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

World 1988-95

1987-94 1989-96

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Italy 8.2735 99 29 12 5 76 28 46 6
2 Germany 8.0499 93 28 9 6 90 40 43 8
3 Brazil 6.5695 102 30 12 5 91 31 47 3
4 Yugoslavia 3.5128 51 16 3 2 48 16 21 47
5 Argentina 3.4809 81 22 15 9 73 51 46 15
6 Denmark 3.2639 85 24 13 8 76 36 45 10
7 Romania 3.0858 85 25 10 8 84 45 43 11
8 Netherlands 3.0566 109 32 13 8 104 34 53 1
9 Russia 2.7514 94 27 13 8 92 33 48 7
10 France 2.3550 77 22 11 6 71 28 39 17
11 Czech Republic 2.3071 79 23 10 8 77 32 41 16
12 Spain 2.2838 99 30 9 10 108 38 49 5
13 Cameroon 2.2236 102 29 15 11 65 45 55 4
14 Sweden 1.9587 63 17 12 9 61 40 38 33
15 Croatia 1.9453 23 7 2 1 22 5 10 87
16 Bulgaria 1.9184 68 20 8 13 74 47 41 26
17 Nigeria 1.8230 105 30 15 11 101 44 56 2
18 Colombia 1.7816 63 16 15 11 59 44 42 34
19 Ireland 1.7634 81 21 18 10 65 36 49 14
20 Uruguay 1.6969 64 18 10 9 52 33 37 29
21 Belgium 1.6867 72 21 9 12 65 37 42 21
22 Mexico 1.6285 69 20 9 7 95 30 36 24
23 England 1.6172 56 14 14 7 54 27 35 43
24 Switzerland 1.5583 63 18 9 11 72 41 38 30
25 Norway 1.5022 67 19 10 10 62 27 39 27
26 Scotland 1.4250 73 21 10 11 64 41 42 20
27 Portugal 1.1901 73 22 7 7 69 24 36 19
28 Zambia 1.1330 93 29 6 12 71 27 47 9
29 Ghana 1.0763 59 18 5 7 39 20 30 37
30 Ivory Coast 0.9835 75 20 15 9 64 39 44 18
31 United States 0.9756 59 17 8 13 45 42 38 38
32 Algeria 0.7841 72 19 15 8 66 45 42 22
33 Bolivia 0.7366 36 9 9 12 37 43 30 64
34 Egypt 0.6891 84 22 18 14 76 34 54 12
35 Saudi Arabia 0.6609 67 18 13 6 61 29 37 28
36 Chile 0.6590 28 8 4 9 33 27 21 78
37 Costa Rica 0.6540 69 21 6 16 68 46 43 25
38 Ecuador 0.5914 34 9 7 13 34 27 29 67
39 Austria 0.5749 46 13 7 19 61 56 39 53
40 Greece 0.5479 54 16 6 13 47 45 35 45
41 Gabon 0.5290 55 16 7 11 44 35 34 44
42 Paraguay 0.4870 40 11 7 11 36 44 29 59
43 Hungary 0.4698 35 8 11 13 31 45 32 66
44 Wales 0.4552 40 11 7 14 40 45 32 57
45 Turkey 0.4510 35 10 5 17 40 51 32 65
46 South Korea 0.4457 83 25 8 7 88 23 40 13
47 Poland 0.4427 40 10 10 12 36 41 32 58
48 Sierra Leone 0.4257 32 9 5 4 21 15 18 74
49 Congo DR 0.4074 49 12 13 13 43 33 38 50
50 Ukraine 0.3898 13 4 1 5 11 15 10 116
51 Zimbabwe 0.3725 52 14 10 10 43 46 34 46
52 Morocco 0.3575 62 16 14 14 51 34 44 35
53 Lithuania 0.3396 25 7 4 11 21 33 22 84
54 Honduras 0.2727 63 18 9 9 62 35 36 31
55 Senegal 0.2721 46 13 7 15 42 38 35 54
56 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2716 58 17 7 10 66 32 34 39
57 Northern Ireland 0.2710 51 14 9 15 51 51 38 49
58 Burkina Faso 0.2687 22 6 4 4 16 20 14 91
59 Madagascar 0.2619 17 5 2 2 10 5 9 98
60 Israel 0.2590 25 5 10 11 28 45 26 85
61 China 0.2522 71 21 8 9 66 25 38 23
62 Tunisia 0.2369 51 13 12 9 42 27 34 48
63 Angola 0.2348 37 9 10 12 32 32 31 61
64 Iceland 0.2319 29 7 8 17 23 39 32 77
65 Japan 0.2312 58 16 10 6 54 21 32 40
66 Mali 0.2274 44 12 8 13 37 38 33 55
67 Guinea 0.2183 42 11 9 13 45 41 33 56
68 Peru 0.2182 13 2 7 16 25 46 25 119
69 Qatar 0.2178 48 13 9 6 52 28 28 51
70 Slovenia 0.2062 11 3 2 5 13 13 10 125
71 El Salvador 0.2031 47 14 5 14 49 45 33 52
72 Iran 0.1822 59 17 8 7 56 24 32 36
73 Jamaica 0.1808 58 17 7 10 52 46 34 41
74 Georgia 0.1762 15 5 0 5 14 13 10 105
75 Uganda 0.1738 33 8 9 7 26 31 24 70
76 Finland 0.1655 33 9 6 19 36 60 34 73
77 Australia 0.1613 31 9 4 3 32 11 16 75
78 Iraq 0.1604 36 10 6 3 48 18 19 62
79 Liberia 0.1516 25 6 7 7 10 15 20 83
80 Canada 0.1511 27 7 6 7 31 40 20 81
81 East Germany 0.1450 10 3 1 4 9 13 8 133
82 Malawi 0.1444 28 6 10 12 24 33 28 79
83 Eswatini 0.1431 12 2 6 4 10 19 12 122
84 Congo 0.1384 14 3 5 11 12 23 19 110
85 United Arab Emirates 0.1338 63 18 9 9 60 34 36 32
86 Burundi 0.1281 11 2 5 2 11 13 9 126
87 Belarus 0.1252 11 3 2 5 8 13 10 127
88 Syria 0.1252 38 11 5 4 34 20 20 60
89 Kenya 0.1221 33 8 9 13 29 40 30 72
90 Slovakia 0.1210 14 4 2 4 14 18 10 109
91 Guatemala 0.1203 23 6 5 11 12 24 22 90
92 Latvia 0.1185 17 4 5 13 15 41 22 102
93 Tanzania 0.1140 19 5 4 9 20 26 18 95
94 Cyprus 0.1085 15 3 6 27 22 83 36 107
95 Kuwait 0.1054 36 10 6 4 43 13 20 63
96 Mozambique 0.1031 33 9 6 11 27 33 26 71
97 Sudan 0.0987 27 7 6 11 22 34 24 82
98 North Korea 0.0963 57 17 6 11 50 34 34 42
99 Ethiopia 0.0953 22 6 4 20 16 59 30 92
100 Albania 0.0870 16 4 4 27 21 78 35 104
101 Niger 0.0838 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 88
102 Moldova 0.0753 9 3 0 7 11 27 10 137
103 Macedonia 0.0725 7 1 4 5 9 18 10 144
104 Martinique 0.0694 29 8 5 5 31 28 18 76
105 Togo 0.0673 14 3 5 13 11 30 21 111
106 South Africa 0.0612 12 3 3 4 7 14 10 121
107 Malta 0.0609 10 1 7 28 10 86 36 135
108 Venezuela 0.0599 6 1 3 22 20 99 26 148
109 Cuba 0.0580 19 6 1 3 25 8 10 94
110 New Zealand 0.0579 21 6 3 5 28 16 14 93
111 Luxembourg 0.0547 12 3 3 26 10 74 32 124
112 Thailand 0.0537 28 8 4 12 24 39 24 80
113 Bahrain 0.0489 18 4 6 6 13 14 16 97
114 Panama 0.0479 15 4 3 9 16 27 16 106
115 Fiji 0.0364 10 3 1 2 8 8 6 130
116 Chad 0.0346 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 139
117 Jordan 0.0338 19 4 7 7 17 25 18 96
118 Saint Lucia 0.0321 34 10 4 8 33 28 22 68
119 Bermuda 0.0319 14 4 2 4 14 15 10 108
120 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0237 34 10 4 11 46 53 25 69
121 Benin 0.0224 5 1 2 17 8 49 20 151
122 Faroe Islands 0.0217 10 3 1 24 14 99 28 136
123 Malaysia 0.0217 24 6 6 7 30 28 19 86
124 Namibia 0.0208 8 1 5 8 8 28 14 140
125 Yemen 0.0196 17 4 5 8 17 23 17 99
126 Mauritania 0.0188 7 1 4 9 4 24 14 146
127 Liechtenstein 0.0175 1 0 1 9 1 40 10 162
128 Armenia 0.0162 5 1 2 7 5 17 10 150
129 Oman 0.0158 13 3 4 7 14 19 14 117
130 Hong Kong 0.0157 14 2 8 11 15 35 21 112
131 Singapore 0.0156 23 7 2 8 26 25 17 89
132 Lesotho 0.0149 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 145
133 Botswana 0.0142 4 0 4 12 6 40 16 152
134 Indonesia 0.0120 14 3 5 11 14 37 19 113
135 Haiti 0.0115 7 2 1 1 6 5 4 141
136 Suriname 0.0104 13 3 4 2 9 11 9 115
137 India 0.0101 9 2 3 10 11 31 15 138
138 Lebanon 0.0089 10 2 4 2 8 9 8 131
139 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0078 16 3 7 3 20 18 13 103
140 Azerbaijan 0.0071 1 0 1 9 2 29 10 160
141 San Marino 0.0070 1 0 1 27 5 115 28 165
142 Dominican Republic 0.0061 13 3 4 5 16 25 12 118
143 French Guiana 0.0061 10 3 1 6 14 16 10 132
144 Cayman Islands 0.0042 11 3 2 7 16 33 12 128
145 Bangladesh 0.0034 12 3 3 15 12 53 21 123
146 Grenada 0.0034 5 1 2 2 4 7 5 149
147 Guadeloupe 0.0034 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 143
148 Puerto Rico 0.0032 17 5 2 10 21 30 17 101
149 Mauritius 0.0026 1 0 1 11 3 27 12 159
150 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0025 12 3 3 7 16 22 13 120
151 Netherlands Antilles 0.0022 17 5 2 4 16 22 11 100
152 Barbados 0.0019 13 4 1 4 19 10 9 114
153 Sint Maarten 0.0015 10 3 1 3 5 9 7 134
154 Guyana 0.0012 11 3 2 10 14 37 15 129
155 Macao 0.0010 4 1 1 7 5 50 9 153
156 Dominica 0.0010 2 0 2 3 3 8 5 155
157 Estonia 0.0008 1 0 1 19 4 58 20 164
158 Nepal 0.0007 1 0 1 9 0 35 10 161
158 Taiwan 0.0007 1 0 1 10 4 47 11 163
160 Vietnam 0.0007 3 1 0 7 4 18 8 154
161 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 1 0 1 3 2 10 4 156
162 Tahiti 0 7 2 1 2 6 8 5 142
162 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 147
162 Solomon Islands 0 1 0 1 4 5 14 5 157
162 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 5 3 16 6 158
162 Aruba 0 0 0 0 4 5 12 4 166
162 Guinea-Bissau 0 0 0 0 6 2 18 6 167
162 Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 4 1 18 4 168
162 Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 8 0 26 8 169
162 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 8 3 31 8 170
162 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 18 4 69 18 171

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.