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

World 1984-91

1983-90 1985-92

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Germany 7.3722 83 24 11 6 79 33 41 4
2 Brazil 6.9453 73 22 7 4 61 19 33 13
3 Italy 6.2388 63 18 9 4 47 20 31 19
4 France 5.7485 88 26 10 8 75 34 44 1
5 Argentina 5.5586 73 21 10 7 54 29 38 15
6 Soviet Union 3.6902 85 24 13 7 74 30 44 2
7 Denmark 3.4234 73 22 7 10 75 38 39 14
8 Cameroon 3.4199 82 24 10 9 62 42 43 5
9 Netherlands 2.7120 81 24 9 6 64 19 39 6
10 Yugoslavia 2.5077 74 23 5 10 70 43 38 12
11 England 2.4429 75 20 15 6 74 22 41 10
12 Spain 2.4129 81 25 6 13 84 47 44 7
13 Belgium 2.0962 66 18 12 14 69 51 44 17
14 Uruguay 2.0415 48 14 6 9 34 25 29 34
15 Romania 1.9199 58 16 10 9 54 29 35 23
16 Mexico 1.8669 21 6 3 1 16 7 10 75
17 Czechoslovakia 1.7601 61 18 7 10 53 34 35 21
18 Algeria 1.7565 74 20 14 5 70 38 39 11
19 Ireland 1.5378 58 14 16 8 42 28 38 24
20 Chile 1.4980 47 14 5 8 53 29 27 36
21 Portugal 1.4958 63 18 9 12 46 38 39 20
22 Scotland 1.4913 59 16 11 11 46 34 38 22
23 Colombia 1.3480 48 13 9 11 36 30 33 35
24 Nigeria 1.3446 77 21 14 10 78 46 45 8
25 Bulgaria 1.2808 48 13 9 12 48 33 34 33
26 Morocco 1.2155 57 14 15 9 42 23 38 25
27 Ivory Coast 1.1464 72 21 9 10 64 32 40 16
28 Egypt 1.1417 66 17 15 11 52 35 43 18
29 Zambia 1.0655 53 16 5 11 40 24 32 28
30 East Germany 1.0358 40 12 4 8 38 26 24 42
31 Paraguay 1.0088 40 11 7 11 40 42 29 43
32 Senegal 0.9315 33 9 6 5 22 11 20 53
33 Sweden 0.9092 41 12 5 8 38 23 25 40
34 Wales 0.8885 33 9 6 9 26 25 24 55
35 Switzerland 0.8835 39 9 12 11 43 40 32 44
36 Norway 0.8336 31 7 10 15 28 36 32 57
37 Austria 0.7117 36 10 6 15 32 43 31 47
38 Hungary 0.6961 50 14 8 11 45 45 33 31
39 United States 0.6703 43 12 7 5 31 18 24 38
40 Poland 0.6415 42 11 9 10 32 38 30 39
41 Honduras 0.5882 38 10 8 4 33 18 22 45
42 Peru 0.5789 19 4 7 11 27 35 22 83
43 Costa Rica 0.5547 49 14 7 9 42 31 30 32
44 Tunisia 0.5495 41 12 5 13 33 33 30 41
45 Bolivia 0.5445 16 3 7 8 10 29 18 89
46 Zaire 0.4993 35 8 11 8 30 23 27 48
47 Northern Ireland 0.4911 35 9 8 16 29 44 33 50
48 Greece 0.4817 34 9 7 12 31 47 28 51
49 Ecuador 0.3955 15 3 6 9 17 27 18 90
50 Iceland 0.3877 24 6 6 18 21 45 30 68
51 Uganda 0.3815 24 7 3 6 20 21 16 67
52 Libya 0.3753 21 6 3 3 17 11 12 76
53 Gabon 0.3753 27 7 6 9 23 28 22 63
54 Ghana 0.3410 33 8 9 8 24 22 25 54
55 Finland 0.3382 26 6 8 14 20 46 28 64
56 Zimbabwe 0.3215 35 9 8 7 36 33 24 49
57 Sierra Leone 0.3181 22 6 4 6 16 18 16 73
58 Angola 0.2902 23 5 8 11 22 30 24 69
59 Guinea 0.2770 23 6 5 7 15 26 18 70
60 Kenya 0.2720 30 6 12 14 29 45 32 59
61 Sudan 0.2232 21 5 6 5 14 19 16 78
62 Mali 0.2012 17 3 8 5 14 22 16 85
63 Upper Volta 0.1938 19 6 1 5 13 19 12 82
64 Turkey 0.1913 13 3 4 21 17 64 28 96
65 Malawi 0.1850 25 5 10 12 28 38 27 65
66 Madagascar 0.1781 14 4 2 5 8 12 11 93
67 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1480 30 8 6 9 29 22 23 58
68 Canada 0.1463 24 7 3 6 20 21 16 66
69 South Korea 0.1436 83 25 8 9 82 26 42 3
70 Liberia 0.1243 16 4 4 8 9 18 16 88
71 Guatemala 0.1177 19 5 4 9 15 19 18 81
72 Togo 0.1049 11 2 5 8 7 21 15 99
73 Tanzania 0.1003 13 2 7 6 13 20 15 95
74 Australia 0.0919 20 5 5 2 26 9 12 79
75 Gambia 0.0892 9 3 0 5 9 16 8 101
76 El Salvador 0.0884 22 6 4 7 25 19 17 71
77 Niger 0.0875 9 3 0 3 9 5 6 100
78 Jamaica 0.0872 16 5 1 4 17 18 10 87
79 Swaziland 0.0869 8 1 5 5 10 22 11 104
80 Congo 0.0859 11 3 2 3 10 12 8 98
81 Malta 0.0838 7 0 7 25 15 87 32 111
82 Albania 0.0816 8 2 2 21 13 62 25 105
83 Israel 0.0754 17 4 5 3 22 11 12 84
84 Mozambique 0.0729 14 3 5 9 21 29 17 94
85 Cyprus 0.0699 2 0 2 28 14 79 30 126
86 Saudi Arabia 0.0686 52 14 10 3 46 17 27 29
87 China 0.0664 75 23 6 9 84 21 38 9
88 Chad 0.0557 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 103
89 Somalia 0.0529 5 1 2 1 4 9 4 116
90 Saint Lucia 0.0493 7 2 1 1 6 4 4 106
91 Ethiopia 0.0491 7 2 1 8 10 25 11 109
92 Mauritania 0.0480 7 2 1 9 9 28 12 110
93 Iran 0.0475 56 16 8 3 55 23 27 26
94 Syria 0.0452 51 15 6 8 37 29 29 30
95 Kuwait 0.0371 37 10 7 5 35 14 22 46
96 New Zealand 0.0358 20 6 2 4 26 15 12 80
97 Faroe Islands 0.0339 4 1 1 6 3 26 8 119
98 Panama 0.0309 4 1 1 4 3 10 6 118
99 United Arab Emirates 0.0293 54 16 6 11 64 37 33 27
100 Qatar 0.0282 44 12 8 7 39 21 27 37
101 Bahrain 0.0242 14 3 5 3 13 9 11 92
102 Netherlands Antilles 0.0206 7 2 1 3 4 11 6 108
103 Luxembourg 0.0196 2 0 2 28 9 86 30 128
104 Venezuela 0.0186 2 0 2 18 11 67 20 125
105 Suriname 0.0174 6 1 3 3 5 11 7 112
106 Benin 0.0156 3 0 3 9 4 24 12 121
107 Dominican Republic 0.0129 5 1 2 1 4 9 4 115
108 North Korea 0.0113 29 8 5 6 19 13 19 60
109 Indonesia 0.0101 32 9 5 8 21 29 22 56
110 Japan 0.0087 33 9 6 7 28 17 22 52
111 Iraq 0.0078 27 8 3 6 26 20 17 62
112 Thailand 0.0059 22 6 4 12 20 40 22 74
113 Jordan 0.0057 17 4 5 9 15 27 18 86
114 India 0.0056 21 5 6 8 16 21 19 77
115 Malaysia 0.0052 28 8 4 6 28 20 18 61
116 South Yemen 0.0043 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 123
117 Hong Kong 0.0038 22 5 7 10 26 26 22 72
118 Singapore 0.0033 12 3 3 8 17 24 14 97
119 North Yemen 0.0029 6 1 3 13 8 40 17 114
120 Haiti 0.0028 7 2 1 5 9 14 8 107
121 Guyana 0.0018 2 0 2 6 4 21 8 124
122 Mauritius 0.0016 1 0 1 5 1 13 6 129
123 Oman 0.0014 9 2 3 5 13 24 10 102
124 Bangladesh 0.0010 15 4 3 15 16 41 22 91
125 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0004 3 1 0 3 3 9 4 120
126 Pakistan 0.0003 3 1 0 11 6 38 12 122
127 Nepal 0.0002 2 0 2 16 0 76 18 127
128 Sri Lanka 0.0002 4 1 1 2 6 11 4 117
129 Afghanistan 0.0002 1 0 1 3 1 20 4 130
130 Macao 0 6 2 0 4 4 15 6 113
130 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 6 4 17 6 131
130 Philippines 0 0 0 0 5 3 16 5 132
130 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 133
130 San Marino 0 0 0 0 8 1 33 8 134
130 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 8 2 44 8 135

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.