Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.
World 1971-78
| ‹ 1970-77 | 1972-79 › | |
|---|---|---|
| EP | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GP | PR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany | 8.8935 | 49 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 63 | 21 | 32 | 4 |
| 2 | Poland | 8.6624 | 51 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 65 | 29 | 36 | 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 8.0388 | 66 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 116 | 37 | 43 | 1 |
| 4 | Brazil | 6.7039 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 12 | 26 | 10 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia | 5.8217 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 24 | 23 |
| 6 | Italy | 4.2960 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 55 | 22 | 34 | 6 |
| 7 | Austria | 3.6015 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 36 | 33 | 7 |
| 8 | Argentina | 3.5304 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 22 | 21 | 38 |
| 9 | East Germany | 3.5280 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 29 | 30 | 15 |
| 10 | England | 3.3748 | 37 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 21 | 26 | 14 |
| 11 | Scotland | 3.3587 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 38 | 32 | 28 | 28 |
| 12 | Spain | 2.7463 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 22 | 28 | 17 |
| 13 | Romania | 2.6393 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 50 | 28 | 25 | 30 |
| 14 | Yugoslavia | 2.5726 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 40 | 33 | 24 |
| 15 | Belgium | 2.0976 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 25 | 31 | 12 |
| 16 | Portugal | 2.0957 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 26 | 26 |
| 17 | Soviet Union | 1.9030 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 38 | 23 | 28 | 21 |
| 18 | Peru | 1.6471 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 26 | 24 | 35 |
| 19 | Wales | 1.6051 | 24 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 22 | 23 | 40 |
| 20 | Sweden | 1.5924 | 33 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 40 | 32 | 27 |
| 21 | Northern Ireland | 1.4390 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 21 | 26 | 36 |
| 22 | Bulgaria | 1.2109 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 26 | 34 |
| 23 | Hungary | 1.1225 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 64 | 46 | 34 | 18 |
| 24 | Guinea | 0.9999 | 48 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 39 | 36 | 5 |
| 25 | Tunisia | 0.9334 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 33 | 31 | 25 |
| 26 | Egypt | 0.8168 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 46 | 33 | 9 |
| 27 | Ghana | 0.7942 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 37 |
| 28 | Morocco | 0.7290 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 35 | 30 | 22 |
| 29 | France | 0.7192 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 30 | 24 | 42 |
| 30 | Nigeria | 0.7035 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 41 | 34 | 8 |
| 31 | Iran | 0.6648 | 50 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 21 | 31 | 3 |
| 32 | Turkey | 0.6602 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 23 | 49 |
| 33 | Zaire | 0.5960 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 62 | 48 | 34 | 11 |
| 34 | Zambia | 0.5679 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 57 | 44 | 35 | 13 |
| 35 | Ireland | 0.5647 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 30 | 20 | 55 |
| 36 | Greece | 0.5543 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 39 | 22 | 54 |
| 37 | Chile | 0.5516 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 58 |
| 38 | Colombia | 0.5323 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 48 |
| 39 | Paraguay | 0.5165 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 68 |
| 40 | Uganda | 0.4617 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 30 | 23 | 43 |
| 41 | Congo | 0.4333 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 43 | 48 | 29 | 39 |
| 42 | Albania | 0.4106 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 94 |
| 43 | Ivory Coast | 0.4070 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 34 | 25 | 29 |
| 44 | Switzerland | 0.3980 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 56 |
| 45 | Mali | 0.3964 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 23 | 15 | 46 |
| 46 | Denmark | 0.3957 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 30 | 57 | 23 | 79 |
| 47 | Finland | 0.2997 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 71 | 25 | 73 |
| 48 | Cameroon | 0.2783 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 44 |
| 49 | Iceland | 0.2119 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 57 | 21 | 92 |
| 50 | Senegal | 0.1970 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 66 |
| 51 | Norway | 0.1938 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 52 | 22 | 77 |
| 52 | Uruguay | 0.1853 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 71 |
| 53 | Togo | 0.1788 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 31 | 19 | 76 |
| 54 | Algeria | 0.1771 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 52 |
| 55 | Sudan | 0.1683 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 65 |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0.1649 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 30 | 30 | 20 |
| 57 | South Korea | 0.1579 | 36 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 30 | 19 |
| 58 | Australia | 0.1436 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 41 | 26 | 26 | 32 |
| 59 | Kenya | 0.1241 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 63 |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 0.1177 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 83 | 23 | 104 |
| 61 | Ecuador | 0.1101 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 27 | 12 | 99 |
| 62 | Bolivia | 0.0849 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 45 | 16 | 82 |
| 63 | Ethiopia | 0.0804 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 60 |
| 64 | Iraq | 0.0744 | 30 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 21 | 23 | 31 |
| 65 | North Korea | 0.0632 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 67 |
| 66 | Israel | 0.0512 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 61 |
| 67 | Central African Republic | 0.0458 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 89 |
| 68 | Libya | 0.0439 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 102 |
| 69 | Madagascar | 0.0429 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 97 |
| 70 | Somalia | 0.0426 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 98 |
| 71 | Syria | 0.0406 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 75 |
| 72 | Malaysia | 0.0397 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 17 | 19 | 41 |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 0.0392 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 81 |
| 74 | Tanzania | 0.0346 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 86 |
| 75 | China | 0.0317 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 74 |
| 76 | Cyprus | 0.0285 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 82 | 24 | 110 |
| 77 | Cambodia | 0.0268 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 83 |
| 78 | Mauritius | 0.0224 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 24 | 15 | 78 |
| 79 | Thailand | 0.0210 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 41 | 21 | 50 |
| 80 | Malta | 0.0191 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 87 | 23 | 111 |
| 81 | New Zealand | 0.0175 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 51 |
| 82 | Hong Kong | 0.0164 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 38 | 56 | 24 | 57 |
| 83 | Malawi | 0.0152 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 100 |
| 84 | Burundi | 0.0142 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 105 |
| 85 | Lebanon | 0.0133 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 96 |
| 86 | Indonesia | 0.0130 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 53 |
| 87 | Lesotho | 0.0122 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 108 |
| 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 | 0.0088 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 112 |
| 91 | Japan | 0.0073 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 12 | 91 |
| 92 | Venezuela | 0.0071 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 8 | 116 |
| 93 | Niger | 0.0063 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 90 |
| 94 | Jordan | 0.0060 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 101 |
| 95 | Upper Volta | 0.0047 | 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 | 47 |
| 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 | Vanuatu | 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 | Benin | 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.
| « 1970-77 | History | 2019-26 » |
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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.