World Football Rankings 1999 - Mark's Football World Rankings

Current Rankings

Pos. Country Total Points
1999 Points gained
1999 Move
1999

1    Brazil 24.46 0.63 1
2    Spain 23.5 2.78 4
3    Denmark 22.89 5.52 26
4    Czech Rep 21.38 2.4 13
5    Norway 21.23 3.35 20
6    Argentina 20.89 -0.52 -2
7    Yugoslavia 20.69 1.08 1
8    Germany 20.33 1.1 4
9    France 19.79 -4.11 -8
10    Switzerland 19.73 3.54 31
11    Netherlands 19.65 -1.79 -8
12    Portugal 19.53 1.18 8
13    Russia 19.45 2.5 21
14    Turkey 19.1 2.87 26
15    Rep Ireland 19.06 0.15 3
16    England 18.78 -0.26 -2
17    Sweden 18.71 -0.29 -1
18    Scotland 18.6 2.41 24
19    Greece 18.58 0.49 4
20    Belgium 18.47 0.51 4
21    Croatia 18.45 -1.92 -14
22    USA 18.39 2.54 26
23    Romania 18.21 -0.86 -10
24    Mexico 18.16 -0.59 -5
25    Iran 17.81 0.66 6
26    Honduras 17.76 2.8 34
27    Slovenia 17.75 2.13 26
28    Paraguay 17.71 -1.58 -17
29    Chile 17.71 0.31 -1
30    Colombia 17.61 0.8 5
31    Austria 17.41 -1.6 -16
32    Ukraine 17.3 0.33 1
33    Bulgaria 17.07 1.66 22
34    Peru 17.04 -1.2 -12
35    Italy 17.03 -4.35 -30
36    Morocco 17.01 -2.59 -27
37    Poland 16.83 -2.63 -27
38    Uruguay 16.67 -0.46 -6
39    Iceland 16.54 0.23 0
40    Latvia 16.24 0.11 5
41    Ghana 16.19 1.65 26
42    Ecuador 16.05 -0.14 1
43    Israel 15.84 -2.48 -22
44    Finland 15.83 -1.74 -17
45    Nigeria 15.83 -0.01 4
46    Slovakia 15.78 1.29 22
47    Senegal 15.71 4.43 52
48    Costa Rica 15.69 0.62 10
49    Bosnia-Herzegovina 15.46 2 29
50    Tunisia 15.4 -1.39 -14
51    South Korea 15.29 0.73 15
52    South Africa 15.2 -0.81 -6
53    Saudi Arabia 14.89 -0.11 6
54    Bolivia 14.78 0.05 9
55    Macedonia 14.78 -1.17 -8
56    Wales 14.76 -2.57 -26
57    China 14.6 -1.1 -6
58    Albania 14.6 -1.53 -14
59    Trinidad & Tobago 14.55 3.41 42
60    Egypt 14.53 -3.07 -34
61    Armenia 14.53 1.18 20
62    Belarus 14.37 -1.31 -10
63    Kuwait 14.31 -0.58 -2
64    Moldova 14.3 -0.3 1
65    Guinea 14.19 1.46 21
66    Cyprus 14.17 -0.07 3
67    Zambia 14.05 0.41 8
68    Cuba 13.97 3.88 42
69    Mali 13.96 2.36 29
70    Cameroon 13.82 -0.9 -6
71    Guatemala 13.81 -2.9 -34
72    Georgia 13.72 -2.09 -22
73    Canada 13.69 0.24 7
74    Zimbabwe 13.59 0.03 2
75    Japan 13.49 -0.33 -3
76    Lithuania 13.47 0.53 8
77    Gabon 13.44 -0.36 -4
78    Uzbekistan 13.3 1.34 17
79    Jamaica 13.23 -1.88 -22
80    Algeria 13.18 1.06 12
81    DR Congo 13.17 -1.97 -25
82    Iraq 12.89 3.12 31
83    Ivory Coast 12.87 -2.56 -29
84    Hungary 12.69 -3.7 -46
85    Estonia 12.53 0.23 5
86    Burkina Faso 12.38 -1.07 -7
87    Kazakhstan 12.32 -1.17 -10
88    Venezuela 12.29 0.2 5
89    New Zealand 12.22 1.73 16
90    Angola 12.19 -1 -7
91    Congo 12.12 -1.16 -9
92    N.Ireland 12.1 -2.71 -30
93    Liberia 12.02 1.17 10
94    Thailand 11.94 2.4 22
95    Qatar 11.83 -1.06 -10
96    Togo 11.55 -2.25 -22
97    El Salvador 11.29 -2.89 -27
98    Australia 11.24 -1.14 -10
99    Indonesia 11.04 0.77 9
100    Libya 11 7.41 56
101    Malta 10.88 0.55 6
102    Haiti 10.83 1.09 13
103    Syria 10.74 -1.61 -14
104    Benin 10.48 -1.33 -7
105    Jordan 10.46 0.53 6
106    Luxembourg 10.43 -1.65 -12
107    Kenya 10.25 -2.13 -20
108    Faroe Islands 10.16 -3.83 -37
109    Sierra Leone 9.84 -2.09 -13
110    UAE 9.81 -2.36 -19
111    Azerbaijan 9.81 0.69 11
112    Namibia 9.66 -1.38 -10
113    Mauritius 9.52 3.59 29
114    Ethiopia 9.38 -0.99 -8
115    Tajikistan 9.01 -0.47 3
116    Uganda 8.89 -1.94 -12
117    Oman 8.63 -2.56 -17
118    Lebanon 8.54 0.31 9
119    Vietnam 8.38 3.9 33
120    Mozambique 8.31 -0.76 3
121    Madagascar 8.18 1.86 19
122    Turkmenistan 8.15 -0.2 3
123    Andorra 8.15 -1.06 -3
124    Sudan 8.13 -1.63 -10
125    Singapore 7.93 -1.59 -8
126    Palestine 7.48 -0.42 0
127    Eritrea 7.45 -2.8 -22
128    Burundi 7.43 0.62 8
129    Panama 7.28 -0.37 1
130    Myanmar 7.17 -3.02 -21
131    Barbados 7.01 -0.45 2
132    Malawi 6.97 -2.36 -13
133    St Vincent/Grenadines 6.89 -2.25 -12
134    Gambia 6.87 -1.47 -8
135    Niger 6.86 -1.33 -7
136    St Kitts & Nevis 6.85 0.37 3
137    Tanzania 6.72 -0.84 -5
138    North Korea 6.68 0.44 3
139    Grenada 6.66 -0.94 -8
140    Hong Kong 6.59 -0.14 -3
141    Martinique 6.46 -1.46 -12
142    Mauritania 6.4 -2 -18
143    St Lucia 6.27 0.82 3
144    Kyrgyzstan 6.27 -3.65 -32
145    Bahrain 6.18 -1.16 -11
146    Swaziland 6.1 3.23 17
147    Guadeloupe 5.47 -0.07 -3
148    Malaysia 5.28 -0.35 -3
149    Liechtenstein 5.19 1.18 5
150    Bermuda 4.73 4.08 24
151    Guinea Bissau 4.57 -2 -13
152    Surinam 4.55 0.71 3
153    Cape Verde Islands 4.54 -1.25 -9
154    Antigua 4.49 -2.35 -19
155    Rwanda 4.19 1.57 10
156    India 4.09 -0.97 -7
157    Yemen 3.92 -2 -14
158    Lesotho 3.88 0.29 -1
159    Fiji 3.49 -1.11 -8
160    Bangladesh 3.21 -0.29 -2
161    Botswana 3.15 -1.09 -8
162    San Marino 2.99 -2.3 -15
163    Dominica 2.99 -0.29 -3
164    Laos 2.88 -0.54 -5
165    Nicaragua 2.74 0.92 3
166    Cayman Islands 2.57 -2.52 -18
167    Guyana 2.56 0.5 -1
168    Chad 2.14 -0.61 -4
169    Dominican Rep 1.99 -2.83 -19
170    Neth.Antilles 1.84 -1.17 -8
171    Solomon Islands 1.58 0.45 1
172    Tahiti 0.38 -1.11 -1
173    Taiwan -0.09 -2 -6
174    Philippines -0.12 -1.18 -1
175    Belize -1.4 -0.5 4
176    Macao -1.41 -2 -1
177    Virgin Islands -1.51 4.06 10
178    Nepal -1.53 -3.02 -8
179    Aruba -1.55 -1.33 -3
180    Seychelles -1.56 -1.33 -3
181    Maldives Rep -1.64 6.22 7
182    Cambodia -1.93 -1.45 -4
183    Djibouti -2.12 -0.24 -1
184    Brunei -2.53 -1.35 -4
185    Sri Lanka -2.76 -5.88 -24
186    Somalia -2.85 -0.88 -3
187    Vanuatu -2.87 -1.14 -6
188    Puerto Rico -3.17 -4.83 -19
189    Papua New Guinea -3.46 -1.2 -5
190    Pakistan -4.25 -1.27 -4
191    Guam -4.81 -2 -6
192    Bahamas -6.13 0 0
193    Cook Islands -20.36 -1.14 -4
194    Tonga -20.54 -1.2 -4

Big Movers of 1999

World champions France qualified for Euro 2000 without much conviction and lost their place at the top of the rankings.
Lowly ranked Libya were the biggest movers with friendly wins over Senegal, Iraq, UAE, Togo (twice), Malawi and Gabon.
Senegal, whose only loss of the year was a 2-1 friendly away to big movers Libya, qualified for the 2000 African Cup of Nations beating Zimbabwe 2-0 along the way.
Trinidad & Tobago were almost unstoppable, losing their last match of the year in a friendly 3-2 away to Honduras after having beaten Jamaica 2-0, South African 2-0 and Colombia 4-3 in friendly matches and winning the Caribbean Cup by defeating Jamaica 1-0, Grenada 7-0, Guadeloupe 3-2, Haiti 6-1 and Cuba in the final.
Cuba had a good run in the Caribbean Cup with wins over Cayman Islands 4-1, Bahamas 7-0, Bermuda 2-1, Haiti 3-1 St Kitts & Nevis 2-0 and Jamaica 2-0, losing eventually 2-1 in extra time to hosts Trinidad & Tobago in the final.
Honduras finished 3rd in the UNCAF Cup despite twice defeating hosts and eventual winners Costa Rica on their way. In friendly matches the Hondurans held Peru to a goalless draw in Lima and thumped Zambia 7-1 in San Pedro Sula before returning to Costa Rica for a 1-1 draw in an end of the year friendly.
Vietnam had a good run in the Southeast Asian games played in Brunei where they finally conceded their only goals of the year losing 2-0 to Thailand. Among their wins were the 9-0 demolition of Laos and a 2-0 success over Myanmar.
Iraq put together a set of wins in Dushanbe, beating hosts Tajikistan 2-1 and going on to defeat Oman 2-0 and Kyrgyzstan 5-1 to qualify for the 2000 Asian Cup.
Switzerland ended the year with a 2-0 away win in Wales and moved up into 10th place despite narrowly missing out on the play-offs for Euro 2000.
Denmark picked up impressive wins in Croatia, Israel and Italy, while Norway and The Czech Republic qualified convincingly for the Euros.
Hungary slipped down the most after suffering a 1-0 home loss to Slovakia and drawing 0-0 in Liechtenstein to leave them with no hope of qualifying for Euro 2000.
Faroe Islands finished bottom of their qualifying group for Euro 2000 after losing their home matches 2-0 to Estonian and 1-0 to Lithuania.
Guatemala found it a tough year of friendly matches with home losses against Bolivia 3-0 and Jamaica 4-2 among their poor results.
Egypt returned from Mexico having been thumped 5-1 by Saudi Arabia in the Confederations Cup. Losing 2-1 at home to Ghana in a friendly later on that year was also a disappointment for the Egyptians.
Kyrgyzstan lost all 3 matches in Tajikistan as they failed to make an impression in the Asian qualifiers, losing 3-2 to their host and 3-0 to Oman before going out 5-1 to Iraq.
Italy struggled to qualify for Euro 2000, drawing home and away against Belarus, losing 3-2 at home to the Danes and only managing a 0-0 draw in Switzerland. The Italians ended the year in an unfamiliar 35th spot after suffering a 3-1 friendly home loss to Belgium.
In the most unexpected results of the year, British Virgin Islands triumphed 5-0 over Puerto Rico in a Caribbean qualifier in Port-Au-Prince, and Liberia celebrated a 2-0 win over Tunisia in an African qualifier. In Euro qualifiers Bosnia & Herzegovina rallied to a 4-1 win away to Estonia, England were defeated 1-0 at home by the Scots and Israel were trounced 5-0 at home by Denmark.
Four more countries joined the rankings with Eritrea the highest of the newcomers after holding Cameroon to a draw at home and losing only 1-0 in the away match, before gaining a 1-0 home win against Mozambique in the African qualifiers. Palestine joined after respectable results in Jordan which included a 1-0 win over UAE and draws against Libya and Syria. Guadeloupe moved in on the back of 1-0 home wins over Dominica and Barbados, while Bahamas moved in close to the bottom of the rankings after heavy defeats in Bermuda 6-0 to their host and 7-0 to Cuba.

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World Football Ranking 1999

Big Movers of 1999

Copyright © 1999 by Mark. All rights reserved.

World Football Ranking
1999