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

World 1983-90

1982-89 1984-91

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Germany 7.2214 87 25 12 6 84 35 43 2
2 Brazil 5.8794 70 20 10 4 57 16 34 12
3 France 5.3498 73 21 10 8 60 30 39 10
4 Argentina 4.6852 60 16 12 7 43 27 35 20
5 Italy 4.2566 59 17 8 7 44 26 32 22
6 Soviet Union 3.6675 81 23 12 8 72 30 43 5
7 Denmark 3.3848 70 21 7 11 71 36 39 13
8 Cameroon 3.0396 78 23 9 11 67 47 43 7
9 England 2.8403 77 21 14 7 79 21 42 8
10 Yugoslavia 2.6559 69 21 6 9 60 44 36 14
11 Netherlands 2.5900 80 24 8 7 70 22 39 6
12 Spain 2.5817 93 29 6 11 100 44 46 1
13 Czechoslovakia 2.5223 63 18 9 9 57 32 36 16
14 Belgium 2.4399 66 18 12 13 69 54 43 15
15 Romania 2.2808 54 15 9 10 46 29 34 27
16 Uruguay 2.1748 59 18 5 10 42 28 33 23
17 Portugal 2.0366 60 17 9 11 43 39 37 21
18 Algeria 1.9275 82 22 16 5 80 42 43 4
19 Mexico 1.8834 11 3 2 0 6 2 5 97
20 Paraguay 1.7815 36 9 9 9 34 35 27 45
21 Chile 1.5953 43 13 4 7 50 25 24 38
22 Ireland 1.5802 61 16 13 10 49 28 39 18
23 Scotland 1.4701 53 14 11 11 41 35 36 30
24 Morocco 1.4072 53 12 17 8 42 25 37 29
25 Nigeria 1.3986 73 20 13 11 73 48 44 11
26 Ivory Coast 1.3974 60 17 9 9 57 29 35 19
27 Colombia 1.3055 45 12 9 9 36 29 30 36
28 Bulgaria 1.2041 46 13 7 13 42 33 33 34
29 East Germany 1.1930 47 14 5 10 45 31 29 33
30 Northern Ireland 1.1890 40 11 7 15 26 39 33 39
31 Egypt 1.1549 62 16 14 12 48 37 42 17
32 Wales 1.0725 31 8 7 9 24 22 24 51
33 Sweden 1.0527 53 16 5 9 49 24 30 28
34 Senegal 1.0286 37 10 7 7 25 16 24 42
35 Hungary 0.9095 55 16 7 13 58 56 36 25
36 Zambia 0.8585 45 13 6 12 36 24 31 35
37 Switzerland 0.8084 33 7 12 11 32 41 30 49
38 Peru 0.7776 25 5 10 9 25 32 24 61
39 Austria 0.6370 37 10 7 13 31 43 30 44
40 Libya 0.5800 24 7 3 4 19 13 14 62
41 Bolivia 0.5557 16 3 7 8 12 28 18 86
42 Zaire 0.5380 28 6 10 7 27 21 23 56
43 Poland 0.5319 38 10 8 12 27 39 30 40
44 Greece 0.4949 34 9 7 12 30 47 28 46
45 Norway 0.4829 24 5 9 16 24 37 30 64
46 Tunisia 0.4780 33 10 3 14 25 29 27 48
47 Sierra Leone 0.4689 18 5 3 4 14 16 12 81
48 Ecuador 0.4636 13 2 7 9 15 32 18 94
49 Sudan 0.4583 25 6 7 4 16 22 17 60
50 Costa Rica 0.4444 37 10 7 5 27 21 22 43
51 Uganda 0.4372 22 7 1 6 18 19 14 68
52 Ghana 0.4351 25 6 7 7 17 20 20 59
53 Gabon 0.4047 22 6 4 8 21 26 18 69
54 Mali 0.3941 19 4 7 3 15 20 14 80
55 Finland 0.3735 22 5 7 13 17 46 25 71
56 Angola 0.3583 24 6 6 10 21 28 22 63
57 Iceland 0.3163 24 6 6 18 19 47 30 66
58 Zimbabwe 0.3111 30 8 6 7 28 29 21 53
59 Kenya 0.2655 24 4 12 13 26 43 29 65
60 Malawi 0.2558 28 6 10 10 27 31 26 57
61 Congo 0.2543 11 3 2 3 13 15 8 98
62 Madagascar 0.2502 14 4 2 6 9 14 12 90
63 Turkey 0.2147 20 5 5 20 23 68 30 79
64 Upper Volta 0.2098 12 4 0 3 7 8 7 95
65 Guinea 0.1825 16 4 4 8 12 27 16 85
66 Mozambique 0.1704 14 3 5 9 23 32 17 92
67 Liberia 0.1575 16 4 4 8 9 18 16 84
68 Honduras 0.1384 20 5 5 2 16 10 12 78
69 Gambia 0.1291 9 3 0 5 9 16 8 100
70 South Korea 0.1271 83 25 8 9 82 26 42 3
71 Togo 0.1225 13 3 4 8 11 21 15 93
72 Cyprus 0.1197 4 0 4 27 17 82 31 113
73 Tanzania 0.1167 9 1 6 4 9 15 11 99
74 Malta 0.1008 6 0 6 27 17 107 33 109
75 Ethiopia 0.0947 14 4 2 5 17 23 11 91
76 Swaziland 0.0939 7 1 4 4 9 20 9 105
77 Australia 0.0927 20 5 5 2 26 9 12 76
78 Canada 0.0888 21 6 3 4 14 12 13 74
79 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0814 21 5 6 5 15 13 16 73
80 United States 0.0790 30 8 6 5 21 15 19 52
81 Israel 0.0777 17 4 5 3 22 11 12 82
82 Albania 0.0763 6 1 3 22 15 61 26 108
83 Mauritania 0.0609 7 2 1 5 8 16 8 104
84 Saudi Arabia 0.0607 52 14 10 3 46 17 27 31
85 China 0.0587 75 23 6 9 84 21 38 9
86 Somalia 0.0522 5 1 2 1 4 9 4 110
87 Benin 0.0465 3 0 3 6 6 20 9 116
88 Guatemala 0.0452 14 4 2 6 14 13 12 89
89 Iran 0.0420 56 16 8 3 55 23 27 24
90 Syria 0.0400 51 15 6 8 37 29 29 32
91 Venezuela 0.0377 3 0 3 17 11 62 20 118
92 New Zealand 0.0365 20 6 2 4 26 15 12 77
93 Kuwait 0.0328 37 10 7 5 35 14 22 41
94 United Arab Emirates 0.0259 54 16 6 11 64 37 33 26
95 El Salvador 0.0257 21 6 3 5 23 10 14 72
96 Qatar 0.0249 44 12 8 7 39 21 27 37
97 Luxembourg 0.0233 2 0 2 29 13 99 31 122
98 Bahrain 0.0214 14 3 5 3 13 9 11 88
99 North Korea 0.0100 29 8 5 6 19 13 19 54
100 Panama 0.0090 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 124
101 Indonesia 0.0089 32 9 5 8 21 29 22 50
102 Japan 0.0077 33 9 6 7 28 17 22 47
103 Suriname 0.0072 5 1 2 3 4 10 6 111
104 Mauritius 0.0070 2 0 2 6 3 18 8 120
105 Iraq 0.0069 27 8 3 6 26 20 17 58
106 Thailand 0.0052 22 6 4 12 20 40 22 70
107 Jordan 0.0051 17 4 5 9 15 27 18 83
108 India 0.0050 21 5 6 8 16 21 19 75
109 Malaysia 0.0046 28 8 4 6 28 20 18 55
110 Jamaica 0.0044 7 2 1 1 4 6 4 102
111 South Yemen 0.0038 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 119
112 Hong Kong 0.0033 22 5 7 10 26 26 22 67
113 Netherlands Antilles 0.0029 7 2 1 3 4 11 6 103
114 Singapore 0.0029 12 3 3 8 17 24 14 96
115 North Yemen 0.0026 6 1 3 13 8 40 17 107
116 Oman 0.0013 9 2 3 5 13 24 10 101
117 Bangladesh 0.0009 15 4 3 15 16 41 22 87
118 Guyana 0.0005 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 123
119 Pakistan 0.0003 3 1 0 11 6 38 12 117
120 Nepal 0.0002 2 0 2 16 0 76 18 121
121 Sri Lanka 0.0002 4 1 1 2 6 11 4 112
122 Afghanistan 0.0002 1 0 1 3 1 20 4 125
123 Macao 0 6 2 0 4 4 15 6 106
123 Haiti 0 3 1 0 5 5 11 6 114
123 Antigua and Barbuda 0 3 1 0 3 3 9 4 115
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.