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

World 1974-81

1973-80 1975-82

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 West Germany 10.5280 93 27 12 2 102 25 41 2
2 Poland 10.3258 84 26 6 5 73 26 37 3
3 Netherlands 7.7416 100 31 7 11 101 47 49 1
4 Brazil 5.9183 75 22 9 5 70 23 36 4
5 Italy 5.0482 64 18 10 6 49 23 34 11
6 Czechoslovakia 3.8248 61 18 7 7 65 30 32 13
7 East Germany 3.5939 51 14 9 7 55 33 30 20
8 England 3.3849 65 20 5 6 64 23 31 8
9 Argentina 3.1355 31 9 4 8 48 26 21 45
10 Scotland 2.8756 52 14 10 8 46 33 32 19
11 Belgium 2.8351 57 16 9 9 42 34 34 15
12 Austria 2.6120 64 19 7 8 62 32 34 10
13 Yugoslavia 1.7931 61 19 4 12 74 40 35 14
14 Peru 1.7382 46 13 7 7 40 26 27 23
15 Ghana 1.6274 34 10 4 5 26 17 19 41
16 Spain 1.6018 40 11 7 7 32 22 25 33
17 France 1.4945 44 13 5 9 52 30 27 27
18 Tunisia 1.4673 49 13 10 8 43 30 31 21
19 Algeria 1.4374 47 13 8 8 51 31 29 22
20 Guinea 1.4044 69 19 12 8 69 44 39 6
21 Nigeria 1.3796 64 18 10 9 60 37 37 12
22 Portugal 1.2341 45 13 6 9 35 35 28 26
23 Morocco 1.2271 66 19 9 10 61 34 38 7
24 Ireland 1.2074 37 10 7 9 39 28 26 37
25 Northern Ireland 1.1896 41 12 5 11 29 28 28 32
26 Sweden 1.1726 43 12 7 14 39 43 33 29
27 Soviet Union 1.1719 45 13 6 7 44 23 26 24
28 Romania 0.9489 32 7 11 6 32 27 24 44
29 Hungary 0.9005 45 13 6 10 55 39 29 25
30 Egypt 0.8779 65 19 8 11 69 53 38 9
31 Chile 0.8185 38 10 8 6 32 17 24 35
32 Wales 0.8106 42 13 3 10 41 26 26 30
33 Greece 0.7914 34 9 7 11 38 39 27 42
34 Zambia 0.6663 53 16 5 10 42 28 31 17
35 Colombia 0.5970 29 8 5 8 21 22 21 50
36 Iran 0.5565 53 16 5 3 43 17 24 16
37 Paraguay 0.5307 28 7 7 7 24 21 21 52
38 Bulgaria 0.5003 35 9 8 12 36 42 29 40
39 Bolivia 0.4900 22 7 1 12 22 47 20 65
40 Zaire 0.4673 38 11 5 10 48 58 26 36
41 South Korea 0.4519 52 15 7 5 43 23 27 18
42 Switzerland 0.4364 22 6 4 16 24 45 26 64
43 Kuwait 0.4334 69 22 3 6 62 25 31 5
44 Mali 0.3963 12 4 0 3 12 12 7 83
45 Uganda 0.3950 20 6 2 9 23 25 17 67
46 Denmark 0.3847 24 7 3 18 44 54 28 60
47 Turkey 0.3722 25 7 4 15 20 42 26 59
48 Cameroon 0.3644 32 9 5 6 39 27 20 43
49 Iceland 0.3415 16 4 4 20 17 62 28 73
50 Norway 0.3154 18 5 3 18 21 54 26 69
51 Sudan 0.3027 15 4 3 4 13 15 11 74
52 Uruguay 0.3024 19 4 7 6 17 23 17 68
53 Congo 0.2672 22 6 4 12 28 38 22 62
54 Senegal 0.2668 21 6 3 5 13 15 14 66
55 Libya 0.2226 15 4 3 5 8 13 12 75
56 Finland 0.2130 18 5 3 18 28 71 26 70
57 Israel 0.1843 13 3 4 5 11 13 12 82
58 Ivory Coast 0.1823 26 7 5 6 26 23 18 55
59 Togo 0.1751 22 6 4 10 19 34 20 63
60 Australia 0.1522 35 10 5 8 42 25 23 39
61 Tanzania 0.1473 13 3 4 6 21 22 13 81
62 Niger 0.1335 11 3 2 5 9 20 10 85
63 Ethiopia 0.1211 15 3 6 6 15 22 15 77
64 Kenya 0.1134 10 3 1 8 12 26 12 86
65 Ecuador 0.1027 9 2 3 11 11 31 16 89
66 Mauritania 0.0942 5 1 2 3 6 12 6 104
67 New Zealand 0.0913 36 10 6 2 56 13 18 38
68 China 0.0871 43 13 4 8 35 20 25 28
69 Malta 0.0848 4 1 1 20 6 83 22 108
70 Malaysia 0.0831 30 7 9 5 35 30 21 47
71 North Korea 0.0769 39 12 3 5 42 31 20 34
72 Venezuela 0.0693 6 1 3 12 5 55 16 101
73 Sierra Leone 0.0660 6 1 3 6 13 21 10 94
74 Madagascar 0.0593 9 2 3 3 10 17 8 87
75 Upper Volta 0.0583 6 1 3 7 8 26 11 98
76 Rhodesia 0.0477 7 2 1 3 3 6 6 92
77 Thailand 0.0408 25 8 1 7 31 29 16 58
78 Mauritius 0.0389 12 3 3 7 14 24 13 84
79 Gambia 0.0351 6 1 3 4 3 11 8 95
80 Somalia 0.0320 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 102
81 Lesotho 0.0304 7 2 1 4 7 15 7 93
82 United Arab Emirates 0.0277 5 1 2 3 5 9 6 103
83 Malawi 0.0265 6 1 3 8 11 22 12 97
84 Liberia 0.0253 3 0 3 5 2 13 8 113
85 Syria 0.0247 14 4 2 8 8 15 14 80
86 Qatar 0.0245 30 9 3 10 26 30 22 48
87 Cyprus 0.0214 1 0 1 25 9 88 26 117
88 Hong Kong 0.0197 23 5 8 13 44 61 26 61
89 Indonesia 0.0176 16 4 4 11 18 36 19 72
90 Japan 0.0160 14 4 2 7 11 15 13 79
91 Iraq 0.0147 25 8 1 4 21 11 13 57
92 Saudi Arabia 0.0135 26 8 2 10 24 28 20 56
93 Luxembourg 0.0132 1 0 1 25 12 90 26 116
94 Singapore 0.0126 8 2 2 9 8 24 13 90
95 Burundi 0.0107 3 1 0 3 2 6 4 109
96 Albania 0.0101 3 1 0 7 4 22 8 114
97 Mozambique 0.0094 4 1 1 4 14 15 6 107
98 Taiwan 0.0043 6 1 3 8 6 25 12 99
99 Bahrain 0.0025 6 2 0 8 5 15 10 96
100 Fiji 0.0025 6 1 3 4 6 35 8 100
101 Sri Lanka 0.0024 3 1 0 3 5 12 4 110
102 Bangladesh 0.0007 5 1 2 5 9 25 8 105
103 Afghanistan 0.0003 2 0 2 8 7 29 10 115
104 El Salvador 0 41 11 8 5 32 22 24 31
104 Mexico 0 31 8 7 6 39 26 21 46
104 Haiti 0 30 8 6 8 27 34 22 49
104 Honduras 0 28 8 4 1 23 6 13 51
104 Guatemala 0 27 7 6 6 33 18 19 53
104 Canada 0 27 6 9 4 22 20 19 54
104 Cuba 0 17 4 5 3 13 12 12 71
104 Suriname 0 15 4 3 7 20 27 14 76
104 Costa Rica 0 14 2 8 4 14 16 14 78
104 United States 0 9 2 3 4 7 15 9 88
104 Trinidad and Tobago 0 7 1 4 2 6 8 7 91
104 Panama 0 5 1 2 11 10 45 14 106
104 Netherlands Antilles 0 3 0 3 3 2 11 6 111
104 Guyana 0 3 1 0 5 2 12 6 112
104 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 118
104 Macao 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 5 119

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.