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.

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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.