FIFA World Ranking as of May 1997

This article is men's ranking as of 14 May 1997.

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Updated: 14 May 1997

Rank: from 1st to 50th

Rank		Points	Team	Apr	Feb	Dec	Nov	Oct
1		66	Brazil	1	1	1	1	1
2		64	Germany	2	2	2	2	2
3		62	Denmark	5	4	6	5	6
4		61	France	3	3	3	3	3
5		61	Spain	4	7	8	8	10
6		61	Italy	7	10	10	9	5
7		60	Netherlands	10	9	9	10	9
8		60	Czech Republic	6	6	5	4	4
9		59	Romania	9	15	16	20	14
10		59	Russia	11	8	7	6	7
11		58	Colombia	8	5	4	7	8
12		57	Mexico	12	11	11	11	15
13		57	England	14	12	12	12	12
14		56	Bulgaria	13	14	15	17	21
15		55	Norway	18	17	14	14	18
16		54	Portugal	15	13	13	15	13
17		54	Slovakia	20	24	30	30	37
18		54	Japan	16	19	21	22	20
19		53	Morocco	38	28	27	27	27
20		53	Sweden	17	16	17	13	11
21		53	Argentina	19	18	22	19	17
22		53	Paraguay	23	31	38	39	44
23		53	Zambia	22	20	20	18	16
24		53	Tunisia	29	26	23	23	24
25		52	South Africa	25	23	19	21	19
26		52	USA	21	22	18	16	25
27		51	Chile	26	21	26	26	26
28		51	Croatia	28	25	24	24	22
29		51	Scotland	24	27	29	29	29
30		50	Saudi Arabia	27	36	37	40	40
31		48	Belgium	39	44	42	42	36
32		48	Bolivia	32	37	39	41	41
33		48	Egypt	36	32	28	28	28
34		48	Australia	33	33	50	48	48
35		47	Ghana	40	38	25	25	23
36		47	Korea Republic	34	41	44	46	45
37		47	Greece	29	40	35	37	30
38		46	Jamaica	37	30	32	35	38
39		46	Peru	45	45	54	53	57
40		46	Ecuador	35	35	33	34	32
41		46	Cameroon	62	59	56	47	47
42		46	Turkey	31	29	31	31	35
43		45	Israel	53	52	52	55	52
44		45	Republic of Ireland	41	39	36	33	32
45		45	Honduras	50	46	45	44	42
46		45	Austria	47	34	34	36	43
47		45	Trinidad and Tobago	44	42	41	38	34
48		44	Yugoslavia	46	54	55	58	59
49		44	Lithuania	54	49	48	45	51
50		44	Côte d'Ivoire	43	47	51	32	31

Rank: from 51st to 100th

51		43	Ukraine	48	67	59	59	60
52		43	Canada	55	48	40	50	56
53		43	Costa Rica	57	66	72	83	79
54		43	Uruguay	42	43	43	54	50
55		42	Zimbabwe	49	50	71	62	58
56		42	Switzerland	51	51	47	43	39
57		42	Poland	52	56	53	52	55
58		41	Gabon	58	55	46	51	49
59		41	Algeria	56	53	49	49	46
60		41	China PR	60	79	76	78	66
61		41	Nigeria	71	64	63	58	63
62		40	Kuwait	66	69	62	79	86
63		40	Northern Ireland	63	68	64	75	74
64		40	Thailand	61	61	57	57	54
65		40	United Arab Emirates	68	64	60	69	73
66		40	Angola	74	72	70	67	80
67		39	Guinea	59	57	73	73	84
68		38	Senegal	64	58	58	56	53
69		38	Mali	65	60	67	70	69
70		38	Zaire	67	63	66	65	64
71		37	El Salvador	77	74	65	68	70
72		37	Finland	69	78	79	76	76
73		36	IR Iran	87	81	83	77	71
74		35	Hungary	72	76	75	72	78
75		35	Iraq	85	98	98	129	128
76		35	Iceland	76	62	60	58	67
77		34	Togo	70	70	87	84	81
78		34	Qatar	75	73	69	64	62
79		34	Cuba	73	71	68	63	61
80		34	Latvia	89	84	82	80	72
81		34	Sierra Leone	91	86	84	66	65
82		34	Cyprus	78	77	78	74	85
83		33	Wales	81	82	80	82	75
84		33	Slovenia	83	89	77	70	68
85		33	Sudan	82	75	74	85	82
86		33	Malawi	86	88	88	87	87
87		33	Malaysia	84	97	96	92	92
88		33	Mozambique	79	83	85	81	77
89		33	FYR Macedonia	80	85	86	89	96
90		32	Uganda	87	80	81	96	95
91		32	Guatemala	102	106	105	114	116
92		31	Liberia	97	100	94	93	91
93		31	Oman	90	92	91	88	88
94		31	Lebanon	93	87	97	99	97
95		30	Congo	98	94	100	97	110
96		29	Namibia	92	101	103	98	99
97		29	Kenya	105	107	112	106	102
98		29	Tanzania	94	90	89	86	83
99		28	Singapore	101	95	92	94	93
100		28	Belarus	95	91	90	90	89

Rank: from 101st to 150th

101		27	Estonia	96	104	102	101	109
102		27	Georgia	100	96	95	95	94
103		27	Barbados	114	111	110	108	107
104		27	Uzbekistan	112	110	109	119	115
105		27	Panama	104	103	101	107	105
106		26	Burkina Faso	103	99	107	109	103
107		26	Armenia	110	108	106	104	112
108		25	Vietnam	106	102	99	103	101
109		25	Indonesia	115	120	119	117	113
110		25	Myanmar	107	105	104	100	98
111		24	Bahrain	111	119	118	115	124
112		24	St Vincent and the Grenadines	99	93	93	91	90
113		24	Venezuela	109	112	111	110	106
114		23	India	121	121	120	111	108
115		23	Syria	113	115	115	120	132
116		23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	116	139	152	152	170
117		22	Ethiopia	108	109	108	102	100
118		21	Grenada	133	127	127	127	126
119		21	Mauritania	120	114	113	105	104
120		21	Albania	117	118	116	113	114
121		20	Moldova	119	117	117	116	118
122		20	Azerbaijan	124	125	125	125	123
123		20	Malta	123	122	122	122	120
124		19	Haiti	118	113	114	112	111
125		18	St Kitts and Nevis	125	123	121	118	117
126		18	Hong Kong	126	135	124	123	121
127		18	Sri Lanka	127	126	126	128	130
128		18	Benin	128	129	143	143	143
129		17	Jordan	141	144	146	147	146
130		17	Luxembourg	131	124	123	123	122
131		17	Gambia	129	128	128	121	119
132		16	Faroe Islands	139	136	135	135	136
133		16	New Zealand	122	116	132	136	135
134		16	Bangladesh	130	137	136	133	131
135		15	Dominica	145	140	138	138	139
136		15	Guinea-Bissau	136	133	133	126	125
137		14	St Lucia	134	134	134	134	134
138		14	Suriname	132	131	131	131	129
139		14	Solomon Islands	138	171	171	170	169
140		13	Niger	135	132	129	130	127
141		13	Dominican Republic	137	130	130	132	133
142		13	Yemen	151	149	139	139	138
143		13	Burundi	140	138	137	137	137
144		11	Madagascar	142	141	140	140	140
145		10	Mauritius	144	151	150	151	151
146		9	Nepal	146	152	151	149	149
147		9	Laos	147	147	147	145	145
148		9	Turkmenistan	150	142	141	141	141
149		9	Chinese Taipei	149	173	174	174	174
150		9	Netherlands Antilles	143	143	142	144	144

Rank: from 151st to 192nd

151		9	Korea DPR	148	145	144	142	142
152		9	Tajikistan	167	163	163	163	162
153		8	Lesotho	165	162	162	160	159
154		8	Cayman Islands	152	148	148	150	149
155		8	Fiji	154	158	157	156	155
156		7	Antigua and Barbuda	155	146	145	146	147
157		7	Puerto Rico	153	150	149	148	148
158		7	Liechtenstein	157	154	154	155	156
159		7	Botswana	162	161	161	161	160
160		6	eSwatini	166	160	160	158	157
161		6	Kazakhstan	158	156	156	159	158
162		6	Cape Verde Islands	159	155	155	153	152
163		6	Guyana	156	153	153	154	153
164		6	Rwanda	163	159	159	164	164
165		6	Bermuda	161	167	167	164	163
166		6	San Marino	164	165	165	162	161
167		5	Tonga	168	164	164	176	-
168		5	Philippines	169	166	166	166	165
169		4	Tahiti	160	157	158	157	154
170		4	Macau	170	175	172	171	171
171		3	Papua New Guinea	171	168	169	169	168
172		3	Aruba	172	181	181	181	179
173		3	Kyrgyz Republic	173	169	168	167	166
174		3	Brunei Darussalam	174	170	170	168	167
175		3	Belize	182	182	182	182	180
176		3	Pakistan	175	172	173	172	172
177		3	Seychelles	176	174	175	175	175
178		3	British Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	-
179		2	Maldives	177	176	176	173	173
180		2	Samoa	178	177	177	177	-
181		2	Nicaragua	181	178	179	179	177
182		2	Cambodia	186	186	186	186	184
183		1	Vanuatu	179	180	180	180	178
184		1	Somalia	180	179	178	178	176
185		0	Central African Republic	183	183	183	183	181
186		0	Libya	184	184	184	184	182
187		0	Djibouti	185	185	185	185	183
188		0	Andorra	187	187	187	187	-
189		0	Chad	188	188	188	188	185
190		0	Guam	188	188	188	188	185
191		0	Cook Islands	188	188	188	188	-
192		0	Anguilla	-	-	-	-	-

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