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Zambia football strength history

Follow national-team strength over time with a reproducible MapifyStats Elo model calculated from archived international results.

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Archived data snapshot: 2026-10-02. The saved map and downloads work without JavaScript.

National-team strength map for the saved selection; exact records and selected-place details follow.

227 locations drawn; 255 records in this saved view. Current boundaries; unknown values are distinct from zero. Exact source records remain in the table.

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Zambia

Rating 1534.7, rank 105; change since 2025: -0.5.

793 source matches. Last match: 2026-03-31. This is the MapifyStats model described below.

190020261500–1700 Elo
77 annual ratings for Zambia
YearRatingRank
19501526.431
19511517.735
19521510.936
19531517.436
19541515.338
19551515.340
19561515.340
19571527.638
19581529.239
19591529.241
19601529.244
19611529.239
19621529.244
19631521.453
19641508.165
19651503.266
19661548.642
19671560.436
19681578.835
19691562.845
19701567.342
19711563.145
1972156947
19731538.862
19741595.542
19751543.658
19761601.740
19771588.546
19781620.734
19791620.637
1980158546
19811607.344
19821642.431
19831616.443
19841633.134
19851631.537
19861629.442
19871617.748
19881622.445
19891578.754
19901630.638
1991164236
19921654.436
19931663.836
19941684.528
19951655.536
19961658.736
1997166337
19981655.938
19991654.838
20001576.576
20011582.272
20021548.687
2003156483
20041587.678
20051606.568
20061618.261
20071613.465
20081596.469
20091573.485
20101578.286
2011159080
20121659.755
20131589.480
20141608.168
20151597.276
20161545109
20171576.393
20181535.7110
20191543110
20201543.1105
20211530.8109
20221550.398
20231576.887
2024156887
20251535.2101
20261534.7105

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25 of 255 source records shown. The complete CSV contains every matching record.

NameMapifyStats Elo ratingCoverage note
Spain2,107.9
Argentina2,079.3
France1,999.7
England1,990.8
Brazil1,947.7
Colombia1,946.2
Portugal1,936.5
Netherlands1,910
Morocco1,898.5
Germany1,887.3
Belgium1,886.4
Mexico1,879.1
Italy1,869.7
Ecuador1,865.5
Japan1,865.3
Croatia1,861.7
Switzerland1,861.4
Norway1,854.6
Uruguay1,838.5
Turkey1,824.4
Denmark1,822.4
Iran1,811.1
Paraguay1,807.2
Australia1,806.3
Algeria1,797.5

What this map measures

MapifyStats Elo is a calculated model, not the official FIFA ranking or eloratings.net series. Start at 1500, use a logistic expectation with divisor 400, add a 100-point home advantage at non-neutral venues, and use K=40 for World Cup finals, 20 for friendlies, 30 for other games. Draws score 0.5; shootouts remain draws.

Annual snapshots start in 1900 after training on results from 1872. Teams need five career source matches and a match in the preceding five calendar years to receive a rank. The 2026 snapshot ends August 26, not December 31. Identities follow Mart Jürisoo’s successor-team naming; historic borders are not reconstructed.

Sources and downloads

These are frozen snapshots, retrieved 2026-10-02. Source versions and checksums; Wikidata enrichment archive; complete football dataset.

Historical data attribution: © 2023 Joshua C. Fjelstul, Ph.D.. Roster facts: 2022 Wikipedia contributors and 2026 Wikipedia contributors. Derived data is published under CC BY-SA 4.0; fields have been selected, joined, normalized and aggregated. International match results, Wikidata structured facts, and Natural Earth geography retain their source licenses.

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