The Ranking of Northern Irish Football
by Martin Harris.
The Home Countries
Rank Team Rating Pts. 1996 Rank Change/last poll
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1 Brazil 64.36 1 0
2 Germany 64.14 2 0
3 France 61.85 3 0
4 Denmark 61.25 6 +2
5 Colombia 61.04 4 -1
6 Czech Republic 60.84 5 -1
7 Spain 60.59 8 +1
8 Russia 59.31 7 -1
9 Netherlands 59.28 9 0
10 Italy 57.32 10 0
11 Mexico 56.84 11 0
12 ENGLAND 56.13 12 0
13 Portugal 55.72 13 0
14 Bulgaria 55.34 15 +1
15 Romania 55.28 16 +1
16 Sweden 55.18 17 +1
17 Norway 54.47 14 -3
18 Argentina 52.75 22 +4
19 Japan 52.41 21 +2
20 Zambia 51.85 20 0
21 Chile 51.72 26 +5
22 United States 51.59 18 -4
23 South Africa 51.37 19 -4
24 Slovakia 51.34 30 +6
25 Croatia 51.08 24 -1
26 Tunisia 50.19 23 -3
27 SCOTLAND 48.46 29 +2
28 Morocco 48.42 27 -1
29 Turkey 47.69 31 +2
30 Jamaica 47.61 32 +2
31 Paraguay 47.42 38 +7
32 Egypt 47.38 28 -4
33 Australia 46.31 50 +17
34 Austria 46.11 34 0
35 Ecuador 46.04 33 -2
36 Saudi Arabia 45.91 37 +1
37 Bolivia 45.80 39 +2
38 Ghana 45.79 25 -13
39 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 45.75 36 -3
40 Greece 45.26 35 -5
41 South Korea 45.15 44 +3
42 Trinidad & Tobago 44.74 41 -1
43 Uruguay 44.55 43 0
44 Belgium 43.98 42 -2
45 Peru 43.96 54 +9
46 Honduras 43.93 45 -1
47 Ivory Coast 43.52 51 +4
48 Canada 43.14 40 -8
49 Lithuania 43.10 48 -1
50 Zimbabwe 42.92 71 +21
51 Switzerland 42.61 47 -4
52 Israel 42.46 52 0
53 Algeria 41.73 49 -4
54 Yugoslavia 41.55 55 +1
55 Gabon 41.25 46 -9
56 Poland 40.56 53 -3
57 Guinea 39.96 73 +16
58 Senegal 39.56 58 0
59 Cameroon 39.50 56 -3
60 Mali 39.16 67 +7
61 Thailand 38.33 57 -4
62 Iceland 37.71 60 -2
63 Zaire 37.33 66 +3
64 UAE 37.23 60 -4
64 Nigeria 37.23 63 -1
66 Costa Rica 37.07 72 +6
67 Ukraine 37.01 59 -8
68 NORTHERN IRELAND 36.72 64 -4
69 Kuwait 36.41 62 -7
70 Togo 35.78 87 +17
71 Cuba 35.60 68 -3
72 Angola 35.35 70 -2
73 Qatar 35.28 69 -4
74 El Salvador 34.70 65 -9
75 Sudan 34.30 74 -1
76 Hungary 34.11 75 -1
77 Cyprus 33.78 78 +1
78 Finland 33.25 79 +1
79 China 33.23 76 -3
80 Uganda 33.10 81 +1
81 Iran 33.09 83 +2
82 WALES 33.01 80 -2
83 Mozambique 32.92 85 +2
84 Latvia 32.65 82 -2
85 Macedonia 32.25 86 +1
86 Sierra Leone 31.08 84 -2
87 Lebanon 30.49 97 +10
88 Malawi 29.51 88 0
89 Slovenia 29.43 77 -12
90 Tanzania 29.21 89 -1
91 Belarus 29.19 90 -1
92 Oman 29.16 91 -1
93 St Vincent/Grenadines 28.38 93 0
94 Congo 28.33 100 +6
95 Singapore 28.08 92 -3
96 Georgia 27.62 95 -1
97 Malaysia 27.34 96 -1
98 Iraq 27.19 98 0
99 Burkina Faso 27.10 107 +8
100 Liberia 27.07 94 -6
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