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

World 1990-97

1989-96 1991-98

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 7.7067 115 35 10 6 113 37 51 3
2 Germany 6.8121 110 33 11 5 104 46 49 6
3 Italy 6.7991 118 34 16 5 88 30 55 2
4 Denmark 4.8684 102 29 15 6 82 34 50 10
5 Spain 3.9956 109 32 13 7 115 39 52 7
6 Argentina 3.0955 111 30 21 11 103 66 62 5
7 Netherlands 2.9588 107 31 14 9 117 37 54 8
8 Yugoslavia 2.4991 60 19 3 3 73 18 25 45
9 England 2.4936 72 19 15 5 65 25 39 38
10 Czech Republic 2.3601 93 27 12 15 97 50 54 15
11 Romania 2.3490 100 30 10 10 112 48 50 11
12 France 2.3389 74 21 11 4 66 23 36 35
13 Norway 2.3270 79 23 10 6 73 20 39 25
14 Portugal 2.2616 85 25 10 7 75 22 42 22
15 Bulgaria 2.2109 86 26 8 12 89 52 46 19
16 Nigeria 2.0987 99 29 12 9 87 32 50 13
17 Sweden 2.0456 70 20 10 12 68 46 42 39
18 Mexico 2.0259 127 36 19 13 161 60 68 1
19 Cameroon 1.4675 100 27 19 11 72 52 57 12
20 Colombia 1.4217 78 21 15 16 77 59 52 31
21 Croatia 1.3514 48 14 6 4 47 23 24 62
22 Ghana 1.3499 86 26 8 10 56 28 44 21
23 Russia 1.3488 88 25 13 10 98 40 48 16
24 Uruguay 1.3368 76 21 13 16 62 57 50 32
25 Ireland 1.3093 79 20 19 11 77 43 50 26
26 Switzerland 1.3072 67 19 10 12 74 43 41 42
27 Zambia 1.2107 113 34 11 12 90 36 57 4
28 Belgium 1.1456 78 24 6 14 73 45 44 30
29 Scotland 0.9438 86 25 11 11 68 34 47 20
30 United States 0.8346 79 23 10 15 69 55 48 27
31 South Africa 0.8245 47 14 5 8 34 26 27 63
32 Saudi Arabia 0.7520 96 28 12 11 93 44 51 14
33 Paraguay 0.7412 57 16 9 13 44 46 38 51
34 Australia 0.7260 56 17 5 3 70 17 25 52
35 Algeria 0.7256 75 21 12 10 63 39 43 33
36 Chile 0.7014 40 11 7 14 50 41 32 74
37 Bolivia 0.6904 57 15 12 17 59 56 44 50
38 Ecuador 0.6792 54 15 9 17 55 43 41 54
39 Egypt 0.6413 83 22 17 16 90 44 55 23
40 Greece 0.6118 63 19 6 12 55 34 37 44
41 Tunisia 0.5831 68 18 14 5 55 23 37 41
42 Ivory Coast 0.5796 74 21 11 12 59 48 44 36
43 Poland 0.5524 43 11 10 13 42 45 34 70
44 Austria 0.5473 59 18 5 18 69 51 41 46
45 Costa Rica 0.5394 88 26 10 22 93 70 58 17
46 Morocco 0.4556 78 23 9 11 64 26 43 28
47 Turkey 0.4507 39 11 6 18 49 55 35 77
48 Ukraine 0.4477 34 10 4 8 22 24 22 85
49 Zimbabwe 0.4288 56 15 11 12 49 45 38 53
50 Iran 0.4003 87 25 12 8 133 38 45 18
51 Peru 0.3967 44 12 8 19 43 62 39 68
52 Hungary 0.3612 37 9 10 15 34 53 34 81
53 Wales 0.3560 45 13 6 15 56 58 34 64
54 Northern Ireland 0.3513 51 13 12 15 51 49 40 57
55 Guinea 0.3482 59 17 8 15 58 42 40 47
56 South Korea 0.3279 74 22 8 9 86 36 39 34
57 Slovakia 0.3275 30 9 3 8 32 32 20 93
58 Japan 0.3132 82 24 10 5 100 32 39 24
59 Gabon 0.3102 57 15 12 11 41 37 38 49
60 Sierra Leone 0.3006 42 12 6 12 27 33 30 71
61 Angola 0.2959 51 13 12 11 43 33 36 56
62 Jamaica 0.2932 107 31 14 12 90 60 57 9
63 Lithuania 0.2902 42 12 6 14 32 41 32 72
64 United Arab Emirates 0.2857 67 19 10 10 56 46 39 43
65 Congo DR 0.2832 58 15 13 16 53 39 44 48
66 Israel 0.2751 31 8 7 13 32 47 28 90
67 Georgia 0.2726 25 8 1 9 21 22 18 101
68 Finland 0.2692 40 11 7 18 43 56 36 76
69 Senegal 0.2373 49 13 10 18 45 47 41 60
70 Iceland 0.2282 31 8 7 19 28 44 34 91
71 Congo 0.2264 29 7 8 14 20 30 29 95
72 Mali 0.2247 44 13 5 15 38 41 33 67
73 China 0.2161 72 22 6 9 77 34 37 37
74 Burundi 0.2030 17 4 5 2 13 13 11 121
75 Kuwait 0.1872 50 14 8 8 60 28 30 58
76 Madagascar 0.1839 18 5 3 3 13 9 11 120
77 Kenya 0.1701 39 11 6 14 34 40 31 78
78 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.1699 9 3 0 5 9 14 8 149
79 El Salvador 0.1638 69 20 9 20 72 68 49 40
80 Mozambique 0.1576 45 12 9 14 39 43 35 65
81 Honduras 0.1565 78 23 9 15 88 58 47 29
82 North Macedonia 0.1564 20 5 5 10 31 36 20 115
83 Latvia 0.1436 27 7 6 19 25 55 32 99
84 Slovenia 0.1281 12 3 3 12 18 33 18 139
85 Sudan 0.1258 25 7 4 11 17 29 22 102
86 Liberia 0.1241 31 8 7 11 20 31 26 89
87 Burkina Faso 0.1223 23 6 5 12 27 43 23 108
88 Cyprus 0.1223 24 6 6 24 26 78 36 103
89 Uganda 0.1187 32 7 11 8 28 38 26 88
90 Togo 0.1177 36 9 9 19 30 51 37 82
91 Canada 0.1159 49 13 10 13 47 63 36 61
92 Iraq 0.1129 43 13 4 6 61 25 23 69
93 Qatar 0.1112 49 15 4 9 59 28 28 59
94 Malawi 0.0933 23 6 5 13 22 37 24 107
95 Guatemala 0.0930 40 11 7 11 25 31 29 75
96 Ethiopia 0.0927 22 5 7 24 22 75 36 111
97 Belarus 0.0915 15 4 3 13 13 34 20 129
98 Tanzania 0.0914 23 6 5 13 24 31 24 106
99 Eswatini 0.0902 9 2 3 5 5 17 10 150
100 Armenia 0.0829 13 2 7 11 13 34 20 136
101 Namibia 0.0758 28 6 10 14 27 53 30 98
102 Albania 0.0733 20 5 5 29 25 83 39 116
103 Niger 0.0691 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 105
104 Luxembourg 0.0570 11 3 2 27 9 74 32 146
105 Venezuela 0.0561 8 1 5 31 23 116 37 154
106 Uzbekistan 0.0524 28 8 4 7 41 31 19 97
107 Cuba 0.0519 34 11 1 7 43 24 19 84
108 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0516 52 16 4 16 81 45 36 55
109 North Korea 0.0512 33 10 3 6 34 23 19 87
110 Syria 0.0493 34 10 4 6 53 21 20 83
111 Kazakhstan 0.0487 21 6 3 7 23 27 16 113
112 Azerbaijan 0.0440 4 1 1 16 5 51 18 169
113 Panama 0.0415 29 8 5 13 31 45 26 96
114 Martinique 0.0408 44 13 5 6 50 33 24 66
115 Benin 0.0396 11 2 5 21 15 59 28 145
116 Chad 0.0360 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 153
117 Moldova 0.0340 9 3 0 15 13 48 18 151
118 Thailand 0.0315 38 11 5 10 55 37 26 79
119 Mauritania 0.0301 12 2 6 12 8 32 20 140
120 Faroe Islands 0.0250 16 5 1 32 24 130 38 126
121 Malaysia 0.0234 25 6 7 4 28 18 17 100
122 Malta 0.0224 8 1 5 32 9 105 38 155
123 Bermuda 0.0198 14 4 2 6 16 19 12 132
124 New Zealand 0.0185 20 6 2 6 28 14 14 114
125 Tajikistan 0.0166 16 5 1 2 19 7 8 123
126 Indonesia 0.0156 19 4 7 11 31 38 22 118
127 Gambia 0.0143 6 2 0 2 4 8 4 163
128 Singapore 0.0140 29 8 5 8 32 31 21 94
129 Mauritius 0.0135 2 0 2 16 7 41 18 172
130 Yemen 0.0134 22 6 4 8 24 28 18 110
131 Oman 0.0131 33 10 3 7 47 17 20 86
132 Lesotho 0.0125 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 159
133 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0123 42 12 6 21 66 104 39 73
134 Guinea-Bissau 0.0117 3 1 0 7 6 23 8 171
135 Kyrgyzstan 0.0113 12 4 0 5 15 18 9 137
136 Haiti 0.0106 14 4 2 2 15 13 8 131
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0105 30 7 9 6 32 31 22 92
138 Lebanon 0.0097 21 5 6 5 19 22 16 112
139 Botswana 0.0095 5 0 5 13 6 46 18 165
140 Estonia 0.0095 5 1 2 27 8 74 30 167
141 Saint Lucia 0.0084 37 11 4 11 37 37 26 80
142 Jordan 0.0083 16 4 4 6 20 20 14 124
143 Bahrain 0.0076 15 4 3 7 13 20 14 128
144 Hong Kong 0.0073 19 5 4 9 25 33 18 119
145 Grenada 0.0064 19 5 4 6 25 25 15 117
146 Liechtenstein 0.0057 1 0 1 19 4 92 20 178
147 Fiji 0.0056 13 4 1 3 10 10 8 133
148 Papua New Guinea 0.0050 7 2 1 3 5 13 6 157
149 Suriname 0.0046 13 3 4 4 9 13 11 134
150 Dominican Republic 0.0036 23 6 5 7 25 41 18 109
151 Turkmenistan 0.0036 7 2 1 7 11 21 10 160
152 French Guiana 0.0028 11 3 2 7 16 20 12 141
153 San Marino 0.0027 1 0 1 35 5 157 36 179
154 Cayman Islands 0.0021 11 3 2 9 16 39 14 143
155 Barbados 0.0017 23 7 2 6 24 14 15 104
156 Guadeloupe 0.0017 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 156
157 Puerto Rico 0.0015 17 5 2 10 21 36 17 122
158 Dominica 0.0014 15 4 3 7 22 24 14 127
159 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0013 13 3 4 8 20 29 15 135
160 Sint Maarten 0.0011 16 5 1 4 11 12 10 125
161 Guyana 0.0010 15 4 3 12 20 49 19 130
162 Solomon Islands 0.0010 7 1 4 7 15 39 12 162
163 Taiwan 0.0010 5 1 2 14 8 60 17 166
164 India 0.0009 11 3 2 10 16 44 15 144
165 Vietnam 0.0008 6 2 0 14 10 44 16 164
166 Netherlands Antilles 0.0004 12 3 3 4 14 19 10 138
167 Myanmar 0.0004 7 2 1 3 11 20 6 158
168 Belize 0.0004 1 0 1 5 4 13 6 173
169 Macao 0.0003 11 3 2 13 15 90 18 147
170 Tahiti 0.0003 11 3 2 7 10 32 12 142
171 Cambodia 0.0003 1 0 1 5 2 27 6 176
172 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 4 1 1 5 9 21 7 168
173 Vanuatu 0.0001 1 0 1 5 3 21 6 174
174 Bangladesh 0.0001 9 3 0 13 11 49 16 152
175 Sri Lanka 0.0001 10 3 1 13 9 55 17 148
176 Aruba 0.0000 3 1 0 7 10 25 8 170
177 Nepal 0.0000 1 0 1 11 4 45 12 177
178 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 161
178 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 8 5 28 9 175
178 Philippines 0 0 0 0 6 1 30 6 180
178 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 12 6 45 12 181
178 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 16 5 74 16 182
178 Maldives 0 0 0 0 12 4 89 12 183

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.