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

World 1987-94

1986-93 1988-95

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Italy 7.6551 92 27 11 5 69 24 43 5
2 Germany 6.5870 76 23 7 5 69 31 35 14
3 Brazil 5.8126 91 27 10 6 86 32 43 6
4 Argentina 3.6763 77 21 14 10 69 48 45 13
5 Netherlands 3.5863 106 31 13 6 101 31 50 2
6 Romania 3.5340 79 23 10 7 79 39 40 12
7 Denmark 2.8751 74 21 11 9 63 33 41 15
8 Bulgaria 2.8663 67 20 7 13 70 43 40 22
9 Yugoslavia 2.7148 60 19 3 3 57 23 25 34
10 Sweden 2.6819 67 19 10 9 61 38 38 24
11 Cameroon 2.5941 101 29 14 11 67 43 54 3
12 Nigeria 2.4085 112 32 16 12 107 47 60 1
13 Ireland 2.3659 86 23 17 7 67 26 47 7
14 Soviet Union 2.3227 81 23 12 7 69 27 42 11
15 England 2.1834 66 17 15 7 68 28 39 25
16 Spain 2.1752 94 29 7 11 105 41 47 4
17 Colombia 1.9124 64 17 13 10 60 39 40 28
18 Czechoslovakia 1.9046 68 19 11 8 66 32 38 19
19 Portugal 1.7442 70 21 7 8 58 25 36 17
20 Uruguay 1.7310 56 16 8 9 43 29 33 38
21 Mexico 1.7214 64 19 7 6 90 26 32 27
22 France 1.7162 67 19 10 8 55 31 37 23
23 Belgium 1.6977 65 19 8 13 58 37 40 26
24 Switzerland 1.6535 62 17 11 10 70 40 38 30
25 Scotland 1.3885 61 17 10 13 54 46 40 33
26 Norway 1.3593 55 15 10 12 52 29 37 39
27 Ghana 1.3006 54 16 6 7 35 20 29 41
28 Ivory Coast 1.2974 82 23 13 9 67 38 45 10
29 Zambia 1.2526 84 26 6 12 65 27 44 8
30 Greece 1.0685 55 16 7 11 41 45 34 40
31 Chile 1.0444 36 11 3 8 39 21 22 62
32 Algeria 0.8995 62 16 14 7 58 41 37 31
33 Egypt 0.7876 70 18 16 13 62 30 47 18
34 Costa Rica 0.7528 68 21 5 14 65 41 40 20
35 United States 0.7504 52 15 7 10 39 35 32 46
36 Gabon 0.7027 52 15 7 10 41 34 32 44
37 Bolivia 0.6302 33 8 9 11 32 39 28 66
38 Saudi Arabia 0.6192 67 18 13 6 61 29 37 21
39 Austria 0.6175 37 10 7 19 40 50 36 59
40 Sierra Leone 0.5914 33 9 6 5 22 19 20 65
41 East Germany 0.5747 20 6 2 5 20 17 13 85
42 Zimbabwe 0.5471 54 14 12 8 43 42 34 42
43 Wales 0.5054 42 12 6 13 41 41 31 51
44 Ecuador 0.4586 32 8 8 12 33 28 28 67
45 Zaire 0.4290 45 10 15 14 42 35 39 49
46 Morocco 0.4257 61 16 13 13 51 32 42 32
47 Israel 0.4242 20 4 8 7 20 34 19 87
48 South Korea 0.4065 83 25 8 7 88 23 40 9
49 Peru 0.3957 14 2 8 14 25 43 24 98
50 Paraguay 0.3911 34 9 7 11 30 42 27 64
51 Hungary 0.3843 40 10 10 12 38 44 32 55
52 Uganda 0.3364 27 7 6 6 24 27 19 72
53 Finland 0.3250 27 7 6 18 30 54 31 74
54 Poland 0.3083 38 10 8 13 31 41 31 58
55 Burkina Faso 0.3058 19 6 1 4 13 17 11 88
56 Iceland 0.3009 30 8 6 18 23 45 32 69
57 Senegal 0.2903 41 11 8 14 38 36 33 53
58 Mali 0.2828 35 9 8 10 27 31 27 63
59 Honduras 0.2792 53 15 8 9 54 34 32 43
60 Guinea 0.2697 32 8 8 13 33 41 29 68
61 Madagascar 0.2676 20 6 2 3 12 8 11 84
62 Sudan 0.2657 25 6 7 8 16 26 21 77
63 Turkey 0.2646 25 7 4 20 34 59 31 78
64 Angola 0.2530 24 5 9 12 19 30 26 80
65 Tunisia 0.2419 40 10 10 9 37 28 29 54
66 China 0.2360 71 21 8 9 66 25 38 16
67 Kenya 0.2259 38 9 11 14 33 43 34 57
68 Australia 0.2160 27 8 3 3 29 11 14 71
69 Japan 0.2145 58 16 10 6 54 21 32 36
70 Jamaica 0.2132 52 15 7 9 48 43 31 45
71 Northern Ireland 0.2127 43 12 7 17 40 51 36 50
72 Macedonia 0.2112 5 1 2 1 5 4 4 133
73 El Salvador 0.2078 41 12 5 13 45 42 30 52
74 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2062 46 13 7 9 45 29 29 48
75 Qatar 0.2035 48 13 9 6 52 28 28 47
76 Iran 0.1688 59 17 8 7 56 24 32 35
77 Malawi 0.1652 26 6 8 12 23 32 26 75
78 Canada 0.1635 27 7 6 7 31 40 20 73
79 Swaziland 0.1540 12 2 6 4 10 19 12 105
80 Iraq 0.1539 36 10 6 3 48 18 19 60
81 Burundi 0.1486 11 2 5 2 11 13 9 109
82 Liberia 0.1466 16 4 4 6 6 11 14 92
83 Ethiopia 0.1396 15 4 3 16 13 50 23 94
84 Congo 0.1259 14 3 5 10 12 20 18 97
85 United Arab Emirates 0.1237 63 18 9 9 60 34 36 29
86 Syria 0.1172 38 11 5 4 34 20 20 56
87 Moldova 0.1095 6 2 0 2 5 9 4 130
88 Mozambique 0.1081 20 5 5 11 20 33 21 86
89 Niger 0.1060 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 81
90 Togo 0.1055 13 3 4 11 10 25 18 103
91 Tanzania 0.0996 14 3 5 5 14 18 13 96
92 Kuwait 0.0977 36 10 6 4 43 13 20 61
93 North Korea 0.0907 57 17 6 11 50 34 34 37
94 New Zealand 0.0857 20 6 2 4 28 13 12 83
95 Martinique 0.0820 25 7 4 4 26 24 15 76
96 Georgia 0.0746 6 2 0 2 6 3 4 127
97 Guatemala 0.0728 13 3 4 9 8 18 16 102
98 Malta 0.0722 11 1 8 26 13 85 35 110
99 South Africa 0.0688 12 3 3 4 7 14 10 104
100 Venezuela 0.0634 6 1 3 21 16 97 25 132
101 Latvia 0.0626 8 1 5 9 6 27 15 121
102 Panama 0.0516 9 2 3 7 9 24 12 116
103 Fiji 0.0494 10 3 1 2 8 8 6 111
104 Thailand 0.0493 28 8 4 12 24 39 24 70
105 Lithuania 0.0484 9 2 3 7 8 21 12 115
106 Chad 0.0484 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 119
107 Cyprus 0.0455 9 2 3 29 18 78 34 118
108 Bahrain 0.0453 18 4 6 6 13 14 16 90
109 Luxembourg 0.0413 3 0 3 27 9 76 30 145
110 Bermuda 0.0339 14 4 2 4 14 15 10 95
111 Jordan 0.0332 19 4 7 7 17 25 18 89
112 Namibia 0.0313 4 1 1 5 3 16 7 139
113 Saint Lucia 0.0303 15 4 3 4 11 13 11 93
114 Benin 0.0299 5 1 2 17 8 49 20 134
115 Mauritania 0.0244 2 0 2 6 2 19 8 146
116 Botswana 0.0209 3 0 3 6 3 18 9 144
117 Albania 0.0205 8 2 2 29 14 81 33 122
118 Malaysia 0.0204 24 6 6 7 30 28 19 79
119 Lesotho 0.0189 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 125
120 Faroe Islands 0.0186 4 1 1 19 6 79 21 141
121 Oman 0.0150 13 3 4 7 14 19 14 101
122 Yemen 0.0149 11 3 2 3 12 13 8 108
123 Singapore 0.0146 23 7 2 8 26 25 17 82
124 Hong Kong 0.0145 14 2 8 11 15 35 21 99
125 North Yemen 0.0138 6 1 3 5 5 10 9 131
126 Haiti 0.0133 7 2 1 1 6 5 4 123
127 Indonesia 0.0112 14 3 5 11 14 37 19 100
128 Dominican Republic 0.0098 10 2 4 3 12 19 9 113
129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0096 11 2 5 2 15 14 9 107
130 India 0.0090 9 2 3 10 11 31 15 117
131 French Guiana 0.0089 6 2 0 2 5 5 4 128
132 Lebanon 0.0082 10 2 4 2 8 9 8 112
133 San Marino 0.0038 1 0 1 20 4 89 21 153
134 Bangladesh 0.0033 12 3 3 15 12 53 21 106
135 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0032 10 3 1 10 9 41 14 114
136 Guadeloupe 0.0030 3 1 0 3 4 9 4 142
137 Mauritius 0.0029 1 0 1 8 3 19 9 149
138 Puerto Rico 0.0028 16 5 1 8 18 16 14 91
139 Estonia 0.0010 1 0 1 10 1 29 11 150
140 Sint Maarten 0.0010 4 1 1 2 3 7 4 136
141 Macao 0.0009 4 1 1 7 5 50 9 140
142 Cayman Islands 0.0009 4 1 1 5 9 19 7 138
143 Nepal 0.0007 1 0 1 9 0 35 10 151
143 Taiwan 0.0007 1 0 1 10 4 47 11 152
145 Vietnam 0.0006 3 1 0 7 4 18 8 143
146 Barbados 0.0004 6 2 0 3 10 7 5 126
147 British Virgin Islands 0.0003 1 0 1 3 2 10 4 148
148 Guyana 0.0002 8 2 2 8 10 30 12 120
149 Suriname 0.0002 6 1 3 1 5 5 5 129
150 Netherlands Antilles 0 7 2 1 3 5 11 6 124
150 Tahiti 0 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 135
150 Antigua and Barbuda 0 4 1 1 5 6 11 7 137
150 Solomon Islands 0 1 0 1 3 5 13 4 147
150 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 4 154
150 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 6 2 18 6 155
150 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 4 1 18 4 156
150 Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 5 1 21 5 157
150 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 6 3 24 6 158
150 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 8 0 26 8 159
150 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 18 4 69 18 160

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.