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

World 1982-89

1981-88 History 1983-90

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 5.7376 52 21 10 4 68 20 35 11
2 France 5.6316 56 22 12 10 73 40 44 7
3 West Germany 4.6730 56 22 12 9 78 39 43 6
4 Soviet Union 4.6609 61 24 13 7 75 30 44 2
5 Argentina 3.9805 41 16 9 8 46 30 33 18
6 Italy 3.9726 38 14 10 7 43 31 31 29
7 Netherlands 3.9219 54 24 6 5 66 19 35 8
8 Denmark 3.4918 51 22 7 10 74 36 39 12
9 England 3.2186 57 22 13 6 88 17 41 5
10 Spain 2.9140 62 27 8 11 89 44 46 1
11 Belgium 2.5639 53 20 13 12 71 54 45 9
12 Cameroon 2.5212 51 19 13 7 54 32 39 13
13 Algeria 2.4781 59 21 17 8 64 35 46 3
14 Romania 2.0476 40 16 8 7 46 22 31 22
15 Portugal 1.9830 44 18 8 11 46 40 37 15
16 Czechoslovakia 1.9460 39 13 13 7 48 31 33 24
17 Uruguay 1.7832 38 17 4 9 40 25 30 28
18 Sweden 1.6998 40 17 6 7 49 22 30 21
19 Mexico 1.6877 8 3 2 0 6 2 5 95
20 Poland 1.6713 37 13 11 13 41 46 37 32
21 Ireland 1.6368 41 16 9 10 47 29 35 17
22 Paraguay 1.6092 27 9 9 9 34 35 27 43
23 Ivory Coast 1.5041 39 15 9 7 52 24 31 23
24 Morocco 1.4334 39 11 17 8 32 19 36 25
25 Austria 1.4314 35 14 7 12 44 40 33 34
26 Egypt 1.4026 43 16 11 8 35 18 35 16
27 Nigeria 1.3734 45 16 13 10 50 31 39 14
28 Scotland 1.3479 37 13 11 12 46 42 36 31
29 Chile 1.1076 30 13 4 10 53 34 27 39
30 Hungary 1.0725 38 16 6 14 65 59 36 30
31 Colombia 1.0602 30 11 8 7 32 25 26 40
32 Northern Ireland 1.0451 35 13 9 16 31 45 38 35
33 Bulgaria 1.0130 31 12 7 13 40 33 32 38
34 Peru 1.0030 22 5 12 10 27 38 27 56
35 East Germany 0.9780 33 14 5 11 45 33 30 36
36 Libya 0.9628 23 9 5 5 24 15 19 49
37 Yugoslavia 0.9228 41 17 7 10 52 46 34 19
38 Switzerland 0.8826 26 7 12 11 31 42 30 45
39 Senegal 0.8814 23 9 5 5 20 9 19 48
40 Wales 0.7452 22 7 8 9 25 25 24 53
41 Zambia 0.7426 28 12 4 12 34 23 28 42
42 Ghana 0.6907 21 6 9 7 18 20 22 58
43 Bolivia 0.5888 13 3 7 8 12 28 18 84
44 Greece 0.5680 25 9 7 12 28 48 28 46
45 Congo DR 0.5007 20 5 10 6 20 17 21 61
46 Norway 0.4995 19 5 9 16 26 39 30 64
47 Iceland 0.4830 17 5 7 18 17 48 30 67
48 Ecuador 0.4802 11 2 7 9 15 32 18 88
49 Tunisia 0.4691 22 9 4 16 24 33 29 55
50 Kenya 0.4356 21 6 9 10 17 30 25 59
51 Malawi 0.3979 26 8 10 9 27 25 27 44
52 Zimbabwe 0.3729 22 8 6 8 28 31 22 54
53 Angola 0.3709 19 7 5 10 21 26 22 63
54 Uganda 0.3622 16 7 2 5 20 20 14 71
55 Sudan 0.3491 16 5 6 5 10 17 16 73
56 Mali 0.3308 15 5 5 4 17 21 14 78
57 Finland 0.3299 15 5 5 16 18 52 26 79
58 South Korea 0.2929 58 25 8 6 81 20 39 4
59 Togo 0.2927 13 5 3 5 14 14 13 82
60 Gabon 0.2765 14 6 2 10 15 25 18 80
61 Honduras 0.2617 17 5 7 3 18 13 15 65
62 Turkey 0.2542 17 6 5 19 24 66 30 68
63 Ethiopia 0.2425 10 4 2 6 13 22 12 92
64 Kuwait 0.2358 28 10 8 7 33 18 25 41
65 Liberia 0.2327 12 4 4 8 9 18 16 85
66 Saudi Arabia 0.2317 38 14 10 3 42 14 27 27
67 Sierra Leone 0.2223 10 4 2 6 11 18 12 91
68 China 0.2048 52 23 6 10 85 23 39 10
69 Mozambique 0.2040 10 3 4 8 14 24 15 93
70 Guinea 0.1859 11 4 3 7 10 24 14 87
71 Cyprus 0.1772 4 0 4 26 16 75 30 108
72 Iran 0.1740 40 16 8 3 50 15 27 20
73 Gambia 0.1628 6 3 0 5 9 16 8 100
74 Madagascar 0.1513 7 3 1 6 8 14 10 97
75 Burkina Faso 0.1465 4 2 0 2 3 6 4 105
76 Syria 0.1440 36 15 6 8 37 29 29 33
77 United Arab Emirates 0.1439 38 16 6 8 62 26 30 26
78 Malta 0.1305 7 1 5 26 18 101 32 99
79 Albania 0.1178 6 1 4 21 15 55 26 101
80 Costa Rica 0.1045 23 8 7 3 23 15 18 50
81 Israel 0.0976 13 4 5 3 22 11 12 81
82 United States 0.0975 22 8 6 2 19 7 16 52
83 Australia 0.0968 15 5 5 2 26 9 12 75
84 Qatar 0.0898 32 12 8 7 39 21 27 37
85 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0724 16 5 6 5 15 13 16 70
86 Bahrain 0.0722 11 3 5 3 13 9 11 86
87 Canada 0.0721 15 6 3 4 14 12 13 76
88 Congo 0.0717 3 1 1 4 5 11 6 112
89 Tanzania 0.0698 8 1 6 4 12 15 11 96
90 Mauritania 0.0664 3 1 1 2 5 8 4 109
91 Somalia 0.0558 3 1 1 2 1 6 4 111
92 Benin 0.0522 2 0 2 4 5 16 6 119
93 New Zealand 0.0469 16 7 2 7 30 28 16 69
94 Venezuela 0.0456 3 0 3 17 12 62 20 115
95 North Korea 0.0401 21 8 5 6 19 13 19 57
96 El Salvador 0.0328 15 6 3 8 24 23 17 77
97 Luxembourg 0.0316 2 0 2 30 12 108 32 122
98 Indonesia 0.0303 23 9 5 8 21 29 22 51
99 Japan 0.0289 24 9 6 7 28 17 22 47
100 Iraq 0.0280 19 8 3 6 26 20 17 62
101 Guatemala 0.0268 10 4 2 6 14 13 12 90
102 Mauritius 0.0256 3 1 1 6 2 14 8 114
103 Jordan 0.0241 13 4 5 9 15 27 18 83
104 Swaziland 0.0211 3 0 3 3 4 13 6 113
105 India 0.0199 16 5 6 8 16 21 19 72
106 Thailand 0.0185 16 6 4 12 20 40 22 74
107 Malaysia 0.0145 20 8 4 6 28 20 18 60
108 Singapore 0.0123 9 3 3 8 17 24 14 94
109 Hong Kong 0.0123 17 5 7 10 26 26 22 66
110 Suriname 0.0115 4 1 2 3 4 10 6 106
111 South Yemen 0.0112 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 117
112 Jamaica 0.0108 5 2 1 1 4 6 4 102
113 North Yemen 0.0088 5 1 3 13 8 40 17 104
114 Netherlands Antilles 0.0070 5 2 1 3 4 11 6 103
115 Oman 0.0060 7 2 3 5 13 24 10 98
116 Panama 0.0043 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 124
117 Bangladesh 0.0033 11 4 3 15 16 41 22 89
118 Guyana 0.0011 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 123
119 Pakistan 0.0009 2 1 0 11 6 38 12 120
120 Sri Lanka 0.0008 3 1 1 2 6 11 4 110
121 Nepal 0.0008 2 0 2 16 0 76 18 121
122 Afghanistan 0.0006 1 0 1 3 1 20 4 125
123 Macao 0 4 2 0 4 4 15 6 107
123 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2 1 0 3 3 9 4 118
123 Haiti 0 2 1 0 5 5 11 6 116
123 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 4 1 11 4 126
123 Philippines 0 0 0 0 5 3 16 5 127
123 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 128
123 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 8 2 44 8 129

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.