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

World 1980-87

1979-86 1981-88

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Italy 5.2907 68 18 14 7 53 34 39 10
2 France 5.1613 78 23 9 11 81 41 43 5
3 West Germany 4.7276 96 29 9 8 106 39 46 1
4 Brazil 4.3704 58 17 7 4 55 20 28 15
5 England 4.1958 87 25 12 7 94 21 44 3
6 Denmark 4.1095 74 23 5 10 71 34 38 7
7 Soviet Union 4.0476 80 23 11 5 77 24 39 4
8 Argentina 3.8807 48 14 6 6 44 26 26 31
9 Algeria 3.2307 91 25 16 9 87 51 50 2
10 Spain 2.8930 68 20 8 10 68 40 38 9
11 Belgium 2.8595 78 22 12 15 72 62 49 6
12 Cameroon 2.6118 63 17 12 9 71 39 38 12
13 Poland 1.9824 55 15 10 10 49 40 35 19
14 Czechoslovakia 1.9569 54 13 15 9 55 38 37 21
15 Uruguay 1.9272 39 11 6 5 27 23 22 38
16 Morocco 1.8692 63 17 12 11 46 27 40 13
17 Portugal 1.8533 58 17 7 14 44 47 38 17
18 Romania 1.5565 53 14 11 8 41 22 33 24
19 Scotland 1.5524 54 14 12 11 47 35 37 22
20 Nigeria 1.5364 61 17 10 10 56 38 37 14
21 Netherlands 1.5270 69 21 6 8 65 25 35 8
22 Hungary 1.4874 58 18 4 14 70 55 36 16
23 Ivory Coast 1.4295 38 11 5 7 36 20 23 40
24 Chile 1.4275 40 12 4 7 43 24 23 36
25 Northern Ireland 1.4143 53 14 11 13 31 36 38 26
26 Libya 1.4016 34 9 7 3 30 22 19 47
27 Switzerland 1.2946 35 7 14 9 30 40 30 46
28 Yugoslavia 1.2353 57 17 6 11 58 47 34 18
29 Austria 1.2333 53 16 5 12 51 37 33 25
30 Wales 1.2047 41 11 8 7 33 24 26 35
31 Ireland 1.1900 50 14 8 11 52 38 33 29
32 Egypt 1.1893 45 12 9 8 39 37 29 32
33 Bulgaria 1.1696 52 15 7 12 45 35 34 27
34 Peru 1.1437 32 7 11 5 26 25 23 49
35 Mexico 1.0755 22 5 7 2 20 10 14 66
36 Sweden 1.0666 54 16 6 10 47 27 32 20
37 Senegal 1.0504 38 10 8 7 23 16 25 42
38 East Germany 1.0393 43 13 4 9 45 26 26 33
39 Ghana 0.9615 35 8 11 6 30 27 25 44
40 Honduras 0.7288 48 13 9 4 40 18 26 30
41 Zambia 0.7232 38 11 5 10 31 19 26 41
42 Norway 0.7147 24 5 9 16 24 45 30 59
43 Zaire 0.6089 32 8 8 4 36 27 20 48
44 Greece 0.6071 40 11 7 15 36 50 33 37
45 Paraguay 0.5859 23 5 8 7 22 24 20 61
46 Tunisia 0.5856 31 9 4 10 23 20 23 51
47 Colombia 0.4573 27 7 6 7 25 25 20 56
48 Sudan 0.3861 18 4 6 4 9 17 14 78
49 El Salvador 0.3836 32 9 5 6 22 21 20 50
50 Canada 0.3823 30 7 9 4 21 18 20 53
51 Uganda 0.3805 20 6 2 4 18 17 12 72
52 Zimbabwe 0.3691 23 6 5 7 16 21 18 62
53 Mali 0.3652 17 5 2 5 16 22 12 79
54 Togo 0.3520 22 6 4 7 18 22 17 68
55 Angola 0.3482 20 5 5 4 18 15 14 71
56 Guinea 0.3329 23 5 8 8 18 27 21 63
57 Ethiopia 0.3130 19 4 7 5 22 28 16 75
58 Iceland 0.3025 23 6 5 19 21 58 30 64
59 Madagascar 0.2822 16 4 4 8 15 25 16 81
60 Kuwait 0.2751 51 15 6 7 52 26 28 28
61 Finland 0.2748 19 5 4 19 18 63 28 76
62 Malawi 0.2715 22 5 7 7 22 26 19 67
63 Ecuador 0.2625 8 1 5 8 11 30 14 98
64 Sierra Leone 0.2484 15 4 3 9 15 27 16 86
65 Israel 0.2228 16 4 4 6 23 16 14 80
66 Gambia 0.2167 12 3 3 6 11 19 12 91
67 South Korea 0.2030 53 16 5 7 54 23 28 23
68 Mozambique 0.1925 15 3 6 10 35 41 19 84
69 Niger 0.1920 9 2 3 3 4 8 8 93
70 Congo 0.1917 8 1 5 4 12 18 10 96
71 Tanzania 0.1760 12 2 6 8 20 25 16 90
72 Kenya 0.1682 14 3 5 8 20 33 16 87
73 China 0.1658 64 20 4 8 77 19 32 11
74 Iran 0.1555 36 10 6 1 50 19 17 43
75 United States 0.1464 15 4 3 3 12 11 10 83
76 Australia 0.1411 29 8 5 3 42 13 16 55
77 Albania 0.1397 10 2 4 22 16 62 28 92
78 Costa Rica 0.1345 18 3 9 4 16 18 16 77
79 Saudi Arabia 0.1303 38 11 5 6 39 23 22 39
80 Guatemala 0.1190 19 5 4 3 17 5 12 73
81 Turkey 0.1120 13 3 4 23 13 78 30 88
82 New Zealand 0.1109 42 12 6 6 59 29 24 34
83 Cuba 0.1048 15 4 3 2 11 8 9 82
84 Bolivia 0.1024 8 1 5 8 11 21 14 97
85 Mauritania 0.1024 7 2 1 3 7 11 6 99
86 Cyprus 0.0945 3 0 3 27 14 84 30 119
87 Somalia 0.0897 7 1 4 2 5 11 7 100
88 Syria 0.0833 35 10 5 10 25 26 25 45
89 Haiti 0.0776 9 2 3 8 6 20 13 94
90 Malta 0.0684 6 1 3 25 17 106 29 108
91 Liberia 0.0618 7 1 4 7 7 21 12 102
92 Qatar 0.0507 30 9 3 8 28 18 20 52
93 Rwanda 0.0489 4 1 1 3 5 10 5 111
94 Venezuela 0.0466 5 1 2 13 7 42 16 109
95 Benin 0.0439 2 0 2 4 5 16 6 120
96 United Arab Emirates 0.0400 23 7 2 7 35 23 16 60
97 Mauritius 0.0367 4 0 4 4 3 14 8 116
98 North Korea 0.0364 24 7 3 5 22 20 15 58
99 Gabon 0.0314 3 0 3 3 6 15 6 117
100 Indonesia 0.0291 30 9 3 9 20 29 21 54
101 Malaysia 0.0251 20 5 5 5 24 18 15 70
102 Lesotho 0.0241 4 1 1 2 5 11 4 114
103 Suriname 0.0229 12 3 3 4 9 13 10 89
104 India 0.0205 19 5 4 5 15 15 14 74
105 Iraq 0.0203 25 8 1 6 20 17 15 57
106 Luxembourg 0.0158 1 0 1 31 10 109 32 125
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0157 6 1 3 4 3 9 8 103
108 Thailand 0.0142 15 4 3 7 16 27 14 85
109 Hong Kong 0.0142 21 5 6 5 24 15 16 69
110 Netherlands Antilles 0.0139 4 0 4 2 1 6 6 112
111 Singapore 0.0138 6 1 3 7 6 18 11 104
112 Japan 0.0134 22 7 1 4 19 7 12 65
113 Taiwan 0.0055 6 1 3 10 6 44 14 107
114 Panama 0.0040 1 0 1 9 3 28 10 123
115 Jordan 0.0038 7 2 1 5 10 17 8 101
116 Bahrain 0.0034 4 1 1 4 2 8 6 115
117 Fiji 0.0033 6 1 3 4 6 35 8 106
118 Bangladesh 0.0018 9 3 0 12 13 40 15 95
119 Afghanistan 0.0009 1 0 1 3 1 20 4 122
120 Nepal 0.0006 1 0 1 7 0 41 8 124
121 Guyana 0.0005 1 0 1 5 1 11 6 121
122 Sri Lanka 0.0002 4 1 1 2 6 11 4 110
122 Oman 0.0002 4 1 1 2 9 15 4 113
124 Macao 0 6 2 0 7 4 24 9 105
124 Pakistan 0 3 1 0 3 4 14 4 118
124 Philippines 0 0 0 0 5 3 16 5 126
124 North Yemen 0 0 0 0 8 3 30 8 127
124 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 128

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.