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

World 1978-85

1977-84 1979-86

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Algeria 5.3668 65 26 13 7 93 45 46 2
2 Brazil 4.9405 47 18 11 5 60 27 34 10
3 Italy 4.4401 42 15 12 7 41 30 34 18
4 West Germany 4.2109 73 30 13 7 117 38 50 1
5 France 3.9811 52 24 4 10 85 40 38 6
6 England 3.8080 59 24 11 5 88 22 40 3
7 Belgium 3.3130 53 21 11 10 56 44 42 5
8 Poland 2.8201 48 19 10 8 58 32 37 9
9 Argentina 2.7090 32 13 6 7 47 27 26 32
10 Cameroon 2.6963 35 12 11 8 56 36 31 27
11 Ghana 2.6096 35 12 11 5 38 27 28 28
12 Netherlands 2.5237 55 24 7 11 85 40 42 4
13 Austria 2.5132 49 21 7 13 66 45 41 7
14 Morocco 2.2804 46 18 10 10 55 29 38 11
15 Libya 2.2576 30 11 8 4 35 27 23 37
16 Northern Ireland 2.2104 44 17 10 10 35 34 37 14
17 Soviet Union 2.0787 44 17 10 6 58 24 33 12
18 Nigeria 1.9647 43 16 11 10 56 40 37 16
19 Portugal 1.9388 40 18 4 12 45 42 34 21
20 Spain 1.9114 43 17 9 10 58 37 36 15
21 Czechoslovakia 1.5853 44 16 12 9 65 37 37 13
22 Denmark 1.5161 41 18 5 13 70 43 36 19
23 Egypt 1.5034 28 10 8 8 38 39 26 43
24 Tunisia 1.4655 28 11 6 11 29 23 28 41
25 Scotland 1.4593 38 14 10 12 55 45 36 22
26 Peru 1.3320 29 9 11 9 32 37 29 39
27 Hungary 1.3186 36 15 6 13 67 52 34 24
28 Sweden 1.2734 33 13 7 13 45 38 33 31
29 Uruguay 1.2514 26 10 6 5 28 22 21 47
30 Zambia 1.2443 34 14 6 10 37 19 30 29
31 Yugoslavia 1.1196 40 17 6 11 59 44 34 20
32 Romania 1.1115 36 12 12 9 37 27 33 25
33 Ireland 0.9897 32 12 8 12 51 39 32 33
34 Uganda 0.9525 15 7 1 5 18 18 13 70
35 Paraguay 0.9216 25 8 9 6 31 22 23 48
36 Senegal 0.8942 19 7 5 6 14 11 18 59
37 Bulgaria 0.8201 30 13 4 13 37 37 30 38
38 Switzerland 0.8137 25 8 9 13 28 49 30 49
39 Ivory Coast 0.7888 17 6 5 7 29 17 18 65
40 Congo DR 0.7322 24 9 6 5 39 34 20 51
41 East Germany 0.7274 30 14 2 10 50 33 26 35
42 Togo 0.6879 19 8 3 8 21 28 19 63
43 Wales 0.6651 30 12 6 8 37 27 26 36
44 Guinea 0.6570 18 5 8 8 27 27 21 64
45 Greece 0.6338 27 10 7 14 37 44 31 46
46 Chile 0.5993 33 13 7 8 47 28 28 30
47 Sudan 0.5780 11 3 5 4 8 18 12 85
48 Mali 0.5581 12 5 2 5 16 22 12 78
49 Ethiopia 0.4997 14 3 8 6 20 29 17 76
50 Colombia 0.4590 19 6 7 7 22 24 20 62
51 Norway 0.4489 16 4 8 18 24 53 30 68
52 Tanzania 0.4355 14 4 6 7 25 23 17 74
53 Angola 0.4280 10 3 4 3 11 9 10 87
54 Finland 0.4162 17 6 5 17 24 68 28 67
55 Bolivia 0.4088 10 3 4 9 15 26 16 89
56 Honduras 0.4018 35 13 9 4 40 18 26 26
57 Congo 0.3988 10 2 6 5 17 24 13 88
58 Malawi 0.3964 19 6 7 8 27 29 21 61
59 Zimbabwe 0.3876 12 5 2 7 11 17 14 79
60 Madagascar 0.3832 12 4 4 8 16 28 16 80
61 Gambia 0.3534 11 4 3 5 11 18 12 84
62 Niger 0.3416 7 2 3 3 4 8 8 97
63 Mozambique 0.3268 11 3 5 6 32 30 14 82
64 Kuwait 0.2690 36 15 6 7 52 26 28 23
65 Ecuador 0.2645 8 2 4 10 14 33 16 95
66 South Korea 0.2593 42 19 4 5 60 17 28 17
67 Israel 0.2575 12 4 4 6 23 16 14 77
68 Kenya 0.2500 9 3 3 8 19 34 14 93
69 Mauritania 0.2274 6 2 2 4 10 17 8 99
70 Turkey 0.2248 15 6 3 21 16 67 30 72
71 Iran 0.2211 27 10 7 3 52 27 20 44
72 Albania 0.2185 8 2 4 16 14 45 22 96
73 China 0.1725 48 22 4 9 82 21 35 8
74 Canada 0.1651 23 7 9 1 21 13 17 52
75 Saudi Arabia 0.1590 27 11 5 6 39 23 22 45
76 Benin 0.1581 4 1 2 5 7 20 8 112
77 Australia 0.1563 21 8 5 3 42 13 16 54
78 Mauritius 0.1464 8 2 4 6 8 22 12 94
79 Somalia 0.1268 5 1 3 1 5 6 5 102
80 New Zealand 0.1189 30 12 6 6 59 29 24 34
81 Iceland 0.1018 11 4 3 23 19 65 30 86
82 Sierra Leone 0.1004 3 1 1 8 8 21 10 117
83 Syria 0.1001 28 11 6 10 26 26 27 42
84 Liberia 0.0971 5 1 3 6 5 18 10 107
85 Rwanda 0.0962 3 1 1 3 5 10 5 114
86 Lesotho 0.0932 5 2 1 3 7 13 6 103
87 Cyprus 0.0901 3 0 3 25 13 87 28 118
88 El Salvador 0.0876 23 9 5 6 22 21 20 53
89 Venezuela 0.0783 6 1 4 13 8 46 18 101
90 North Korea 0.0664 24 10 4 5 30 22 19 50
91 Qatar 0.0662 28 12 4 8 38 20 24 40
92 Burkina Faso 0.0596 1 0 1 4 3 17 5 123
93 Gabon 0.0590 2 0 2 2 3 9 4 119
94 United Arab Emirates 0.0583 19 8 3 7 37 23 18 58
95 Costa Rica 0.0564 15 3 9 4 16 18 16 71
96 Guatemala 0.0558 14 5 4 3 17 5 12 73
97 Mexico 0.0541 9 2 5 5 16 20 12 91
98 Malta 0.0534 4 1 2 23 15 98 26 113
99 Malaysia 0.0531 21 7 7 5 37 25 19 55
100 Cuba 0.0396 11 4 3 2 11 8 9 81
101 Iraq 0.0368 17 8 1 3 19 13 12 66
102 Thailand 0.0301 19 8 3 8 28 29 19 60
103 Indonesia 0.0280 21 9 3 12 23 39 24 57
104 United States 0.0271 11 4 3 3 12 11 10 83
105 India 0.0259 14 5 4 5 15 15 14 75
106 Luxembourg 0.0217 1 0 1 29 10 103 30 126
107 Hong Kong 0.0178 21 7 7 7 36 25 21 56
108 Suriname 0.0152 9 3 3 4 9 13 10 92
109 Singapore 0.0140 5 1 3 10 7 29 14 108
110 Japan 0.0139 15 7 1 4 19 7 12 69
111 Haiti 0.0104 7 2 3 8 6 20 13 98
112 Taiwan 0.0073 5 1 3 10 6 44 14 110
113 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0047 5 1 3 4 3 9 8 104
114 Jordan 0.0042 5 2 1 5 10 17 8 105
115 Bangladesh 0.0040 10 4 2 13 20 48 19 90
116 Netherlands Antilles 0.0034 4 0 4 2 1 6 6 111
117 Fiji 0.0032 5 1 3 4 6 35 8 109
118 Bahrain 0.0027 3 1 1 6 2 11 8 116
119 Sri Lanka 0.0026 5 2 1 5 11 23 8 106
120 Panama 0.0021 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.