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

World 1974-81

1973-80 1975-82

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Poland 10.1741 58 26 6 5 73 26 37 3
2 West Germany 9.6101 66 27 12 2 102 25 41 2
3 Netherlands 8.0682 69 31 7 11 101 47 49 1
4 Brazil 5.8117 53 22 9 5 70 23 36 4
5 Italy 4.9736 46 18 10 6 49 23 34 8
6 Czechoslovakia 3.8753 43 18 7 7 65 30 32 13
7 England 3.5252 45 20 5 6 64 23 31 11
8 East Germany 3.4036 37 14 9 7 55 33 30 18
9 Argentina 3.3097 22 9 4 8 48 26 21 47
10 Scotland 3.0751 38 14 10 8 46 33 32 16
11 Belgium 2.8982 41 16 9 9 42 34 34 15
12 Austria 2.6366 45 19 7 8 62 32 34 12
13 Yugoslavia 1.8628 42 19 4 12 74 40 35 14
14 Peru 1.7589 33 13 7 7 40 26 27 23
15 Spain 1.6338 29 11 7 7 32 22 25 32
16 France 1.5364 31 13 5 9 52 30 27 27
17 Ghana 1.4424 24 10 4 5 26 17 19 43
18 Portugal 1.4194 32 13 6 9 35 35 28 26
19 Tunisia 1.3070 36 13 10 8 43 30 31 21
20 Algeria 1.3048 34 13 8 8 51 31 29 22
21 Northern Ireland 1.2900 29 12 5 11 29 28 28 33
22 Ireland 1.2829 27 10 7 9 39 28 26 36
23 Guinea 1.2618 50 19 12 8 69 44 39 5
24 Sweden 1.2529 31 12 7 14 39 43 33 28
25 Nigeria 1.2411 46 18 10 9 60 37 37 9
26 Soviet Union 1.2044 32 13 6 7 44 23 26 24
27 Morocco 1.1262 47 19 9 10 61 34 38 7
28 Romania 0.9598 25 7 11 6 32 27 24 41
29 Hungary 0.8726 32 13 6 10 55 39 29 25
30 Wales 0.8669 29 13 3 10 41 26 26 31
31 Egypt 0.8285 46 19 8 11 69 53 38 10
32 Chile 0.8217 28 10 8 6 32 17 24 34
33 Greece 0.7868 25 9 7 11 38 39 27 42
34 Colombia 0.6650 21 8 5 8 21 22 21 52
35 Zambia 0.6512 37 16 5 10 42 28 31 20
36 Iran 0.5855 37 16 5 3 43 17 24 17
37 Bulgaria 0.5799 26 9 8 12 36 42 29 39
38 Paraguay 0.5493 21 7 7 7 24 21 21 50
39 Bolivia 0.5026 15 7 1 12 22 47 20 67
40 South Korea 0.4941 37 15 7 5 43 23 27 19
41 Switzerland 0.4617 16 6 4 16 24 45 26 64
42 Kuwait 0.4604 47 22 3 6 62 25 31 6
43 Congo DR 0.4439 27 11 5 10 48 58 26 37
44 Turkey 0.4265 18 7 4 15 20 42 26 58
45 Denmark 0.4171 17 7 3 18 44 54 28 61
46 Iceland 0.3904 12 4 4 20 17 62 28 76
47 Uganda 0.3669 14 6 2 9 23 25 17 68
48 Mali 0.3656 10 5 0 3 14 12 8 80
49 Norway 0.3522 13 5 3 18 21 54 26 70
50 Cameroon 0.3501 23 9 5 6 39 27 20 45
51 Uruguay 0.3468 15 4 7 6 17 23 17 66
52 Sudan 0.2897 11 4 3 4 13 15 11 77
53 Senegal 0.2724 15 6 3 5 13 15 14 65
54 Congo 0.2543 16 6 4 12 28 38 22 62
55 Finland 0.2275 13 5 3 18 28 71 26 71
56 Israel 0.2227 10 3 4 5 11 13 12 82
57 Libya 0.2021 11 4 3 5 8 13 12 78
58 Ivory Coast 0.1885 21 8 5 7 30 25 20 49
59 Togo 0.1868 16 6 4 10 19 34 20 63
60 Niger 0.1698 12 5 2 5 13 20 12 74
61 Australia 0.1546 25 10 5 8 42 25 23 40
62 Tanzania 0.1477 10 3 4 6 21 22 13 81
63 Ethiopia 0.1367 12 3 6 6 15 22 15 73
64 Ecuador 0.1266 7 2 3 11 11 31 16 89
65 Kenya 0.1072 7 3 1 8 12 26 12 88
66 China 0.1050 30 13 4 8 35 20 25 29
67 New Zealand 0.1018 26 10 6 2 56 13 18 38
68 Malta 0.0976 3 1 1 20 6 83 22 110
69 Mauritania 0.0973 4 1 2 3 6 12 6 103
70 Malaysia 0.0904 23 7 9 5 35 30 21 46
71 Venezuela 0.0890 5 1 3 12 5 55 16 100
72 North Korea 0.0885 27 12 3 5 42 31 20 35
73 Sierra Leone 0.0758 5 1 3 6 13 21 10 93
74 Madagascar 0.0622 7 2 3 3 10 17 8 86
75 Burkina Faso 0.0618 5 1 3 7 8 26 11 97
76 Thailand 0.0460 17 8 1 7 31 29 16 60
77 Zimbabwe 0.0457 5 2 1 3 3 6 6 92
78 Mauritius 0.0406 9 3 3 7 14 24 13 85
79 Gambia 0.0394 5 1 3 4 3 11 8 94
80 Lesotho 0.0350 5 2 1 5 7 17 8 95
81 Somalia 0.0340 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 101
82 Malawi 0.0317 5 1 3 8 11 22 12 96
83 Syria 0.0313 10 4 2 8 8 15 14 84
84 United Arab Emirates 0.0299 4 1 2 3 5 9 6 102
85 Liberia 0.0289 3 0 3 5 2 13 8 109
86 Qatar 0.0276 21 9 3 10 26 30 22 53
87 Cyprus 0.0272 1 0 1 25 9 88 26 118
88 Hong Kong 0.0237 18 5 8 13 44 61 26 57
89 Japan 0.0205 10 4 2 7 11 15 13 83
90 Indonesia 0.0195 12 4 4 11 18 36 19 75
91 Iraq 0.0179 17 8 1 4 21 11 13 59
92 Luxembourg 0.0178 1 0 1 25 12 90 26 117
93 Saudi Arabia 0.0174 18 8 2 10 24 28 20 56
94 Singapore 0.0141 6 2 2 9 8 24 13 91
95 Benin 0.0140 2 1 0 3 2 8 4 112
96 Mozambique 0.0117 3 1 1 4 14 15 6 107
97 Burundi 0.0113 2 1 0 3 2 6 4 111
98 Albania 0.0108 2 1 0 7 4 22 8 115
99 Taiwan 0.0062 5 1 3 8 6 25 12 98
100 Bahrain 0.0031 4 2 0 8 5 15 10 104
101 Fiji 0.0030 5 1 3 4 6 35 8 99
102 Sri Lanka 0.0027 2 1 0 3 5 12 4 113
103 Bangladesh 0.0009 4 1 2 5 9 25 8 105
104 Afghanistan 0.0004 2 0 2 8 7 29 10 116
105 Honduras 0 20 8 4 1 23 6 13 54
105 El Salvador 0 30 11 8 5 32 22 24 30
105 Canada 0 21 6 9 4 22 20 19 51
105 Mexico 0 23 8 7 6 39 26 21 44
105 Cuba 0 13 4 5 3 13 12 12 69
105 Guatemala 0 20 7 6 6 33 18 19 55
105 Haiti 0 22 8 6 8 27 34 22 48
105 Costa Rica 0 12 2 8 4 14 16 14 72
105 Trinidad and Tobago 0 6 1 4 2 6 8 7 90
105 Suriname 0 11 4 3 7 20 27 14 79
105 United States 0 7 2 3 4 7 15 9 87
105 Netherlands Antilles 0 3 0 3 3 2 11 6 108
105 Guyana 0 2 1 0 5 2 12 6 114
105 Panama 0 4 1 2 11 10 45 14 106
105 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 119
105 Macao 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 5 120

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.