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 5.3145 65 26 13 7 87 40 46 2
2 Brazil 4.9510 47 18 11 5 60 27 34 10
3 Italy 4.4537 42 15 12 7 41 30 34 18
4 West Germany 4.2107 73 30 13 7 117 38 50 1
5 France 3.9855 52 24 4 10 85 40 38 6
6 England 3.8115 59 24 11 5 88 22 40 3
7 Belgium 3.3178 53 21 11 10 56 44 42 5
8 Poland 2.8229 48 19 10 8 58 32 37 9
9 Cameroon 2.8122 36 13 10 8 53 28 31 23
10 Argentina 2.7147 32 13 6 7 47 27 26 32
11 Ghana 2.5655 35 12 11 5 32 22 28 28
12 Netherlands 2.5290 55 24 7 11 85 40 42 4
13 Austria 2.5106 49 21 7 13 66 45 41 7
14 Morocco 2.2429 46 18 10 10 52 25 38 11
15 Northern Ireland 2.2124 44 17 10 10 35 34 37 15
16 Soviet Union 2.0812 44 17 10 6 58 24 33 13
17 Libya 2.0750 29 11 7 5 28 19 23 39
18 Nigeria 1.9994 45 17 11 10 48 32 38 12
19 Portugal 1.9407 40 18 4 12 45 42 34 21
20 Spain 1.9145 43 17 9 10 58 37 36 16
21 Egypt 1.6330 29 11 7 8 29 26 26 40
22 Czechoslovakia 1.5878 44 16 12 9 65 37 37 14
23 Denmark 1.5184 41 18 5 13 70 43 36 19
24 Scotland 1.4615 38 14 10 12 55 45 36 22
25 Tunisia 1.4071 28 11 6 12 29 25 29 43
26 Peru 1.3418 29 9 11 9 32 37 29 41
27 Hungary 1.3198 36 15 6 13 67 52 34 25
28 Sweden 1.2758 33 13 7 13 45 38 33 31
29 Uruguay 1.2553 26 10 6 5 28 22 21 48
30 Zambia 1.2521 34 14 6 10 37 19 30 29
31 Yugoslavia 1.1213 40 17 6 11 59 44 34 20
32 Romania 1.1135 36 12 12 9 37 27 33 26
33 Ireland 0.9910 32 12 8 12 51 39 32 33
34 Uganda 0.9381 15 7 1 5 18 18 13 70
35 Paraguay 0.9242 25 8 9 6 31 22 23 49
36 Senegal 0.8635 19 7 5 6 14 11 18 59
37 Bulgaria 0.8210 30 13 4 13 37 37 30 37
38 Switzerland 0.8148 25 8 9 13 28 49 30 50
39 Ivory Coast 0.7806 17 6 5 7 29 17 18 64
40 Zaire 0.7674 24 9 6 5 39 34 20 51
41 East Germany 0.7283 30 14 2 10 50 33 26 35
42 Togo 0.6695 19 8 3 8 21 28 19 63
43 Wales 0.6660 30 12 6 8 37 27 26 36
44 Greece 0.6346 27 10 7 14 37 44 31 46
45 Chile 0.6018 33 13 7 8 47 28 28 30
46 Guinea 0.5817 17 5 7 9 23 29 21 66
47 Sudan 0.5757 11 3 5 4 8 18 12 85
48 Mali 0.5500 12 5 2 5 16 22 12 78
49 Mozambique 0.4639 12 4 4 6 25 24 14 77
50 Colombia 0.4608 19 6 7 7 22 24 20 62
51 Norway 0.4495 16 4 8 18 24 53 30 68
52 Tanzania 0.4439 14 4 6 7 25 23 17 74
53 Malawi 0.4353 19 6 7 8 23 24 21 60
54 Ethiopia 0.4314 12 3 6 8 13 25 17 81
55 Angola 0.4174 10 3 4 3 11 9 10 87
56 Finland 0.4166 17 6 5 17 24 68 28 67
57 Bolivia 0.4100 10 3 4 9 15 26 16 88
58 Madagascar 0.4051 12 4 4 8 16 28 16 80
59 Zimbabwe 0.4027 12 5 2 7 11 17 14 79
60 Honduras 0.4023 35 13 9 4 40 18 26 27
61 Gambia 0.3409 11 4 3 5 11 18 12 84
62 Congo 0.3382 9 2 5 6 12 20 13 93
63 Niger 0.3272 7 2 3 3 4 8 8 97
64 Kenya 0.2703 10 4 2 8 16 31 14 89
65 Kuwait 0.2665 36 15 6 7 48 24 28 24
66 Ecuador 0.2652 8 2 4 10 14 33 16 95
67 South Korea 0.2578 42 19 4 5 60 17 28 17
68 Israel 0.2577 12 4 4 6 23 16 14 76
69 Iran 0.2254 29 11 7 3 48 19 21 38
70 Turkey 0.2248 15 6 3 21 16 67 30 72
71 Mauritania 0.2240 6 2 2 4 10 17 8 99
72 Albania 0.2188 8 2 4 16 14 45 22 96
73 Mauritius 0.1909 9 3 3 6 7 18 12 94
74 China 0.1739 48 22 4 9 82 21 35 8
75 Canada 0.1653 23 7 9 1 21 13 17 53
76 Saudi Arabia 0.1572 27 11 5 6 35 20 22 45
77 Benin 0.1564 4 1 2 5 7 20 8 113
78 Australia 0.1563 21 8 5 3 42 13 16 55
79 New Zealand 0.1186 30 12 6 6 59 29 24 34
80 Lesotho 0.1162 5 2 1 3 7 13 6 102
81 Rwanda 0.1113 4 2 0 3 2 7 5 111
82 Iceland 0.1019 11 4 3 23 19 65 30 86
83 Sierra Leone 0.0985 3 1 1 8 8 21 10 117
84 Syria 0.0957 28 11 6 11 26 27 28 44
85 Somalia 0.0951 4 1 2 2 2 3 5 110
86 Liberia 0.0928 5 1 3 6 5 18 10 106
87 Cyprus 0.0904 3 0 3 25 13 87 28 118
88 El Salvador 0.0877 23 9 5 6 22 21 20 54
89 Venezuela 0.0786 6 1 4 13 8 46 18 101
90 North Korea 0.0721 26 11 4 5 31 22 20 47
91 Qatar 0.0654 28 12 4 8 38 20 24 42
92 Gabon 0.0598 2 0 2 2 3 9 4 119
93 Upper Volta 0.0590 1 0 1 4 3 17 5 123
94 United Arab Emirates 0.0573 19 8 3 7 37 23 18 58
95 Costa Rica 0.0565 15 3 9 4 16 18 16 71
96 Guatemala 0.0558 14 5 4 3 17 5 12 73
97 Mexico 0.0542 9 2 5 5 16 20 12 91
98 Malta 0.0534 4 1 2 23 15 98 26 114
99 Malaysia 0.0467 21 7 7 6 32 22 20 56
100 Cuba 0.0396 11 4 3 2 11 8 9 82
101 Iraq 0.0359 17 8 1 3 19 13 12 65
102 Indonesia 0.0274 21 9 3 12 23 39 24 57
103 United States 0.0272 11 4 3 3 12 11 10 83
104 Thailand 0.0255 19 8 3 9 29 31 20 61
105 India 0.0249 14 5 4 5 15 15 14 75
106 Luxembourg 0.0218 1 0 1 29 10 103 30 126
107 Hong Kong 0.0215 23 8 7 7 34 21 22 52
108 Japan 0.0153 15 7 1 4 19 7 12 69
109 Suriname 0.0153 9 3 3 4 9 13 10 92
110 Singapore 0.0143 5 1 3 10 7 29 14 107
111 Haiti 0.0104 7 2 3 8 6 20 13 98
112 Taiwan 0.0073 5 1 3 10 6 44 14 109
113 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0047 5 1 3 4 3 9 8 103
114 Jordan 0.0044 5 2 1 5 10 17 8 104
115 Bangladesh 0.0038 10 4 2 13 20 48 19 90
116 Netherlands Antilles 0.0034 4 0 4 2 1 6 6 112
117 Fiji 0.0031 5 1 3 4 6 35 8 108
118 Sri Lanka 0.0026 5 2 1 5 11 23 8 105
119 Bahrain 0.0026 3 1 1 6 2 11 8 116
120 Panama 0.0022 1 0 1 9 3 28 10 124
121 Afghanistan 0.0012 2 0 2 6 5 31 8 121
122 Nepal 0.0009 1 0 1 7 0 41 8 125
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: World Cup (finals only) 1978, (qualifying and finals) 1982, (qualifying only) 1986; Africa Cup of Nations (finals only) 1978, (qualifying and finals) in 1980, 1982, and 1984, (qualifying only) 1986; AFC Asian Cup (qualifying and finals) in 1980 and 1984; Copa América in 1979 and 1983; European Championship (qualifying and finals) in 1980 and 1984; Artemio Franchi Cup 1985.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.