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

FIFA 1999-06

1998-05 2000-07

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Europe 30.841 185 55 20 29 153 98 104 1
2 South America 28.338 116 34 14 22 112 66 70 2
3 Asia 14.266 66 18 12 32 59 104 62 3
4 CONCACAF 13.965 54 14 12 21 53 70 47 4
5 Africa 12.590 48 12 12 23 43 67 47 5
6 Oceania 0 0 0 0 6 2 17 6 6

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes 168 international matches. 46 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1999 (15)
Confederations Cup 2001 (14)
Confederations Cup 2003 (15)
Confederations Cup 2005 (15)
World Cup 2002 (54)
World Cup 2006 (47)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2001 (4)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2005 (4)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 25 countries, 59.29% of possible points (1st).
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

South America 7 countries, 55.24% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.

CONCACAF 5 countries, 38.3% of possible points (3rd).
Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States.

Asia 7 countries, 35.48% of possible points (4th).
Australia, Bahrain, China, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.

Africa 10 countries, 34.04% of possible points (5th).
Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia.

Oceania 1 country, 0% of possible points (6th).
New Zealand.