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

World 1973-80

‹ 1972-79 History 1974-81 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Poland 8.8899 57 25 7 6 69 27 38 2
2 Netherlands 7.7466 67 30 7 10 106 45 47 1
3 West Germany 7.2567 52 20 12 2 72 23 34 5
4 Italy 6.4971 49 20 9 5 53 18 34 6
5 Brazil 6.0150 45 18 9 5 59 21 32 10
6 East Germany 4.5480 41 16 9 6 59 30 31 13
7 Czechoslovakia 4.0783 40 17 6 7 61 28 30 17
8 England 3.9637 42 18 6 5 60 22 29 12
9 Argentina 3.7563 29 12 5 8 57 28 25 29
10 Austria 3.3522 41 17 7 8 59 33 32 14
11 Belgium 3.2181 38 14 10 7 36 26 31 18
12 Scotland 3.1978 32 12 8 8 40 31 28 25
13 Romania 2.0694 26 9 8 5 44 27 22 37
14 Spain 2.0519 34 13 8 7 38 25 28 22
15 Yugoslavia 1.8746 36 16 4 12 63 38 32 19
16 Wales 1.8335 28 13 2 9 41 23 24 31
17 Portugal 1.7222 33 12 9 6 36 30 27 24
18 Peru 1.6201 29 12 5 9 38 28 26 30
19 Ireland 1.5253 25 9 7 9 35 25 25 41
20 Sweden 1.3082 32 12 8 13 43 47 33 26
21 Nigeria 1.1334 55 22 11 9 70 43 42 3
22 Soviet Union 1.0968 27 11 5 7 34 22 23 35
23 France 1.0950 26 10 6 7 42 25 23 38
24 Northern Ireland 1.0689 28 11 6 11 31 29 28 34
25 Paraguay 1.0542 24 8 8 5 29 20 21 47
26 Chile 0.9846 26 9 8 7 30 20 24 39
27 Guinea 0.9469 53 21 11 9 69 47 41 4
28 Bulgaria 0.8623 27 9 9 10 36 39 28 36
29 Tunisia 0.8549 34 12 10 10 44 35 32 23
30 Morocco 0.8541 46 18 10 10 59 38 38 9
31 Ghana 0.8437 25 11 3 9 27 24 23 43
32 Colombia 0.7541 24 9 6 6 20 17 21 48
33 Algeria 0.5980 28 10 8 7 34 27 25 32
34 Turkey 0.5966 22 8 6 11 22 30 25 51
35 Iran 0.5804 48 21 6 5 52 23 32 7
36 Egypt 0.5793 41 17 7 10 62 47 34 16
37 Hungary 0.5572 24 9 6 8 47 36 23 45
38 Greece 0.5333 20 7 6 11 34 38 24 54
39 Zaire 0.5299 41 19 3 11 66 51 33 15
40 Uganda 0.4948 26 11 4 10 39 31 25 40
41 Zambia 0.4787 46 19 8 14 69 47 41 8
42 South Korea 0.4648 43 16 11 5 46 23 32 11
43 Bolivia 0.4534 13 6 1 13 18 52 20 72
44 Ivory Coast 0.4380 31 12 7 9 43 37 28 27
45 Norway 0.3105 12 5 2 17 21 49 24 77
46 Uruguay 0.3032 16 5 6 6 18 20 17 65
47 Senegal 0.2935 16 7 2 5 16 17 14 64
48 Denmark 0.2855 12 4 4 18 36 55 26 76
49 Iceland 0.2686 8 3 2 22 12 70 27 88
50 Kuwait 0.2513 35 16 3 9 46 27 28 20
51 Mali 0.2500 13 5 3 2 18 13 10 70
52 Sudan 0.2492 12 4 4 5 15 18 13 75
53 Israel 0.2445 17 6 5 3 18 9 14 59
54 Cameroon 0.1979 20 9 2 8 24 23 19 53
55 Australia 0.1902 30 11 8 7 41 26 26 28
56 Finland 0.1810 11 4 3 17 25 65 24 81
57 Congo 0.1739 18 7 4 11 33 41 22 56
58 Togo 0.1648 16 7 2 11 19 30 20 66
59 Switzerland 0.1580 14 6 2 17 19 41 25 69
60 North Korea 0.1579 34 14 6 6 38 25 26 21
61 Syria 0.1465 17 7 3 6 12 14 16 60
62 Tanzania 0.1324 14 4 6 7 26 25 17 68
63 Ecuador 0.1160 6 1 4 11 12 34 16 98
64 Libya 0.1050 11 4 3 7 8 17 14 79
65 Cyprus 0.0985 3 1 1 23 8 82 25 111
66 Kenya 0.0934 11 4 3 9 17 29 16 80
67 Sierra Leone 0.0852 8 2 4 7 18 26 13 87
68 Ethiopia 0.0847 13 4 5 8 16 27 17 71
69 Malaysia 0.0818 25 8 9 6 29 23 23 42
70 Malta 0.0752 3 1 1 18 5 72 20 110
71 Venezuela 0.0697 3 0 3 9 4 46 12 109
72 Mauritania 0.0589 4 1 2 3 6 12 6 103
73 Niger 0.0584 10 4 2 6 12 20 12 83
74 China 0.0562 21 9 3 6 22 14 18 52
75 Madagascar 0.0535 7 2 3 3 10 15 8 90
76 Mauritius 0.0515 16 4 8 9 24 36 21 67
77 Zimbabwe 0.0508 5 2 1 1 3 3 4 99
78 Somalia 0.0507 6 2 2 2 4 8 6 94
79 Central African Republic 0.0378 6 3 0 3 9 8 6 93
80 Thailand 0.0360 16 8 0 9 29 30 17 63
81 Malawi 0.0328 6 1 4 9 15 31 14 96
82 Gambia 0.0302 5 1 3 4 3 11 8 100
83 United Arab Emirates 0.0299 4 1 2 3 5 9 6 102
84 Iraq 0.0279 19 8 3 4 27 15 15 55
85 Hong Kong 0.0275 24 8 8 14 34 49 30 49
86 New Zealand 0.0227 17 6 5 4 32 20 15 57
87 Liberia 0.0226 3 0 3 3 1 5 6 108
88 Lesotho 0.0223 6 2 2 6 8 22 10 95
89 Upper Volta 0.0222 4 1 2 8 8 27 11 106
90 Benin 0.0202 2 1 0 4 2 10 5 117
91 Saudi Arabia 0.0202 9 4 1 5 15 12 10 86
92 Qatar 0.0193 17 7 3 8 21 27 18 61
93 Luxembourg 0.0176 1 0 1 23 11 85 24 121
94 Japan 0.0174 10 4 2 10 9 15 16 82
95 Albania 0.0174 4 2 0 6 6 18 8 104
96 Singapore 0.0118 6 2 2 9 8 24 13 97
97 Burundi 0.0113 2 1 0 3 2 6 4 113
98 Indonesia 0.0100 10 3 4 10 19 35 17 84
99 Gabon 0.0041 1 0 1 3 5 10 4 120
100 Tahiti 0.0038 7 3 1 1 8 4 5 89
101 Mozambique 0.0037 2 1 0 3 10 10 4 112
102 Sri Lanka 0.0023 2 1 0 3 5 12 4 116
103 Bahrain 0.0012 2 1 0 5 4 9 6 114
104 Bangladesh 0.0007 4 1 2 5 9 25 8 105
105 Afghanistan 0.0003 2 0 2 8 7 29 10 119
106 Honduras 0 17 6 5 2 21 11 13 58
106 Cuba 0 9 3 3 1 9 4 7 85
106 Haiti 0 28 12 4 6 33 28 22 33
106 El Salvador 0 24 9 6 4 30 21 19 46
106 New Caledonia 0 6 3 0 2 10 6 5 92
106 Mexico 0 24 9 6 6 43 28 21 44
106 Canada 0 16 5 6 3 16 14 14 62
106 Trinidad and Tobago 0 12 4 4 4 17 12 12 73
106 Guatemala 0 23 7 9 8 37 24 24 50
106 Costa Rica 0 12 2 8 4 14 16 14 74
106 Suriname 0 11 4 3 7 20 27 14 78
106 United States 0 7 2 3 4 7 15 9 91
106 Netherlands Antilles 0 5 0 5 6 6 30 11 101
106 New Hebrides 0 2 1 0 4 5 11 5 115
106 Guyana 0 2 1 0 5 2 12 6 118
106 Panama 0 4 1 2 11 10 45 14 107
106 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 122
106 Fiji 0 0 0 0 4 2 13 4 123
106 Macao 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 5 124
106 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 4 1 17 4 125

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, (qualifying only) 1982; Africa Cup of Nations (qualifying and finals) in 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1980, (qualifying only) 1982; AFC Asian Cup (qualifying and finals) in 1976 and 1980; Oceania Cup 1973; Copa América in 1975 and 1979; European Championship (qualifying and finals) in 1976 and 1980.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.