Eigenrankings

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

World 1981-88

‹ 1980-87		1982-89 ›

		EP	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GP	PR
1	Soviet Union	6.3407	88	25	13	6	80	28	44	2
2	France	4.7758	76	22	10	12	76	45	44	6
3	Brazil	4.5170	58	17	7	4	55	20	28	14
4	West Germany	4.4505	91	27	10	9	99	38	46	1
5	Netherlands	4.3887	81	25	6	6	69	21	37	4
6	Italy	3.8372	57	15	12	8	47	36	35	16
7	Denmark	3.6974	73	22	7	10	70	38	39	8
8	Argentina	3.6095	48	14	6	6	44	26	26	28
9	Spain	3.0918	76	23	7	10	75	41	40	5
10	Algeria	2.8881	85	23	16	9	92	56	48	3
11	Belgium	2.8099	70	20	10	14	65	57	44	9
12	England	2.7185	75	21	12	8	84	22	41	7
13	Cameroon	2.1945	67	18	13	8	69	38	39	11
14	Poland	2.0103	55	15	10	10	48	40	35	20
15	Czechoslovakia	1.9682	50	12	14	7	50	33	33	26
16	Ireland	1.9067	45	12	9	11	42	34	32	33
17	Uruguay	1.8999	39	11	6	5	27	23	22	39
18	Romania	1.8727	55	15	10	8	44	21	33	18
19	Hungary	1.8552	62	19	5	14	73	57	38	12
20	Portugal	1.8077	54	16	6	13	40	43	35	21
21	Scotland	1.7540	51	13	12	11	45	36	36	24
22	Northern Ireland	1.5488	53	14	11	14	31	40	39	22
23	Morocco	1.5465	55	14	13	9	45	27	36	19
24	Switzerland	1.5077	38	8	14	8	32	38	30	41
25	Yugoslavia	1.5017	58	17	7	10	59	47	34	15
26	Austria	1.4323	47	14	5	13	46	41	32	31
27	Sweden	1.4248	56	17	5	8	48	23	30	17
28	Chile	1.4135	40	12	4	7	43	24	23	37
29	Ivory Coast	1.3131	39	11	6	6	36	19	23	38
30	Bulgaria	1.2230	47	13	8	12	42	35	33	30
31	Mexico	1.0970	17	4	5	1	12	5	10	76
32	Libya	1.0861	33	9	6	4	31	23	19	45
33	Peru	1.0339	32	7	11	5	26	25	23	50
34	Nigeria	0.9947	47	12	11	10	56	44	33	29
35	East Germany	0.9764	46	14	4	10	48	29	28	32
36	Wales	0.9385	33	8	9	8	26	27	25	46
37	Ghana	0.8464	32	7	11	6	29	28	24	49
38	Egypt	0.8355	42	11	9	7	36	29	27	35
39	Senegal	0.7874	31	8	7	6	19	14	21	53
40	Honduras	0.7475	33	8	9	3	26	14	20	44
41	Norway	0.6706	23	5	8	17	25	42	30	63
42	Paraguay	0.6079	23	5	8	7	22	24	20	62
43	Zambia	0.5745	31	9	4	9	25	17	22	51
44	Greece	0.5342	37	10	7	13	35	48	30	42
45	Zaire	0.5309	24	5	9	5	27	24	19	59
46	Tunisia	0.4856	31	9	4	10	26	21	23	52
47	Colombia	0.4383	27	7	6	7	25	25	20	56
48	Iceland	0.4301	22	5	7	17	19	50	29	66
49	Mali	0.4208	20	6	2	4	17	20	12	68
50	Angola	0.4056	22	6	4	4	19	15	14	64
51	Canada	0.3498	27	7	6	5	20	18	18	55
52	Uganda	0.3361	23	7	2	5	20	20	14	61
53	El Salvador	0.3294	27	8	3	5	24	16	16	54
54	Kuwait	0.2986	51	14	9	7	51	23	30	23
55	Sudan	0.2974	18	4	6	4	9	16	14	75
56	Finland	0.2842	20	5	5	17	20	63	27	70
57	Malawi	0.2718	23	6	5	6	23	22	17	60
58	Togo	0.2668	19	5	4	6	16	20	15	73
59	Ecuador	0.2491	8	1	5	8	11	30	14	97
60	Ethiopia	0.2305	18	4	6	4	22	24	14	74
61	Zimbabwe	0.2267	22	6	4	6	21	19	16	65
62	South Korea	0.2206	60	18	6	7	58	23	31	13
63	Sierra Leone	0.2185	14	4	2	6	11	18	12	83
64	Madagascar	0.2151	13	4	1	7	11	20	12	86
65	Kenya	0.2062	12	2	6	9	17	33	17	89
66	Israel	0.2036	13	4	1	5	22	12	10	84
67	China	0.2023	67	20	7	8	80	20	35	10
68	Turkey	0.1973	17	4	5	21	18	74	30	79
69	Guinea	0.1895	17	4	5	7	13	25	16	78
70	Costa Rica	0.1831	15	3	6	1	13	9	10	81
71	Saudi Arabia	0.1698	50	14	8	6	44	24	28	25
72	Gambia	0.1660	9	3	0	5	9	16	8	93
73	Upper Volta	0.1592	7	2	1	3	4	14	6	100
74	Mozambique	0.1560	12	2	6	7	25	31	15	88
75	Iran	0.1532	41	11	8	2	43	18	21	36
76	Australia	0.1388	32	9	5	4	47	15	18	47
77	Malta	0.1319	7	1	4	24	19	101	29	102
78	New Zealand	0.1257	48	14	6	6	67	30	26	27
79	Cyprus	0.1250	4	0	4	25	13	74	29	119
80	Guatemala	0.1213	14	4	2	2	12	7	8	82
81	Albania	0.1141	7	1	4	21	14	57	26	101
82	United States	0.1137	15	4	3	1	13	4	8	80
83	Niger	0.1091	4	1	1	2	1	5	4	115
84	Congo	0.1088	6	1	3	4	11	17	8	104
85	Liberia	0.1011	8	2	2	8	8	23	12	96
86	Bolivia	0.1010	8	1	5	8	11	21	14	95
87	Syria	0.0935	44	13	5	11	32	31	29	34
88	Cuba	0.0804	6	1	3	3	5	10	7	103
89	Haiti	0.0726	5	1	2	8	7	20	11	112
90	Gabon	0.0724	6	1	3	4	9	16	8	105
91	Trinidad and Tobago	0.0682	9	2	3	3	8	8	8	91
92	Qatar	0.0663	32	10	2	8	32	16	20	48
93	Tanzania	0.0610	9	1	6	4	12	17	11	92
94	United Arab Emirates	0.0563	38	12	2	7	46	19	21	40
95	Mauritania	0.0485	4	1	1	2	5	8	4	114
96	Somalia	0.0477	5	1	2	2	4	10	5	109
97	Bahrain	0.0461	17	4	5	6	14	15	15	77
98	Venezuela	0.0457	5	1	2	13	7	42	16	113
99	Indonesia	0.0429	34	10	4	10	21	33	24	43
100	Benin	0.0428	2	0	2	4	5	16	6	124
101	Rwanda	0.0351	4	1	1	3	5	10	5	117
102	Iraq	0.0332	25	8	1	6	20	17	15	57
103	Jordan	0.0252	13	3	4	5	12	18	12	85
104	Japan	0.0244	24	7	3	6	21	14	16	58
105	Suriname	0.0196	5	1	2	3	4	10	6	110
106	India	0.0167	21	5	6	8	16	21	19	67
107	Luxembourg	0.0162	1	0	1	31	11	105	32	130
108	Netherlands Antilles	0.0152	7	2	1	3	4	11	6	99
109	North Korea	0.0143	12	3	3	3	8	8	9	87
110	Jamaica	0.0142	7	2	1	1	4	6	4	98
111	Fiji	0.0137	9	2	3	5	8	40	10	94
112	Malaysia	0.0130	19	5	4	6	23	20	15	72
113	Thailand	0.0129	20	5	5	9	21	39	19	69
114	Hong Kong	0.0103	19	5	4	7	21	16	16	71
115	Swaziland	0.0102	2	0	2	2	5	10	4	122
116	Mauritius	0.0099	2	0	2	4	2	13	6	125
117	Singapore	0.0090	5	1	2	5	5	15	8	111
118	North Yemen	0.0081	6	1	3	9	8	35	13	107
119	Panama	0.0081	1	0	1	3	1	7	4	128
120	South Yemen	0.0078	2	0	2	3	5	11	5	123
121	Antigua and Barbuda	0.0069	3	1	0	3	3	9	4	120
122	Taiwan	0.0062	6	1	3	12	7	52	16	108
123	Bangladesh	0.0028	12	3	3	10	12	32	16	90
124	Guyana	0.0014	1	0	1	3	1	7	4	127
125	Pakistan	0.0009	3	1	0	7	5	26	8	121
126	Nepal	0.0008	2	0	2	10	0	48	12	126
127	Afghanistan	0.0005	1	0	1	3	1	20	4	129
128	Sri Lanka	0.0002	4	1	1	2	6	11	4	116
128	Oman	0.0002	4	1	1	2	9	15	4	118
130	Macao	0	6	2	0	4	4	15	6	106
130	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	4	1	11	4	131
130	Philippines	0	0	0	0	5	3	16	5	132
130	Brunei	0	0	0	0	6	2	29	6	133

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.