Eigenrankings

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

World 1971-78

‹ 1970-77		1972-79 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	West Germany	9.5701	68	19	11	2	63	21	32	4
2	Poland	8.7170	73	22	7	7	65	29	36	2
3	Netherlands	7.9869	96	30	6	7	116	37	43	1
4	Brazil	6.8410	55	16	7	3	49	12	26	11
5	Czechoslovakia	6.0870	49	15	4	5	50	23	24	21
6	Italy	4.3997	64	18	10	6	55	22	34	6
7	East Germany	3.6340	51	14	9	7	54	29	30	17
8	Austria	3.5438	60	18	6	9	66	36	33	7
9	Argentina	3.3504	37	11	4	6	50	22	21	37
10	Scotland	3.2925	45	13	6	9	38	32	28	28
11	England	3.2325	52	15	7	4	50	21	26	15
12	Spain	2.7027	51	14	9	5	44	22	28	18
13	Romania	2.6460	41	11	8	6	50	28	25	32
14	Yugoslavia	2.5838	47	13	8	12	52	40	33	23
15	Belgium	2.0655	53	15	8	8	42	25	31	14
16	Soviet Union	1.9001	50	15	5	8	38	23	28	20
17	Portugal	1.8305	45	12	9	5	40	27	26	27
18	Peru	1.6205	40	12	4	8	37	26	24	34
19	Wales	1.5286	35	11	2	10	34	22	23	40
20	Sweden	1.5274	46	13	7	12	44	40	32	26
21	Northern Ireland	1.3019	37	10	7	9	34	21	26	38
22	Hungary	1.1563	51	14	9	11	64	46	34	19
23	Bulgaria	1.1105	39	10	9	7	44	31	26	35
24	Guinea	1.0139	66	19	9	8	60	39	36	5
25	Tunisia	1.0042	46	12	10	9	45	33	31	25
26	Egypt	0.8751	60	18	6	9	60	46	33	8
27	Ghana	0.8515	39	12	3	9	36	25	24	36
28	Morocco	0.8044	47	12	11	7	42	35	30	24
29	Nigeria	0.7397	58	16	10	8	58	41	34	9
30	France	0.6630	31	8	7	9	34	30	24	43
31	Iran	0.6503	73	23	4	4	48	21	31	3
32	Zaire	0.6414	56	17	5	12	62	48	34	10
33	Turkey	0.6151	26	7	5	11	21	30	23	48
34	Zambia	0.5962	54	16	6	13	57	44	35	12
35	Greece	0.5804	22	6	4	12	33	39	22	54
36	Chile	0.5374	20	5	5	5	17	14	15	60
37	Ireland	0.5276	21	5	6	9	23	30	20	58
38	Uganda	0.4918	33	10	3	10	34	30	23	41
39	Mali	0.4708	27	7	6	2	30	23	15	45
40	Congo	0.4599	36	10	6	13	43	48	29	39
41	Colombia	0.4530	26	7	5	5	15	15	17	47
42	Ivory Coast	0.4254	44	13	5	7	39	34	25	29
43	Albania	0.4054	7	2	1	7	7	17	10	93
44	Paraguay	0.4031	16	4	4	4	16	13	12	70
45	Switzerland	0.3425	22	6	4	12	20	28	22	55
46	Denmark	0.3411	13	3	4	16	30	57	23	79
47	Cameroon	0.3064	30	9	3	6	27	21	18	44
48	Finland	0.2751	17	5	2	18	23	71	25	67
49	Iceland	0.2028	8	2	2	17	8	57	21	92
50	Senegal	0.1988	18	5	3	6	13	18	14	63
51	Togo	0.1856	13	2	7	10	13	31	19	78
52	Sudan	0.1753	17	4	5	5	17	19	14	66
53	Norway	0.1712	16	5	1	16	22	52	22	73
54	Algeria	0.1704	22	6	4	6	19	19	16	52
55	Uruguay	0.1535	16	4	4	5	13	15	13	72
56	Kuwait	0.1479	52	16	4	10	43	30	30	16
57	Australia	0.1408	41	11	8	7	41	26	26	33
58	South Korea	0.1303	48	12	12	6	38	22	30	22
59	Kenya	0.1240	18	4	6	9	18	25	19	64
60	Luxembourg	0.1160	4	1	1	21	13	83	23	104
61	Bolivia	0.0801	13	4	1	11	14	45	16	80
62	Ecuador	0.0757	4	0	4	8	8	27	12	103
63	Ethiopia	0.0726	20	5	5	6	18	21	16	61
64	Iraq	0.0648	42	12	6	5	37	21	23	30
65	North Korea	0.0512	16	4	4	3	20	16	11	69
66	Central African Republic	0.0460	9	3	0	3	9	8	6	88
67	Somalia	0.0454	6	2	0	2	3	7	4	97
68	Libya	0.0451	4	1	1	8	2	14	10	101
69	Madagascar	0.0448	6	2	0	2	6	10	4	96
70	Israel	0.0380	20	6	2	2	17	5	10	59
71	Syria	0.0376	15	4	3	6	12	17	13	76
72	Malaysia	0.0352	32	9	5	5	31	17	19	42
73	Sierra Leone	0.0339	12	3	3	6	16	20	12	81
74	Tanzania	0.0288	8	1	5	3	9	13	9	90
75	China	0.0266	16	5	1	4	16	9	10	68
76	Cyprus	0.0258	3	1	0	23	5	82	24	108
77	Cambodia	0.0232	11	3	2	5	17	21	10	83
78	Mauritius	0.0200	12	2	6	7	18	24	15	82
79	Malta	0.0199	3	1	0	22	3	87	23	109
80	Thailand	0.0181	25	7	4	10	41	41	21	50
81	Malawi	0.0153	4	1	1	4	9	12	6	99
82	Burundi	0.0151	3	1	0	3	2	6	4	105
83	New Zealand	0.0145	23	6	5	4	32	20	15	51
84	Hong Kong	0.0138	22	6	4	14	38	56	24	56
85	Lebanon	0.0123	6	2	0	3	6	10	5	95
86	Indonesia	0.0105	22	6	4	9	28	31	19	53
87	Lesotho	0.0097	2	0	2	4	2	15	6	110
88	Singapore	0.0091	10	3	1	4	12	10	8	85
89	Saudi Arabia	0.0076	13	4	1	5	15	12	10	77
90	Gabon	0.0073	1	0	1	3	5	10	4	112
91	Jordan	0.0056	4	1	1	3	3	8	5	100
92	Niger	0.0054	9	3	0	5	9	17	8	89
93	Japan	0.0053	8	2	2	8	8	17	12	91
94	Venezuela	0.0046	1	0	1	7	3	34	8	116
95	Bahrain	0.0038	6	2	0	5	9	10	7	94
96	Upper Volta	0.0036	1	0	1	8	5	26	9	115
97	Qatar	0.0018	10	3	1	6	8	17	10	86
98	Tahiti	0.0018	10	3	1	1	8	4	5	84
99	Afghanistan	0.0001	1	0	1	5	3	18	6	114
100	Mexico	0	53	16	5	5	49	27	26	13
100	Haiti	0	42	12	6	5	38	27	23	31
100	Trinidad and Tobago	0	26	7	5	5	38	26	17	46
100	Guatemala	0	25	6	7	7	30	24	20	49
100	Suriname	0	21	6	3	7	33	31	16	57
100	Canada	0	19	5	4	5	18	18	14	62
100	Cuba	0	17	4	5	3	13	12	12	65
100	El Salvador	0	16	4	4	5	18	18	13	71
100	Costa Rica	0	15	3	6	4	18	16	13	74
100	Honduras	0	15	3	6	5	18	22	14	75
100	New Caledonia	0	9	3	0	2	10	6	5	87
100	United States	0	6	1	3	5	9	17	9	98
100	Panama	0	4	1	1	4	7	21	6	102
100	Guyana	0	3	1	0	3	5	10	4	106
100	New Hebrides	0	3	1	0	4	5	11	5	107
100	Netherlands Antilles	0	2	0	2	5	5	28	7	111
100	Jamaica	0	1	0	1	3	1	6	4	113
100	South Vietnam	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	4	117
100	Fiji	0	0	0	0	4	2	13	4	118
100	Taiwan	0	0	0	0	4	1	17	4	119
100	Dahomey	0	0	0	0	6	1	18	6	120
100	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	0	0	4	3	22	4	121
100	Brunei	0	0	0	0	6	1	46	6	122

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

« 1970-77	History	2017-24 »

Includes all competitive matches during the eight-year window: Qualifying and final tournament matches of the World Cup and the continental championships of FIFAs confederations, and the Confederations Cup.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.