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

World 1989-96

1988-95 1990-97

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Germany 6.9032 101 30 11 5 96 42 46 7
2 Italy 6.7118 102 30 12 5 79 29 47 6
3 Denmark 5.1564 100 29 13 6 85 33 48 8
4 Brazil 4.8127 111 33 12 6 96 28 51 2
5 Spain 3.7726 109 32 13 8 118 39 53 3
6 Yugoslavia 3.5263 44 14 2 2 40 13 18 58
7 Netherlands 3.0535 107 31 14 8 111 37 53 4
8 France 2.8852 82 23 13 5 72 26 41 18
9 Czech Republic 2.6194 87 25 12 11 88 41 48 15
10 England 2.5928 73 19 16 4 67 24 39 31
11 Mexico 2.5749 98 29 11 9 122 38 49 10
12 Argentina 2.5652 94 25 19 11 76 51 55 11
13 Romania 2.4858 88 26 10 11 89 48 47 14
14 Nigeria 2.4176 107 31 14 10 94 35 55 5
15 Portugal 2.3817 85 25 10 9 78 28 44 16
16 Norway 2.2554 73 21 10 8 67 24 39 32
17 Sweden 1.9411 65 18 11 11 66 43 40 37
18 Ireland 1.7877 83 22 17 8 71 32 47 17
19 Cameroon 1.7709 99 28 15 12 70 53 55 9
20 Bulgaria 1.6958 77 23 8 14 81 51 45 25
21 Colombia 1.6351 80 21 17 11 63 40 49 21
22 Ghana 1.5714 78 24 6 8 51 26 38 24
23 Zambia 1.4478 112 35 7 15 90 36 57 1
24 Croatia 1.4040 30 9 3 3 28 11 15 85
25 Russia 1.3982 88 25 13 9 95 37 47 13
26 Belgium 1.3613 74 22 8 13 69 41 43 30
27 Switzerland 1.2814 64 18 10 14 72 47 42 38
28 Scotland 1.1564 80 23 11 12 65 41 46 20
29 Uruguay 1.1094 73 21 10 12 55 34 43 33
30 South Africa 1.0519 36 11 3 5 23 16 19 69
31 Algeria 0.9681 79 22 13 9 64 37 44 22
32 Egypt 0.9111 90 24 18 15 86 41 57 12
33 United States 0.8073 77 23 8 15 58 49 46 26
34 Ivory Coast 0.7602 76 21 13 13 66 49 47 28
35 Greece 0.6957 57 17 6 13 50 44 36 47
36 Paraguay 0.6806 51 14 9 12 42 47 35 51
37 Costa Rica 0.6354 80 25 5 18 76 51 48 19
38 Bolivia 0.6146 42 10 12 14 46 50 36 62
39 Austria 0.6099 50 14 8 18 61 53 40 53
40 Gabon 0.5581 64 18 10 11 49 38 39 39
41 Zimbabwe 0.5369 56 15 11 11 48 51 37 49
42 Chile 0.5281 36 10 6 11 42 36 27 70
43 Ecuador 0.5187 43 12 7 16 42 34 35 59
44 Hungary 0.5117 37 9 10 14 32 46 33 68
45 Northern Ireland 0.5073 52 14 10 14 52 49 38 50
46 Poland 0.4743 40 10 10 13 38 44 33 65
47 FR Yugoslavia 0.4719 12 4 0 1 18 4 5 126
48 Tunisia 0.4507 62 16 14 10 50 33 40 40
49 Turkey 0.4133 35 10 5 20 42 53 35 74
50 Wales 0.4004 46 13 7 15 51 52 35 56
51 Saudi Arabia 0.3976 78 22 12 9 77 38 43 23
52 Israel 0.3671 32 7 11 12 32 49 30 80
53 Ukraine 0.3553 19 6 1 6 14 17 13 103
54 Congo DR 0.3525 57 15 12 15 50 35 42 45
55 Morocco 0.3121 60 16 12 13 50 30 41 42
56 Sierra Leone 0.2987 35 10 5 10 23 30 25 73
57 Senegal 0.2832 50 14 8 16 46 42 38 54
58 Congo 0.2687 22 5 7 12 16 25 24 101
59 Iceland 0.2685 29 7 8 18 22 42 33 88
60 Lithuania 0.2635 31 9 4 12 25 37 25 84
61 Angola 0.2510 43 11 10 15 42 41 36 60
62 El Salvador 0.2500 57 17 6 17 61 55 40 46
63 South Korea 0.2489 74 22 8 8 88 29 38 29
64 Jamaica 0.2470 76 23 7 10 65 43 40 27
65 Burundi 0.2374 17 4 5 2 13 13 11 112
66 Guinea 0.2265 45 12 9 13 50 41 34 57
67 Honduras 0.2219 71 21 8 13 80 53 42 35
68 Mali 0.1941 41 11 8 13 35 39 32 64
69 Peru 0.1902 19 3 10 18 31 54 31 106
70 Liberia 0.1863 28 7 7 8 15 17 22 89
71 Canada 0.1807 43 12 7 7 42 43 26 61
72 Slovakia 0.1798 23 7 2 5 26 23 14 97
73 Madagascar 0.1790 18 5 3 3 13 9 11 107
74 Finland 0.1669 32 9 5 20 36 58 34 81
75 Burkina Faso 0.1571 23 6 5 7 20 28 18 99
76 Uganda 0.1543 32 7 11 8 28 38 26 79
77 Sudan 0.1520 29 8 5 11 23 35 24 87
78 Japan 0.1443 56 16 8 5 52 23 29 48
79 Iran 0.1385 72 22 6 6 88 26 34 34
80 Latvia 0.1302 18 4 6 16 18 48 26 110
81 Cyprus 0.1282 17 4 5 27 24 82 36 114
82 Malawi 0.1277 28 6 10 13 23 36 29 90
83 Kenya 0.1264 35 9 8 14 33 40 31 72
84 Slovenia 0.1252 11 3 2 7 13 17 12 132
85 China 0.1251 66 21 3 9 71 25 33 36
86 Australia 0.1237 34 10 4 2 38 9 16 76
87 United Arab Emirates 0.1232 61 17 10 6 54 32 33 41
88 Kuwait 0.1216 39 11 6 5 49 22 22 66
89 Belarus 0.1177 15 4 3 7 11 20 14 119
90 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1172 57 17 6 17 79 47 40 44
91 Togo 0.1144 25 6 7 14 19 37 27 93
92 Ethiopia 0.1119 24 6 6 21 22 64 33 96
93 Tanzania 0.1111 18 5 3 11 20 26 19 108
94 Armenia 0.1102 8 1 5 8 8 24 14 147
95 Mozambique 0.1069 35 9 8 15 29 41 32 75
96 Qatar 0.1043 57 16 9 6 64 26 31 43
97 Georgia 0.1042 15 5 0 7 14 16 12 118
98 Swaziland 0.1040 10 2 4 6 6 20 12 139
99 Guatemala 0.1020 33 9 6 15 19 35 30 78
100 North Macedonia 0.0993 14 3 5 7 24 26 15 122
101 East Germany 0.0904 7 2 1 3 6 10 6 149
102 Azerbaijan 0.0735 4 1 1 11 3 37 13 160
103 Iraq 0.0710 48 14 6 5 58 22 25 55
104 Niger 0.0697 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 98
105 Albania 0.0649 17 4 5 27 21 81 36 115
106 Luxembourg 0.0595 12 3 3 26 10 74 32 130
107 Panama 0.0573 25 7 4 11 29 37 22 92
108 Martinique 0.0523 29 8 5 5 31 28 18 86
109 Cuba 0.0497 31 10 1 7 41 24 18 82
110 Malta 0.0491 9 1 6 31 8 102 38 145
111 Venezuela 0.0462 7 1 4 28 25 120 33 155
112 North Korea 0.0451 50 15 5 10 47 32 30 52
113 Chad 0.0406 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 146
114 Namibia 0.0391 19 4 7 9 19 36 20 105
115 Moldova 0.0347 9 3 0 10 13 35 13 142
116 Mauritania 0.0347 12 2 6 12 8 32 20 129
117 Bermuda 0.0332 14 4 2 4 14 15 10 121
118 Syria 0.0291 31 9 4 5 31 20 18 83
119 Benin 0.0285 9 2 3 18 13 52 23 144
120 New Zealand 0.0274 15 4 3 5 20 15 12 117
121 Thailand 0.0260 37 11 4 13 52 45 28 67
122 Faroe Islands 0.0234 10 3 1 29 19 121 33 141
123 Gambia 0.0204 6 2 0 2 4 8 4 156
124 Mauritius 0.0167 1 0 1 14 5 36 15 170
125 Malaysia 0.0143 24 6 6 5 31 23 17 94
126 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0140 42 12 6 19 63 94 37 63
127 Saint Lucia 0.0139 34 10 4 10 34 34 24 77
128 Indonesia 0.0137 18 4 6 12 25 42 22 109
129 Haiti 0.0136 14 4 2 2 15 13 8 120
130 Lesotho 0.0120 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 152
131 Singapore 0.0116 35 10 5 8 42 32 23 71
132 Botswana 0.0106 5 0 5 13 6 46 18 159
133 Liechtenstein 0.0103 1 0 1 13 3 61 14 172
134 Hong Kong 0.0099 19 4 7 9 27 33 20 104
135 Lebanon 0.0097 17 4 5 3 15 15 12 111
136 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0094 24 5 9 3 28 21 17 95
137 Guinea-Bissau 0.0086 3 1 0 7 6 23 8 164
138 Estonia 0.0085 4 1 1 20 5 59 22 161
139 Oman 0.0069 25 7 4 9 37 24 20 91
140 Suriname 0.0063 13 3 4 4 9 13 11 124
141 Yemen 0.0056 14 4 2 10 14 26 16 123
142 Bahrain 0.0052 12 3 3 4 10 11 10 127
143 Dominican Republic 0.0048 23 6 5 7 25 41 18 100
144 Kazakhstan 0.0041 3 1 0 3 1 6 4 163
145 French Guiana 0.0040 10 3 1 6 14 16 10 136
146 Jordan 0.0039 16 4 4 8 19 25 16 116
147 Fiji 0.0034 7 2 1 1 6 3 4 148
148 San Marino 0.0029 1 0 1 31 5 136 32 173
149 Cayman Islands 0.0028 11 3 2 9 16 39 14 133
150 Guadeloupe 0.0025 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 150
151 Turkmenistan 0.0023 1 0 1 3 3 8 4 166
152 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0020 13 3 4 6 19 24 13 125
153 Puerto Rico 0.0018 17 5 2 10 21 36 17 113
154 Grenada 0.0017 11 3 2 4 13 15 9 131
155 Sint Maarten 0.0013 10 3 1 3 5 9 7 137
156 Barbados 0.0012 19 6 1 6 21 13 13 102
157 India 0.0011 11 3 2 10 16 44 15 135
158 Vietnam 0.0008 6 2 0 8 8 23 10 158
159 Guyana 0.0007 11 3 2 10 15 40 15 134
160 Netherlands Antilles 0.0006 12 3 3 3 13 17 9 128
161 Dominica 0.0006 6 1 3 5 9 14 9 157
162 Kyrgyzstan 0.0005 3 1 0 3 3 7 4 162
163 Bangladesh 0.0005 9 3 0 13 11 44 16 143
164 Taiwan 0.0005 1 0 1 10 4 47 11 171
165 Myanmar 0.0004 7 2 1 3 11 20 6 151
166 Macao 0.0003 7 2 1 9 12 62 12 154
167 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 1 0 1 3 2 10 4 167
168 Sri Lanka 0.0001 10 3 1 13 9 55 17 140
169 Tahiti 0 10 3 1 4 8 20 8 138
169 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 153
169 Solomon Islands 0 2 0 2 5 7 17 7 165
169 Vanuatu 0 1 0 1 4 2 19 5 169
169 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 5 3 16 6 168
169 Belize 0 0 0 0 4 3 11 4 174
169 Aruba 0 0 0 0 6 8 18 6 175
169 Maldives 0 0 0 0 6 4 30 6 176
169 Philippines 0 0 0 0 6 1 30 6 177
169 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 10 4 34 10 178
169 Nepal 0 0 0 0 12 2 54 12 179
169 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 16 3 64 16 180

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.