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

World 1988-95

1987-94 1989-96

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Germany 8.4042 92 28 8 6 89 39 42 9
2 Italy 8.3631 99 29 12 5 76 28 46 6
3 Brazil 6.5040 102 30 12 5 91 31 47 3
4 Yugoslavia 3.5186 51 16 3 2 48 16 21 47
5 Argentina 3.3134 80 22 14 9 72 50 45 15
6 Denmark 3.1835 84 24 12 8 75 35 44 12
7 Netherlands 3.1084 108 32 12 8 104 34 52 1
8 Romania 3.0622 85 25 10 8 84 45 43 10
9 Soviet Union 2.4129 92 27 11 7 91 29 45 8
10 France 2.3556 77 22 11 6 71 28 39 17
11 Spain 2.3163 99 30 9 10 108 38 49 5
12 Czechoslovakia 2.3134 79 23 10 8 77 32 41 16
13 Cameroon 2.2266 102 29 15 11 65 45 55 4
14 Bulgaria 1.9677 68 20 8 13 74 47 41 26
15 Croatia 1.9666 23 7 2 1 22 5 10 87
16 Sweden 1.9490 63 17 12 9 61 40 38 33
17 Nigeria 1.8351 105 30 15 11 101 44 56 2
18 Colombia 1.8133 63 16 15 11 59 44 42 34
19 Ireland 1.7653 81 21 18 10 65 36 49 14
20 Uruguay 1.6986 64 18 10 9 52 33 37 29
21 Belgium 1.6949 72 21 9 12 65 37 42 20
22 England 1.6615 56 14 14 7 54 27 35 43
23 Mexico 1.6311 69 20 9 7 95 30 36 24
24 Switzerland 1.5620 63 18 9 11 72 41 38 30
25 Norway 1.5142 67 19 10 10 62 27 39 27
26 Scotland 1.3293 70 20 10 11 61 41 41 23
27 Portugal 1.1825 73 22 7 7 69 24 36 19
28 Zambia 1.1372 93 29 6 12 71 27 47 7
29 Ghana 1.0818 59 18 5 7 39 20 30 37
30 Ivory Coast 0.9879 75 20 15 9 64 39 44 18
31 United States 0.9726 59 17 8 13 45 42 38 38
32 Algeria 0.7881 72 19 15 8 66 45 42 21
33 Bolivia 0.7353 36 9 9 12 37 43 30 64
34 Egypt 0.6938 84 22 18 14 76 34 54 11
35 Saudi Arabia 0.6637 67 18 13 6 61 29 37 28
36 Chile 0.6575 28 8 4 9 33 27 21 78
37 Costa Rica 0.6396 69 21 6 16 68 46 43 25
38 Ecuador 0.5899 34 9 7 13 34 27 29 67
39 Austria 0.5696 46 13 7 19 61 56 39 53
40 Greece 0.5371 54 16 6 13 47 45 35 45
41 Gabon 0.5314 55 16 7 11 44 35 34 44
42 Paraguay 0.4885 40 11 7 11 36 44 29 59
43 Wales 0.4752 40 11 7 14 40 45 32 57
44 Hungary 0.4700 35 8 11 13 31 45 32 66
45 South Korea 0.4470 83 25 8 7 88 23 40 13
46 Turkey 0.4465 35 10 5 17 40 51 32 65
47 Poland 0.4442 40 10 10 12 36 41 32 58
48 Sierra Leone 0.4275 32 9 5 4 21 15 18 74
49 Zaire 0.4090 49 12 13 13 43 33 38 50
50 Ukraine 0.3941 13 4 1 5 11 15 10 115
51 Zimbabwe 0.3740 52 14 10 10 43 46 34 46
52 Morocco 0.3592 62 16 14 14 51 34 44 35
53 Lithuania 0.3437 25 7 4 11 21 33 22 84
54 Senegal 0.2731 46 13 7 15 42 38 35 54
55 Northern Ireland 0.2722 51 14 9 15 51 51 38 49
56 Burkina Faso 0.2700 22 6 4 4 16 20 14 91
57 Honduras 0.2691 63 18 9 9 62 35 36 31
58 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2678 58 17 7 10 66 32 34 39
59 Madagascar 0.2629 17 5 2 2 10 5 9 98
60 Israel 0.2600 25 5 10 11 28 45 26 85
61 China 0.2547 71 21 8 9 66 25 38 22
62 Tunisia 0.2380 51 13 12 9 42 27 34 48
63 Angola 0.2358 37 9 10 12 32 32 31 61
64 Japan 0.2318 58 16 10 6 54 21 32 40
65 Mali 0.2284 44 12 8 13 37 38 33 55
66 Iceland 0.2279 29 7 8 17 23 39 32 77
67 Qatar 0.2198 48 13 9 6 52 28 28 51
68 Guinea 0.2193 42 11 9 13 45 41 33 56
69 Peru 0.2171 13 2 7 16 25 46 25 118
70 Slovenia 0.2085 11 3 2 5 13 13 10 124
71 El Salvador 0.2015 47 14 5 14 49 45 33 52
72 Iran 0.1826 59 17 8 7 56 24 32 36
73 Georgia 0.1819 15 5 0 5 14 13 10 104
74 Jamaica 0.1780 58 17 7 10 52 46 34 41
75 Uganda 0.1747 33 8 9 7 26 31 24 70
76 Finland 0.1671 33 9 6 19 36 60 34 73
77 Iraq 0.1664 36 10 6 3 48 18 19 62
78 Australia 0.1608 31 9 4 3 32 11 16 75
79 Liberia 0.1523 25 6 7 7 10 15 20 83
80 Canada 0.1488 27 7 6 7 31 40 20 81
81 Malawi 0.1450 28 6 10 12 24 33 28 79
82 Swaziland 0.1436 12 2 6 4 10 19 12 121
83 Congo 0.1390 14 3 5 11 12 23 19 109
84 East Germany 0.1358 10 3 1 4 9 13 8 133
85 United Arab Emirates 0.1338 63 18 9 9 60 34 36 32
86 Burundi 0.1287 11 2 5 2 11 13 9 126
87 Belarus 0.1272 11 3 2 5 8 13 10 127
88 Syria 0.1265 38 11 5 4 34 20 20 60
89 Kenya 0.1225 33 8 9 13 29 40 30 72
90 Slovakia 0.1213 14 4 2 4 14 18 10 108
91 Latvia 0.1198 17 4 5 13 15 41 22 101
92 Guatemala 0.1187 23 6 5 11 12 24 22 90
93 Tanzania 0.1146 19 5 4 9 20 26 18 95
94 Cyprus 0.1094 15 3 6 27 22 83 36 106
95 Kuwait 0.1053 36 10 6 4 43 13 20 63
96 Mozambique 0.1036 33 9 6 11 27 33 26 71
97 Sudan 0.0993 27 7 6 11 22 34 24 82
98 North Korea 0.0980 57 17 6 11 50 34 34 42
99 Ethiopia 0.0959 22 6 4 20 16 59 30 92
100 Albania 0.0888 16 4 4 27 21 78 35 103
101 Niger 0.0841 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 88
102 Moldova 0.0781 9 3 0 7 11 27 10 137
103 Macedonia 0.0735 7 1 4 5 9 18 10 144
104 Martinique 0.0684 29 8 5 5 31 28 18 76
105 Togo 0.0676 14 3 5 13 11 30 21 110
106 South Africa 0.0615 12 3 3 4 7 14 10 120
107 Malta 0.0609 10 1 7 28 10 86 36 135
108 Venezuela 0.0598 6 1 3 22 20 99 26 149
109 New Zealand 0.0578 21 6 3 5 28 16 14 93
110 Cuba 0.0572 19 6 1 3 25 8 10 94
111 Luxembourg 0.0549 12 3 3 26 10 74 32 123
112 Thailand 0.0539 28 8 4 12 24 39 24 80
113 Bahrain 0.0490 18 4 6 6 13 14 16 97
114 Panama 0.0472 15 4 3 9 16 27 16 105
115 Fiji 0.0363 10 3 1 2 8 8 6 130
116 Jordan 0.0359 19 4 7 7 17 25 18 96
117 Chad 0.0348 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 139
118 Saint Lucia 0.0317 34 10 4 8 33 28 22 68
119 Bermuda 0.0316 14 4 2 4 14 15 10 107
120 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0233 34 10 4 11 46 53 25 69
121 Benin 0.0225 5 1 2 17 8 49 20 152
122 Malaysia 0.0220 24 6 6 7 30 28 19 86
123 Faroe Islands 0.0216 10 3 1 24 14 99 28 136
124 Namibia 0.0209 8 1 5 8 8 28 14 140
125 Mauritania 0.0189 7 1 4 9 4 24 14 146
126 Liechtenstein 0.0175 1 0 1 9 1 40 10 163
127 Armenia 0.0164 5 1 2 7 5 17 10 151
128 Oman 0.0162 13 3 4 7 14 19 14 116
129 Yemen 0.0161 11 3 2 3 12 13 8 125
130 Singapore 0.0158 23 7 2 8 26 25 17 89
131 Hong Kong 0.0157 14 2 8 11 15 35 21 111
132 Lesotho 0.0150 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 145
133 North Yemen 0.0149 6 1 3 5 5 10 9 148
134 Botswana 0.0142 4 0 4 12 6 40 16 153
135 Indonesia 0.0120 14 3 5 11 14 37 19 112
136 Haiti 0.0114 7 2 1 1 6 5 4 141
137 Suriname 0.0102 13 3 4 2 9 11 9 114
138 India 0.0098 9 2 3 10 11 31 15 138
139 Lebanon 0.0089 10 2 4 2 8 9 8 131
140 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0077 16 3 7 3 20 18 13 102
141 Azerbaijan 0.0071 1 0 1 9 2 29 10 161
142 San Marino 0.0070 1 0 1 27 5 115 28 166
143 Dominican Republic 0.0060 13 3 4 5 16 25 12 117
144 French Guiana 0.0060 10 3 1 6 14 16 10 132
145 Cayman Islands 0.0041 11 3 2 7 16 33 12 128
146 Bangladesh 0.0035 12 3 3 15 12 53 21 122
147 Grenada 0.0034 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 150
148 Guadeloupe 0.0033 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 143
149 Puerto Rico 0.0031 17 5 2 10 21 30 17 100
150 Mauritius 0.0026 1 0 1 11 3 27 12 160
151 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0024 12 3 3 7 16 22 13 119
152 Netherlands Antilles 0.0021 17 5 2 4 16 22 11 99
153 Barbados 0.0019 13 4 1 4 19 10 9 113
154 Sint Maarten 0.0015 10 3 1 3 5 9 7 134
155 Guyana 0.0012 11 3 2 10 14 37 15 129
156 Macao 0.0010 4 1 1 7 5 50 9 154
157 Dominica 0.0010 2 0 2 3 3 8 5 156
158 Estonia 0.0008 1 0 1 19 4 58 20 165
159 Nepal 0.0007 1 0 1 9 0 35 10 162
159 Taiwan 0.0007 1 0 1 10 4 47 11 164
161 Vietnam 0.0007 3 1 0 7 4 18 8 155
162 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 1 0 1 3 2 10 4 157
163 Tahiti 0 7 2 1 2 6 8 5 142
163 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 147
163 Solomon Islands 0 1 0 1 4 5 14 5 158
163 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 5 3 16 6 159
163 Aruba 0 0 0 0 4 5 12 4 167
163 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 6 2 18 6 168
163 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 4 1 18 4 169
163 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 8 0 26 8 170
163 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 8 3 31 8 171
163 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 18 4 69 18 172

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.