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

World 1982-89

1981-88 1983-90

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 6.0426 73 21 10 4 68 20 35 10
2 France 4.9321 75 21 12 10 71 40 43 9
3 Soviet Union 4.9052 85 24 13 7 75 30 44 2
4 West Germany 4.8153 78 22 12 9 78 39 43 7
5 Italy 4.1722 52 14 10 7 43 31 31 29
6 Netherlands 4.0815 78 24 6 5 66 19 35 6
7 Argentina 4.0103 57 16 9 8 46 30 33 19
8 Denmark 3.6183 73 22 7 10 74 36 39 11
9 England 3.1897 79 22 13 6 88 17 41 5
10 Spain 2.9826 89 27 8 11 89 44 46 1
11 Cameroon 2.6328 70 19 13 7 59 36 39 13
12 Belgium 2.6225 73 20 13 12 71 54 45 12
13 Algeria 2.5099 80 21 17 8 77 51 46 4
14 Romania 2.1096 56 16 8 7 46 22 31 22
15 Uruguay 2.1018 55 17 4 8 40 23 29 23
16 Portugal 1.9847 62 18 8 11 46 40 37 14
17 Czechoslovakia 1.9839 52 13 13 7 48 31 33 28
18 Mexico 1.7116 11 3 2 0 6 2 5 94
19 Ireland 1.6702 57 16 9 10 47 29 35 18
20 Sweden 1.6584 57 17 6 7 49 22 30 17
21 Paraguay 1.6422 36 9 9 9 34 35 27 43
22 Poland 1.5502 50 13 11 13 41 46 37 33
23 Ivory Coast 1.4843 54 15 9 7 52 24 31 25
24 Austria 1.4294 49 14 7 12 44 40 33 34
25 Morocco 1.4042 50 11 17 8 38 25 36 31
26 Egypt 1.3252 57 15 12 8 44 29 35 20
27 Scotland 1.3199 50 13 11 12 46 42 36 32
28 Nigeria 1.2749 61 16 13 10 68 46 39 15
29 Chile 1.1650 43 13 4 10 53 33 27 38
30 Colombia 1.1384 41 11 8 7 32 25 26 40
31 Libya 1.1213 33 9 6 4 31 23 19 47
32 Peru 1.0552 27 5 12 10 27 38 27 60
33 Northern Ireland 1.0286 48 13 9 16 31 45 38 35
34 Hungary 1.0242 54 16 6 14 65 59 36 26
35 Bulgaria 0.9801 43 12 7 13 40 33 32 39
36 East Germany 0.9335 47 14 5 11 45 33 30 36
37 Yugoslavia 0.8914 58 17 7 10 52 46 34 16
38 Senegal 0.8478 32 9 5 5 22 13 19 49
39 Switzerland 0.8149 33 7 12 11 31 42 30 48
40 Zambia 0.7297 40 12 4 12 34 23 28 41
41 Wales 0.7161 29 7 8 9 25 25 24 56
42 Ghana 0.6045 25 5 10 7 26 30 22 62
43 Bolivia 0.5697 16 3 7 8 12 28 18 85
44 Zaire 0.5076 25 5 10 6 24 19 21 61
45 Greece 0.4738 34 9 7 12 28 48 28 45
46 Ecuador 0.4684 13 2 7 9 15 32 18 92
47 Tunisia 0.4405 31 9 4 16 24 33 29 52
48 Norway 0.4378 24 5 9 16 26 39 30 63
49 Iceland 0.4107 22 5 7 18 17 48 30 72
50 Sudan 0.3993 22 5 7 4 15 22 16 70
51 Uganda 0.3909 23 7 2 5 20 20 14 65
52 Angola 0.3761 27 7 6 9 26 28 22 59
53 Malawi 0.3398 34 8 10 9 31 30 27 44
53 Kenya 0.3398 23 4 11 10 25 38 25 66
55 Zimbabwe 0.3027 30 8 6 8 28 31 22 54
56 Gabon 0.2984 19 5 4 9 22 32 18 80
57 Mali 0.2983 20 5 5 4 17 21 14 78
58 South Korea 0.2973 83 25 8 6 81 20 39 3
59 Finland 0.2954 20 5 5 16 18 52 26 79
60 Honduras 0.2715 22 5 7 3 18 13 15 68
61 Togo 0.2529 18 5 3 5 14 14 13 81
62 Ethiopia 0.2400 15 4 3 5 17 23 12 86
63 Saudi Arabia 0.2392 52 14 10 3 46 17 27 27
64 Turkey 0.2335 23 6 5 19 24 66 30 67
65 Kuwait 0.2316 38 10 8 7 37 20 25 42
66 Sierra Leone 0.2145 14 4 2 6 11 18 12 91
67 China 0.2076 75 23 6 10 85 23 39 8
68 Liberia 0.2065 16 4 4 8 9 18 16 84
69 Iran 0.1710 56 16 8 3 55 23 27 21
70 Upper Volta 0.1672 6 2 0 2 3 6 4 104
71 Gambia 0.1555 9 3 0 5 9 16 8 98
72 Guinea 0.1517 15 4 3 7 10 24 14 87
73 Mozambique 0.1508 11 2 5 8 21 30 15 95
74 Syria 0.1398 51 15 6 8 37 29 29 30
75 Madagascar 0.1392 10 3 1 6 8 14 10 96
76 United Arab Emirates 0.1370 54 16 6 8 62 26 30 24
77 Cyprus 0.1365 4 0 4 26 16 75 30 112
78 Congo 0.1088 5 1 2 3 10 15 6 107
79 Malta 0.1075 8 1 5 26 18 101 32 100
80 United States 0.1054 30 8 6 2 19 7 16 53
81 Costa Rica 0.1037 31 8 7 3 23 15 18 51
82 Albania 0.1021 7 1 4 21 15 55 26 103
83 Qatar 0.0926 44 12 8 7 39 21 27 37
84 Australia 0.0798 20 5 5 2 26 9 12 77
85 Israel 0.0779 17 4 5 3 22 11 12 82
86 Somalia 0.0755 5 1 2 1 4 9 4 108
87 Canada 0.0739 21 6 3 4 14 12 13 74
88 Bahrain 0.0720 14 3 5 3 13 9 11 89
89 Tanzania 0.0697 9 1 6 4 12 17 11 97
90 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0676 21 5 6 5 15 13 16 73
91 Mauritania 0.0534 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 110
92 New Zealand 0.0405 23 7 2 7 30 28 16 64
93 North Korea 0.0404 29 8 5 6 19 13 19 55
94 Benin 0.0389 2 0 2 4 5 16 6 119
95 Venezuela 0.0354 3 0 3 17 11 62 20 117
96 Japan 0.0293 33 9 6 7 28 17 22 46
97 Indonesia 0.0291 32 9 5 8 21 29 22 50
98 Iraq 0.0285 27 8 3 6 26 20 17 58
99 El Salvador 0.0264 21 6 3 8 24 23 17 75
100 Guatemala 0.0251 14 4 2 6 14 13 12 90
101 Luxembourg 0.0241 2 0 2 30 12 108 32 122
102 Jordan 0.0235 17 4 5 9 15 27 18 83
103 Thailand 0.0182 22 6 4 12 20 40 22 71
104 India 0.0181 21 5 6 8 16 21 19 76
105 Swaziland 0.0177 3 0 3 3 6 13 6 115
106 Malaysia 0.0144 28 8 4 6 28 20 18 57
107 Hong Kong 0.0117 22 5 7 10 26 26 22 69
108 Singapore 0.0114 12 3 3 8 17 24 14 93
109 South Yemen 0.0106 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 118
110 Mauritius 0.0104 2 0 2 6 3 18 8 120
111 Suriname 0.0095 5 1 2 3 4 10 6 109
112 North Yemen 0.0088 6 1 3 13 8 40 17 106
113 Jamaica 0.0088 7 2 1 1 4 6 4 101
114 Netherlands Antilles 0.0059 7 2 1 3 4 11 6 102
115 Oman 0.0051 9 2 3 5 13 24 10 99
116 Panama 0.0033 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 124
117 Bangladesh 0.0031 15 4 3 15 16 41 22 88
118 Pakistan 0.0009 3 1 0 11 6 38 12 116
119 Guyana 0.0007 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 123
120 Sri Lanka 0.0007 4 1 1 2 6 11 4 111
121 Nepal 0.0007 2 0 2 16 0 76 18 121
122 Afghanistan 0.0006 1 0 1 3 1 20 4 125
123 Macao 0 6 2 0 4 4 15 6 105
123 Haiti 0 3 1 0 5 5 11 6 113
123 Antigua and Barbuda 0 3 1 0 3 3 9 4 114
123 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 4 1 11 4 126
123 Philippines 0 0 0 0 5 3 16 5 127
123 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 128
123 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 8 2 44 8 129

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.