Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

FIFA 1990-97

1989-96 1991-98

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 South America 33.538 86 25 11 15 74 45 51 2
2 Europe 24.323 115 33 16 17 107 70 66 1
3 Oceania 12.417 10 2 4 3 8 13 9 6
4 CONCACAF 11.782 26 7 5 11 30 35 23 3
5 Asia 9.923 19 5 4 18 23 62 27 5
6 Africa 8.017 24 6 6 14 31 48 26 4

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes 101 international matches. 43 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1992 (4)
Confederations Cup 1995 (8)
Confederations Cup 1997 (16)
World Cup 1990 (33)
World Cup 1994 (36)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1993 (2)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1997 (2)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 25 countries, 58.08% of possible points (1st).
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, West Germany, Yugoslavia.

South America 5 countries, 56.21% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay.

CONCACAF 3 countries, 37.68% of possible points (3rd).
Costa Rica, Mexico, United States.

Oceania 1 country, 37.04% of possible points (4th).
Australia.

Africa 6 countries, 30.77% of possible points (5th).
Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa.

Asia 5 countries, 23.46% of possible points (6th).
Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates.