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

World 1972-79

‹ 1971-78 History 1973-80 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Poland 9.2750 55 24 7 6 67 27 37 2
2 West Germany 8.6350 48 18 12 2 63 21 32 4
3 Netherlands 8.5579 67 30 7 7 110 38 44 1
4 Brazil 6.3560 45 18 9 5 59 21 32 6
5 East Germany 4.9033 43 17 9 6 64 30 32 9
6 Czechoslovakia 4.7693 34 15 4 5 54 23 24 20
7 Italy 4.2938 40 16 8 6 48 19 30 14
8 Argentina 4.1030 29 12 5 8 57 28 25 30
9 England 3.5851 36 15 6 4 50 19 25 16
10 Austria 3.3955 42 17 8 8 61 35 33 10
11 Scotland 2.7299 31 12 7 8 41 31 27 26
12 Belgium 2.7052 41 16 9 7 43 25 32 12
13 Spain 2.3681 35 13 9 5 39 24 27 19
14 Portugal 1.9996 32 12 8 5 36 26 25 25
15 Yugoslavia 1.7745 36 15 6 12 59 40 33 17
16 Peru 1.6916 29 12 5 9 38 28 26 31
17 Wales 1.4937 22 10 2 10 32 24 22 44
18 Sweden 1.4911 33 13 7 12 49 44 32 23
19 Northern Ireland 1.2657 26 10 6 11 29 32 27 38
20 France 1.2474 24 9 6 8 35 27 23 41
21 Guinea 1.1725 48 20 8 8 66 42 36 5
22 Romania 1.1661 28 9 10 6 48 31 25 32
23 Paraguay 1.1203 24 8 8 5 29 20 21 40
24 Soviet Union 1.0420 30 12 6 9 33 26 27 29
25 Morocco 1.0410 42 15 12 7 57 37 34 11
26 Chile 1.0190 26 9 8 7 30 20 24 36
27 Bulgaria 0.9310 27 9 9 9 38 35 27 34
28 Ghana 0.9277 26 12 2 8 36 24 22 35
29 Tunisia 0.9041 34 12 10 10 45 35 32 21
30 Nigeria 0.8253 44 17 10 8 60 41 35 8
31 Hungary 0.7967 32 11 10 10 58 45 31 24
32 Colombia 0.7958 24 9 6 6 20 17 21 42
33 Ireland 0.7285 20 7 6 8 26 20 21 50
34 Turkey 0.7264 24 9 6 9 24 23 24 43
35 Egypt 0.6495 38 16 6 9 58 43 31 15
36 Greece 0.5960 17 6 5 9 32 33 20 56
37 Iran 0.5943 50 23 4 4 48 21 31 3
38 Zaire 0.5799 41 18 5 13 68 56 36 13
39 Zambia 0.5623 44 18 8 13 69 46 39 7
40 Uganda 0.5327 26 11 4 10 39 31 25 37
41 Ivory Coast 0.5082 33 14 5 8 44 34 27 22
42 Bolivia 0.4831 13 6 1 13 18 52 20 70
43 Congo 0.4501 26 10 6 13 44 51 29 39
44 Mali 0.4034 16 5 6 2 26 22 13 57
45 Cameroon 0.3387 22 10 2 8 28 26 20 45
46 Uruguay 0.3300 16 5 6 6 18 20 17 58
47 Denmark 0.2975 10 3 4 17 32 56 24 77
48 Finland 0.2732 14 5 4 15 27 65 24 67
49 Switzerland 0.2589 15 6 3 15 17 37 24 62
50 Senegal 0.2147 12 5 2 5 13 17 12 73
51 Sudan 0.2146 15 5 5 6 19 23 16 61
52 Iceland 0.2128 6 2 2 22 9 70 26 91
53 Togo 0.1939 13 4 5 12 18 38 21 69
54 Algeria 0.1896 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 54
55 Norway 0.1799 11 5 1 18 22 55 24 75
56 Australia 0.1576 30 11 8 7 41 26 26 27
57 South Korea 0.1375 36 12 12 6 37 22 30 18
58 Kenya 0.1366 13 4 5 10 19 28 19 68
59 Kuwait 0.1356 30 14 2 9 37 26 25 28
60 Ecuador 0.1225 6 1 4 11 12 34 16 90
61 Malta 0.1142 3 1 1 20 5 78 22 105
62 North Korea 0.1104 21 8 5 3 21 11 16 46
63 Ethiopia 0.0984 16 5 6 7 20 24 18 59
64 Tanzania 0.0894 12 3 6 4 17 17 13 72
65 Cyprus 0.0876 3 1 1 22 6 73 24 103
66 Libya 0.0812 8 3 2 7 6 16 12 83
67 Venezuela 0.0734 3 0 3 9 4 46 12 102
68 Syria 0.0630 11 5 1 5 9 12 11 74
69 Luxembourg 0.0625 3 1 1 22 13 81 24 104
70 Sierra Leone 0.0546 9 3 3 6 16 20 12 81
71 Central African Republic 0.0483 6 3 0 3 9 8 6 87
72 Somalia 0.0457 4 2 0 2 3 7 4 96
73 Mauritius 0.0439 14 4 6 9 23 35 19 66
74 Madagascar 0.0419 4 2 0 2 6 10 4 95
75 Israel 0.0401 14 6 2 2 17 5 10 63
76 Iraq 0.0309 21 8 5 5 28 19 18 47
77 Malaysia 0.0289 21 7 7 5 24 18 19 48
78 Mauritania 0.0240 2 0 2 2 4 9 4 108
79 China 0.0231 9 4 1 4 6 8 9 79
80 Benin 0.0223 2 1 0 7 3 22 8 113
81 Malawi 0.0202 4 1 2 7 13 25 10 97
82 New Zealand 0.0186 17 6 5 4 32 20 15 55
83 Cambodia 0.0178 3 1 1 3 8 10 5 100
84 Niger 0.0177 6 3 0 5 9 17 8 88
85 Thailand 0.0176 19 8 3 11 35 39 22 52
86 Upper Volta 0.0163 4 1 2 8 8 27 11 99
87 Gambia 0.0162 2 1 0 3 1 8 4 111
88 Burundi 0.0152 2 1 0 3 2 6 4 107
89 Albania 0.0149 2 1 0 5 3 13 6 112
90 Lesotho 0.0134 4 1 2 5 4 17 8 98
91 Saudi Arabia 0.0132 9 4 1 5 15 12 10 78
92 Hong Kong 0.0122 21 8 5 13 31 45 26 49
93 Gabon 0.0092 1 0 1 3 5 10 4 116
94 Indonesia 0.0060 10 3 4 10 19 35 17 76
95 Japan 0.0054 6 2 2 8 5 13 12 89
96 Singapore 0.0046 5 2 1 7 7 21 10 93
97 Tahiti 0.0031 7 3 1 1 8 4 5 84
98 Qatar 0.0026 14 6 2 6 18 19 14 65
99 Sri Lanka 0.0009 2 1 0 3 5 12 4 110
100 Bahrain 0.0003 2 1 0 4 4 7 5 106
101 Bangladesh 0.0003 4 1 2 1 7 8 4 94
102 Afghanistan 0.0001 2 0 2 8 7 29 10 114
103 Mexico 0 28 12 4 5 43 26 21 33
103 Haiti 0 19 9 1 5 25 24 15 51
103 Trinidad and Tobago 0 15 6 3 3 32 14 12 60
103 New Caledonia 0 6 3 0 2 10 6 5 86
103 Honduras 0 8 2 4 1 11 10 7 82
103 Guatemala 0 18 6 6 6 29 22 18 53
103 Canada 0 14 5 4 5 18 18 14 64
103 El Salvador 0 12 4 4 5 18 18 13 71
103 Costa Rica 0 7 1 5 2 12 11 8 85
103 Suriname 0 9 3 3 6 23 26 12 80
103 United States 0 5 1 3 5 9 17 9 92
103 Panama 0 3 1 1 4 7 21 6 101
103 New Hebrides 0 2 1 0 4 5 11 5 109
103 Netherlands Antilles 0 2 0 2 5 5 28 7 115
103 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 117
103 Fiji 0 0 0 0 4 2 13 4 118
103 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 4 1 17 4 119
103 Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 4 3 22 4 120

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 (finals only) 1972, (qualifying and finals) in 1974, 1976, and 1978, (qualifying only) 1980; AFC Asian Cup (finals only) 1972, (qualifying and finals) 1976, (qualifying only) 1980; Oceania Cup 1973; Copa América in 1975 and 1979; European Championship (qualifying and finals) in 1972 and 1976, (qualifying only) 1980.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.