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

World 1978-85

1977-84 1979-86

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Algeria 5.9773 91 26 13 7 93 45 46 2
2 Brazil 5.0937 65 18 11 5 60 27 34 10
3 Italy 4.4866 57 15 12 7 41 30 34 21
4 West Germany 4.2587 103 30 13 7 117 38 50 1
5 England 3.7987 83 24 11 5 88 22 40 3
6 France 3.3126 73 23 4 10 83 40 37 6
7 Belgium 3.2845 74 21 11 10 56 44 42 5
8 Cameroon 2.7520 47 12 11 8 56 36 31 28
9 Poland 2.7312 67 19 10 8 58 32 37 9
10 Ghana 2.6878 47 12 11 5 38 27 28 29
11 Argentina 2.6496 45 13 6 7 47 27 26 32
12 Austria 2.5824 70 21 7 13 66 45 41 8
13 Libya 2.5262 41 11 8 4 35 27 23 38
14 Netherlands 2.3890 79 24 7 11 85 40 42 4
15 Morocco 2.3636 64 18 10 10 55 29 38 11
16 Northern Ireland 2.1533 61 17 10 10 35 34 37 14
17 Soviet Union 2.1104 61 17 10 6 58 24 33 13
18 Nigeria 2.0676 59 16 11 10 56 40 37 18
19 Uruguay 1.9176 36 10 6 4 28 20 20 47
20 Spain 1.8549 60 17 9 10 58 37 36 16
21 Portugal 1.8544 58 18 4 12 45 42 34 19
22 Czechoslovakia 1.5557 60 16 12 9 65 37 37 15
23 Tunisia 1.4797 39 11 6 11 29 23 28 40
24 Peru 1.4587 38 9 11 9 32 37 29 44
25 Denmark 1.4370 59 18 5 13 70 43 36 17
26 Egypt 1.4367 38 10 8 8 38 39 26 43
27 Hungary 1.3280 51 15 6 13 67 52 34 24
28 Scotland 1.3253 52 14 10 12 55 45 36 22
29 Zambia 1.2839 48 14 6 10 37 19 30 26
30 Sweden 1.2167 46 13 7 13 45 38 33 31
31 Paraguay 1.1429 33 8 9 6 31 22 23 49
32 Romania 1.0952 48 12 12 9 37 27 33 27
33 Yugoslavia 1.0108 57 17 6 11 59 44 34 20
34 Uganda 0.9764 22 7 1 5 18 18 13 69
35 Senegal 0.8735 26 7 5 6 14 11 18 61
36 Ireland 0.8472 44 12 8 12 51 39 32 34
37 Chile 0.8191 46 13 7 8 47 28 28 30
38 Ivory Coast 0.8011 23 6 5 7 29 17 18 65
39 Switzerland 0.7745 33 8 9 13 28 49 30 51
40 Bulgaria 0.7447 43 13 4 13 37 37 30 35
41 Zaire 0.6961 33 9 6 5 39 34 20 50
42 East Germany 0.6659 44 14 2 10 50 33 26 33
43 Guinea 0.6530 23 5 8 8 27 27 21 66
44 Togo 0.6459 27 8 3 8 21 28 19 60
45 Wales 0.6272 42 12 6 8 37 27 26 37
46 Greece 0.5884 37 10 7 14 37 44 31 46
47 Mali 0.5673 17 5 2 5 16 22 12 76
48 Sudan 0.5651 14 3 5 4 8 18 12 86
49 Colombia 0.5520 25 6 7 7 22 24 20 64
50 Ethiopia 0.4924 17 3 8 6 20 29 17 78
51 Tanzania 0.4348 18 4 6 7 25 23 17 74
52 Angola 0.4065 13 3 4 3 11 9 10 88
53 Honduras 0.3993 48 13 9 4 40 18 26 25
54 Norway 0.3950 20 4 8 18 24 53 30 71
55 Congo 0.3815 12 2 6 5 17 24 13 91
56 Bolivia 0.3796 13 3 4 9 15 26 16 89
57 Malawi 0.3652 25 6 7 8 27 29 21 63
58 Madagascar 0.3645 16 4 4 8 16 28 16 80
59 Rhodesia 0.3608 17 5 2 7 11 17 14 77
60 Finland 0.3596 23 6 5 17 24 68 28 67
61 Niger 0.3446 9 2 3 3 4 8 8 97
62 Gambia 0.3329 15 4 3 5 11 18 12 83
63 Ecuador 0.3108 10 2 4 10 14 33 16 95
64 Mozambique 0.3013 14 3 5 6 32 30 14 85
65 Kuwait 0.2589 51 15 6 7 52 26 28 23
66 Kenya 0.2362 12 3 3 8 19 34 14 92
67 South Korea 0.2309 61 19 4 5 60 17 28 12
68 Israel 0.2266 16 4 4 6 23 16 14 79
69 Turkey 0.2112 21 6 3 21 16 67 30 70
70 Mauritania 0.2007 8 2 2 4 10 17 8 100
71 Iran 0.1997 37 10 7 3 52 27 20 45
72 Albania 0.1855 10 2 4 16 14 45 22 96
73 Canada 0.1627 30 7 9 1 21 13 17 53
74 China 0.1502 70 22 4 9 82 21 35 7
75 Saudi Arabia 0.1417 38 11 5 6 39 23 22 42
76 Benin 0.1404 5 1 2 5 7 20 8 111
77 Australia 0.1351 29 8 5 3 42 13 16 55
78 Somalia 0.1316 6 1 3 1 5 6 5 105
79 Mauritius 0.1280 10 2 4 6 8 22 12 94
80 New Zealand 0.1058 42 12 6 6 59 29 24 36
81 Rwanda 0.0914 4 1 1 3 5 10 5 113
82 Sierra Leone 0.0902 4 1 1 8 8 21 10 117
83 Syria 0.0860 39 11 6 10 26 26 27 41
84 Liberia 0.0851 6 1 3 6 5 18 10 107
85 Iceland 0.0843 15 4 3 23 19 65 30 84
86 El Salvador 0.0802 32 9 5 6 22 21 20 52
87 Lesotho 0.0794 7 2 1 3 7 13 6 101
88 Venezuela 0.0753 7 1 4 13 8 46 18 104
89 Cyprus 0.0706 3 0 3 25 13 87 28 119
90 North Korea 0.0590 34 10 4 5 30 22 19 48
91 Qatar 0.0583 40 12 4 8 38 20 24 39
92 United Arab Emirates 0.0529 27 8 3 7 37 23 18 58
93 Upper Volta 0.0524 1 0 1 4 3 17 5 123
94 Mexico 0.0521 11 2 5 5 16 20 12 93
95 Costa Rica 0.0478 18 3 9 4 16 18 16 75
96 Malaysia 0.0467 28 7 7 5 37 25 19 56
97 Guatemala 0.0437 19 5 4 3 17 5 12 72
98 Gabon 0.0421 2 0 2 2 3 9 4 120
99 Malta 0.0406 5 1 2 23 15 98 26 112
100 Cuba 0.0373 15 4 3 2 11 8 9 81
101 Iraq 0.0335 25 8 1 3 19 13 12 62
102 Thailand 0.0258 27 8 3 8 28 29 19 59
103 Indonesia 0.0242 30 9 3 12 23 39 24 54
104 India 0.0226 19 5 4 5 15 15 14 73
105 United States 0.0210 15 4 3 3 12 11 10 82
106 Luxembourg 0.0165 1 0 1 29 10 103 30 126
107 Hong Kong 0.0149 28 7 7 7 36 25 21 57
108 Japan 0.0121 22 7 1 4 19 7 12 68
109 Singapore 0.0120 6 1 3 10 7 29 14 108
110 Suriname 0.0117 12 3 3 4 9 13 10 90
111 Haiti 0.0084 9 2 3 8 6 20 13 98
112 Taiwan 0.0048 6 1 3 10 6 44 14 110
113 Jordan 0.0036 7 2 1 5 10 17 8 102
114 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0032 6 1 3 4 3 9 8 106
115 Bangladesh 0.0031 14 4 2 13 20 48 19 87
116 Fiji 0.0025 6 1 3 4 6 35 8 109
117 Bahrain 0.0022 4 1 1 6 2 11 8 116
118 Sri Lanka 0.0022 7 2 1 5 11 23 8 103
119 Netherlands Antilles 0.0021 4 0 4 2 1 6 6 114
120 Panama 0.0014 1 0 1 9 3 28 10 124
121 Afghanistan 0.0008 2 0 2 6 5 31 8 121
122 Nepal 0.0007 1 0 1 7 0 41 8 125
123 Oman 0.0004 4 1 1 2 9 15 4 115
124 Guyana 0.0003 1 0 1 5 1 11 6 122
125 Macao 0 9 3 0 9 8 31 12 99
125 Pakistan 0 3 1 0 3 4 14 4 118
125 Philippines 0 0 0 0 8 4 26 8 127
125 North Yemen 0 0 0 0 8 3 30 8 128
125 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 129

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.