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

World 1973-80

1972-79 1974-81

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Poland 8.9316 82 25 7 6 69 27 38 2
2 West Germany 7.9260 72 20 12 2 72 23 34 5
3 Netherlands 7.6392 97 30 7 10 106 45 47 1
4 Italy 6.5523 69 20 9 5 53 18 34 6
5 Brazil 6.1880 63 18 9 5 59 21 32 9
6 East Germany 4.9117 57 16 9 6 59 30 31 17
7 Czechoslovakia 4.1079 57 17 6 7 61 28 30 16
8 England 3.7613 60 18 6 5 60 22 29 11
9 Argentina 3.6190 41 12 5 8 57 28 25 28
10 Austria 3.4092 58 17 7 8 59 33 32 14
11 Belgium 3.1487 52 14 10 7 36 26 31 19
12 Scotland 3.0692 44 12 8 8 40 31 28 25
13 Romania 2.0838 35 9 8 5 44 27 22 39
14 Spain 2.0552 47 13 8 7 38 25 28 21
15 Yugoslavia 1.8803 52 16 4 12 63 38 32 18
16 Wales 1.7797 41 13 2 9 41 23 24 29
17 Peru 1.5953 41 12 5 9 38 28 26 31
18 Portugal 1.5053 45 12 9 6 36 30 27 24
19 Ireland 1.4234 34 9 7 9 35 25 25 41
20 Sweden 1.2823 44 12 8 13 43 47 33 26
21 Nigeria 1.1656 74 21 11 9 68 43 41 4
22 France 1.0538 36 10 6 7 42 25 23 36
23 Soviet Union 0.9981 38 11 5 7 34 22 23 34
24 Guinea 0.9934 74 21 11 9 73 46 41 3
25 Paraguay 0.9882 32 8 8 5 29 20 21 48
26 Northern Ireland 0.9858 39 11 6 11 31 29 28 33
27 Chile 0.9699 35 9 8 7 30 20 24 40
28 Tunisia 0.9626 46 12 10 9 44 33 31 22
29 Ghana 0.9552 36 11 3 9 27 24 23 37
30 Morocco 0.9411 64 18 10 10 59 38 38 8
31 Bulgaria 0.7623 36 9 9 10 36 39 28 38
32 Colombia 0.7030 33 9 6 6 20 17 21 47
33 Algeria 0.6325 38 10 8 7 36 27 25 35
34 Egypt 0.6182 58 17 7 10 62 49 34 15
35 Hungary 0.5706 33 9 6 8 47 36 23 43
36 Zaire 0.5624 60 19 3 11 66 51 33 12
37 Iran 0.5618 69 21 6 5 52 23 32 7
38 Greece 0.5456 27 7 6 11 34 38 24 55
39 Turkey 0.5068 30 8 6 11 22 30 25 51
40 Uganda 0.5042 33 10 3 10 34 30 23 46
41 Zambia 0.4971 61 18 7 14 60 43 39 10
42 Ivory Coast 0.4766 43 12 7 9 43 37 28 27
43 Bolivia 0.4505 19 6 1 13 18 52 20 70
44 South Korea 0.4353 59 16 11 5 46 23 32 13
45 Mali 0.3932 20 6 2 2 19 13 10 67
46 Senegal 0.2978 23 7 2 5 16 17 14 62
47 Norway 0.2894 17 5 2 17 21 49 24 73
48 Uruguay 0.2677 21 5 6 6 18 20 17 64
49 Iceland 0.2527 11 3 2 22 12 70 27 87
50 Sudan 0.2515 16 4 4 5 15 18 13 75
51 Kuwait 0.2406 51 16 3 9 46 27 28 20
52 Denmark 0.2282 16 4 4 18 36 55 26 76
53 Israel 0.2255 23 6 5 3 18 9 14 61
54 Australia 0.1919 41 11 8 7 41 26 26 30
55 Cameroon 0.1680 28 8 4 7 24 25 19 53
56 Congo 0.1678 21 6 3 11 27 36 20 65
57 Finland 0.1617 15 4 3 17 25 65 24 80
58 Switzerland 0.1420 20 6 2 17 19 41 25 68
59 Togo 0.1328 21 6 3 11 17 32 20 66
60 Syria 0.1309 24 7 3 6 12 14 16 57
61 Tanzania 0.1292 18 4 6 7 26 25 17 71
62 North Korea 0.1270 45 13 6 6 45 32 25 23
63 Libya 0.1134 15 4 3 7 8 17 14 78
64 Kenya 0.0925 15 4 3 9 17 29 16 79
65 Malaysia 0.0881 33 8 9 5 34 26 22 45
66 Ecuador 0.0859 7 1 4 11 12 34 16 97
67 Cyprus 0.0841 4 1 1 23 8 82 25 108
68 Ethiopia 0.0768 17 4 5 8 16 27 17 72
69 Mauritania 0.0743 5 1 2 3 6 12 6 102
70 Malta 0.0649 4 1 1 18 5 72 20 107
71 Niger 0.0630 14 4 2 6 12 20 12 83
72 Sierra Leone 0.0580 7 1 4 7 16 26 12 96
73 Somalia 0.0554 8 2 2 2 4 8 6 92
74 Venezuela 0.0513 3 0 3 9 4 46 12 118
75 Madagascar 0.0479 9 2 3 3 10 15 8 90
76 China 0.0472 30 9 3 6 22 14 18 50
77 Rhodesia 0.0436 7 2 1 1 3 3 4 95
78 Thailand 0.0357 24 8 0 8 28 28 16 56
79 Mauritius 0.0339 19 4 7 8 23 31 19 69
80 United Arab Emirates 0.0278 5 1 2 3 5 9 6 101
81 Upper Volta 0.0272 5 1 2 8 8 27 11 104
82 Iraq 0.0249 27 8 3 4 27 15 15 54
83 Central African Republic 0.0244 3 1 0 3 5 8 4 110
83 Dahomey 0.0244 3 1 0 3 2 8 4 115
85 Gambia 0.0244 6 1 3 4 3 11 8 98
86 Hong Kong 0.0238 29 7 8 14 47 64 29 52
87 Malawi 0.0204 6 1 3 8 11 22 12 99
88 New Zealand 0.0195 23 6 5 4 32 20 15 59
89 Qatar 0.0189 24 7 3 8 21 27 18 58
90 Liberia 0.0184 3 0 3 3 1 5 6 112
91 Lesotho 0.0179 8 2 2 6 8 22 10 93
92 Saudi Arabia 0.0176 13 4 1 5 15 12 10 84
93 Albania 0.0156 6 2 0 6 6 18 8 100
94 Japan 0.0139 14 4 2 10 12 19 16 82
95 Luxembourg 0.0137 1 0 1 23 11 85 24 120
96 Burundi 0.0123 3 1 0 3 2 6 4 111
97 Singapore 0.0121 8 2 2 9 8 24 13 94
98 Indonesia 0.0092 13 3 4 10 19 35 17 85
99 Mozambique 0.0030 3 1 0 3 10 10 4 109
100 Tahiti 0.0024 10 3 1 1 8 4 5 88
101 Sri Lanka 0.0023 3 1 0 3 5 12 4 116
102 Bahrain 0.0012 3 1 0 5 4 9 6 113
103 Bangladesh 0.0006 5 1 2 5 9 25 8 103
104 Afghanistan 0.0002 2 0 2 8 7 29 10 119
105 Haiti 0 40 12 4 6 33 28 22 32
105 Mexico 0 33 9 6 6 43 28 21 42
105 El Salvador 0 33 9 6 4 30 21 19 44
105 Guatemala 0 30 7 9 8 37 24 24 49
105 Honduras 0 23 6 5 2 21 11 13 60
105 Canada 0 21 5 6 3 16 14 14 63
105 Trinidad and Tobago 0 16 4 4 4 17 12 12 74
105 Suriname 0 15 4 3 7 20 27 14 77
105 Costa Rica 0 14 2 8 4 14 16 14 81
105 Cuba 0 12 3 3 1 9 4 7 86
105 New Caledonia 0 9 3 0 2 10 6 5 89
105 United States 0 9 2 3 4 7 15 9 91
105 Netherlands Antilles 0 5 0 5 6 6 30 11 105
105 Panama 0 5 1 2 11 10 45 14 106
105 New Hebrides 0 3 1 0 4 5 11 5 114
105 Guyana 0 3 1 0 5 2 12 6 117
105 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 121
105 Fiji 0 0 0 0 4 2 13 4 122
105 Macao 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 5 123
105 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 4 1 17 4 124

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

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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.