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

World 1990-97

1989-96 1991-98

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 7.5975 115 35 10 6 113 37 51 3
2 Germany 7.0950 109 33 10 5 103 45 48 7
3 Italy 6.7944 118 34 16 5 88 30 55 2
4 Denmark 5.1816 101 29 14 6 81 33 49 10
5 Spain 4.0553 109 32 13 7 115 39 52 6
6 Netherlands 2.9822 106 31 13 9 117 37 53 9
7 Argentina 2.8927 110 30 20 11 102 65 61 5
8 England 2.5361 72 19 15 5 65 25 39 38
9 Yugoslavia 2.5155 60 19 3 3 73 18 25 45
10 Czechoslovakia 2.3684 93 27 12 15 97 50 54 15
11 France 2.3583 74 21 11 4 66 23 36 35
12 Norway 2.3527 79 23 10 6 73 20 39 25
13 Portugal 2.3228 85 25 10 7 75 22 42 21
14 Romania 2.2997 100 30 10 10 112 48 50 11
15 Bulgaria 2.1972 86 26 8 12 89 52 46 19
16 Nigeria 2.0747 99 29 12 9 87 32 50 13
17 Sweden 2.0537 70 20 10 12 68 46 42 39
18 Mexico 2.0207 127 36 19 13 161 60 68 1
19 Cameroon 1.4342 100 27 19 11 72 52 57 12
20 Colombia 1.4093 78 21 15 16 77 59 52 31
21 Croatia 1.3833 48 14 6 4 47 23 24 62
22 Ghana 1.3361 86 26 8 10 56 28 44 20
23 Ireland 1.3358 79 20 19 11 77 43 50 26
24 Uruguay 1.3170 76 21 13 16 62 57 50 32
25 Switzerland 1.3054 67 19 10 12 74 43 41 42
26 Zambia 1.1963 113 34 11 12 90 36 57 4
27 Belgium 1.1535 78 24 6 14 73 45 44 30
28 Soviet Union 1.1192 86 25 11 9 97 36 45 18
29 Scotland 0.8868 83 24 11 11 65 34 46 23
30 South Africa 0.8156 47 14 5 8 34 26 27 63
31 United States 0.8122 79 23 10 15 69 55 48 27
32 Saudi Arabia 0.7443 96 28 12 11 93 44 51 14
33 Paraguay 0.7285 57 16 9 13 44 46 38 51
34 Algeria 0.7184 75 21 12 10 63 39 43 33
35 Australia 0.7146 56 17 5 3 70 17 25 52
36 Chile 0.6888 40 11 7 14 50 41 32 74
37 Bolivia 0.6774 57 15 12 17 59 56 44 50
38 Ecuador 0.6611 54 15 9 17 55 43 41 54
39 Egypt 0.6439 83 22 17 16 90 44 55 22
40 Greece 0.6183 63 19 6 12 55 34 37 44
41 Tunisia 0.5773 68 18 14 5 55 23 37 41
42 Ivory Coast 0.5734 74 21 11 12 59 48 44 36
43 Poland 0.5576 43 11 10 13 42 45 34 70
44 Austria 0.5494 59 18 5 18 69 51 41 46
45 Costa Rica 0.5316 88 26 10 22 93 70 58 16
46 Ukraine 0.4611 34 10 4 8 22 24 22 85
47 Turkey 0.4568 39 11 6 18 49 55 35 77
48 Morocco 0.4510 78 23 9 11 64 26 43 28
49 Zimbabwe 0.4241 56 15 11 12 49 45 38 53
50 Iran 0.3956 87 25 12 8 133 38 45 17
51 Peru 0.3881 44 12 8 19 43 62 39 68
52 Wales 0.3647 45 13 6 15 56 58 34 64
53 Hungary 0.3618 37 9 10 15 34 53 34 81
54 Northern Ireland 0.3616 51 13 12 15 51 49 40 57
55 Guinea 0.3442 59 17 8 15 58 42 40 47
56 Slovakia 0.3290 30 9 3 8 32 32 20 93
57 South Korea 0.3261 74 22 8 9 86 36 39 34
58 Japan 0.3101 82 24 10 5 100 32 39 24
59 Gabon 0.3060 57 15 12 11 41 37 38 49
60 Lithuania 0.2998 42 12 6 14 32 41 32 72
61 Sierra Leone 0.2970 42 12 6 12 27 33 30 71
62 Angola 0.2921 51 13 12 11 43 33 36 56
63 Jamaica 0.2896 107 31 14 12 90 60 57 8
64 United Arab Emirates 0.2828 67 19 10 10 56 46 39 43
65 Zaire 0.2797 58 15 13 16 53 39 44 48
66 Georgia 0.2737 25 8 1 9 21 22 18 101
67 Israel 0.2728 31 8 7 13 32 47 28 90
68 Finland 0.2726 40 11 7 18 43 56 36 76
69 Senegal 0.2342 49 13 10 18 45 47 41 60
70 Iceland 0.2285 31 8 7 19 28 44 34 91
71 Congo 0.2240 29 7 8 14 20 30 29 95
72 Mali 0.2225 44 13 5 15 38 41 33 67
73 China 0.2139 72 22 6 9 77 34 37 37
74 Burundi 0.2008 17 4 5 2 13 13 11 121
75 Kuwait 0.1855 50 14 8 8 60 28 30 58
76 Madagascar 0.1816 18 5 3 3 13 9 11 120
77 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.1795 9 3 0 5 9 14 8 149
78 Kenya 0.1679 39 11 6 14 34 40 31 78
79 El Salvador 0.1620 69 20 9 20 72 68 49 40
80 Macedonia 0.1615 20 5 5 10 31 36 20 115
81 Mozambique 0.1558 45 12 9 14 39 43 35 65
82 Honduras 0.1547 78 23 9 15 88 58 47 29
83 Latvia 0.1489 27 7 6 19 25 55 32 99
84 Slovenia 0.1298 12 3 3 12 18 33 18 139
85 Cyprus 0.1248 24 6 6 24 26 78 36 103
86 Sudan 0.1245 25 7 4 11 17 29 22 102
87 Liberia 0.1231 31 8 7 11 20 31 26 89
88 Burkina Faso 0.1211 23 6 5 12 27 43 23 108
89 Uganda 0.1175 32 7 11 8 28 38 26 88
90 Togo 0.1164 36 9 9 19 30 51 37 82
91 Canada 0.1145 49 13 10 13 47 63 36 61
92 Iraq 0.1117 43 13 4 6 61 25 23 69
93 Qatar 0.1100 49 15 4 9 59 28 28 59
94 Belarus 0.0958 15 4 3 13 13 34 20 129
95 Malawi 0.0924 23 6 5 13 22 37 24 107
96 Ethiopia 0.0917 22 5 7 24 22 75 36 111
97 Guatemala 0.0917 40 11 7 11 25 31 29 75
98 Tanzania 0.0905 23 6 5 13 24 31 24 106
99 Swaziland 0.0889 9 2 3 5 5 17 10 150
100 Armenia 0.0852 13 2 7 11 13 34 20 136
101 Namibia 0.0750 28 6 10 14 27 53 30 98
102 Albania 0.0743 20 5 5 29 25 83 39 116
103 Niger 0.0681 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 105
104 Luxembourg 0.0573 11 3 2 27 9 74 32 146
105 Venezuela 0.0548 8 1 5 31 23 116 37 154
106 Uzbekistan 0.0519 28 8 4 7 41 31 19 97
107 Cuba 0.0512 34 11 1 7 43 24 19 84
108 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0509 52 16 4 16 81 45 36 55
109 North Korea 0.0507 33 10 3 6 34 23 19 87
110 Syria 0.0488 34 10 4 6 53 21 20 83
111 Kazakhstan 0.0483 21 6 3 7 23 27 16 113
112 Azerbaijan 0.0440 4 1 1 16 5 51 18 169
113 Panama 0.0410 29 8 5 13 31 45 26 96
114 Martinique 0.0403 44 13 5 6 50 33 24 66
115 Benin 0.0392 11 2 5 21 15 59 28 145
116 Chad 0.0357 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 153
117 Moldova 0.0344 9 3 0 15 13 48 18 151
118 Thailand 0.0313 38 11 5 10 55 37 26 79
119 Mauritania 0.0298 12 2 6 12 8 32 20 140
120 Faroe Islands 0.0252 16 5 1 32 24 130 38 126
121 Malaysia 0.0232 25 6 7 4 28 18 17 100
122 Malta 0.0227 8 1 5 32 9 105 38 155
123 Bermuda 0.0196 14 4 2 6 16 19 12 132
124 New Zealand 0.0182 20 6 2 6 28 14 14 114
125 Tajikistan 0.0165 16 5 1 2 19 7 8 123
126 Indonesia 0.0155 19 4 7 11 31 38 22 118
127 Gambia 0.0142 6 2 0 2 4 8 4 163
128 Singapore 0.0138 29 8 5 8 32 31 21 94
129 Mauritius 0.0134 2 0 2 16 7 41 18 172
130 Yemen 0.0132 22 6 4 8 24 28 18 110
131 Oman 0.0129 33 10 3 7 47 17 20 86
132 Lesotho 0.0123 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 159
133 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0121 42 12 6 21 66 104 39 73
134 Guinea-Bissau 0.0116 3 1 0 7 6 23 8 171
135 Kyrgyzstan 0.0112 12 4 0 5 15 18 9 137
136 Haiti 0.0105 14 4 2 2 15 13 8 131
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0104 30 7 9 6 32 31 22 92
138 Lebanon 0.0096 21 5 6 5 19 22 16 112
139 Estonia 0.0095 5 1 2 27 8 74 30 167
140 Botswana 0.0094 5 0 5 13 6 46 18 165
141 Saint Lucia 0.0083 37 11 4 11 37 37 26 80
142 Jordan 0.0082 16 4 4 6 20 20 14 124
143 Bahrain 0.0076 15 4 3 7 13 20 14 128
144 Hong Kong 0.0073 19 5 4 9 25 33 18 119
145 Grenada 0.0063 19 5 4 6 25 25 15 117
146 Liechtenstein 0.0058 1 0 1 19 4 92 20 178
147 Fiji 0.0055 13 4 1 3 10 10 8 133
148 Papua New Guinea 0.0049 7 2 1 3 5 13 6 157
149 Suriname 0.0046 13 3 4 4 9 13 11 134
150 Turkmenistan 0.0036 7 2 1 7 11 21 10 160
151 Dominican Republic 0.0036 23 6 5 7 25 41 18 109
152 French Guiana 0.0028 11 3 2 7 16 20 12 141
153 San Marino 0.0028 1 0 1 35 5 157 36 179
154 Cayman Islands 0.0020 11 3 2 9 16 39 14 143
155 Barbados 0.0017 23 7 2 6 24 14 15 104
156 Guadeloupe 0.0017 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 156
157 Puerto Rico 0.0015 17 5 2 10 21 36 17 122
158 Dominica 0.0014 15 4 3 7 22 24 14 127
159 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0013 13 3 4 8 20 29 15 135
160 Sint Maarten 0.0011 16 5 1 4 11 12 10 125
161 Guyana 0.0010 15 4 3 12 20 49 19 130
162 Solomon Islands 0.0010 7 1 4 7 15 39 12 162
163 Taiwan 0.0010 5 1 2 14 8 60 17 166
164 India 0.0009 11 3 2 10 16 44 15 144
165 Vietnam 0.0008 6 2 0 14 10 44 16 164
166 Netherlands Antilles 0.0004 12 3 3 4 14 19 10 138
167 Myanmar 0.0004 7 2 1 3 11 20 6 158
168 Belize 0.0004 1 0 1 5 4 13 6 173
169 Macao 0.0003 11 3 2 13 15 90 18 147
170 Tahiti 0.0003 11 3 2 7 10 32 12 142
171 Cambodia 0.0003 1 0 1 5 2 27 6 176
172 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 4 1 1 5 9 21 7 168
173 Vanuatu 0.0001 1 0 1 5 3 21 6 174
174 Bangladesh 0.0001 9 3 0 13 11 49 16 152
175 Sri Lanka 0.0001 10 3 1 13 9 55 17 148
176 Aruba 0.0000 3 1 0 7 10 25 8 170
177 Nepal 0.0000 1 0 1 11 4 45 12 177
178 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 161
178 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 8 5 28 9 175
178 Philippines 0 0 0 0 6 1 30 6 180
178 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 12 6 45 12 181
178 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 16 5 74 16 182
178 Maldives 0 0 0 0 12 4 89 12 183

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.