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

World 1978-85

‹ 1977-84 History 1979-86 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Algeria 5.2967 65 26 13 7 87 40 46 2
2 Brazil 4.9614 47 18 11 5 60 27 34 10
3 Italy 4.4625 42 15 12 7 41 30 34 18
4 West Germany 4.2231 73 30 13 7 117 38 50 1
5 France 3.9947 52 24 4 10 85 40 38 6
6 England 3.8212 59 24 11 5 88 22 40 3
7 Belgium 3.3253 53 21 11 10 56 44 42 5
8 Poland 2.8330 48 19 10 8 58 32 37 9
9 Cameroon 2.7986 36 13 10 8 53 28 31 23
10 Argentina 2.7207 32 13 6 7 47 27 26 32
11 Ghana 2.5553 35 12 11 5 32 22 28 28
12 Netherlands 2.5337 55 24 7 11 85 40 42 4
13 Austria 2.5131 49 21 7 13 66 45 41 7
14 Morocco 2.2346 46 18 10 10 52 25 38 11
15 Northern Ireland 2.2176 44 17 10 10 35 34 37 14
16 Soviet Union 2.0864 44 17 10 6 58 24 33 12
17 Libya 2.0694 29 11 7 5 28 19 23 38
18 Portugal 1.9456 40 18 4 12 45 42 34 21
19 Nigeria 1.9404 43 16 11 10 46 32 37 16
20 Spain 1.9189 43 17 9 10 58 37 36 15
21 Egypt 1.6272 29 11 7 8 29 26 26 39
22 Czechoslovakia 1.5916 44 16 12 9 65 37 37 13
23 Denmark 1.5219 41 18 5 13 70 43 36 19
24 Scotland 1.4645 38 14 10 12 55 45 36 22
25 Tunisia 1.4409 28 11 6 11 29 23 28 42
26 Peru 1.3429 29 9 11 9 32 37 29 40
27 Hungary 1.3225 36 15 6 13 67 52 34 25
28 Sweden 1.2786 33 13 7 13 45 38 33 31
29 Uruguay 1.2577 26 10 6 5 28 22 21 47
30 Zambia 1.2400 34 14 6 10 37 19 30 29
31 Yugoslavia 1.1239 40 17 6 11 59 44 34 20
32 Romania 1.1160 36 12 12 9 37 27 33 26
33 Ireland 0.9933 32 12 8 12 51 39 32 33
34 Uganda 0.9264 15 7 1 5 18 18 13 70
35 Paraguay 0.9260 25 8 9 6 31 22 23 48
36 Senegal 0.8611 19 7 5 6 14 11 18 59
37 Bulgaria 0.8228 30 13 4 13 37 37 30 37
38 Switzerland 0.8167 25 8 9 13 28 49 30 49
39 Ivory Coast 0.7740 17 6 5 7 29 17 18 64
40 Congo DR 0.7641 24 9 6 5 39 34 20 51
41 East Germany 0.7301 30 14 2 10 50 33 26 35
42 Wales 0.6675 30 12 6 8 37 27 26 36
43 Togo 0.6671 19 8 3 8 21 28 19 63
44 Greece 0.6361 27 10 7 14 37 44 31 46
45 Chile 0.6027 33 13 7 8 47 28 28 30
46 Guinea 0.5801 17 5 7 9 23 29 21 66
47 Sudan 0.5721 11 3 5 4 8 18 12 85
48 Mali 0.5477 12 5 2 5 16 22 12 78
49 Mozambique 0.4618 12 4 4 6 25 24 14 77
50 Colombia 0.4616 19 6 7 7 22 24 20 62
51 Norway 0.4506 16 4 8 18 24 53 30 68
52 Tanzania 0.4394 14 4 6 7 25 23 17 74
53 Malawi 0.4308 19 6 7 8 23 24 21 61
54 Ethiopia 0.4297 12 3 6 8 13 25 17 81
55 Finland 0.4177 17 6 5 17 24 68 28 67
56 Angola 0.4130 10 3 4 3 11 9 10 87
57 Bolivia 0.4108 10 3 4 9 15 26 16 88
58 Honduras 0.4032 35 13 9 4 40 18 26 27
59 Madagascar 0.4024 12 4 4 8 16 28 16 80
60 Zimbabwe 0.4006 12 5 2 7 11 17 14 79
61 Gambia 0.3393 11 4 3 5 11 18 12 84
62 Congo 0.3383 9 2 5 6 12 20 13 93
63 Niger 0.3261 7 2 3 3 4 8 8 97
64 Kuwait 0.2700 36 15 6 7 48 24 28 24
65 Kenya 0.2690 10 4 2 8 16 31 14 89
66 Ecuador 0.2657 8 2 4 10 14 33 16 95
67 South Korea 0.2603 42 19 4 5 60 17 28 17
68 Israel 0.2584 12 4 4 6 23 16 14 76
69 Turkey 0.2252 15 6 3 21 16 67 30 72
70 Mauritania 0.2231 6 2 2 4 10 17 8 99
71 Iran 0.2219 27 10 7 3 47 19 20 44
72 Albania 0.2194 8 2 4 16 14 45 22 96
73 Mauritius 0.1898 9 3 3 6 7 18 12 94
74 China 0.1731 48 22 4 9 82 21 35 8
75 Canada 0.1657 23 7 9 1 21 13 17 52
76 Saudi Arabia 0.1596 27 11 5 6 35 20 22 45
77 Australia 0.1568 21 8 5 3 42 13 16 54
78 Benin 0.1556 4 1 2 5 7 20 8 113
79 New Zealand 0.1193 30 12 6 6 59 29 24 34
80 Lesotho 0.1157 5 2 1 3 7 13 6 102
81 Rwanda 0.1109 4 2 0 3 2 7 5 111
82 Iceland 0.1022 11 4 3 23 19 65 30 86
83 Syria 0.1004 28 11 6 10 26 26 27 43
84 Sierra Leone 0.0982 3 1 1 8 8 21 10 117
85 Somalia 0.0948 4 1 2 2 2 3 5 110
86 Liberia 0.0925 5 1 3 6 5 18 10 106
87 Cyprus 0.0905 3 0 3 25 13 87 28 118
88 El Salvador 0.0879 23 9 5 6 22 21 20 53
89 Venezuela 0.0787 6 1 4 13 8 46 18 101
90 North Korea 0.0667 24 10 4 5 30 22 19 50
91 Qatar 0.0665 28 12 4 8 38 20 24 41
92 Gabon 0.0594 2 0 2 2 3 9 4 119
93 Burkina Faso 0.0589 1 0 1 4 3 17 5 123
94 United Arab Emirates 0.0585 19 8 3 7 37 23 18 58
95 Costa Rica 0.0566 15 3 9 4 16 18 16 71
96 Guatemala 0.0559 14 5 4 3 17 5 12 73
97 Mexico 0.0543 9 2 5 5 16 20 12 91
98 Malta 0.0536 4 1 2 23 15 98 26 114
99 Malaysia 0.0533 21 7 7 5 32 21 19 56
100 Cuba 0.0397 11 4 3 2 11 8 9 82
101 Iraq 0.0370 17 8 1 3 19 13 12 65
102 Thailand 0.0302 19 8 3 8 28 29 19 60
103 Indonesia 0.0281 21 9 3 12 23 39 24 57
104 United States 0.0272 11 4 3 3 12 11 10 83
105 India 0.0260 14 5 4 5 15 15 14 75
106 Luxembourg 0.0218 1 0 1 29 10 103 30 126
107 Hong Kong 0.0179 21 7 7 7 32 20 21 55
108 Suriname 0.0153 9 3 3 4 9 13 10 92
109 Singapore 0.0141 5 1 3 10 7 29 14 107
110 Japan 0.0140 15 7 1 4 19 7 12 69
111 Haiti 0.0104 7 2 3 8 6 20 13 98
112 Taiwan 0.0074 5 1 3 10 6 44 14 109
113 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0047 5 1 3 4 3 9 8 103
114 Jordan 0.0042 5 2 1 5 10 17 8 104
115 Bangladesh 0.0040 10 4 2 13 20 48 19 90
116 Netherlands Antilles 0.0034 4 0 4 2 1 6 6 112
117 Fiji 0.0032 5 1 3 4 6 35 8 108
118 Bahrain 0.0027 3 1 1 6 2 11 8 116
119 Sri Lanka 0.0026 5 2 1 5 11 23 8 105
120 Panama 0.0022 1 0 1 9 3 28 10 124
121 Nepal 0.0011 1 0 1 7 0 41 8 125
122 Afghanistan 0.0010 2 0 2 6 5 31 8 121
123 Oman 0.0005 3 1 1 2 9 15 4 115
124 Guyana 0.0005 1 0 1 5 1 11 6 122
125 Macao 0 6 3 0 9 8 31 12 100
125 Pakistan 0 2 1 0 3 4 14 4 120
125 Philippines 0 0 0 0 8 4 26 8 127
125 North Yemen 0 0 0 0 8 3 30 8 128
125 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 129

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.