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

World 1981-88

1980-87 1982-89

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Soviet Union 5.8700 63 25 13 6 80 28 44 2
2 France 5.3733 56 23 10 12 78 45 45 5
3 Brazil 4.4680 41 17 7 4 55 20 28 15
4 West Germany 4.3329 64 27 10 9 99 38 46 1
5 Netherlands 4.1722 56 25 6 6 69 21 37 4
6 Italy 3.6980 42 15 12 8 47 36 35 14
7 Argentina 3.6014 34 14 6 6 44 26 26 29
8 Denmark 3.5883 51 22 7 10 70 38 39 8
9 Spain 3.0212 53 23 7 10 75 41 40 7
10 Algeria 2.8193 62 23 16 9 92 56 48 3
11 Belgium 2.8033 50 20 10 14 65 57 44 9
12 England 2.7543 54 21 12 8 84 22 41 6
13 Cameroon 2.1220 49 18 13 8 69 38 39 10
14 Poland 2.1037 40 15 10 10 48 40 35 19
15 Ireland 2.0078 33 12 9 11 42 34 32 31
16 Czechoslovakia 1.9481 38 12 14 7 50 33 33 22
17 Romania 1.9053 40 15 10 8 44 21 33 18
18 Hungary 1.8324 43 19 5 14 73 57 38 12
19 Portugal 1.7982 38 16 6 13 40 43 35 24
20 Scotland 1.7481 38 13 12 11 45 36 36 23
21 Northern Ireland 1.5641 39 14 11 14 31 40 39 21
22 Switzerland 1.5630 30 8 14 8 32 38 30 37
23 Uruguay 1.5605 28 11 6 6 27 25 23 40
24 Morocco 1.5359 41 14 13 9 45 27 36 16
25 Yugoslavia 1.5202 41 17 7 10 59 47 34 17
26 Sweden 1.4346 39 17 5 8 48 23 30 20
27 Austria 1.3830 33 14 5 13 46 41 32 32
28 Chile 1.3165 28 12 4 7 43 24 23 38
29 Ivory Coast 1.3011 28 11 6 6 36 19 23 39
30 Bulgaria 1.2554 34 13 8 12 42 35 33 30
31 Mexico 1.0982 13 4 5 1 12 5 10 76
32 Nigeria 1.0579 35 12 11 10 56 44 33 27
33 Libya 1.0436 24 9 6 4 31 23 19 47
34 East Germany 1.0174 32 14 4 10 48 29 28 33
35 Wales 0.9541 25 8 9 8 26 27 25 46
36 Peru 0.9403 25 7 11 5 26 25 23 45
37 Ghana 0.8611 25 7 11 6 29 28 24 44
38 Egypt 0.8476 31 11 9 7 36 29 27 34
39 Senegal 0.8168 23 8 7 6 19 14 21 50
40 Norway 0.7375 18 5 8 17 25 42 30 59
41 Honduras 0.7238 25 8 9 3 26 14 20 43
42 Paraguay 0.6352 18 5 8 7 22 24 20 58
43 Greece 0.5925 27 10 7 13 35 48 30 41
44 Zambia 0.5895 22 9 4 9 25 17 22 52
45 Congo DR 0.5497 19 5 9 5 27 24 19 57
46 Tunisia 0.5137 22 9 4 10 26 21 23 53
47 Iceland 0.4996 17 5 7 17 19 50 29 63
48 Colombia 0.4404 20 7 6 7 25 25 20 55
49 Mali 0.4350 14 6 2 4 17 20 12 73
50 Angola 0.4231 16 6 4 4 19 15 14 64
51 El Salvador 0.3457 19 8 3 5 24 16 16 56
52 Canada 0.3454 20 7 6 5 20 18 18 54
53 Uganda 0.3305 16 7 2 5 20 20 14 66
54 Finland 0.3252 15 5 5 17 20 63 27 69
55 Sudan 0.3089 14 4 6 4 9 16 14 75
56 Togo 0.3062 14 5 4 6 16 20 15 74
57 Kuwait 0.2948 37 14 9 7 51 23 30 25
58 Malawi 0.2879 17 6 5 6 23 22 17 62
59 Ecuador 0.2730 7 1 5 8 11 30 14 94
60 Ethiopia 0.2436 14 4 6 4 22 24 14 72
61 Zimbabwe 0.2405 16 6 4 6 21 19 16 65
62 South Korea 0.2320 42 18 6 7 58 23 31 13
63 Guinea 0.2196 13 4 5 7 13 25 16 78
64 Madagascar 0.2187 9 4 1 7 11 20 12 89
65 Kenya 0.2161 10 2 6 9 17 33 17 86
66 Turkey 0.2133 13 4 5 21 18 74 30 79
67 China 0.2107 47 20 7 8 80 20 35 11
68 Sierra Leone 0.2104 10 4 2 6 11 18 12 85
69 Israel 0.2095 9 4 1 5 22 12 10 87
70 Costa Rica 0.1851 12 3 6 1 13 9 10 80
71 Burkina Faso 0.1736 5 2 1 3 4 14 6 105
72 Mozambique 0.1716 10 2 6 7 25 31 15 83
73 Saudi Arabia 0.1716 36 14 8 6 44 24 28 26
74 Gambia 0.1661 6 3 0 5 9 16 8 96
75 Cyprus 0.1625 4 0 4 25 13 74 29 114
76 Iran 0.1574 30 11 8 2 43 18 21 36
77 Malta 0.1523 6 1 4 24 19 101 29 99
78 Australia 0.1460 23 9 5 4 47 15 18 49
79 Bolivia 0.1333 7 1 5 8 11 21 14 93
80 Albania 0.1320 6 1 4 21 14 57 26 98
81 United States 0.1290 11 4 3 1 13 4 8 81
82 New Zealand 0.1284 34 14 6 6 67 30 26 28
83 Guatemala 0.1178 10 4 2 2 12 7 8 82
84 Niger 0.1174 3 1 1 2 1 5 4 116
85 Congo 0.1172 5 1 3 4 11 17 8 102
86 Liberia 0.1031 6 2 2 8 8 23 12 97
87 Syria 0.1001 31 13 5 11 32 31 29 35
88 Gabon 0.0904 5 1 3 4 9 16 8 103
89 Cuba 0.0856 5 1 3 3 5 10 7 101
90 Haiti 0.0749 4 1 2 8 7 20 11 112
91 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0721 7 2 3 3 8 8 8 92
92 Qatar 0.0704 22 10 2 8 32 16 20 51
93 Tanzania 0.0679 8 1 6 4 12 17 11 91
94 United Arab Emirates 0.0609 26 12 2 7 46 19 21 42
95 Mauritania 0.0589 3 1 1 2 5 8 4 115
96 Venezuela 0.0587 4 1 2 13 7 42 16 113
97 Benin 0.0556 2 0 2 4 5 16 6 123
98 Somalia 0.0510 4 1 2 2 4 10 5 108
99 Bahrain 0.0488 13 4 5 6 14 15 15 77
100 Indonesia 0.0455 24 10 4 10 21 33 24 48
101 Rwanda 0.0408 3 1 1 3 5 10 5 118
102 Iraq 0.0344 17 8 1 6 20 17 15 61
103 Jordan 0.0253 10 3 4 5 12 18 12 84
104 Japan 0.0249 17 7 3 6 21 14 16 60
105 Suriname 0.0239 4 1 2 3 4 10 6 109
106 Jamaica 0.0215 5 2 1 1 4 6 4 100
107 Luxembourg 0.0202 1 0 1 31 11 105 32 130
108 Netherlands Antilles 0.0199 5 2 1 3 4 11 6 104
109 India 0.0189 16 5 6 8 16 21 19 67
110 North Korea 0.0149 9 3 3 3 8 8 9 88
111 Fiji 0.0145 7 2 3 5 8 40 10 95
112 Mauritius 0.0138 2 0 2 4 2 13 6 124
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 Eswatini 0.0113 2 0 2 2 5 10 4 120
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 13 106
121 Taiwan 0.0083 5 1 3 12 7 52 16 107
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 4 119
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.