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

World 1971-78

‹ 1970-77 History 1972-79 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 West Germany 8.8544 49 19 11 2 63 21 32 4
2 Poland 8.6187 51 22 7 7 65 29 36 2
3 Netherlands 8.0098 66 30 6 7 116 37 43 1
4 Brazil 6.6846 39 16 7 3 49 12 26 11
5 Czechoslovakia 5.8005 34 15 4 5 50 23 24 23
6 Italy 4.2791 46 18 10 6 55 22 34 6
7 Austria 3.5882 42 18 6 9 66 36 33 8
8 Argentina 3.5171 26 11 4 6 50 22 21 38
9 East Germany 3.5142 37 14 9 7 54 29 30 15
10 England 3.3614 37 15 7 4 50 21 26 14
11 Scotland 3.3504 32 13 6 9 38 32 28 28
12 Spain 2.7376 37 14 9 5 44 22 28 17
13 Romania 2.6302 30 11 8 6 50 28 25 30
14 Yugoslavia 2.5669 34 13 8 12 52 40 33 24
15 Belgium 2.0902 38 15 8 8 42 25 31 13
16 Portugal 2.0881 33 12 9 5 40 27 26 26
17 Soviet Union 1.8967 35 15 5 8 38 23 28 21
18 Peru 1.6422 28 12 4 8 37 26 24 35
19 Wales 1.5986 24 11 2 10 34 22 23 41
20 Sweden 1.5870 33 13 7 12 44 40 32 27
21 Northern Ireland 1.4342 27 10 7 9 34 21 26 36
22 Bulgaria 1.2064 29 10 9 7 44 31 26 34
23 Hungary 1.1186 37 14 9 11 64 46 34 18
24 Guinea 1.0412 48 19 10 7 60 38 36 5
25 Tunisia 0.8896 34 12 10 10 45 35 32 25
26 Egypt 0.8364 42 18 6 9 60 46 33 9
27 Ghana 0.8169 27 12 3 9 36 25 24 37
28 Nigeria 0.7933 44 17 10 8 60 41 35 7
29 Morocco 0.7559 35 12 11 7 42 35 30 22
30 France 0.7167 23 8 7 9 34 30 24 43
31 Iran 0.6631 50 23 4 4 48 21 31 3
32 Turkey 0.6573 19 7 5 11 21 30 23 49
33 Zaire 0.6161 39 17 5 12 62 48 34 12
34 Zambia 0.5840 41 17 7 13 66 48 37 10
35 Ireland 0.5626 16 5 6 9 23 30 20 55
36 Greece 0.5520 16 6 4 12 33 39 22 54
37 Chile 0.5497 15 5 5 5 17 14 15 58
38 Colombia 0.5307 19 7 5 5 15 15 17 48
39 Paraguay 0.5149 12 4 4 4 16 13 12 67
40 Uganda 0.5087 26 11 4 10 39 31 25 39
41 Congo 0.4385 26 10 6 13 43 48 29 40
42 Ivory Coast 0.4131 31 13 5 7 39 34 25 29
43 Albania 0.4086 5 2 1 7 7 17 10 94
44 Mali 0.4082 19 6 7 2 29 23 15 47
45 Switzerland 0.3965 16 6 4 12 20 28 22 56
46 Denmark 0.3944 10 3 4 16 30 57 23 79
47 Finland 0.2985 12 5 2 18 23 71 25 74
48 Cameroon 0.2565 20 9 2 7 25 23 18 44
49 Iceland 0.2112 6 2 2 17 8 57 21 92
50 Senegal 0.2107 13 5 3 6 13 18 14 66
51 Togo 0.2032 12 3 6 10 15 29 19 73
52 Norway 0.1931 11 5 1 16 22 52 22 78
53 Uruguay 0.1846 12 4 4 5 13 15 13 71
54 Algeria 0.1794 16 6 4 6 19 19 16 52
55 Sudan 0.1712 13 4 5 5 17 19 14 65
56 Kuwait 0.1645 36 16 4 10 43 30 30 20
57 South Korea 0.1574 36 12 12 6 37 22 30 19
58 Australia 0.1432 30 11 8 7 41 26 26 32
59 Kenya 0.1308 14 4 6 9 18 25 19 63
60 Luxembourg 0.1174 3 1 1 21 13 83 23 104
61 Ecuador 0.1098 4 0 4 8 8 27 12 100
62 Ethiopia 0.0855 15 5 5 6 18 21 16 60
63 Bolivia 0.0846 9 4 1 11 14 45 16 82
64 Iraq 0.0742 30 12 6 5 37 21 23 31
65 North Korea 0.0630 12 4 4 3 12 9 11 68
66 Israel 0.0511 14 6 2 2 17 5 10 61
67 Madagascar 0.0473 4 2 0 2 6 10 4 97
68 Central African Republic 0.0465 6 3 0 3 9 8 6 89
69 Somalia 0.0436 4 2 0 2 3 7 4 98
70 Sierra Leone 0.0423 9 3 3 6 16 20 12 81
71 Libya 0.0421 3 1 1 8 2 14 10 102
72 Syria 0.0405 11 4 3 6 12 17 13 76
73 Malaysia 0.0395 23 9 5 5 31 17 19 42
74 Mauritius 0.0393 11 2 7 8 19 29 17 77
75 Tanzania 0.0370 7 1 5 3 9 13 9 86
76 China 0.0317 11 5 1 4 16 9 10 75
77 Cyprus 0.0284 2 1 0 23 5 82 24 110
78 Cambodia 0.0267 8 3 2 5 16 18 10 83
79 Malawi 0.0251 4 1 2 5 13 21 8 99
80 Thailand 0.0209 18 7 4 10 38 39 21 50
81 Malta 0.0190 2 1 0 22 3 87 23 111
82 New Zealand 0.0174 17 6 5 4 32 20 15 51
83 Hong Kong 0.0163 16 6 4 14 27 45 24 57
84 Burundi 0.0145 2 1 0 3 2 6 4 105
85 Lebanon 0.0132 4 2 0 3 6 10 5 96
86 Lesotho 0.0130 2 0 2 4 2 15 6 108
87 Indonesia 0.0130 16 6 4 9 28 31 19 53
88 Singapore 0.0106 7 3 1 4 12 10 8 85
89 Saudi Arabia 0.0090 9 4 1 5 15 12 10 80
90 Gabon 0.0089 1 0 1 3 5 10 4 112
91 Japan 0.0073 6 2 2 8 5 13 12 91
92 Venezuela 0.0070 1 0 1 7 3 34 8 116
93 Niger 0.0068 6 3 0 5 9 17 8 90
94 Jordan 0.0060 3 1 1 3 3 8 5 101
95 Upper Volta 0.0048 1 0 1 8 5 26 9 115
96 Bahrain 0.0041 4 2 0 5 9 10 7 95
97 Tahiti 0.0029 7 3 1 1 8 4 5 84
98 Qatar 0.0021 7 3 1 6 8 17 10 87
99 Afghanistan 0.0001 1 0 1 5 3 18 6 114
100 Mexico 0 37 16 5 5 49 27 26 16
100 Haiti 0 30 12 6 5 38 27 23 33
100 New Caledonia 0 6 3 0 2 10 6 5 88
100 Trinidad and Tobago 0 19 7 5 5 38 26 17 45
100 Cuba 0 13 4 5 3 13 12 12 64
100 Canada 0 14 5 4 5 18 18 14 62
100 Guatemala 0 19 6 7 7 30 24 20 46
100 Suriname 0 15 6 3 7 33 31 16 59
100 Costa Rica 0 12 3 6 4 18 16 13 69
100 El Salvador 0 12 4 4 5 18 18 13 70
100 Honduras 0 12 3 6 5 18 22 14 72
100 United States 0 5 1 3 5 9 17 9 93
100 Panama 0 3 1 1 4 7 21 6 103
100 Guyana 0 2 1 0 3 5 10 4 106
100 New Hebrides 0 2 1 0 4 5 11 5 107
100 Netherlands Antilles 0 2 0 2 5 5 28 7 109
100 Jamaica 0 1 0 1 3 1 6 4 113
100 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 117
100 Fiji 0 0 0 0 4 2 13 4 118
100 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 4 1 17 4 119
100 Dahomey 0 0 0 0 6 1 18 6 120
100 Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 4 3 22 4 121
100 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 1 46 6 122

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

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Includes all competitive matches during the eight-year window: World Cup (qualifying and finals) in 1974 and 1978; Africa Cup of Nations (qualifying and finals) in 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1978, (qualifying only) 1980; AFC Asian Cup (qualifying and finals) in 1972 and 1976, (qualifying only) 1980; CONCACAF Championship 1971 (qualifying and finals); Oceania Cup 1973; Copa América 1975; European Championship (qualifying and finals) in 1972 and 1976, (qualifying only) 1980.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.