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

World 1979-86

1978-85 1980-87

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 France 6.1095 59 26 7 10 87 40 43 5
2 Brazil 5.1520 45 18 9 5 60 25 32 10
3 England 5.0149 65 27 11 7 95 21 45 2
4 Italy 4.7253 41 14 13 6 42 32 33 18
5 Argentina 4.5571 34 14 6 6 46 28 26 30
6 West Germany 4.4653 75 32 11 8 115 40 51 1
7 Belgium 3.6439 61 24 13 13 75 60 50 4
8 Denmark 3.1053 48 22 4 12 72 38 38 8
9 Algeria 3.0210 65 25 15 10 88 52 50 3
10 Poland 2.5640 43 16 11 8 51 34 35 15
11 Soviet Union 2.4836 52 20 12 6 75 28 38 6
12 Cameroon 2.3860 43 15 13 8 64 41 36 14
13 Spain 2.2592 45 18 9 10 62 39 37 12
14 Morocco 2.0099 51 19 13 12 60 32 44 7
15 Czechoslovakia 1.9742 45 16 13 9 65 36 38 11
16 Netherlands 1.9156 46 20 6 9 64 29 35 9
17 Northern Ireland 1.7424 41 15 11 13 33 42 39 19
18 Austria 1.7403 41 17 7 10 56 35 34 17
19 Portugal 1.7369 39 17 5 14 45 46 36 21
20 Yugoslavia 1.5874 42 18 6 10 60 41 34 16
21 Libya 1.4847 30 11 8 4 35 27 23 37
22 Hungary 1.4380 36 15 6 12 63 50 33 26
23 Nigeria 1.4337 39 15 9 9 50 35 33 20
24 Scotland 1.4175 38 13 12 11 49 36 36 22
25 Bulgaria 1.3277 33 13 7 14 38 40 34 32
26 Romania 1.2349 36 12 12 9 38 25 33 27
27 Uruguay 1.1994 28 10 8 7 30 30 25 40
28 Peru 1.1736 24 7 10 6 25 25 23 50
29 Mexico 1.1615 17 5 7 2 20 10 14 65
30 Ivory Coast 1.1515 23 9 5 9 36 22 23 51
31 Egypt 1.1282 35 13 9 9 43 40 31 29
32 Sweden 1.1203 36 15 6 10 49 31 31 25
33 Paraguay 1.0985 29 9 11 7 35 28 27 38
34 Ghana 1.0163 26 8 10 5 29 25 23 46
35 Ireland 0.9764 31 12 7 12 49 37 31 35
36 Switzerland 0.8910 26 8 10 13 30 50 31 47
37 Senegal 0.8696 23 9 5 7 17 12 21 52
38 East Germany 0.8580 32 14 4 9 49 29 27 33
39 Greece 0.8315 27 10 7 13 32 42 30 44
40 Zambia 0.8164 32 13 6 11 36 21 30 34
41 Wales 0.7200 27 10 7 8 30 28 25 43
42 Honduras 0.7004 35 13 9 4 40 18 26 28
43 Guinea 0.5981 22 7 8 8 30 28 23 55
44 Tunisia 0.5821 21 9 3 9 22 18 21 59
45 Chile 0.5522 33 13 7 8 47 28 28 31
46 Congo DR 0.5377 24 9 6 5 39 34 20 49
47 Togo 0.4935 19 8 3 8 21 28 19 64
48 Bolivia 0.4784 10 3 4 9 15 26 16 89
49 Sudan 0.4421 11 3 5 4 8 18 12 87
50 Norway 0.4395 16 4 8 17 21 51 29 69
51 Colombia 0.4264 19 6 7 7 22 24 20 63
52 Ethiopia 0.4124 16 4 8 6 24 31 18 68
53 El Salvador 0.4113 23 9 5 6 22 21 20 54
54 Canada 0.3976 23 7 9 4 21 18 20 53
55 Mali 0.3705 12 5 2 5 16 22 12 81
56 Angola 0.3257 13 4 5 3 17 12 12 77
57 Finland 0.3071 14 4 6 18 19 64 28 76
58 Tanzania 0.3070 14 4 6 8 27 27 18 74
59 Malawi 0.3005 17 5 7 7 21 26 19 67
60 Ecuador 0.2929 8 2 4 10 14 33 16 95
61 Iceland 0.2928 13 4 5 21 19 60 30 78
62 Zimbabwe 0.2897 12 5 2 7 11 17 14 82
63 Congo 0.2660 9 2 5 3 16 20 10 91
64 Kuwait 0.2621 36 15 6 7 52 26 28 24
65 Madagascar 0.2498 10 3 4 7 13 22 14 88
66 Gambia 0.2392 11 4 3 7 12 21 14 86
67 Uganda 0.2312 12 5 2 3 14 11 10 80
68 Israel 0.2136 12 4 4 6 23 16 14 79
69 South Korea 0.2032 37 16 5 7 54 23 28 23
70 Niger 0.2003 7 2 3 3 4 8 8 97
71 Mozambique 0.1930 11 3 5 9 32 37 17 85
72 Turkey 0.1914 16 6 4 21 16 70 31 70
73 Albania 0.1890 8 2 4 18 15 50 24 96
74 United States 0.1734 11 4 3 3 12 11 10 84
75 China 0.1708 44 20 4 8 77 19 32 13
76 Iran 0.1575 26 10 6 1 50 19 17 45
77 Costa Rica 0.1570 15 3 9 4 16 18 16 72
78 Kenya 0.1546 9 3 3 8 19 34 14 93
79 Guatemala 0.1476 14 5 4 3 17 5 12 73
80 Mauritania 0.1431 6 2 2 4 10 17 8 100
81 Australia 0.1311 21 8 5 3 42 13 16 56
82 Saudi Arabia 0.1300 27 11 5 6 39 23 22 42
83 Benin 0.1184 4 1 2 5 7 20 8 112
84 Cuba 0.1122 11 4 3 2 11 8 9 83
85 New Zealand 0.1046 30 12 6 6 59 29 24 36
86 Somalia 0.0941 6 1 4 2 5 11 7 99
87 Cyprus 0.0938 3 0 3 26 15 88 29 119
88 Syria 0.0897 28 11 6 10 26 26 27 41
89 Mauritius 0.0890 8 2 4 6 8 22 12 94
90 Haiti 0.0878 7 2 3 8 6 20 13 98
91 Venezuela 0.0822 6 1 4 13 8 46 18 103
92 Sierra Leone 0.0727 6 2 2 8 11 23 12 101
93 Liberia 0.0673 6 1 4 7 7 21 12 102
94 North Korea 0.0621 24 10 4 5 30 22 19 48
95 Malta 0.0621 4 1 2 24 15 98 27 114
96 Rwanda 0.0580 3 1 1 3 5 10 5 115
97 Qatar 0.0532 28 12 4 8 38 20 24 39
98 Lesotho 0.0524 5 2 1 3 7 13 6 104
99 United Arab Emirates 0.0491 19 8 3 7 37 23 18 61
100 Malaysia 0.0447 21 7 7 5 37 25 19 57
101 Gabon 0.0441 3 0 3 3 6 15 6 117
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 75
106 Luxembourg 0.0220 1 0 1 30 9 109 31 125
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0213 5 1 3 4 3 9 8 105
108 Netherlands Antilles 0.0211 4 0 4 2 1 6 6 111
109 Iraq 0.0190 17 8 1 6 20 17 15 66
110 Hong Kong 0.0173 21 7 7 7 36 25 21 58
111 Japan 0.0130 15 7 1 4 19 7 12 71
112 Singapore 0.0125 5 1 3 10 7 29 14 108
113 Taiwan 0.0062 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 90
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 0.0009 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 4 116
124 Pakistan 0 2 1 0 3 4 14 4 120
124 Macao 0 4 2 0 7 4 24 9 113
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.