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 7.6652 115 35 10 6 108 31 51 3
2 Germany 6.9002 110 33 11 5 104 46 49 6
3 Italy 6.7297 118 34 16 5 88 30 55 2
4 Denmark 4.8994 102 29 15 6 82 34 50 10
5 Spain 3.8788 109 32 13 7 115 39 52 7
6 Argentina 3.1188 111 30 21 11 91 56 62 5
7 Netherlands 2.9456 107 31 14 9 117 37 54 8
8 England 2.4695 72 19 15 5 65 25 39 38
9 Czech Republic 2.3325 93 27 12 15 97 50 54 15
10 Romania 2.3322 100 30 10 10 112 48 50 11
11 Norway 2.3072 79 23 10 6 73 20 39 25
12 France 2.2872 74 21 11 4 66 23 36 35
13 Portugal 2.2595 85 25 10 7 75 22 42 22
14 Bulgaria 2.1939 86 26 8 12 89 52 46 19
15 Nigeria 2.0907 99 29 12 9 87 32 50 13
16 Sweden 2.0337 70 20 10 12 68 46 42 39
17 Mexico 2.0171 127 36 19 13 161 60 68 1
18 Yugoslavia 1.9952 31 10 1 2 32 10 13 88
19 Cameroon 1.4656 100 27 19 11 72 52 57 12
20 Colombia 1.4210 78 21 15 16 67 50 52 31
21 Croatia 1.3462 48 14 6 4 47 23 24 61
22 Ghana 1.3453 86 26 8 10 56 28 44 21
23 Russia 1.3401 88 25 13 10 98 40 48 16
24 Uruguay 1.3220 76 21 13 16 59 52 50 32
25 Ireland 1.2968 79 20 19 11 77 43 50 26
26 Switzerland 1.2959 67 19 10 12 74 43 41 42
27 Zambia 1.2070 113 34 11 12 90 36 57 4
28 Belgium 1.1323 78 24 6 14 73 45 44 30
29 FR Yugoslavia 1.0236 29 9 2 1 41 8 12 94
30 Scotland 0.9368 86 25 11 11 68 34 47 20
31 United States 0.8340 79 23 10 15 69 55 48 27
32 South Africa 0.8211 47 14 5 8 34 26 27 62
33 Saudi Arabia 0.7462 96 28 12 11 93 44 51 14
34 Paraguay 0.7385 57 16 9 13 44 46 38 50
35 Algeria 0.7231 75 21 12 10 63 39 43 33
36 Australia 0.7220 56 17 5 3 70 17 25 51
37 Chile 0.6984 40 11 7 14 50 41 32 73
38 Bolivia 0.6879 57 15 12 17 59 56 44 49
39 Ecuador 0.6777 54 15 9 17 55 43 41 53
40 Egypt 0.6386 83 22 17 16 90 44 55 23
41 Greece 0.6094 63 19 6 12 55 34 37 44
42 Tunisia 0.5812 68 18 14 5 55 23 37 41
43 Ivory Coast 0.5777 74 21 11 12 59 48 44 36
44 Poland 0.5447 43 11 10 13 42 45 34 69
45 Austria 0.5434 59 18 5 18 69 51 41 45
46 Costa Rica 0.5365 88 26 10 22 93 70 58 17
47 Morocco 0.4541 78 23 9 11 64 26 43 28
48 Ukraine 0.4478 34 10 4 8 22 24 22 84
49 Turkey 0.4472 39 11 6 18 49 55 35 76
50 Zimbabwe 0.4274 56 15 11 12 49 45 38 52
51 Iran 0.3966 87 25 12 8 133 38 45 18
52 Peru 0.3953 44 12 8 19 43 62 39 67
53 Hungary 0.3581 37 9 10 15 34 53 34 80
54 Wales 0.3562 45 13 6 15 56 58 34 63
55 Northern Ireland 0.3477 51 13 12 15 51 49 40 56
56 Guinea 0.3470 59 17 8 15 58 42 40 46
57 South Korea 0.3204 74 22 8 9 86 36 39 34
58 Slovakia 0.3146 30 9 3 8 32 32 20 93
59 Japan 0.3097 82 24 10 5 100 32 39 24
60 Gabon 0.3093 57 15 12 11 41 37 38 48
61 Sierra Leone 0.2996 42 12 6 12 27 33 30 70
62 Angola 0.2950 51 13 12 11 43 33 36 55
63 Jamaica 0.2920 107 31 14 12 90 60 57 9
64 Lithuania 0.2886 42 12 6 14 32 41 32 71
65 United Arab Emirates 0.2833 67 19 10 10 56 46 39 43
66 Congo DR 0.2824 58 15 13 16 53 39 44 47
67 Israel 0.2712 31 8 7 13 32 47 28 90
68 Georgia 0.2705 25 8 1 9 21 22 18 102
69 Finland 0.2671 40 11 7 18 43 56 36 75
70 Senegal 0.2366 49 13 10 18 45 47 41 59
71 Congo 0.2257 29 7 8 14 20 30 29 96
72 Mali 0.2239 44 13 5 15 38 41 33 66
73 Iceland 0.2201 31 8 7 19 28 44 34 91
74 China 0.2138 72 22 6 9 77 34 37 37
75 Burundi 0.2023 17 4 5 2 13 13 11 122
76 Kuwait 0.1848 50 14 8 8 60 28 30 57
77 Madagascar 0.1833 18 5 3 3 13 9 11 121
78 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.1706 9 3 0 5 9 14 8 150
79 Kenya 0.1696 39 11 6 14 34 40 31 77
80 El Salvador 0.1630 69 20 9 20 72 68 49 40
81 Mozambique 0.1571 45 12 9 14 39 43 35 64
82 Honduras 0.1558 78 23 9 15 88 58 47 29
83 North Macedonia 0.1553 20 5 5 10 31 36 20 116
84 Latvia 0.1406 27 7 6 19 25 55 32 100
85 Slovenia 0.1274 12 3 3 12 18 33 18 140
86 Sudan 0.1254 25 7 4 11 17 29 22 103
87 Liberia 0.1237 31 8 7 11 20 31 26 89
88 Burkina Faso 0.1219 23 6 5 12 27 43 23 109
89 Cyprus 0.1217 24 6 6 24 26 78 36 104
90 Uganda 0.1183 32 7 11 8 28 38 26 87
91 Togo 0.1173 36 9 9 19 30 51 37 81
92 Canada 0.1153 49 13 10 13 47 63 36 60
93 Iraq 0.1115 43 13 4 6 61 25 23 68
94 Qatar 0.1100 49 15 4 9 59 28 28 58
95 Malawi 0.0930 23 6 5 13 22 37 24 108
96 Guatemala 0.0925 40 11 7 11 25 31 29 74
97 Ethiopia 0.0923 22 5 7 24 22 75 36 112
98 Tanzania 0.0911 23 6 5 13 24 31 24 107
99 Belarus 0.0910 15 4 3 13 13 34 20 130
100 Swaziland 0.0899 9 2 3 5 5 17 10 151
101 Armenia 0.0825 13 2 7 11 13 34 20 137
102 Namibia 0.0756 28 6 10 14 27 53 30 99
103 Albania 0.0724 20 5 5 29 25 83 39 117
104 Niger 0.0689 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 106
105 Luxembourg 0.0563 11 3 2 27 9 74 32 147
106 Venezuela 0.0559 8 1 5 31 23 116 37 155
107 Uzbekistan 0.0518 28 8 4 7 41 31 19 98
108 Cuba 0.0516 34 11 1 7 43 24 19 83
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0514 52 16 4 16 81 45 36 54
110 North Korea 0.0507 33 10 3 6 34 23 19 86
111 Syria 0.0488 34 10 4 6 53 21 20 82
112 Kazakhstan 0.0481 21 6 3 7 23 27 16 114
113 Azerbaijan 0.0436 4 1 1 16 5 51 18 170
114 Panama 0.0413 29 8 5 13 31 45 26 97
115 Martinique 0.0406 44 13 5 6 50 33 24 65
116 Benin 0.0395 11 2 5 21 15 59 28 146
117 Chad 0.0358 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 154
118 Moldova 0.0339 9 3 0 15 13 48 18 152
119 Thailand 0.0310 38 11 5 10 55 37 26 78
120 Mauritania 0.0300 12 2 6 12 8 32 20 141
121 Faroe Islands 0.0245 16 5 1 32 24 130 38 127
122 Malaysia 0.0232 25 6 7 4 28 18 17 101
123 Malta 0.0222 8 1 5 32 9 105 38 156
124 Bermuda 0.0197 14 4 2 6 16 19 12 133
125 New Zealand 0.0184 20 6 2 6 28 14 14 115
126 Tajikistan 0.0164 16 5 1 2 19 7 8 124
127 Indonesia 0.0154 19 4 7 11 31 38 22 119
128 Gambia 0.0142 6 2 0 2 4 8 4 164
129 Singapore 0.0138 29 8 5 8 32 31 21 95
130 Mauritius 0.0135 2 0 2 16 7 41 18 173
131 Yemen 0.0132 22 6 4 8 24 28 18 111
132 Oman 0.0129 33 10 3 7 47 17 20 85
133 Lesotho 0.0125 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 160
134 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0122 42 12 6 21 66 104 39 72
135 Guinea-Bissau 0.0117 3 1 0 7 6 23 8 172
136 Kyrgyzstan 0.0112 12 4 0 5 15 18 9 138
137 Haiti 0.0105 14 4 2 2 15 13 8 132
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0105 30 7 9 6 32 31 22 92
139 Lebanon 0.0095 21 5 6 5 19 22 16 113
140 Botswana 0.0095 5 0 5 13 6 46 18 166
141 Estonia 0.0095 5 1 2 27 8 74 30 168
142 Saint Lucia 0.0083 37 11 4 11 37 37 26 79
143 Jordan 0.0082 16 4 4 6 20 20 14 125
144 Bahrain 0.0075 15 4 3 7 13 20 14 129
145 Hong Kong 0.0072 19 5 4 9 25 33 18 120
146 Grenada 0.0063 19 5 4 6 25 25 15 118
147 Liechtenstein 0.0057 1 0 1 19 4 92 20 179
148 Fiji 0.0056 13 4 1 3 10 10 8 134
149 Papua New Guinea 0.0049 7 2 1 3 5 13 6 158
150 Suriname 0.0046 13 3 4 4 9 13 11 135
151 Dominican Republic 0.0036 23 6 5 7 25 41 18 110
152 Turkmenistan 0.0036 7 2 1 7 11 21 10 161
153 French Guiana 0.0028 11 3 2 7 16 20 12 142
154 San Marino 0.0027 1 0 1 35 5 157 36 180
155 Cayman Islands 0.0020 11 3 2 9 16 39 14 144
156 Barbados 0.0017 23 7 2 6 24 14 15 105
157 Guadeloupe 0.0017 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 157
158 Puerto Rico 0.0015 17 5 2 10 21 36 17 123
159 Dominica 0.0014 15 4 3 7 22 24 14 128
160 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0013 13 3 4 8 20 29 15 136
161 Sint Maarten 0.0011 16 5 1 4 11 12 10 126
162 Guyana 0.0010 15 4 3 12 20 49 19 131
163 Solomon Islands 0.0010 7 1 4 7 15 39 12 163
164 Taiwan 0.0010 5 1 2 14 8 60 17 167
165 India 0.0009 11 3 2 10 16 44 15 145
166 Vietnam 0.0008 6 2 0 14 10 44 16 165
167 Netherlands Antilles 0.0004 12 3 3 4 14 19 10 139
168 Myanmar 0.0004 7 2 1 3 11 20 6 159
169 Belize 0.0004 1 0 1 5 4 13 6 174
170 Macao 0.0003 11 3 2 13 15 90 18 148
171 Tahiti 0.0003 11 3 2 7 10 32 12 143
172 Cambodia 0.0003 1 0 1 5 2 27 6 177
173 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 4 1 1 5 9 21 7 169
174 Vanuatu 0.0001 1 0 1 5 3 21 6 175
175 Bangladesh 0.0001 9 3 0 13 11 49 16 153
176 Sri Lanka 0.0001 10 3 1 13 9 55 17 149
177 Aruba 0.0000 3 1 0 7 10 25 8 171
178 Nepal 0.0000 1 0 1 11 4 45 12 178
179 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 162
179 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 8 5 28 9 176
179 Philippines 0 0 0 0 6 1 30 6 181
179 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 12 6 45 12 182
179 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 16 5 74 16 183
179 Maldives 0 0 0 0 12 4 89 12 184

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.