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

World 1979-86

1978-85 History 1980-87

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 France 6.1151 59 26 7 10 87 40 43 5
2 Brazil 5.1525 45 18 9 5 60 25 32 10
3 England 5.0191 65 27 11 7 95 21 45 2
4 Italy 4.7372 41 14 13 6 42 32 33 18
5 Argentina 4.5622 34 14 6 6 46 28 26 30
6 West Germany 4.4674 75 32 11 8 115 40 51 1
7 Belgium 3.6480 61 24 13 13 75 60 50 4
8 Denmark 3.1084 48 22 4 12 72 38 38 8
9 Algeria 2.9897 65 25 15 10 82 47 50 3
10 Poland 2.5737 43 16 11 8 51 34 35 15
11 Soviet Union 2.4867 52 20 12 6 75 28 38 6
12 Cameroon 2.4816 44 16 12 8 61 33 36 14
13 Spain 2.2585 45 18 9 10 62 39 37 12
14 Morocco 1.9959 51 19 13 12 57 28 44 7
15 Czechoslovakia 1.9768 45 16 13 9 65 36 38 11
16 Netherlands 1.9177 46 20 6 9 64 29 35 9
17 Northern Ireland 1.7422 41 15 11 13 33 42 39 19
18 Portugal 1.7389 39 17 5 14 45 46 36 21
19 Austria 1.7388 41 17 7 10 56 35 34 17
20 Yugoslavia 1.5889 42 18 6 10 60 41 34 16
21 Hungary 1.4390 36 15 6 12 63 50 33 26
22 Scotland 1.4187 38 13 12 11 49 36 36 22
23 Nigeria 1.4118 39 15 9 9 40 27 33 20
24 Libya 1.3730 29 11 7 5 28 19 23 37
25 Bulgaria 1.3293 33 13 7 14 38 40 34 32
26 Romania 1.2362 36 12 12 9 38 25 33 27
27 Egypt 1.2355 36 14 8 9 34 27 31 28
28 Uruguay 1.2009 28 10 8 7 30 30 25 40
29 Peru 1.1803 24 7 10 6 25 25 23 50
30 Mexico 1.1626 17 5 7 2 20 10 14 65
31 Ivory Coast 1.1586 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 51
32 Sweden 1.1221 36 15 6 10 49 31 31 25
33 Paraguay 1.0996 29 9 11 7 35 28 27 38
34 Ghana 0.9788 26 8 10 5 23 20 23 46
35 Ireland 0.9774 31 12 7 12 49 37 31 35
36 Switzerland 0.8919 26 8 10 13 30 50 31 47
37 Senegal 0.8811 23 9 5 7 17 12 21 52
38 East Germany 0.8592 32 14 4 9 49 29 27 33
39 Greece 0.8324 27 10 7 13 32 42 30 44
40 Zambia 0.8152 32 13 6 11 36 21 30 34
41 Wales 0.7206 27 10 7 8 30 28 25 43
42 Honduras 0.7007 35 13 9 4 40 18 26 29
43 Tunisia 0.5879 21 9 3 9 22 18 21 58
44 Chile 0.5538 33 13 7 8 47 28 28 31
45 Congo DR 0.5388 24 9 6 5 39 34 20 49
46 Guinea 0.5197 21 7 7 9 26 30 23 59
47 Togo 0.4817 19 8 3 8 21 28 19 64
48 Bolivia 0.4791 10 3 4 9 15 26 16 89
49 Sudan 0.4420 11 3 5 4 8 18 12 87
50 Norway 0.4400 16 4 8 17 21 51 29 68
51 Colombia 0.4275 19 6 7 7 22 24 20 63
52 El Salvador 0.4116 23 9 5 6 22 21 20 54
53 Canada 0.3979 23 7 9 4 21 18 20 53
54 Mali 0.3677 12 5 2 5 16 22 12 82
55 Ethiopia 0.3602 14 4 6 8 17 27 18 75
56 Malawi 0.3175 17 5 7 7 17 21 19 67
57 Tanzania 0.3109 14 4 6 8 27 27 18 73
58 Finland 0.3075 14 4 6 18 19 64 28 76
59 Zimbabwe 0.3026 12 5 2 7 11 17 14 83
60 Angola 0.2968 12 4 4 4 12 10 12 80
61 Ecuador 0.2933 8 2 4 10 14 33 16 95
62 Iceland 0.2931 13 4 5 21 19 60 30 77
63 Kuwait 0.2624 36 15 6 7 48 24 28 24
64 Madagascar 0.2623 10 3 4 7 13 22 14 88
65 Mozambique 0.2538 12 4 4 9 25 31 17 81
66 Gambia 0.2335 11 4 3 7 12 21 14 86
67 Uganda 0.2256 12 5 2 3 14 11 10 79
68 Israel 0.2138 12 4 4 6 23 16 14 78
69 Congo 0.2043 8 2 4 4 11 16 10 94
70 South Korea 0.2034 37 16 5 7 54 23 28 23
71 Niger 0.1946 7 2 3 3 4 8 8 97
72 Turkey 0.1914 16 6 4 21 16 70 31 69
73 Albania 0.1893 8 2 4 18 15 50 24 96
74 United States 0.1735 11 4 3 3 12 11 10 85
75 China 0.1710 44 20 4 8 77 19 32 13
76 Kenya 0.1674 10 4 2 8 16 31 14 90
77 Iran 0.1577 26 10 6 1 45 11 17 45
78 Costa Rica 0.1571 15 3 9 4 16 18 16 71
79 Guatemala 0.1477 14 5 4 3 17 5 12 72
80 Mauritania 0.1416 6 2 2 4 10 17 8 99
81 Australia 0.1312 21 8 5 3 42 13 16 55
82 Saudi Arabia 0.1302 27 11 5 6 35 20 22 42
83 Benin 0.1182 4 1 2 5 7 20 8 114
84 Mauritius 0.1134 9 3 3 6 7 18 12 93
85 Cuba 0.1123 11 4 3 2 11 8 9 84
86 New Zealand 0.1047 30 12 6 6 59 29 24 36
87 Cyprus 0.0940 3 0 3 26 15 88 29 119
88 Syria 0.0898 28 11 6 10 26 26 27 41
89 Haiti 0.0879 7 2 3 8 6 20 13 98
90 Venezuela 0.0823 6 1 4 13 8 46 18 102
91 Somalia 0.0762 5 1 3 3 2 8 7 105
92 Rwanda 0.0741 4 2 0 3 2 7 5 111
93 Sierra Leone 0.0713 6 2 2 8 11 23 12 100
94 Liberia 0.0642 6 1 4 7 7 21 12 101
95 North Korea 0.0622 24 10 4 5 30 22 19 48
96 Malta 0.0621 4 1 2 24 15 98 27 116
97 Lesotho 0.0589 5 2 1 3 7 13 6 103
98 Gabon 0.0569 4 1 2 3 4 10 6 113
99 Qatar 0.0533 28 12 4 8 38 20 24 39
100 United Arab Emirates 0.0491 19 8 3 7 37 23 18 61
101 Malaysia 0.0447 21 7 7 5 32 21 19 57
102 Suriname 0.0290 9 3 3 4 9 13 10 92
103 Thailand 0.0268 19 8 3 8 28 29 19 62
104 Indonesia 0.0237 21 9 3 12 23 39 24 60
105 India 0.0226 14 5 4 5 15 15 14 74
106 Luxembourg 0.0220 1 0 1 30 9 109 31 125
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0213 5 1 3 4 3 9 8 104
108 Netherlands Antilles 0.0211 4 0 4 2 1 6 6 112
109 Iraq 0.0190 17 8 1 6 20 17 15 66
110 Hong Kong 0.0174 21 7 7 7 32 20 21 56
111 Japan 0.0130 15 7 1 4 19 7 12 70
112 Singapore 0.0125 5 1 3 10 7 29 14 108
113 Taiwan 0.0063 5 1 3 10 6 44 14 110
114 Panama 0.0060 1 0 1 9 3 28 10 123
115 Jordan 0.0036 5 2 1 5 10 17 8 106
116 Bangladesh 0.0034 10 4 2 13 20 48 19 91
117 Fiji 0.0027 5 1 3 4 6 35 8 109
118 Bahrain 0.0024 3 1 1 6 2 11 8 118
119 Sri Lanka 0.0023 5 2 1 5 11 23 8 107
120 Guyana 0.0010 1 0 1 5 1 11 6 122
121 Afghanistan 0.0010 2 0 2 6 5 31 8 121
122 Nepal 0.0009 1 0 1 7 0 41 8 124
123 Oman 0.0005 3 1 1 2 9 15 4 117
124 Pakistan 0 2 1 0 3 4 14 4 120
124 Macao 0 4 2 0 7 4 24 9 115
124 Philippines 0 0 0 0 5 3 16 5 126
124 North Yemen 0 0 0 0 8 3 30 8 127
124 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 128

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.