The facts for the tables have been gathered from the RSSSF and from a renowned swedish publication and by myself. (The 3 points-for-a-win-rule was installed when the 1994 final tournament started.) Please also note that w.o. games are not counted. Only games which were played are counted (if a game was abandoned it's counted if the result at the halt was declared the official final score). This means that results decided by FIFA haven't been counted (with the exception stated above), it also means that results of teams which later withdrew are counted in the table but only if the games were actually played. Finally it means that games that were stricken by FIFA have been counted by me if the games were played. Please also note that games decided by penalties are counted as a win or a loss NOT as a draw as is customary (but only if the penalties were used to decide one game (as in knockouts in the final competitions) but NOT if penalties were used to decide a playoff over two matches (as for example Australia - Uruguay for Germany 2006). The latter is for the obvious reason that one team can win the match and the other the penalties...I think that a game decided by general football rules should count as a win for one team and a loss for the other. By "general football rules" I mean overtime or penalties. I do not count, for instance; number of corners, cointoss or fairplay as deciders as these aren't "general football rules" in my opinion. Important notes are written after the tables. You're free to copy this document but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning.
THREE POINTS FOR A WIN 1. Brazil 18 166 113 29 24 367-131 368 2. Germany 16 155 106 30 19 374-157 348 3. Italy 17 154 99 31 24 284-112 328 4. Mexico 17 169 92 37 40 385-169 313 5. Argentina 15 149 87 29 33 269-149 290 6. Spain 16 138 79 31 28 278-124 268 7. England 15 136 78 33 25 264- 99 267 8. Sweden 17 144 79 26 38 276-153 263 9. Netherlands 15 134 76 30 28 282-115 258 10. Serbia & Montenegro 17 138 74 32 32 271-142 254 11. France 17 130 72 21 37 243-125 237 12. Belgium 17 138 68 28 42 245-177 232 13. Uruguay 15 138 60 36 42 190-154 216 14. Portugal 17 122 64 25 33 216-135 217 15. Romania 16 117 63 21 33 211-122 210 16. South Korea 12 113 60 29 24 198-110 209 17. Costa Rica 13 129 59 32 38 213-149 209 18. Poland 16 116 61 19 36 206-139 202 19. Austria 15 122 58 25 39 207-146 199 20. Scotland 15 120 55 29 36 182-142 194 21. Hungary 15 114 55 23 36 245-163 188 22. USA 16 129 52 31 46 186-184 187 23. Bulgaria 16 125 54 24 47 179-188 186 24. Paraguay 16 124 52 28 44 168-154 184 25. Australia 11 98 52 25 21 272- 90 181 26. Republic Ireland 17 116 48 34 34 164-124 178 27. Iran 7 89 52 18 19 192- 79 174 28. Czechoslovakia 13 101 51 21 29 188-109 174 29. Switzerland 17 126 46 33 47 184-182 173 30. Honduras 11 101 47 28 26 180-115 169 31. Denmark 12 104 48 22 33 177-133 166 32. USSR 9 83 50 15 18 163- 66 165 33. Morocco 10 100 44 32 24 124- 74 164 34. Saudi Arabia 8 89 47 19 23 157- 91 160 35. China 8 76 50 7 19 158- 59 157 36. El Salvador 10 103 44 20 39 155-137 152 37. Nigeria 11 86 43 21 22 147- 86 150 38. Tunisia 11 88 42 23 23 138- 77 149 39. Chile 16 118 40 29 49 160-161 149 40. Colombia 13 113 38 34 41 132-133 148 41. Trinidad/Tobago 11 100 41 21 38 148-126 144 42. Japan 13 84 41 18 25 158- 76 141 43. Cameroon 9 77 39 21 17 114- 78 138 44. Northern Ireland 15 115 35 32 48 123-151 137 45. Norway 15 106 37 25 44 141-150 136 46. Turkey 14 108 39 18 51 153-172 135 47. Kuwait 9 74 40 11 23 129- 66 131 48. Canada 11 90 34 27 29 109-107 129 49. Zambia 10 74 37 13 24 124- 72 124 50. Peru 15 110 32 27 51 126-156 123 51. Guatemala 12 93 32 26 35 130-119 122 52. Greece 16 95 33 19 43 105-146 118 53. Iraq 8 66 34 14 18 159- 70 116 54. Ecuador 12 98 31 22 45 107-139 115 55. Egypt 11 69 32 18 19 117- 70 114 56. Israel 15 97 29 27 39 117-137 114 57. Qatar 8 64 32 12 20 124- 62 108 58. Bolivia 15 104 29 19 56 124-197 106 59. Haiti 11 71 31 11 29 120-110 104 60. Wales 15 92 27 22 43 119-127 103 61. Jamaica 8 75 28 19 28 78-103 103 62. New Zealand 10 65 30 12 23 156- 82 102 63. Algeria 9 66 26 20 20 84- 74 98 64. United Arab Emirates 6 58 27 13 18 95- 65 94 65. Cote d'Ivoire 8 54 26 15 13 91- 55 93 66. Ghana 8 58 26 15 17 83- 55 93 67. DR Congo 7 58 25 13 20 97- 80 88 68. Russia 4 46 25 12 9 87- 38 87 69. DPR Korea 7 57 25 12 20 84- 67 87 70. Guinea 9 48 26 7 15 78- 54 85 71. Finland 16 101 23 14 64 106-251 83 72. DDR 9 53 24 10 19 91- 70 82 73. Croatia 3 41 23 12 6 71- 31 81 74. Angola 6 50 20 19 11 61- 42 79 75. Cuba 10 55 19 17 19 75- 80 74 76. Ukraine 3 41 20 13 8 49- 36 73 77. Czech Republic 3 39 23 3 13 76- 32 72 78. Bahrain 8 54 19 15 20 63- 60 72 79. Zimbabwe 8 51 20 11 20 55- 65 71 80. South Africa 4 36 21 7 8 46- 33 70 81. Syria 11 48 19 12 17 107- 54 69 82. Uzbekistan 3 42 19 12 11 90- 55 69 83. Indonesia 11 62 18 15 29 78-108 69 84. Senegal 8 46 18 14 14 62- 42 68 85. Hong Kong 9 59 17 10 32 59-108 61 86. Iceland 10 76 15 13 48 76-178 58 87. Slovakia 3 34 16 9 9 60- 37 57 88. Oman 5 38 15 10 13 80- 40 55 89. Togo 6 46 15 10 21 52- 66 55 90. Thailand 9 55 15 10 30 69- 99 55 91. Surinam 11 48 14 11 23 71- 75 53 92. Malaysia 9 45 14 11 20 57- 67 53 93. Sudan 9 44 12 14 18 38- 66 50 94. Kenya 9 38 13 8 17 45- 62 47 95. Liberia 7 44 13 8 23 30- 61 47 96. Panama 8 56 12 10 34 55-121 46 97. Venezuela 10 91 12 10 69 64-230 46 98. Fiji 6 31 13 5 13 67- 69 44 99. Jordan 6 34 12 7 15 46- 46 43 100. Congo 6 38 12 7 19 37- 52 43 101. Latvia 5 45 10 10 25 47- 77 40 102. St. Vincent & Grenadines 4 42 12 4 26 57-109 40 103. Solomon Islands 4 27 11 6 10 68- 62 39 104. Lebanon 5 28 10 8 10 49- 53 38 105. Lithuania 6 43 9 11 23 33- 69 38 106. Gabon 5 31 10 7 14 32- 41 37 107. Slovenia 3 33 9 10 14 37- 52 37 108. Singapore 8 42 10 7 25 40- 71 37 109. Albania 9 74 10 7 57 47-151 37 110. Yemen 4 26 9 8 9 42- 39 35 111. Cyprus 12 84 9 7 68 60-250 34 112. Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 26 9 6 11 33- 35 33 113. Kazahkstan 3 30 9 6 15 47- 52 33 114. Burkina Faso 5 33 9 6 18 44- 52 33 115. Malawi 7 39 7 12 20 34- 61 33 116. Estonia 6 46 9 6 31 37-103 33 117. India 5 29 8 8 13 31- 58 32 118. Turkmenistan 3 20 10 1 9 41- 30 31 119. Bermuda 4 22 8 6 8 54- 33 30 120. Georgia 3 28 8 6 14 33- 46 30 121. Dutch Antilles 11 41 6 12 23 22- 88 30 122. Tajikistan 3 16 9 2 5 40- 15 29 123. FYR Macedonia 3 32 7 8 17 44- 60 29 124. Belorussia 3 30 7 8 15 29- 46 29 125. Libya 6 25 7 6 12 26- 35 27 126. St. Kitts & Nevis 3 18 8 2 8 41- 32 26 127. Tahiti 5 21 7 5 9 28- 51 26 128. Madagascar 5 23 7 4 12 24- 32 25 129. Barbados 5 23 7 3 13 25- 45 24 130. Kyrgizstan 3 19 7 2 10 26- 32 23 131. Bangladesh 5 34 7 2 25 25- 80 23 132. Dominican Republic 5 18 6 3 9 23- 36 21 133. Uganda 6 22 6 3 13 21- 40 21 134. Ethiopia 8 24 4 8 15 26- 48 20 135. Sierra Leone 6 29 5 5 19 22- 49 20 136. Armenia 3 32 3 10 19 24- 61 19 137. Antigua & Barbuda 6 22 5 4 13 22- 59 19 138. Niger 3 14 5 3 6 10- 22 18 139. Mali 2 14 5 2 7 18- 19 17 140. Vanuatu 4 19 5 2 12 39- 43 17 141. Vietnam 4 26 5 2 19 20- 57 17 142. Taiwan 7 46 4 4 38 24-149 16 143. Cape Verde 3 14 4 3 7 12- 18 15 144. Namibia 4 25 3 6 16 17- 63 15 145. Tonga 3 12 5 0 7 12- 60 15 146. Papua New Guinea 2 10 4 2 4 22- 19 14 147. Tanzania 6 19 2 8 9 15- 25 14 148. Palestine 4 16 4 2 10 22- 35 14 149. Botswana 3 18 4 2 12 15- 30 14 150. Sri Lanka 4 25 3 5 17 19- 61 14 151. Maldives 3 20 4 2 14 26- 92 14 152. Faroe Islands 4 40 4 2 34 21-119 14 153. Grenada 3 12 4 1 7 27- 28 13 154. Benin 5 24 3 4 17 18- 63 13 155. St. Lucia 4 10 4 0 6 14- 17 12 156. Burundi 3 8 3 2 3 5- 8 11 157. Guyana 7 18 3 2 13 15- 42 11 158. Moldova 3 28 2 5 21 13- 57 11 159. Azerbaijan 3 28 2 5 21 8- 60 11 160. Malta 9 72 1 8 63 25-221 11 161. Gambia 5 10 3 1 6 8- 19 10 162. Rwanda 3 16 2 4 10 13- 26 10 163. Macao 6 29 3 1 25 11-135 10 164. Samoa 3 10 3 0 7 16- 31 9 165. Dominica 3 10 2 2 6 11- 33 8 166. Nepal 4 22 2 2 14 15- 83 8 167. Liechtenstein 3 30 2 2 26 16- 98 8 168. Luxemburg 17 104 2 2 100 53-354 8 169. New Caledonia 1 4 2 1 1 16- 2 7 170. Bahamas 2 6 2 1 3 7- 19 7 171. Mozambique 5 12 1 2 9 12- 28 5 172. Swaziland 4 9 1 2 6 3- 20 5 173. Puerto Rico 6 14 1 2 11 10- 33 5 174. Andorra 2 22 1 2 19 9- 70 5 175. Laos 2 14 1 2 11 6- 76 5 176. Chad 2 4 1 1 2 3- 4 4 177. Saar 1 4 1 1 2 4- 8 4 178. Guinea-Bissau 3 6 1 1 4 5- 12 4 179. Aruba 3 8 1 1 6 12- 27 4 180. Mauritius 5 10 1 1 8 9- 27 4 181. Curacao 1 3 1 0 2 4- 7 3 182. Equatorial Guinea 2 4 1 0 3 3- 7 3 183. South Vietnam 1 3 1 0 2 1- 5 3 184. Sao Tome & Principe 2 4 1 0 3 2- 13 3 185. Lesotho 4 8 0 3 5 4- 17 3 186. Seychelles 2 4 0 2 2 2- 9 2 187. Eritrea 2 4 0 2 2 0- 7 2 188. Mauritania 3 7 0 2 5 2- 10 2 189. Somalia 3 6 0 2 4 1- 14 2 190. Cambodia 2 12 0 2 10 4- 49 2 191. San Marino 4 38 0 2 36 7-158 2 192. South Yemen 1 2 0 1 1 4- 7 1 193. Djibouti 1 2 0 1 1 2- 10 1 194. Anguilla 2 4 0 1 3 2- 11 1 195. Cayman Islands 3 6 0 1 5 1- 15 1 196. Belize 3 8 0 1 6 4- 24 1 197. Nicaragua 4 10 0 1 9 5- 29 1 198. Mongolia 2 8 0 1 7 2- 35 1 199. Philippines 2 9 0 1 8 2- 39 1 200. Pakistan 5 24 0 1 23 11-105 1 201. Central African Republic 1 2 0 0 2 1- 4 0 202. Afghanistan 1 2 0 0 2 0- 13 0 203. North Yemen 2 8 0 0 8 1- 17 0 204. Turks & Caicos Islands 2 4 0 0 4 0- 21 0 205. British Virgin Islands 2 4 0 0 4 1- 24 0 206. US Virgin Islands 2 4 0 0 4 1- 25 0 207. Montserrat 2 4 0 0 4 1- 26 0 208. Cook Islands 3 10 0 0 10 4- 46 0 209. Guam 1 2 0 0 2 0- 35 0 210. Brunei Darussalam 2 12 0 0 12 2- 57 0 211. American Samoa 2 8 0 0 8 1- 91 0 Specific country notes: A) West-Germany and Germany are counted as one and the same as is customary: Specific West Germany results: 10 101 70 19 12 253- 99 229 Specific Germany results: 6 54 36 11 7 121- 58 119 It should be born in mind that Germany didn't take part in the 1930 World Cup and wasn't allowed to participate in the 1950 World Cup. B) DR Congo was called Zaire before June 1997. C) Indonesia was called Dutch East India before their independence in 1949 and played in the qualifications and final tournament under that name in the 1938 World Cup. D) Zimbabwe was called Rhodesia 1965-1980 and played in the World Cup 1970 qualifications under that name. E) South Africa were banned from the World Cup up to 1990 because of the apartheid system but were allowed to participate in the qualifying in 1994 when apartheid had been abolished. F) In the Dutch Antilles results are not the ones obtained by the island Curacao in the qualifying tournament for the 1958 World Cup counted, where they (Curacao) played with an own team. Also, before 1986 the island of Aruba was part of the Dutch Antilles but has after that participated in qualifying on their own. G) The country refered to as Congo is here to be understood as the country with Brazzaville as their capital city. H) Burkina Faso was called Upper Volta 1960-1984 and participated in the 1978 World Cup qualifying under that name. I) Taiwan was called Formosa before and should have participated in the World Cup 1958 qualifications but withdrew (see below). J) Saar is now part of Germany but was under UN supervision from the end of the 2nd World War until 1957 and participated in the 1954 World Cup qualifying on their own. K) Serbia & Montenegro were called Yugoslavia before.Specific notes on each tournament, w.o. matches and such 1934 Peru left a w.o. in qualificationgroup 2 to Brazil. Chile left a w.o. in qualificationgroup 3 to Argentina. 1938 Egypt left a w.o. in qualificationgroup 3 to Romania. Japan left a w.o. in qualificationgroup 10 to Dutch East India. 1950 Germany, Italy & Japan weren't allowed to participate as punishment for World War 2. Argentina left w.o. in qualificationgroup 1, South America to Chile & Bolivia. Ecuador & Peru left w.o. in qualificationgroup 2, South America to Uruguay & Paraguay. Burma & the Philippines left a w.o. in qualificationgroup Asia to India whereupon India withdrew. 1954 Turkey won over Spain in the qualifying tournament after the drawing of lots (!) after the encounters between the teams ended 1-4, 1-0 & 2-2 (aet). Poland left a w.o. in qualificationgroup 7 to Hungary. 1958 Guatemala left a w.o. in the qualificationgroup 1, Concacaf in the awaygame to Cura ao. Formosa left w.o. in the qualificationgroup 1, Asia/Africa to Indonesia and China. Turkey left a w.o. in the qualificationgroup 2, Asia/Africa to Israel. Cyprus left a w.o. in the qualificationgroup 3 Asia/Africa to the United Arab Republic. Sudan, Indonesia & the United Arab Republic left w.o. in the Finalqualification to Israel. 1962 The Netherlands - DDR wasn't played in qualificationsgroup 4, Europe because of visa difficulties. Romania left a w.o. in qualificationgroup 7, Europe to Italy. Sudan & Egypt withdrew their applications from Qualificationsgroup 1, Rest of Africa. Morocco won over Tunisia in the qualifying tournament qualificationsgroup 2, Rest of Africa after the drawing of lots after the encounters between the teams ended 2-1, 1-2 & 1-1 (aet). 1966 Syria left w.o. in the qualificationgroup 9, Europe to Spain & Ireland. All African states and South Korea withdrew from the qualificationsgroup Africa/Asia. 1970 DPR Korea were exluded after refusal to meet Israel in the qualification Asia, 2nd round. 1974 Venezuela left w.o. in the qualificationgroup 3, South America to Peru & Chile. Jamaica left w.o. in the qualification subgroup D, Concacaf to the Dutch Antilles. Madagascar left w.o. in the Africa qualifications, 1st round to Mauritius. Gabon left w.o. in the Africa qualifications to Cameroon, 1st round. Nigeria disqualified following an abandoned match against Ghana in the Africa qualifications, 2nd round. The result when the game was abandoned was 2-3 and is the result counted here. FIFA subsequently gave Ghana the victory 2-0. Morocco left w.o. in the Africa qualifications, 4th round match at home to Zaire. Soviet Union disqualified for refusal to play the awaygame to Chile in the Europe/South America qualification. 1978 Honduras left w.o. in the Concacaf groupround A. Centralafrika left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Zaire. Sudan left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Kenya. Tanzania left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Uganda. DR Korea left w.o. in the Asia qualifications, Group 2. Iraq left w.o. in the Asia qualifications, Group 3. United Arab Emirate withdrew from the Asia qualifications, Group 4. 1982 Ghana left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Egypt. Uganda left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Madagascar. Libya left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 2nd round to Egypt. 1986 Lesotho left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Madagascar. Niger left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Libya. Togo left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Guinea. Jamaica excluded from Concacaf, group 1. Barbados left w.o. in the Concacaf qualifications, group 2. Grenada left w.o. in the Concacaf qualifications, group 3. Libanon withdrew from Asia qualifications group 1B after playing four matches: 0-6 and 0-6 vs. Iraq and 0-7 and 0-8 vs. Qatar. Games were annulled by FIFA but are counted here. Iran excluded from Asia qualificationsgroup 2B. 1990 Lesotho left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Zimbabwe. Rwanda left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Zambia. Togo left w.o. in the Africa qualification, 1st round to Gabon. Libya withdrew from the Africa qualification 2nd round, group A after having played one game (0-1 away to the Cote d'Ivoire). That game was annulled by FIFA but is counted by me. Bahrain left w.o. in the Asia qualiifcation group 2. South Yemen left w.o. in the Asia qualifications group 3. India left w.o. in the Asia qualifications group 4. Mexico disqualified from the Concacaf qualifications. None of the games between El Salvador and Guatemala in the Concacaf qualifications 3rd round were played becuase of the political situation in El Salvador and the fact the games lacked importence for the final outcome of the group. 1994 Uganda left w.o. in the Africa qualification, group A. Liberia withdrew from the Africa qualifications group B after having played two games; (2-4 away to Zaire and 0-0 at home to Cameroon). The games are counted in my tables but where strickenofficially by FIFA. Zimbabwe played one game in the Africa qualification, group C away to Egypt (2-1), which FIFA decided should be replayed. The replay ended 0-0 and both results are counted here. Angola - Togo in the Africa qualification group C was never played. Libyen left w.o. in the Africa qualification, group D. Sudan left w.o. in the Africa qualification, group E. Mauretanien left w.o. in the Africa qualification, group G. Tanzania withdrew from the Africa qualifications group H after having played four games; 0-2 away to Zambia, 0-0 at home to Madagascar, 2-0 at home to Namibia and 1-3 at home to Zambia. The games were officially stricken but are counted by me. Mali & Gambia left w.o. in the Africa qualification, group I. Myanmar left w.o. in the Asia qualifications 1st round group A. Cuba left w.o. in the Concacaf qualifications preliminary round to St. Vincent. 1998 Bahamas left w.o. in the Concacaf qualifications, 1st round to St. Kitts & Nevis. Bermuda left w.o. in the Concacaf qualifications, 2nd round to Trinidad & Tobago. Burundi beat Sierra Leone in the 1st round of the Africa qualification but where unable to organize further transport so Sierra Leone took their place. Gabon - Sierra Leone in the Africa qualification group 5 was never played as Sierra Leone suffered repeated transportproblems. The game Syria - Kyrgizstan in the Asia qualification 1st round was never played. 2002 Guyana suspended by FIFA for non-payment of fee. Antigua & Barbuda thus received a bye to the next round in the Concacaf qualifications. The game Kenya vs. Malawi in the first round of the African qualification was abandoned in the 88th minute, with 0-0 being the score, due to crowd disturbance. The game is counted in the totals above, as it was officially counted by FIFA. Guinea was cast out from the African qualifying group phase, group 5 after political involvement in the Guinean FA's activities. Guinea had played three games at that moment (Zimbabwe, home, 3-0; Burkina Faso, away, 3-2 and Malawi, home, 1-1). These games are counted in the table but were declared null and void by FIFA following the expulsion. The game Zimbabwe vs. South Africa in the African qualifications group phase, group 5 was abandoned in the 83rd minute following crowd trouble. The score at the time was 0-2, which was allowed to stand as an official final result. Myanmar withdrew from the Asian qualifications group phase 1, group 2. 2006 Central African Republic left a w.o. to Burkina Faso in the African qualifying round. The game Mali - Togo in Africa group 1 was abandoned at the end of the game because of crowd trouble. The result at the halt (1-2) was allowed to stand. Guam & Nepal should have met eachother in the Asian qualifying round but both withdrew. The game Syria - Kyrgisztan in the Asian 1st round group 6 was replayed as the first game between the teams was abandoned in the 75th minute because of power failure.Comments on the contents of this page, write to my e-mail address:
[email protected]