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 8.9238 57 25 7 6 69 27 38 2
2 Netherlands 7.7697 67 30 7 10 106 45 47 1
3 West Germany 7.2824 52 20 12 2 72 23 34 5
4 Italy 6.5179 49 20 9 5 53 18 34 6
5 Brazil 6.0316 45 18 9 5 59 21 32 9
6 East Germany 4.5634 41 16 9 6 59 30 31 13
7 Czechoslovakia 4.0913 40 17 6 7 61 28 30 17
8 England 3.9767 42 18 6 5 60 22 29 12
9 Argentina 3.7680 29 12 5 8 57 28 25 29
10 Austria 3.3630 41 17 7 8 59 33 32 14
11 Belgium 3.2281 38 14 10 7 36 26 31 18
12 Scotland 3.2056 32 12 8 8 40 31 28 25
13 Romania 2.0757 26 9 8 5 44 27 22 37
14 Spain 2.0579 34 13 8 7 38 25 28 21
15 Yugoslavia 1.8787 36 16 4 12 63 38 32 19
16 Wales 1.8397 28 13 2 9 41 23 24 31
17 Portugal 1.7287 33 12 9 6 36 30 27 23
18 Peru 1.6239 29 12 5 9 38 28 26 30
19 Ireland 1.5300 25 9 7 9 35 25 25 40
20 Sweden 1.3124 32 12 8 13 43 47 33 26
21 Soviet Union 1.1003 27 11 5 7 34 22 23 35
22 France 1.0985 26 10 6 7 42 25 23 38
23 Northern Ireland 1.0726 28 11 6 11 31 29 28 34
24 Nigeria 1.0641 53 21 11 9 68 43 41 3
25 Paraguay 1.0572 24 8 8 5 29 20 21 46
26 Chile 0.9875 26 9 8 7 30 20 24 39
27 Guinea 0.9193 53 21 11 9 69 48 41 4
28 Tunisia 0.8767 34 12 10 9 44 33 31 22
29 Bulgaria 0.8653 27 9 9 10 36 39 28 36
30 Morocco 0.8277 46 18 10 10 59 38 38 8
31 Ghana 0.8262 25 11 3 9 27 24 23 42
32 Colombia 0.7562 24 9 6 6 20 17 21 47
33 Turkey 0.5986 22 8 6 11 22 30 25 50
34 Algeria 0.5859 28 10 8 7 34 27 25 32
35 Iran 0.5784 48 21 6 5 52 23 32 7
36 Egypt 0.5697 41 17 7 10 62 47 34 16
37 Hungary 0.5589 24 9 6 8 47 36 23 44
38 Greece 0.5351 20 7 6 11 34 38 24 54
39 Zaire 0.5211 41 19 3 11 66 51 33 15
40 Zambia 0.4720 43 18 7 14 60 43 39 11
41 South Korea 0.4642 43 16 11 5 46 23 32 10
42 Bolivia 0.4547 13 6 1 13 18 52 20 72
43 Uganda 0.4539 23 10 3 10 34 30 23 49
44 Ivory Coast 0.4320 31 12 7 9 43 37 28 27
45 Norway 0.3115 12 5 2 17 21 49 24 77
46 Uruguay 0.3040 16 5 6 6 18 20 17 65
47 Denmark 0.2864 12 4 4 18 36 55 26 76
48 Senegal 0.2773 16 7 2 5 16 17 14 64
49 Iceland 0.2695 8 3 2 22 12 70 27 88
50 Kuwait 0.2518 35 16 3 9 46 27 28 20
51 Israel 0.2479 17 6 5 3 18 9 14 59
52 Sudan 0.2455 12 4 4 5 15 18 13 75
53 Mali 0.2429 13 5 3 2 19 13 10 70
54 Cameroon 0.2193 21 9 3 7 26 21 19 53
55 Australia 0.1904 30 11 8 7 41 26 26 28
56 Finland 0.1816 11 4 3 17 25 65 24 81
57 Congo 0.1746 18 7 4 11 33 41 22 56
58 Switzerland 0.1585 14 6 2 17 19 41 25 69
59 Syria 0.1461 17 7 3 6 12 14 16 60
60 North Korea 0.1455 32 13 6 6 37 25 25 24
61 Togo 0.1362 15 6 3 11 17 32 20 67
62 Tanzania 0.1284 14 4 6 7 26 25 17 68
63 Ecuador 0.1163 6 1 4 11 12 34 16 97
64 Libya 0.1042 11 4 3 7 8 17 14 79
65 Cyprus 0.0988 3 1 1 23 8 82 25 111
66 Malaysia 0.0919 25 8 9 5 29 22 22 41
67 Kenya 0.0906 11 4 3 9 17 29 16 80
68 Ethiopia 0.0818 13 4 5 8 16 27 17 71
69 Sierra Leone 0.0818 8 2 4 7 18 26 13 87
70 Malta 0.0754 3 1 1 18 5 72 20 110
71 Venezuela 0.0699 3 0 3 9 4 46 12 109
72 Mauritania 0.0572 4 1 2 3 6 12 6 103
73 China 0.0563 21 9 3 6 22 14 18 52
74 Niger 0.0539 10 4 2 6 12 20 12 83
75 Zimbabwe 0.0535 5 2 1 1 3 3 4 98
76 Madagascar 0.0514 7 2 3 3 10 15 8 90
77 Somalia 0.0494 6 2 2 2 4 8 6 94
78 Thailand 0.0384 16 8 0 8 28 28 16 63
79 Mauritius 0.0374 15 4 7 8 23 31 19 66
80 Central African Republic 0.0374 6 3 0 3 9 8 6 93
81 United Arab Emirates 0.0299 4 1 2 3 5 9 6 102
82 Malawi 0.0293 5 1 3 8 11 22 12 100
83 Iraq 0.0282 19 8 3 4 27 15 15 55
84 Gambia 0.0269 5 1 3 4 3 11 8 99
85 Hong Kong 0.0267 22 7 8 14 32 48 29 51
86 New Zealand 0.0228 17 6 5 4 32 20 15 57
87 Upper Volta 0.0216 4 1 2 8 8 27 11 106
88 Liberia 0.0215 3 0 3 3 1 5 6 108
89 Lesotho 0.0212 6 2 2 6 8 22 10 95
90 Saudi Arabia 0.0202 9 4 1 5 15 12 10 86
91 Qatar 0.0201 17 7 3 8 21 27 18 61
92 Benin 0.0199 2 1 0 4 2 10 5 117
93 Japan 0.0176 10 4 2 10 9 15 16 82
94 Luxembourg 0.0176 1 0 1 23 11 85 24 121
95 Albania 0.0175 4 2 0 6 6 18 8 104
96 Singapore 0.0130 6 2 2 9 8 24 13 96
97 Burundi 0.0110 2 1 0 3 2 6 4 113
98 Indonesia 0.0107 10 3 4 10 19 35 17 84
99 Gabon 0.0042 1 0 1 3 5 10 4 120
100 Tahiti 0.0038 7 3 1 1 8 4 5 89
101 Mozambique 0.0035 2 1 0 3 10 10 4 112
102 Sri Lanka 0.0025 2 1 0 3 5 12 4 116
103 Bahrain 0.0013 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 45
106 New Caledonia 0 6 3 0 2 10 6 5 92
106 Mexico 0 24 9 6 6 43 28 21 43
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 48
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 Vanuatu 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: 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.