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

World 1976-83

1975-82 1977-84

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 6.0257 71 20 11 5 71 26 36 7
2 Italy 4.6635 72 20 12 8 59 34 40 6
3 West Germany 4.3103 93 27 12 5 110 32 44 1
4 Algeria 4.2203 67 19 10 10 69 43 39 9
5 England 4.0479 82 25 7 6 82 24 38 3
6 Poland 3.8165 72 21 9 7 65 30 37 5
7 Netherlands 3.5513 91 28 7 9 94 42 44 2
8 Ghana 3.2957 37 10 7 3 32 22 20 38
9 Belgium 3.0518 66 19 9 11 51 44 39 11
10 Morocco 2.9565 59 16 11 9 55 36 36 13
11 Guinea 2.8090 55 15 10 9 54 39 34 14
12 Nigeria 2.7814 66 18 12 12 67 45 42 10
13 Argentina 2.7313 32 9 5 6 35 21 20 43
14 Austria 2.4592 74 22 8 11 71 39 41 4
15 Cameroon 2.3268 40 10 10 8 45 32 28 34
16 Czechoslovakia 2.1623 63 17 12 8 67 36 37 12
17 Tunisia 2.0854 47 12 11 9 42 28 32 25
18 France 1.9099 49 15 4 9 61 36 28 22
19 Northern Ireland 1.8468 54 15 9 11 34 35 35 16
20 Egypt 1.7510 48 13 9 11 52 52 33 24
21 Libya 1.7328 24 6 6 5 21 24 17 60
22 Soviet Union 1.7162 54 15 9 7 52 23 31 15
23 Spain 1.6720 52 15 7 9 50 28 31 19
24 Scotland 1.5436 47 13 8 11 51 44 32 26
25 Peru 1.5153 38 9 11 7 35 31 27 37
26 Uruguay 1.5014 32 8 8 4 27 20 20 44
27 Sweden 1.4473 42 12 6 11 38 33 29 29
28 Romania 1.4344 41 11 8 7 30 24 26 31
29 Portugal 1.3366 51 16 3 9 41 34 28 20
30 Zambia 1.1886 50 15 5 10 39 20 30 21
31 Hungary 1.0872 49 14 7 13 70 54 34 23
32 Uganda 1.0738 23 7 2 7 22 23 16 61
33 Yugoslavia 0.9948 53 16 5 10 63 42 31 18
34 Paraguay 0.9525 26 6 8 5 20 17 19 55
35 Senegal 0.8920 26 7 5 6 15 15 18 56
36 Togo 0.8019 29 9 2 9 23 27 20 50
37 Congo 0.7417 22 5 7 7 32 35 19 63
38 Zaire 0.7151 25 7 4 6 34 36 17 59
39 Chile 0.7052 39 11 6 7 35 19 24 36
40 Switzerland 0.6784 26 7 5 14 26 44 26 57
41 Ireland 0.6386 40 11 7 10 48 33 28 33
42 Bolivia 0.6183 21 6 3 11 23 44 20 65
43 Ethiopia 0.6156 27 6 9 9 26 36 24 53
44 Sudan 0.6132 13 3 4 4 10 17 11 81
45 East Germany 0.5980 41 12 5 7 49 28 24 30
46 Denmark 0.5683 42 13 3 14 58 45 30 28
47 Colombia 0.5073 16 3 7 6 15 22 16 72
48 Mali 0.5067 12 4 0 4 12 13 8 83
49 Ivory Coast 0.4988 25 7 4 4 26 18 15 58
50 Greece 0.4789 36 10 6 13 34 40 29 40
51 Norway 0.4049 20 5 5 16 23 47 26 67
52 Ecuador 0.3984 10 2 4 10 11 31 16 87
53 South Korea 0.3881 46 13 7 3 40 20 23 27
54 Honduras 0.3845 30 8 6 2 25 9 16 47
55 Kuwait 0.3722 70 22 4 8 64 31 34 8
56 Wales 0.3593 36 10 6 10 34 28 26 39
57 Iran 0.3485 53 16 5 3 43 17 24 17
58 Tanzania 0.3454 13 3 4 6 21 20 13 78
59 Angola 0.3445 9 2 3 1 8 5 6 88
60 Niger 0.3342 10 3 1 4 6 13 8 85
61 Bulgaria 0.3265 32 9 5 12 29 38 26 45
62 Gambia 0.2933 9 2 3 3 5 8 8 90
63 Madagascar 0.2873 13 3 4 5 13 21 12 82
64 Kenya 0.2797 10 3 1 6 12 23 10 86
65 Israel 0.2185 13 3 4 5 11 13 12 79
66 Mauritius 0.2054 13 3 4 5 14 21 12 80
67 Turkey 0.1843 27 8 3 17 23 48 28 54
68 Finland 0.1681 18 5 3 18 28 72 26 68
69 Mozambique 0.1640 7 2 1 5 17 19 8 93
70 Malawi 0.1484 16 4 4 8 17 23 16 71
71 Lesotho 0.1467 7 2 1 3 7 13 6 96
72 Mauritania 0.1453 5 1 2 3 6 12 6 105
73 Sierra Leone 0.1423 6 1 3 8 13 25 12 100
74 Iceland 0.1391 15 4 3 23 17 67 30 75
75 Benin 0.1197 4 1 1 2 5 11 4 109
76 Rhodesia 0.1173 7 2 1 5 3 10 8 97
77 Upper Volta 0.1068 6 1 3 7 8 26 11 101
78 Liberia 0.1002 3 0 3 3 2 10 6 112
79 Cyprus 0.0857 3 0 3 25 13 93 28 115
80 Venezuela 0.0814 7 1 4 11 5 39 16 98
81 Australia 0.0664 34 10 4 6 42 20 20 41
82 Mexico 0.0634 31 8 7 6 39 26 21 46
83 El Salvador 0.0546 41 11 8 8 33 35 27 32
84 China 0.0480 34 10 4 8 32 19 22 42
85 Gabon 0.0472 2 0 2 2 7 12 4 116
86 Albania 0.0354 5 1 2 13 8 36 16 107
87 North Korea 0.0346 29 9 2 4 27 20 15 49
88 Malta 0.0318 4 1 1 23 9 108 25 110
89 Malaysia 0.0311 20 4 8 5 29 29 17 66
90 New Zealand 0.0307 39 11 6 5 60 26 22 35
91 Canada 0.0270 27 6 9 4 22 20 19 52
92 Haiti 0.0216 30 8 6 5 25 20 19 48
93 Guatemala 0.0202 27 7 6 6 33 18 19 51
94 Luxembourg 0.0197 1 0 1 27 10 98 28 119
95 United Arab Emirates 0.0190 5 1 2 3 5 9 6 104
96 Costa Rica 0.0155 14 2 8 4 14 16 14 76
97 Syria 0.0148 14 4 2 8 8 15 14 77
98 Rwanda 0.0137 1 0 1 3 4 10 4 117
99 Qatar 0.0128 23 7 2 7 21 22 16 62
100 Japan 0.0104 7 2 1 5 4 7 8 95
101 Cuba 0.0100 17 4 5 3 13 12 12 69
102 Indonesia 0.0082 12 3 3 9 15 31 15 84
103 Saudi Arabia 0.0078 16 5 1 8 12 23 14 73
104 Hong Kong 0.0074 21 5 6 11 30 45 22 64
105 Iraq 0.0055 9 3 0 4 7 8 7 89
106 United States 0.0054 9 2 3 4 7 15 9 91
107 Singapore 0.0042 8 2 2 7 7 21 11 92
108 Thailand 0.0039 16 5 1 6 23 27 12 70
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0026 7 1 4 2 6 8 7 94
110 Panama 0.0021 5 1 2 11 10 45 14 108
111 Taiwan 0.0020 6 1 3 8 6 25 12 102
112 Bahrain 0.0015 6 2 0 8 5 15 10 99
113 Fiji 0.0013 6 1 3 4 6 35 8 103
114 Suriname 0.0012 15 4 3 7 20 27 14 74
115 Netherlands Antilles 0.0009 3 0 3 3 2 11 6 113
116 Sri Lanka 0.0008 3 1 0 3 5 12 4 111
117 Bangladesh 0.0003 5 1 2 5 9 25 8 106
118 Guyana 0.0000 3 1 0 5 2 12 6 114
119 Afghanistan 0.0000 1 0 1 3 4 11 4 118
120 Macao 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 5 120

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.