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 9.3245 55 24 7 6 67 27 37 2
2 West Germany 8.6759 48 18 12 2 63 21 32 4
3 Netherlands 8.5914 67 30 7 7 110 38 44 1
4 Brazil 6.3773 45 18 9 5 59 21 32 6
5 East Germany 4.9255 43 17 9 6 64 30 32 7
6 Czechoslovakia 4.7884 34 15 4 5 54 23 24 20
7 Italy 4.3123 40 16 8 6 48 19 30 14
8 Argentina 4.1199 29 12 5 8 57 28 25 30
9 England 3.6004 36 15 6 4 50 19 25 16
10 Austria 3.4093 42 17 8 8 61 35 33 8
11 Scotland 2.7371 31 12 7 8 41 31 27 26
12 Belgium 2.7155 41 16 9 7 43 25 32 12
13 Spain 2.3763 35 13 9 5 39 24 27 19
14 Portugal 2.0074 32 12 8 5 36 26 25 25
15 Yugoslavia 1.7779 36 15 6 12 59 40 33 17
16 Peru 1.6972 29 12 5 9 38 28 26 31
17 Wales 1.5002 22 10 2 10 32 24 22 45
18 Sweden 1.4966 33 13 7 12 49 44 32 23
19 Northern Ireland 1.2704 26 10 6 11 29 32 27 37
20 France 1.2524 24 9 6 8 35 27 23 40
21 Romania 1.1702 28 9 10 6 48 31 25 32
22 Guinea 1.1366 48 20 8 8 66 43 36 5
23 Paraguay 1.1244 24 8 8 5 29 20 21 39
24 Soviet Union 1.0458 30 12 6 9 33 26 27 29
25 Chile 1.0230 26 9 8 7 30 20 24 36
26 Morocco 0.9972 42 15 12 7 57 37 34 9
27 Tunisia 0.9481 34 12 10 9 45 33 31 21
28 Bulgaria 0.9348 27 9 9 9 38 35 27 34
29 Ghana 0.9013 26 12 2 8 36 24 22 35
30 Hungary 0.7998 32 11 10 10 58 45 31 24
31 Colombia 0.7986 24 9 6 6 20 17 21 41
32 Ireland 0.7315 20 7 6 8 26 20 21 48
33 Nigeria 0.7312 42 16 10 8 58 41 34 10
34 Turkey 0.7296 24 9 6 9 24 23 24 42
35 Egypt 0.6321 38 16 6 9 58 43 31 15
36 Greece 0.5986 17 6 5 9 32 33 20 56
37 Iran 0.5952 50 23 4 4 48 21 31 3
38 Congo DR 0.5599 41 18 5 13 68 56 36 13
39 Zambia 0.5427 41 17 7 13 60 42 37 11
40 Ivory Coast 0.4991 33 14 5 8 44 34 27 22
41 Bolivia 0.4849 13 6 1 13 18 52 20 69
42 Uganda 0.4816 23 10 3 10 34 30 23 44
43 Congo 0.4434 26 10 6 13 44 51 29 38
44 Mali 0.3911 16 5 6 2 27 22 13 57
45 Cameroon 0.3561 23 10 3 7 30 24 20 43
46 Uruguay 0.3312 16 5 6 6 18 20 17 58
47 Denmark 0.2986 10 3 4 17 32 56 24 77
48 Finland 0.2743 14 5 4 15 27 65 24 66
49 Switzerland 0.2600 15 6 3 15 17 37 24 62
50 Iceland 0.2136 6 2 2 22 9 70 26 91
51 Sudan 0.2104 15 5 5 6 19 23 16 61
52 Senegal 0.1999 12 5 2 5 13 17 12 72
53 Algeria 0.1871 18 7 4 7 22 21 18 54
54 Norway 0.1806 11 5 1 18 22 55 24 75
55 Togo 0.1679 12 3 6 12 16 40 21 73
56 Australia 0.1589 30 11 8 7 41 26 26 27
57 South Korea 0.1421 36 12 12 6 37 22 30 18
58 Kuwait 0.1372 30 14 2 9 37 26 25 28
59 Kenya 0.1297 13 4 5 10 19 28 19 68
60 Ecuador 0.1229 6 1 4 11 12 34 16 90
61 Malta 0.1148 3 1 1 20 5 78 22 105
62 North Korea 0.1013 19 7 5 3 20 11 15 49
63 Ethiopia 0.0934 16 5 6 7 20 24 18 59
64 Cyprus 0.0880 3 1 1 22 6 73 24 103
65 Tanzania 0.0851 12 3 6 4 17 17 13 71
66 Libya 0.0827 8 3 2 7 6 16 12 83
67 Venezuela 0.0737 3 0 3 9 4 46 12 102
68 Syria 0.0628 11 5 1 5 9 12 11 74
69 Luxembourg 0.0628 3 1 1 22 13 81 24 104
70 Sierra Leone 0.0511 9 3 3 6 16 20 12 81
71 Central African Republic 0.0474 6 3 0 3 9 8 6 87
72 Israel 0.0449 14 6 2 2 17 5 10 63
73 Somalia 0.0445 4 2 0 2 3 7 4 96
74 Madagascar 0.0386 4 2 0 2 6 10 4 95
75 Malaysia 0.0361 21 7 7 4 24 17 18 47
76 Iraq 0.0316 21 8 5 5 28 19 18 46
77 Mauritius 0.0277 13 4 5 8 22 30 17 67
78 China 0.0231 9 4 1 4 6 8 9 79
79 Mauritania 0.0230 2 0 2 2 4 9 4 108
80 Benin 0.0219 2 1 0 7 3 22 8 113
81 Thailand 0.0190 19 8 3 10 34 37 21 51
82 New Zealand 0.0188 17 6 5 4 32 20 15 55
83 Cambodia 0.0181 3 1 1 3 8 10 5 99
84 Niger 0.0170 6 3 0 5 9 17 8 88
85 Upper Volta 0.0157 4 1 2 8 8 27 11 98
86 Albania 0.0150 2 1 0 5 3 13 6 112
87 Burundi 0.0148 2 1 0 3 2 6 4 107
88 Malawi 0.0140 3 1 1 6 9 16 8 100
89 Gambia 0.0140 2 1 0 3 1 8 4 111
90 Saudi Arabia 0.0132 9 4 1 5 15 12 10 78
91 Hong Kong 0.0124 19 7 5 13 29 44 25 52
92 Lesotho 0.0123 4 1 2 5 4 17 8 97
93 Gabon 0.0090 1 0 1 3 5 10 4 116
94 Indonesia 0.0065 10 3 4 10 19 35 17 76
95 Japan 0.0057 6 2 2 8 5 13 12 89
96 Singapore 0.0055 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 0.0010 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 50
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 70
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 Vanuatu 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: 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.