Classifica Fifa: le prime 80 squadre (dic. 1997)
Classifica Fifa - ranking
| rank | team | points 12/97 | rank 11/97 | change 11/97 | rank 12/96 | change 12/96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 73,45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Germany | 65,41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 64,92 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | England | 61,26 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 8 |
| 5 | Mexico | 60,80 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| 6 | France | 60,36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | -3 |
| 7 | Romania | 60,35 | 5 | -2 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | Denmark | 59,95 | 8 | 0 | 6 | -2 |
| 9 | Italy | 59,59 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 10 | Colombia | 59,44 | 9 | -1 | 4 | -6 |
| 11 | Spain | 59,13 | 3 | -8 | 8 | -3 |
| 12 | Russia | 58,35 | 13 | 1 | 7 | -5 |
| 13 | Norway | 58,29 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 14 | Japan | 57,98 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 7 |
| 15 | Morocco | 57,87 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 12 |
| 16 | Chile | 57,75 | 17 | 1 | 26 | 10 |
| 17 | Argentina | 57,74 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 5 |
| 18 | Sweden | 57,47 | 15 | -3 | 17 | -1 |
| 19 | Croatia | 56,95 | 21 | 2 | 24 | 5 |
| 20 | Yugoslavia | 56,90 | 22 | 2 | 55 | 35 |
| 21 | Zambia | 56,73 | 20 | -1 | 20 | -1 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 55,89 | 12 | -10 | 9 | -13 |
| 23 | Tunisia | 55,58 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 24 | Bolivia | 54,82 | 25 | 1 | 39 | 15 |
| 25 | Austria | 54,59 | 26 | 1 | 34 | 9 |
| 26 | United States | 54,42 | 29 | 3 | 18 | -8 |
| 27 | South Korea | 54,35 | 31 | 4 | 44 | 17 |
| 28 | Ecuador | 54,23 | 28 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| 29 | Paraguay | 53,97 | 30 | 1 | 38 | 9 |
| 30 | Portugal | 53,11 | 27 | -3 | 13 | -17 |
| 31 | South Africa | 53,08 | 35 | 4 | 19 | -12 |
| 32 | Egypt | 53,04 | 37 | 5 | 28 | -4 |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 52,94 | 34 | 1 | 37 | 4 |
| 34 | Slovakia | 52,89 | 33 | -1 | 30 | -4 |
| 35 | Australia | 52,68 | 32 | -3 | 50 | 15 |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 52,36 | 24 | -12 | 15 | -21 |
| 37 | Scotland | 52,27 | 36 | -1 | 29 | -8 |
| 38 | Peru | 51,70 | 38 | 0 | 54 | 16 |
| 39 | Jamaica | 51,61 | 39 | 0 | 32 | -7 |
| 40 | Uruguay | 50,78 | 43 | 3 | 43 | 3 |
| 41 | Belgium | 50,49 | 41 | 0 | 42 | 1 |
| 42 | Greece | 49,92 | 40 | -2 | 35 | -7 |
| 43 | Turkey | 49,30 | 42 | -1 | 31 | -12 |
| 44 | Kuwait | 48,47 | 46 | 2 | 62 | 18 |
| 45 | Lithuania | 47,32 | 44 | -1 | 48 | 3 |
| 46 | Iran | 47,10 | 50 | 4 | 83 | 37 |
| 47 | Ireland Republic | 47,07 | 45 | -2 | 36 | -11 |
| 48 | Poland | 46,15 | 47 | -1 | 53 | 5 |
| 49 | Ukraine | 45,91 | 49 | 0 | 59 | 10 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 45,86 | 59 | 9 | 60 | 10 |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 45,81 | 52 | 1 | 72 | 21 |
| 52 | Cote d'Ivoire | 45,57 | 48 | -4 | 51 | -1 |
| 53 | Cameroon | 45,29 | 51 | -2 | 56 | 3 |
| 54 | Thailand | 45,06 | 57 | 3 | 57 | 3 |
| 55 | China PR | 44,99 | 56 | 1 | 76 | 21 |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 44,99 | 58 | 3 | 41 | -14 |
| 57 | Ghana | 44,65 | 53 | -4 | 25 | -32 |
| 58 | Angola | 44,57 | 54 | -4 | 70 | 12 |
| 59 | Algeria | 44,33 | 55 | -4 | 49 | -10 |
| 60 | Finland | 42,06 | 61 | 1 | 79 | 19 |
| 61 | Israel | 41,93 | 60 | -1 | 52 | -9 |
| 62 | Switzerland | 40,71 | 62 | 0 | 47 | -15 |
| 63 | Gabon | 40,24 | 64 | 1 | 46 | -17 |
| 64 | El Salvador | 39,98 | 68 | 4 | 65 | 1 |
| 65 | Guinea | 39,97 | 67 | 2 | 73 | 8 |
| 66 | Canada | 39,86 | 63 | -3 | 40 | -26 |
| 67 | Mozambique | 39,80 | 66 | -1 | 85 | 18 |
| 68 | Iraq | 39,35 | 76 | 8 | 98 | 30 |
| 69 | Georgia | 39,10 | 72 | 3 | 95 | 26 |
| 70 | Qatar | 39,02 | 69 | -1 | 69 | -1 |
| 71 | Nigeria | 38,82 | 71 | 0 | 63 | -8 |
| 72 | Iceland | 38,64 | 74 | 2 | 60 | -12 |
| 73 | Honduras | 38,39 | 65 | -8 | 45 | -28 |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 38,38 | 70 | -4 | 71 | -3 |
| 75 | Latvia | 37,75 | 73 | -2 | 82 | 7 |
| 76 | Congo DR (Zaire) | 37,57 | 77 | 1 | 66 | -10 |
| 77 | Hungary | 37,06 | 78 | 1 | 75 | -2 |
| 78 | Togo | 36,97 | 75 | -3 | 87 | 9 |
| 79 | Uzbekistan | 36,71 | 81 | 2 | 109 | 30 |
| 80 | Mali | 36,63 | 88 | 8 | 67 | -13 |