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

World 1975-82

1974-81 History 1976-83

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 6.5937 53 23 7 4 79 25 34 6
2 Italy 5.8222 56 21 14 4 57 24 39 3
3 Poland 4.5167 53 22 9 6 67 29 37 7
4 West Germany 4.1139 59 23 13 4 98 30 40 1
5 England 3.7194 55 24 7 6 81 26 37 4
6 Ghana 3.6003 31 12 7 5 33 22 24 29
7 Netherlands 3.4561 59 26 7 10 89 44 43 2
8 Algeria 3.4498 43 17 9 11 59 42 37 14
9 Guinea 2.9133 46 18 10 8 61 42 36 12
10 Nigeria 2.8386 48 19 10 11 64 42 40 9
11 Argentina 2.7236 22 10 2 8 47 21 20 46
12 Belgium 2.6964 45 18 9 11 47 40 38 13
13 Czechoslovakia 2.5881 47 18 11 7 71 35 36 10
14 Morocco 2.5843 47 19 9 10 61 34 38 11
15 Cameroon 2.4557 30 10 10 6 43 25 26 30
16 Austria 2.3533 54 23 8 10 76 35 41 5
17 Tunisia 2.1875 37 13 11 10 44 34 34 22
18 Scotland 2.1640 39 15 9 10 54 43 34 17
19 Soviet Union 1.9938 40 16 8 7 53 24 31 15
20 Peru 1.9535 35 13 9 8 42 32 30 24
21 Egypt 1.7842 38 15 8 10 56 46 33 19
22 Spain 1.6915 32 11 10 8 36 27 29 28
23 Northern Ireland 1.6559 35 13 9 12 32 35 34 26
24 France 1.6460 38 16 6 10 65 38 32 18
25 Romania 1.4540 29 9 11 6 37 28 26 33
26 Libya 1.3532 18 6 6 5 15 17 17 59
27 Yugoslavia 1.2893 40 18 4 11 66 41 33 16
28 Portugal 1.2684 35 15 5 9 39 36 29 25
29 Zambia 1.2196 36 16 4 10 40 22 30 23
30 East Germany 1.1614 28 12 4 6 47 27 22 35
31 Hungary 1.0274 33 13 7 10 63 41 30 27
32 Wales 1.0252 28 12 4 9 38 28 25 36
33 Uganda 0.9431 16 7 2 7 24 23 16 66
34 Sweden 0.9256 28 11 6 12 35 39 29 37
35 Mali 0.7968 10 5 0 4 15 14 9 80
36 Ireland 0.7916 27 10 7 10 41 32 27 39
37 Colombia 0.7442 21 8 5 8 21 22 21 51
38 Senegal 0.7042 18 7 4 5 14 15 16 57
39 Congo DR 0.6755 18 7 4 6 34 36 17 58
40 Paraguay 0.6751 21 7 7 7 24 21 21 49
41 Togo 0.6242 20 8 4 10 23 34 22 54
42 Sudan 0.6027 11 4 3 4 13 15 11 78
43 Switzerland 0.5921 18 7 4 16 25 46 27 62
44 Congo 0.5181 16 5 6 10 28 34 21 67
45 Ethiopia 0.5150 13 3 7 8 15 26 18 72
46 Bolivia 0.5011 15 7 1 12 22 47 20 68
47 Chile 0.4840 26 10 6 8 34 23 24 40
48 Greece 0.4575 23 9 5 12 33 36 26 45
49 Kuwait 0.4281 48 22 4 8 64 31 34 8
50 Uruguay 0.4132 14 4 6 4 16 17 14 69
51 Tanzania 0.3856 11 3 5 7 24 26 15 77
52 Iran 0.3797 37 16 5 3 43 17 24 20
53 Denmark 0.3760 19 8 3 17 47 55 28 55
54 Honduras 0.3634 22 8 6 2 25 9 16 47
55 Ivory Coast 0.3616 18 7 4 4 24 18 15 56
56 South Korea 0.3554 37 15 7 5 43 23 27 21
57 Norway 0.3291 14 5 4 18 23 54 27 70
58 Bulgaria 0.3210 24 9 6 11 32 35 26 42
59 Niger 0.3106 9 3 3 6 9 21 12 86
60 Gambia 0.2654 7 2 3 5 5 14 10 89
61 Iceland 0.2538 12 4 4 22 18 65 30 76
62 Turkey 0.2526 17 7 3 16 18 44 26 65
63 Madagascar 0.2508 7 2 3 3 10 17 8 87
64 Kenya 0.2335 7 3 1 8 12 26 12 90
65 Israel 0.1876 10 3 4 5 11 13 12 81
66 Mauritania 0.1843 4 1 2 3 6 12 6 105
67 Finland 0.1831 13 5 3 18 28 70 26 73
68 Mauritius 0.1776 9 3 3 4 12 16 10 84
69 Malawi 0.1683 9 3 3 8 15 22 14 85
70 Ecuador 0.1451 7 2 3 11 11 31 16 91
71 Sierra Leone 0.1444 5 1 3 8 13 25 12 97
72 Zimbabwe 0.1416 5 2 1 5 3 10 8 95
73 Burkina Faso 0.1250 5 1 3 7 8 26 11 98
74 Lesotho 0.1086 5 2 1 4 7 15 7 96
75 Angola 0.1036 5 1 3 0 7 3 4 94
76 Liberia 0.0924 3 0 3 5 2 13 8 111
77 Venezuela 0.0902 5 1 3 12 5 55 16 101
78 Malta 0.0820 5 2 1 20 8 89 23 102
79 China 0.0663 30 13 4 9 36 22 26 31
80 Malaysia 0.0631 23 7 9 5 30 26 21 44
81 Somalia 0.0621 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 103
82 Mexico 0.0620 23 8 7 6 39 26 21 43
83 Albania 0.0607 3 1 1 9 4 28 11 112
84 North Korea 0.0593 27 12 3 5 34 24 20 38
85 El Salvador 0.0538 30 11 8 8 33 35 27 32
86 Australia 0.0526 24 10 4 6 42 20 20 41
87 New Zealand 0.0351 28 11 6 5 60 26 22 34
88 Gabon 0.0345 2 0 2 2 7 12 4 114
89 Mozambique 0.0334 3 1 1 4 14 15 6 109
90 Thailand 0.0322 17 8 1 7 31 29 16 64
91 Canada 0.0281 21 6 9 4 22 20 19 50
92 Haiti 0.0239 22 8 6 5 25 20 19 48
93 Guatemala 0.0236 20 7 6 6 33 18 19 53
94 Cyprus 0.0223 1 0 1 27 10 92 28 118
95 United Arab Emirates 0.0223 4 1 2 3 5 9 6 104
96 Burundi 0.0207 2 1 0 3 2 6 4 113
97 Syria 0.0203 10 4 2 8 8 15 14 83
98 Costa Rica 0.0193 12 2 8 4 14 16 14 74
99 Qatar 0.0191 21 9 3 10 26 30 22 52
100 Hong Kong 0.0159 18 5 8 13 29 45 26 61
101 Luxembourg 0.0158 1 0 1 26 11 94 27 119
102 Japan 0.0146 10 4 2 7 8 11 13 82
103 Iraq 0.0116 17 8 1 4 21 11 13 63
104 Indonesia 0.0106 12 4 4 11 18 36 19 75
105 Cuba 0.0102 13 4 5 3 13 12 12 71
106 Singapore 0.0098 6 2 2 9 8 24 13 93
107 Saudi Arabia 0.0088 18 8 2 10 24 28 20 60
108 United States 0.0057 7 2 3 4 7 15 9 88
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0030 6 1 4 2 6 8 7 92
110 Panama 0.0027 4 1 2 11 10 45 14 108
111 Taiwan 0.0024 5 1 3 8 6 25 12 99
112 Bahrain 0.0020 4 2 0 8 5 15 10 106
113 Sri Lanka 0.0019 2 1 0 3 5 12 4 115
114 Fiji 0.0014 5 1 3 4 6 35 8 100
115 Suriname 0.0013 11 4 3 7 20 27 14 79
116 Netherlands Antilles 0.0012 3 0 3 3 2 11 6 110
117 Bangladesh 0.0006 4 1 2 5 9 25 8 107
118 Afghanistan 0.0003 2 0 2 8 7 29 10 117
119 Guyana 0.0000 2 1 0 5 2 12 6 116
120 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 120
120 Macao 0 0 0 0 5 2 15 5 121

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.