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

World 1982-89

1981-88 1983-90

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 5.7316 52 21 10 4 68 20 35 11
2 France 5.6278 56 22 12 10 73 40 44 7
3 West Germany 4.6711 56 22 12 9 78 39 43 6
4 Soviet Union 4.6586 61 24 13 7 75 30 44 2
5 Argentina 3.9786 41 16 9 8 46 30 33 18
6 Italy 3.9725 38 14 10 7 43 31 31 29
7 Netherlands 3.9199 54 24 6 5 66 19 35 8
8 Denmark 3.4899 51 22 7 10 74 36 39 12
9 England 3.2173 57 22 13 6 88 17 41 5
10 Spain 2.9100 62 27 8 11 89 44 46 1
11 Belgium 2.5626 53 20 13 12 71 54 45 9
12 Cameroon 2.5496 51 19 13 7 59 36 39 13
13 Algeria 2.4592 59 21 17 8 77 51 46 3
14 Romania 2.0465 40 16 8 7 46 22 31 22
15 Portugal 1.9822 44 18 8 11 46 40 37 15
16 Czechoslovakia 1.9452 39 13 13 7 48 31 33 24
17 Uruguay 1.7824 38 17 4 9 40 25 30 28
18 Sweden 1.6996 40 17 6 7 49 22 30 21
19 Mexico 1.6869 8 3 2 0 6 2 5 95
20 Poland 1.6725 37 13 11 13 41 46 37 32
21 Ireland 1.6357 41 16 9 10 47 29 35 17
22 Paraguay 1.6086 27 9 9 9 34 35 27 43
23 Ivory Coast 1.5185 39 15 9 7 52 24 31 23
24 Morocco 1.4373 39 11 17 8 38 25 36 25
25 Austria 1.4290 35 14 7 12 44 40 33 34
26 Scotland 1.3470 37 13 11 12 46 42 36 31
27 Nigeria 1.3420 45 16 13 10 68 46 39 14
28 Egypt 1.3170 42 15 12 8 44 29 35 16
29 Chile 1.1071 30 13 4 10 53 33 27 39
30 Libya 1.0730 24 9 6 4 31 23 19 48
31 Hungary 1.0716 38 16 6 14 65 59 36 30
32 Colombia 1.0596 30 11 8 7 32 25 26 40
33 Northern Ireland 1.0437 35 13 9 16 31 45 38 35
34 Bulgaria 1.0125 31 12 7 13 40 33 32 38
35 Peru 1.0037 22 5 12 10 27 38 27 56
36 East Germany 0.9774 33 14 5 11 45 33 30 36
37 Yugoslavia 0.9220 41 17 7 10 52 46 34 19
38 Switzerland 0.8822 26 7 12 11 31 42 30 45
39 Senegal 0.8754 23 9 5 5 22 13 19 49
40 Zambia 0.7502 28 12 4 12 34 23 28 42
41 Wales 0.7447 22 7 8 9 25 25 24 53
42 Ghana 0.6496 20 5 10 7 26 30 22 61
43 Bolivia 0.5885 13 3 7 8 12 28 18 84
44 Greece 0.5678 25 9 7 12 28 48 28 46
45 Congo DR 0.5272 20 5 10 6 24 19 21 59
46 Norway 0.4992 19 5 9 16 26 39 30 63
47 Iceland 0.4827 17 5 7 18 17 48 30 68
48 Ecuador 0.4801 11 2 7 9 15 32 18 89
49 Tunisia 0.4748 22 9 4 16 24 33 29 55
50 Sudan 0.4042 17 5 7 4 15 22 16 67
51 Angola 0.4015 20 7 6 9 26 28 22 60
52 Uganda 0.3874 16 7 2 5 20 20 14 72
53 Malawi 0.3770 26 8 10 9 31 30 27 44
54 Kenya 0.3704 19 4 11 10 25 38 25 64
55 Zimbabwe 0.3487 22 8 6 8 28 31 22 54
56 Finland 0.3297 15 5 5 16 18 52 26 79
57 Mali 0.3267 15 5 5 4 17 21 14 78
58 Gabon 0.3123 14 5 4 9 22 32 18 80
59 South Korea 0.2928 58 25 8 6 81 20 39 4
60 Togo 0.2846 13 5 3 5 14 14 13 82
61 Honduras 0.2614 17 5 7 3 18 13 15 65
62 Turkey 0.2540 17 6 5 19 24 66 30 69
63 Ethiopia 0.2495 11 4 3 5 17 23 12 87
64 Kuwait 0.2357 28 10 8 7 37 20 25 41
65 Saudi Arabia 0.2316 38 14 10 3 46 17 27 27
66 Liberia 0.2187 12 4 4 8 9 18 16 85
67 Sierra Leone 0.2134 10 4 2 6 11 18 12 92
68 China 0.2047 52 23 6 10 85 23 39 10
69 Guinea 0.1834 11 4 3 7 10 24 14 88
70 Cyprus 0.1772 4 0 4 26 16 75 30 110
71 Iran 0.1739 40 16 8 3 55 23 27 20
72 Burkina Faso 0.1638 4 2 0 2 3 6 4 105
73 Gambia 0.1617 6 3 0 5 9 16 8 100
74 Mozambique 0.1612 9 2 5 8 21 30 15 94
75 Madagascar 0.1455 7 3 1 6 8 14 10 97
76 Syria 0.1439 36 15 6 8 37 29 29 33
77 United Arab Emirates 0.1438 38 16 6 8 62 26 30 26
78 Malta 0.1304 7 1 5 26 18 101 32 99
79 Albania 0.1177 6 1 4 21 15 55 26 101
80 Congo 0.1069 4 1 2 3 10 15 6 106
81 Costa Rica 0.1043 23 8 7 3 23 15 18 50
82 Israel 0.0976 13 4 5 3 22 11 12 81
83 United States 0.0974 22 8 6 2 19 7 16 52
84 Australia 0.0967 15 5 5 2 26 9 12 75
85 Qatar 0.0897 32 12 8 7 39 21 27 37
86 Somalia 0.0828 4 1 2 1 4 9 4 107
87 Tanzania 0.0773 8 1 6 4 12 17 11 96
88 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0723 16 5 6 5 15 13 16 71
89 Bahrain 0.0722 11 3 5 3 13 9 11 86
90 Canada 0.0720 15 6 3 4 14 12 13 76
91 Mauritania 0.0646 3 1 1 2 5 8 4 111
92 Benin 0.0517 2 0 2 4 5 16 6 118
93 New Zealand 0.0469 16 7 2 7 30 28 16 70
94 Venezuela 0.0456 3 0 3 17 11 62 20 114
95 North Korea 0.0400 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 0.0267 10 4 2 6 14 13 12 91
102 Jordan 0.0240 13 4 5 9 15 27 18 83
103 Eswatini 0.0219 3 0 3 3 6 13 6 113
104 India 0.0198 16 5 6 8 16 21 19 73
105 Thailand 0.0185 16 6 4 12 20 40 22 74
106 Malaysia 0.0145 20 8 4 6 28 20 18 58
107 Mauritius 0.0140 2 0 2 6 3 18 8 119
108 Singapore 0.0123 9 3 3 8 17 24 14 93
109 Hong Kong 0.0123 17 5 7 10 26 26 22 66
110 Suriname 0.0115 4 1 2 3 4 10 6 108
111 South Yemen 0.0112 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 116
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 90
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 4 112
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 6 109
123 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2 1 0 3 3 9 4 117
123 Haiti 0 2 1 0 5 5 11 6 115
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.