	San Marino	165	165	162	161	162
165		5	Lesotho	162	162	160	159	158
166		5	eSwatini	160	160	158	157	156
167		5	Tajikistan	163	163	163	162	161
168		5	Tonga	164	164	176	-	-
169		5	Philippines	166	166	166	165	165
170		4	Macau	175	172	171	171	169
171		3	Papua New Guinea	168	169	169	168	179
172		3	Aruba	181	181	181	179	178
173		3	Kyrgyz Republic	169	168	167	166	166
174		3	Brunei Darussalam	170	170	168	167	167
175		3	Pakistan	172	173	172	172	170
176		3	Seychelles	174	175	175	175	176
177		2	Maldives	176	176	173	173	171
178		2	Samoa	177	177	177	-	-
179		1	Vanuatu	180	180	180	178	177
180		1	Somalia	179	178	178	176	174
181		1	Nicaragua	178	179	179	177	175
182		1	Belize	182	182	182	180	180
183		0	Central African Republic	183	183	183	181	-
184		0	Libya	184	184	184	182	181
185		0	Djibouti	185	185	185	183	182
186		0	Cambodia	186	186	186	184	183
187		0	Andorra	187	187	187	-	-
188		0	Guam	188	188	188	185	184
188		0	Cook Islands	188	188	188	-	-
188		0	Chad	188	188	188	185	184

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