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WORLD SOCCER RANKINGS
Updated October 14, 2003, Guelph, Ontario
Computed by Larry Schaeffer
Includes Qualifying and Friendly(up to October 1, 2003)
Total Matches in Analysis = 3844

Region	WTS	EGD	Definition
1	162.0	128	Scandinavia
2	125.4	-260	S. Pacific
3	132.0	-49	N. Am.- Carribean
4	142.1	-61	N. Pacific
5	416.6	121	Europe
6	138.3	139	S. America
7	264.6	-59	Middle East
8	121.4	-7	Africa
9	226.7	39	Asia, Russia

Rank	Region	Country	WTS	EGD	Home
1	6	Argentina	28.0	281	11
2	6	Brazil	44.1	273	64
3	5	Netherlands	27.3	267	37
4	5	Portugal	31.6	249	68
5	5	France	35.1	248	77
6	5	England	32.9	235	-7
7	5	Italy	33.3	216	42
8	5	Spain	33.2	211	167
9	5	Germany	38.6	207	64
10	1	Denmark	34.6	200	8
11	5	Ireland Republic	32.9	199	22
12	1	Sweden	36.8	197	33
13	5	Romania	34.4	195	-17
14	5	Turkey	37.2	195	8
15	5	Czech Republic	31.8	188	149
16	3	Honduras	40.7	174	33
17	6	Colombia	32.9	174	52
18	6	Uruguay	32.6	173	123
19	5	Yugoslavia	28.1	168	48
20	5	Belgium	32.3	167	41
21	1	Norway	35.0	165	27
22	8	Cameroon	29.0	162	3
23	6	Ecuador	36.0	159	50
24	6	Paraguay	34.0	157	127
25	5	Greece	30.5	153	-9
26	3	United States	44.8	148	114
27	5	Croatia	30.6	146	38
28	9	Russia	31.0	146	93
29	4	Japan	28.5	146	51
30	6	Chile	27.1	142	55
31	5	Switzerland	27.2	141	31
32	3	Costa Rica	45.6	139	90
33	6	Peru	26.6	136	32
34	3	Mexico	51.1	130	183
35	5	Slovakia	32.2	129	3

Rank	Region	Country	WTS	EGD	Home
36	9	Ukraine	30.2	127	24
37	8	Senegal	41.5	126	38
38	5	Bulgaria	28.0	125	56
39	1	Finland	31.3	123	80
40	5	Poland	32.6	120	61
41	5	Scotland	25.1	117	3
42	8	Nigeria	34.7	114	89
43	5	Hungary	26.7	113	14
44	2	Australia	21.9	112	187
45	5	Slovenia	34.7	110	59
46	5	Wales	21.0	107	19
47	7	Iran	37.7	101	81
48	8	Morocco	28.8	97	38
49	8	Cote d' Ivoire	25.7	95	102
50	8	South Africa	42.4	92	33
51	4	Korea Republic	37.9	91	116
52	3	Cuba	27.6	85	-29
53	8	Tunisia	32.8	85	168
54	5	Serbia & Montenegro	3.2	84	-157
55	5	Northern Ireland	23.1	76	-33
56	7	Qatar	36.9	74	-31
57	3	Canada	25.2	70	26
58	7	Israel	26.1	70	138
59	6	Venezuela	26.2	70	96
60	1	Iceland	25.8	67	113
61	5	Bosnia-Herzegovina	24.6	65	62
62	9	Belarus	25.2	65	29
63	8	Algeria	30.2	64	40
64	7	Egypt	36.6	64	137
65	7	Saudi Arabia	44.8	63	117
66	6	Guyana	5.4	62	-102
67	7	Iraq	30.4	61	176
68	9	Georgia	24.7	58	73
69	3	St Lucia	11.9	58	43
70	8	Zambia	36.6	56	23

Rank	Region	Country	WTS	EGD	Home
71	5	FYR Macedonia	27.7	55	35
72	4	China PR	33.8	51	152
73	7	Jordan	31.1	48	22
74	8	Zimbabwe	29.8	47	41
75	9	Latvia	27.0	44	-13
76	8	Mali	23.9	41	52
77	3	Guatemala	33.1	41	95
78	8	Ghana	28.1	38	87
79	8	Kenya	29.1	38	23
80	8	Guinea	17.3	38	145
81	3	Trinidad & Tobago	42.6	37	147
82	9	Armenia	23.0	36	25
83	5	Austria	24.2	35	162
84	3	El Salvador	28.1	34	176
85	3	Jamaica	40.5	33	141
86	1	Faroe Islands	22.8	30	-54
87	6	Surinam	9.3	30	157
88	6	Bolivia	26.1	29	258
89	8	Liberia	22.7	28	109
90	8	Burkina Faso	31.7	26	93
91	7	United Arab Emirates	30.9	23	6
92	8	Togo	28.6	23	84
93	7	Bahrain	34.1	23	-27
94	9	Albania	25.5	22	101
95	9	Kazakhstan	13.9	21	85
96	9	Lithuania	26.9	20	-48
97	9	Estonia	34.1	18	25
98	8	Angola	27.4	16	136
99	3	Haiti	27.0	12	198
100	7	Oman	35.6	10	30
101	8	Congo DR	25.9	10	99
102	7	Tajikistan	3.1	8	6
103	7	Syria	27.2	8	152
104	8	Libya	23.6	6	85
105	3	Bermuda	6.1	4	91

Rank	Region	Country	WTS	EGD	Home
106	8	Uganda	27.6	4	58
107	7	Uzbekistan	23.6	0	213
108	8	Central African Rep	8.0	-1	-73
109	8	Gabon	23.2	-1	112
110	8	Rwanda	16.6	-1	58
111	7	Lebanon	21.8	-2	25
112	4	Korea DPR	9.9	-3	-98
113	9	Moldova	25.6	-3	68
114	8	Congo	25.4	-4	73
115	3	Panama	22.3	-6	141
116	8	Guinea-Bissau	4.4	-7	30
117	7	Turkmenistan	8.2	-8	0
118	8	Gambia	10.6	-8	159
119	3	Grenada	11.7	-10	-68
120	3	St Kitts & Nevis	14.6	-11	110
121	8	Burundi	16.3	-12	-28
122	8	Botswana	16.1	-14	7
123	8	Malawi	25.3	-21	39
124	7	Kuwait	27.1	-21	126
125	8	Sudan	25.4	-24	122
126	8	Cape Verde Islands	10.4	-28	112
127	8	Mauritius	16.3	-29	3
128	8	Madagascar	22.7	-32	70
129	8	Mozambique	15.0	-33	-24
130	8	Chad	8.7	-34	109
131	3	Barbados	19.7	-36	89
132	2	Thailand	35.8	-40	87
133	8	Sierra Leone	14.6	-40	124
134	2	New Zealand	21.2	-44	251
135	8	Malta	28.6	-49	19
136	8	Mauritania	8.8	-51	0
137	5	Andorra	23.1	-52	-50
138	8	Lesotho	23.4	-57	31
139	7	Palestine	15.6	-58	0
140	8	Tanzania	10.5	-58	0

Rank	Region	Country	WTS	EGD	Home
141	8	Ethiopia	15.6	-59	152
142	5	Luxemburg	24.0	-66	-19
143	8	Niger	5.2	-68	175
144	3	Dominican Rep	8.6	-69	143
145	8	Namibia	25.5	-70	80
146	8	Swaziland	20.3	-72	72
147	9	Azerbaijan	23.9	-73	176
148	7	Cyprus	26.0	-76	161
149	8	Benin	9.5	-83	261
150	8	Eritrea	15.7	-86	92
151	3	Antigua and Barbuda	10.6	-86	48
152	3	St Vincent/Grenadines	13.9	-92	170
153	8	Sao Tome e Principe	4.4	-95	185
154	3	Cayman Islands	7.6	-98	-37
155	3	Netherlands Antilles	5.3	-99	119
156	3	Belize	6.4	-100	223
157	7	Yemen	11.8	-101	-16
158	8	Equatorial Guinea	8.0	-101	17
159	3	Dominica	6.6	-102	-69
160	8	Seychelles	7.2	-102	85
161	2	Tahiti	12.3	-105	33
162	2	Fiji	8.7	-108	113
163	7	India	17.7	-112	98
164	5	Liechtenstein	20.6	-113	44
165	3	Anguilla	3.4	-121	-72
166	8	Somalia	7.1	-122	0
167	2	Vietnam SR	20.6	-124	90
168	4	Hong Kong	11.8	-126	6
169	7	Kyrgyzstan	8.5	-128	0
170	2	Indonesia	18.9	-133	182
171	7	Myanmar	8.3	-140	-3
172	2	Solomon Islands	10.5	-143	0
173	2	Malaysia	25.6	-144	106
174	4	Singapore	24.3	-148	14
175	3	Puerto Rico	3.7	-150	-32

Rank	Region	Country	WTS	EGD	Home
176	7	Bangladesh	16.3	-171	81
177	3	Aruba	6.3	-183	66
178	4	Chinese Taipei	10.3	-189	0
179	3	Montserrat	3.6	-197	0
180	3	Nicaragua	8.0	-198	133
181	5	San Marino	17.9	-202	19
182	7	Afganistan	2.2	-203	0
183	2	Vanuatu	10.7	-206	0
184	7	Maldives	19.1	-206	102
185	3	British Virgin Is.	9.0	-210	110
186	8	Djibouti	5.2	-215	226
187	3	Bahamas	6.4	-238	58
188	7	Bhutan	4.2	-251	220
189	7	Mongolia	8.6	-255	0
190	3	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.9	-266	0
191	7	Nepal	14.4	-274	28
192	2	Sri Lanka	19.2	-290	87
193	7	Pakistan	14.3	-293	0
194	2	Samoa	7.7	-301	127
195	3	US Virgin Is.	6.4	-317	-117
196	4	Macao	7.1	-320	106
197	2	Brunei Darussalam	8.2	-334	-161
198	2	Papua New Guinea	6.8	-352	280
199	2	Cambodia	14.3	-376	56
200	2	Tonga	8.2	-401	0
201	2	Philippines	13.0	-423	-42
202	2	Cook Islands	7.6	-432	559
203	2	Laos	11.8	-466	243
204	2	Guam	4.7	-551	0
205	2	American Samoa	8.5	-647	473

For analysis details see (http://www.aps.uoguelph.ca/ lrs/Animals/socmeth/ )

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