Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.
World 1981-88
| ‹ 1980-87 | History | 1982-89 › |
|---|---|---|
| EP | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GP | PR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 5.8716 | 63 | 25 | 13 | 6 | 80 | 28 | 44 | 2 |
| 2 | France | 5.3751 | 56 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 45 | 45 | 5 |
| 3 | Brazil | 4.4702 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 20 | 28 | 15 |
| 4 | West Germany | 4.3335 | 64 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 99 | 38 | 46 | 1 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 4.1733 | 56 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 21 | 37 | 4 |
| 6 | Italy | 3.6989 | 42 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 47 | 36 | 35 | 14 |
| 7 | Argentina | 3.6024 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 26 | 26 | 29 |
| 8 | Denmark | 3.5892 | 51 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 70 | 38 | 39 | 8 |
| 9 | Spain | 3.0227 | 53 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 41 | 40 | 7 |
| 10 | Algeria | 2.8257 | 62 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 79 | 40 | 48 | 3 |
| 11 | Belgium | 2.8041 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 9 |
| 12 | England | 2.7547 | 54 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 84 | 22 | 41 | 6 |
| 13 | Cameroon | 2.1194 | 49 | 18 | 13 | 8 | 64 | 34 | 39 | 10 |
| 14 | Poland | 2.1037 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 35 | 19 |
| 15 | Ireland | 2.0084 | 33 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 42 | 34 | 32 | 31 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia | 1.9486 | 38 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 33 | 22 |
| 17 | Romania | 1.9059 | 40 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 21 | 33 | 18 |
| 18 | Hungary | 1.8330 | 43 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 73 | 57 | 38 | 12 |
| 19 | Portugal | 1.7987 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 43 | 35 | 24 |
| 20 | Scotland | 1.7487 | 38 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 45 | 36 | 36 | 23 |
| 21 | Northern Ireland | 1.5648 | 39 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 31 | 40 | 39 | 21 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 1.5635 | 30 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 32 | 38 | 30 | 37 |
| 23 | Uruguay | 1.5610 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 40 |
| 24 | Morocco | 1.5315 | 41 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 21 | 36 | 16 |
| 25 | Yugoslavia | 1.5206 | 41 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 59 | 47 | 34 | 17 |
| 26 | Sweden | 1.4349 | 39 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 23 | 30 | 20 |
| 27 | Austria | 1.3839 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 41 | 32 | 32 |
| 28 | Chile | 1.3170 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 25 | 23 | 38 |
| 29 | Ivory Coast | 1.2999 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 19 | 23 | 39 |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 1.2558 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 35 | 33 | 30 |
| 31 | Mexico | 1.0985 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 75 |
| 32 | Nigeria | 1.0528 | 35 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 33 | 27 |
| 33 | East Germany | 1.0177 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 29 | 28 | 33 |
| 34 | Libya | 0.9553 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 49 |
| 35 | Wales | 0.9544 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 46 |
| 36 | Peru | 0.9404 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 44 |
| 37 | Egypt | 0.9134 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 34 |
| 38 | Ghana | 0.8438 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 45 |
| 39 | Senegal | 0.8277 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 21 | 50 |
| 40 | Norway | 0.7377 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 30 | 59 |
| 41 | Honduras | 0.7241 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 43 |
| 42 | Paraguay | 0.6354 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 58 |
| 43 | Greece | 0.5926 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 30 | 41 |
| 44 | Zambia | 0.5844 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 52 |
| 45 | Congo DR | 0.5518 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 57 |
| 46 | Tunisia | 0.5157 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 21 | 23 | 53 |
| 47 | Iceland | 0.4997 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 50 | 29 | 63 |
| 48 | Colombia | 0.4405 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 55 |
| 49 | Mali | 0.4341 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 12 | 72 |
| 50 | Angola | 0.4029 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 67 |
| 51 | El Salvador | 0.3458 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 56 |
| 52 | Canada | 0.3455 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
| 53 | Finland | 0.3253 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 63 | 27 | 69 |
| 54 | Uganda | 0.3236 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 65 |
| 55 | Togo | 0.3069 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 73 |
| 56 | Malawi | 0.3018 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 62 |
| 57 | Sudan | 0.3013 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 74 |
| 58 | Kuwait | 0.2949 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 21 | 30 | 25 |
| 59 | Ecuador | 0.2731 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 14 | 94 |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 0.2547 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 64 |
| 61 | South Korea | 0.2321 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 58 | 23 | 31 | 13 |
| 62 | Kenya | 0.2286 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 17 | 83 |
| 63 | Madagascar | 0.2235 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 89 |
| 64 | Mozambique | 0.2185 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 82 |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 0.2179 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 80 |
| 66 | Guinea | 0.2168 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 77 |
| 67 | Turkey | 0.2134 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 74 | 30 | 78 |
| 68 | China | 0.2108 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 20 | 35 | 11 |
| 69 | Israel | 0.2095 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 87 |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 0.2078 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 86 |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 0.1851 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 79 |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1717 | 36 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 21 | 28 | 26 |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 0.1702 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 104 |
| 74 | Gambia | 0.1656 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 97 |
| 75 | Cyprus | 0.1625 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 74 | 29 | 114 |
| 76 | Iran | 0.1574 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 10 | 21 | 36 |
| 77 | Malta | 0.1524 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 101 | 29 | 100 |
| 78 | Australia | 0.1461 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 15 | 18 | 48 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 0.1333 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 93 |
| 80 | Albania | 0.1320 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 57 | 26 | 99 |
| 81 | United States | 0.1291 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 81 |
| 82 | New Zealand | 0.1285 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 67 | 30 | 26 | 28 |
| 83 | Niger | 0.1180 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 116 |
| 84 | Guatemala | 0.1178 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 84 |
| 85 | Gabon | 0.1078 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 96 |
| 86 | Liberia | 0.1014 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 98 |
| 87 | Syria | 0.1001 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 35 |
| 88 | Congo | 0.0887 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 109 |
| 89 | Cuba | 0.0856 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 102 |
| 90 | Haiti | 0.0750 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 11 | 112 |
| 91 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0721 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 92 |
| 92 | Qatar | 0.0705 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 16 | 20 | 51 |
| 93 | Tanzania | 0.0663 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 91 |
| 94 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0609 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 19 | 21 | 42 |
| 95 | Mauritania | 0.0587 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 115 |
| 96 | Venezuela | 0.0587 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 42 | 16 | 113 |
| 97 | Benin | 0.0556 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 124 |
| 98 | Rwanda | 0.0489 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 107 |
| 99 | Bahrain | 0.0488 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 76 |
| 100 | Indonesia | 0.0456 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 24 | 47 |
| 101 | Somalia | 0.0370 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 119 |
| 102 | Iraq | 0.0344 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 61 |
| 103 | Jordan | 0.0253 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 85 |
| 104 | Japan | 0.0249 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 60 |
| 105 | Mauritius | 0.0242 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 120 |
| 106 | Suriname | 0.0239 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 108 |
| 107 | Jamaica | 0.0215 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 101 |
| 108 | Luxembourg | 0.0202 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 105 | 32 | 130 |
| 109 | Netherlands Antilles | 0.0200 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 103 |
| 110 | India | 0.0189 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 66 |
| 111 | North Korea | 0.0150 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 88 |
| 112 | Fiji | 0.0145 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 10 | 95 |
| 113 | Thailand | 0.0137 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 39 | 19 | 68 |
| 114 | Malaysia | 0.0137 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 71 |
| 115 | Swaziland | 0.0111 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 123 |
| 116 | Hong Kong | 0.0107 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 70 |
| 117 | Panama | 0.0106 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 128 |
| 118 | Singapore | 0.0097 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 110 |
| 119 | South Yemen | 0.0086 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 121 |
| 120 | North Yemen | 0.0086 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 13 | 105 |
| 121 | Taiwan | 0.0083 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 52 | 16 | 106 |
| 122 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0071 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 122 |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 0.0031 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 32 | 16 | 90 |
| 124 | Guyana | 0.0023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 127 |
| 125 | Pakistan | 0.0010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 8 | 125 |
| 126 | Nepal | 0.0009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 48 | 12 | 126 |
| 127 | Afghanistan | 0.0006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 129 |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 0.0002 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 117 |
| 128 | Oman | 0.0002 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 118 |
| 130 | Macao | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 111 |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 131 |
| 130 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 132 |
| 130 | Brunei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 133 |
EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.
| « 1970-77 | History | 2019-26 » |
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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.