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

World 1975-82

1974-81 1976-83

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 6.7103 76 23 7 4 79 25 34 6
2 Italy 6.0616 77 21 14 4 57 24 39 5
3 Poland 4.4440 75 22 9 6 67 29 37 7
4 West Germany 4.2038 82 23 13 4 98 30 40 2
5 Ghana 3.9396 43 12 7 5 39 27 24 29
6 England 3.7339 79 24 7 6 81 26 37 3
7 Algeria 3.5939 60 17 9 11 61 42 37 14
8 Guinea 3.4234 65 18 11 7 65 40 36 12
9 Netherlands 3.3393 85 26 7 10 89 44 43 1
10 Nigeria 2.9916 67 19 10 11 64 42 40 9
11 Morocco 2.7157 66 19 9 10 61 34 38 10
12 Belgium 2.6866 63 18 9 11 47 40 38 13
13 Czechoslovakia 2.6294 65 18 11 7 71 35 36 11
14 Argentina 2.5921 32 10 2 8 47 21 20 43
15 Austria 2.3414 77 23 8 10 76 35 41 4
16 Tunisia 2.3404 50 13 11 10 44 34 34 23
17 Cameroon 2.3071 38 9 11 6 41 29 26 37
18 Scotland 2.0673 54 15 9 10 54 43 34 18
19 Soviet Union 1.9801 56 16 8 7 53 24 31 16
20 Peru 1.9501 48 13 9 8 42 32 30 25
21 Egypt 1.8107 53 15 8 10 56 48 33 20
22 France 1.6581 54 16 6 10 65 38 32 17
23 Spain 1.6309 43 11 10 8 36 27 29 30
24 Northern Ireland 1.5766 48 13 9 12 32 35 34 26
25 Romania 1.4564 38 9 11 6 37 28 26 38
26 Libya 1.4225 24 6 6 5 20 23 17 63
27 Zambia 1.2173 52 16 4 10 40 22 30 22
28 Yugoslavia 1.2139 58 18 4 11 66 41 33 15
29 Portugal 1.1824 50 15 5 9 39 36 29 24
30 East Germany 1.1488 40 12 4 6 47 27 22 32
31 Hungary 1.0651 46 13 7 10 63 41 30 27
32 Uganda 0.9740 23 7 2 7 24 23 16 65
33 Wales 0.9696 40 12 4 9 38 28 25 33
34 Sweden 0.8838 39 11 6 12 35 39 29 36
35 Mali 0.8216 15 5 0 4 15 14 9 76
36 Ireland 0.7084 37 10 7 10 41 32 27 39
37 Senegal 0.6839 25 7 4 5 14 15 16 60
38 Zaire 0.6733 25 7 4 6 34 36 17 61
39 Colombia 0.6581 29 8 5 8 21 22 21 50
40 Paraguay 0.6514 28 7 7 7 24 21 21 51
41 Sudan 0.5921 15 4 3 4 13 15 11 77
42 Switzerland 0.5781 25 7 4 16 25 46 27 62
43 Togo 0.5609 28 8 4 10 23 34 22 52
44 Congo 0.4988 21 5 6 10 28 34 21 68
45 Bolivia 0.4874 22 7 1 12 22 47 20 67
46 Ethiopia 0.4757 16 3 7 8 15 26 18 73
47 Chile 0.4621 36 10 6 8 34 23 24 40
48 Greece 0.4360 32 9 5 12 33 36 26 44
49 Kuwait 0.4315 70 22 4 8 64 31 34 8
50 Iran 0.3759 53 16 5 3 43 17 24 19
51 Uruguay 0.3603 18 4 6 4 16 17 14 70
52 Denmark 0.3541 27 8 3 17 47 55 28 55
53 Tanzania 0.3537 14 3 5 7 24 26 15 79
54 Honduras 0.3525 30 8 6 2 25 9 16 46
55 South Korea 0.3439 52 15 7 5 43 23 27 21
56 Ivory Coast 0.3376 25 7 4 4 24 18 15 58
57 Norway 0.3034 19 5 4 18 23 54 27 69
58 Niger 0.2911 12 3 3 6 9 21 12 86
59 Bulgaria 0.2748 33 9 6 11 32 35 26 42
60 Gambia 0.2476 9 2 3 5 5 14 10 90
61 Kenya 0.2324 10 3 1 8 12 26 12 87
62 Turkey 0.2226 24 7 3 16 18 44 26 64
63 Madagascar 0.2211 9 2 3 3 10 17 8 88
64 Iceland 0.2166 16 4 4 22 18 65 30 75
65 Mauritania 0.1682 5 1 2 3 6 12 6 106
66 Israel 0.1631 13 3 4 5 11 13 12 83
67 Mauritius 0.1611 12 3 3 4 12 16 10 84
68 Finland 0.1608 18 5 3 18 28 70 26 71
69 Malawi 0.1365 12 3 3 8 15 22 14 85
70 Rhodesia 0.1296 7 2 1 5 3 10 8 94
71 Sierra Leone 0.1212 6 1 3 8 13 25 12 99
72 Ecuador 0.1200 9 2 3 11 11 31 16 91
73 Upper Volta 0.1099 6 1 3 7 8 26 11 100
74 Angola 0.0998 6 1 3 0 7 3 4 97
75 Lesotho 0.0979 7 2 1 4 7 15 7 95
76 Liberia 0.0853 3 0 3 5 2 13 8 115
77 Malta 0.0687 7 2 1 20 8 89 23 96
78 Venezuela 0.0681 6 1 3 12 5 55 16 103
79 Malaysia 0.0617 30 7 9 5 35 30 21 47
80 China 0.0593 43 13 4 9 36 22 26 28
81 Somalia 0.0582 5 1 2 1 2 3 4 104
82 Mexico 0.0581 31 8 7 6 39 26 21 45
83 Albania 0.0572 4 1 1 9 4 28 11 110
84 North Korea 0.0547 39 12 3 5 42 31 20 35
85 Australia 0.0542 34 10 4 6 42 20 20 41
86 El Salvador 0.0501 41 11 8 8 33 35 27 31
87 New Zealand 0.0319 39 11 6 5 60 26 22 34
88 Thailand 0.0303 25 8 1 7 31 29 16 59
89 Mozambique 0.0270 4 1 1 4 14 15 6 109
90 Gabon 0.0249 2 0 2 2 7 12 4 116
91 Canada 0.0247 27 6 9 4 22 20 19 54
92 United Arab Emirates 0.0221 5 1 2 3 5 9 6 105
93 Haiti 0.0198 30 8 6 5 25 20 19 48
94 Burundi 0.0194 3 1 0 3 2 6 4 111
95 Guatemala 0.0185 27 7 6 6 33 18 19 53
96 Qatar 0.0182 30 9 3 10 26 30 22 49
97 Syria 0.0171 14 4 2 8 8 15 14 82
98 Cyprus 0.0167 1 0 1 27 10 92 28 118
99 Costa Rica 0.0142 14 2 8 4 14 16 14 80
100 Hong Kong 0.0141 23 5 8 13 44 61 26 66
101 Japan 0.0120 14 4 2 7 11 15 13 81
102 Luxembourg 0.0120 1 0 1 26 11 94 27 119
103 Iraq 0.0103 25 8 1 4 21 11 13 57
104 Indonesia 0.0100 16 4 4 11 18 36 19 74
105 Singapore 0.0093 8 2 2 9 8 24 13 92
106 Cuba 0.0092 17 4 5 3 13 12 12 72
107 Saudi Arabia 0.0075 26 8 2 10 24 28 20 56
108 United States 0.0050 9 2 3 4 7 15 9 89
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0024 7 1 4 2 6 8 7 93
110 Panama 0.0019 5 1 2 11 10 45 14 108
111 Taiwan 0.0018 6 1 3 8 6 25 12 101
112 Bahrain 0.0018 6 2 0 8 5 15 10 98
113 Sri Lanka 0.0018 3 1 0 3 5 12 4 112
114 Fiji 0.0012 6 1 3 4 6 35 8 102
115 Suriname 0.0011 15 4 3 7 20 27 14 78
116 Netherlands Antilles 0.0008 3 0 3 3 2 11 6 113
117 Bangladesh 0.0005 5 1 2 5 9 25 8 107
118 Afghanistan 0.0002 2 0 2 8 7 29 10 117
119 Guyana 0.0000 3 1 0 5 2 12 6 114
120 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 120
120 Macao 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 5 121

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.