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

World 1991-98

1990-97 1992-99

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 France 6.9196 88 25 13 4 80 26 42 17
2 Brazil 5.7402 127 38 13 8 124 41 59 2
3 Italy 5.5194 111 32 15 5 85 30 52 5
4 Netherlands 5.4704 110 32 14 8 117 39 54 6
5 Germany 4.0964 103 31 10 7 97 47 48 11
6 Denmark 4.0560 107 30 17 8 88 40 55 7
7 Spain 3.8462 103 30 13 7 108 39 50 10
8 Romania 3.6378 106 32 10 8 114 44 50 8
9 Norway 2.8568 84 24 12 7 80 29 43 22
10 Croatia 2.6526 69 21 6 7 65 33 34 40
11 Czech Republic 2.5797 87 25 12 12 90 43 49 20
12 England 2.4884 67 18 13 6 65 24 37 41
13 Argentina 2.4166 112 31 19 10 96 56 60 4
14 Sweden 2.3231 76 22 10 9 68 41 41 33
15 Bulgaria 2.1342 84 25 9 15 86 60 49 24
16 Portugal 2.0919 87 26 9 8 80 24 43 19
17 Mexico 2.0806 144 41 21 14 177 69 76 1
18 Ireland 1.8335 77 21 14 11 76 40 46 31
19 FR Yugoslavia 1.7027 39 12 3 2 47 12 17 78
20 Nigeria 1.6480 90 26 12 8 84 34 46 16
21 Belgium 1.3114 75 22 9 11 69 41 42 36
22 Switzerland 1.2669 62 17 11 12 68 44 40 48
23 Russia 1.2094 81 23 12 11 96 43 46 27
24 Poland 1.0573 46 12 10 12 47 43 34 63
25 Colombia 1.0009 77 21 14 16 64 49 51 32
26 Uruguay 0.9978 72 20 12 14 57 47 46 38
27 Paraguay 0.9632 62 17 11 14 47 48 42 50
28 Scotland 0.9277 84 24 12 11 68 37 47 23
29 Turkey 0.8980 45 13 6 17 54 52 36 66
30 United States 0.8155 88 26 10 16 74 54 52 18
31 Cameroon 0.7566 95 25 20 9 69 48 54 13
32 South Africa 0.7504 63 18 9 10 47 38 37 46
33 Austria 0.7498 64 19 7 15 77 49 41 45
34 Saudi Arabia 0.7299 97 28 13 13 95 51 54 12
35 Chile 0.6734 43 11 10 15 55 49 36 73
36 Australia 0.6493 62 19 5 4 77 20 28 47
37 Ghana 0.6404 80 24 8 12 55 31 44 28
38 Wales 0.6147 45 13 6 16 57 62 35 67
39 Ukraine 0.5993 40 12 4 8 27 26 24 77
40 Greece 0.5940 65 19 8 11 56 34 38 44
41 Ecuador 0.5635 54 15 9 17 55 43 41 57
42 Bolivia 0.5553 57 15 12 17 59 56 44 52
43 South Korea 0.5247 75 22 9 8 87 39 39 35
44 Egypt 0.5186 90 25 15 13 96 37 53 15
45 Tunisia 0.5020 79 21 16 8 65 33 45 29
46 Zambia 0.4916 104 31 11 11 86 39 53 9
47 Iceland 0.4689 33 8 9 16 26 40 33 92
48 Morocco 0.4626 83 24 11 13 69 34 48 25
49 Ivory Coast 0.4370 76 21 13 10 64 49 44 34
50 Lithuania 0.4364 47 13 8 14 36 43 35 62
51 Slovakia 0.4266 36 11 3 9 39 35 23 83
52 Iran 0.4246 90 26 12 10 135 42 48 14
53 Jamaica 0.4234 117 34 15 16 98 73 65 3
54 Israel 0.4175 35 9 8 14 39 50 31 86
55 Latvia 0.3996 33 9 6 20 29 57 35 93
56 Hungary 0.3785 36 9 9 16 35 54 34 85
57 Finland 0.3767 44 13 5 19 48 59 37 70
58 Northern Ireland 0.3745 53 14 11 15 53 51 40 58
59 Peru 0.3154 44 12 8 19 43 62 39 71
60 United Arab Emirates 0.3149 67 19 10 7 54 35 36 42
61 Zimbabwe 0.2776 56 15 11 11 49 43 37 53
62 Japan 0.2686 82 24 10 8 101 36 42 26
63 Guatemala 0.2587 42 11 9 12 28 35 32 74
64 Georgia 0.2555 28 9 1 11 22 26 21 101
65 Algeria 0.2555 60 16 12 14 53 44 42 51
66 Guinea 0.2513 62 18 8 16 59 44 42 49
67 Congo DR 0.2396 66 17 15 17 61 47 49 43
68 Yugoslavia 0.2350 12 4 0 1 16 3 5 141
69 Belarus 0.2291 16 4 4 14 15 37 22 128
70 China 0.2225 72 22 6 9 77 34 37 37
71 Albania 0.2182 22 5 7 27 27 74 39 114
72 Costa Rica 0.2093 85 25 10 21 97 68 56 21
73 Kuwait 0.1951 50 14 8 8 60 28 30 59
74 Cyprus 0.1894 30 8 6 22 28 72 36 97
75 Macedonia 0.1865 26 7 5 11 39 40 23 104
76 Angola 0.1850 55 14 13 13 50 42 40 56
77 Slovenia 0.1809 16 4 4 13 22 37 21 127
78 Togo 0.1805 41 11 8 18 35 50 37 76
79 Gabon 0.1765 56 15 11 11 42 37 37 54
80 Burundi 0.1735 26 7 5 2 16 13 14 103
81 Congo 0.1428 28 6 10 14 19 31 30 102
82 Burkina Faso 0.1406 25 6 7 13 31 50 26 106
83 Kenya 0.1304 39 11 6 11 34 36 28 79
84 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.1302 13 4 1 7 14 22 12 138
85 Mali 0.1301 46 14 4 16 40 41 34 64
86 Sierra Leone 0.1273 38 11 5 12 24 31 28 81
87 El Salvador 0.1203 70 20 10 22 72 74 52 39
88 Honduras 0.1198 78 23 9 17 89 63 49 30
89 Senegal 0.1180 44 12 8 17 42 45 37 69
90 Iraq 0.1146 43 13 4 6 61 25 23 72
91 Qatar 0.1103 49 15 4 9 59 28 28 60
92 Armenia 0.1016 14 2 8 12 13 36 22 134
93 Niger 0.0895 23 7 2 6 14 16 15 108
94 Liberia 0.0891 31 8 7 12 19 33 27 95
95 Mozambique 0.0878 46 12 10 16 40 50 38 65
96 Canada 0.0839 49 13 10 13 47 63 36 61
97 Madagascar 0.0731 19 5 4 3 16 12 12 118
98 Uganda 0.0725 36 8 12 7 33 37 27 84
99 Luxembourg 0.0682 11 3 2 27 7 76 32 147
100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0650 55 17 4 17 86 50 38 55
101 New Zealand 0.0619 32 10 2 6 39 15 18 94
102 Sudan 0.0619 22 6 4 11 16 29 21 113
103 Malawi 0.0616 23 6 5 14 23 39 25 110
104 Ethiopia 0.0587 22 5 7 22 22 71 34 115
105 Namibia 0.0567 35 8 11 17 37 66 36 87
106 Uzbekistan 0.0551 28 8 4 7 41 31 19 100
107 Kazakhstan 0.0537 21 6 3 7 23 27 16 117
108 North Korea 0.0500 33 10 3 6 34 23 19 91
109 Syria 0.0497 34 10 4 6 53 21 20 88
110 Moldova 0.0493 10 3 1 17 18 56 21 149
111 Venezuela 0.0481 8 1 5 31 23 116 37 157
112 Tanzania 0.0471 22 6 4 14 24 31 24 112
113 Azerbaijan 0.0466 4 1 1 19 6 60 21 171
114 Cuba 0.0454 34 11 1 9 45 34 21 89
115 Martinique 0.0405 44 13 5 6 50 33 24 68
116 Chad 0.0403 9 2 3 1 6 6 6 151
117 Thailand 0.0390 38 11 5 10 55 37 26 80
118 Swaziland 0.0366 6 1 3 5 4 13 9 165
119 Malta 0.0316 7 1 4 34 10 107 39 164
120 Panama 0.0300 29 8 5 13 31 45 26 99
121 Benin 0.0263 13 3 4 20 16 58 27 140
122 Estonia 0.0255 9 2 3 29 17 82 34 155
123 Mauritania 0.0225 9 1 6 8 4 17 15 152
124 Malaysia 0.0225 25 6 7 4 28 18 17 105
125 Faroe Islands 0.0212 14 4 2 35 23 135 41 136
126 Tajikistan 0.0173 16 5 1 2 19 7 8 123
127 Indonesia 0.0161 19 4 7 11 31 38 22 120
128 Bermuda 0.0152 14 4 2 6 16 19 12 133
129 Singapore 0.0144 29 8 5 8 32 31 21 98
130 Yemen 0.0139 22 6 4 8 24 28 18 111
131 Liechtenstein 0.0132 4 1 1 21 6 104 23 172
132 Papua New Guinea 0.0132 7 2 1 3 5 13 6 159
133 Kyrgyzstan 0.0115 12 4 0 5 15 18 9 142
134 Fiji 0.0114 16 5 1 5 15 16 11 125
135 Oman 0.0111 33 10 3 7 47 17 20 90
136 Mauritius 0.0109 6 1 3 17 11 45 21 166
137 Guinea-Bissau 0.0107 9 3 0 7 10 24 10 153
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0106 30 7 9 6 32 31 22 96
139 Lebanon 0.0106 21 5 6 5 19 22 16 116
140 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0105 42 12 6 21 66 104 39 75
141 Bahrain 0.0105 15 4 3 7 13 20 14 130
142 Jordan 0.0098 16 4 4 6 20 20 14 124
143 Haiti 0.0090 14 4 2 2 15 13 8 132
144 Lesotho 0.0089 8 1 5 4 10 21 10 156
145 Saint Lucia 0.0088 37 11 4 11 37 37 26 82
146 Hong Kong 0.0082 19 5 4 9 25 33 18 121
147 Grenada 0.0072 19 5 4 6 25 25 15 119
148 Botswana 0.0065 6 0 6 14 7 48 20 168
149 San Marino 0.0046 1 0 1 36 6 157 37 181
150 Suriname 0.0045 13 3 4 4 9 13 11 137
151 Turkmenistan 0.0038 7 2 1 7 11 21 10 161
152 Dominican Republic 0.0034 23 6 5 7 25 41 18 109
153 French Guiana 0.0028 11 3 2 7 16 20 12 144
154 Solomon Islands 0.0026 7 1 4 7 15 39 12 163
155 Cayman Islands 0.0020 11 3 2 9 16 39 14 145
156 Barbados 0.0018 23 7 2 6 24 14 15 107
157 Guadeloupe 0.0017 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 158
158 Cape Verde 0.0017 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 174
159 Rwanda 0.0016 1 0 1 3 1 10 4 176
160 Dominica 0.0015 15 4 3 7 22 24 14 129
161 Puerto Rico 0.0015 17 5 2 10 21 36 17 122
162 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0013 13 3 4 8 20 29 15 139
163 Sint Maarten 0.0011 16 5 1 4 11 12 10 126
164 Taiwan 0.0010 5 1 2 14 8 60 17 169
165 India 0.0010 11 3 2 10 16 44 15 146
166 Guyana 0.0010 15 4 3 12 20 49 19 131
167 Vietnam 0.0009 6 2 0 14 10 44 16 167
168 Tahiti 0.0008 14 4 2 10 18 42 16 135
169 Myanmar 0.0004 7 2 1 3 11 20 6 160
170 Netherlands Antilles 0.0004 12 3 3 4 14 19 10 143
171 Vanuatu 0.0004 1 0 1 7 5 34 8 179
172 Macao 0.0004 11 3 2 13 15 90 18 148
173 Belize 0.0003 1 0 1 5 4 13 6 175
174 Cambodia 0.0003 1 0 1 5 2 27 6 178
175 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 4 1 1 5 9 21 7 170
176 Bangladesh 0.0001 9 3 0 13 11 49 16 154
177 Sri Lanka 0.0001 10 3 1 13 9 55 17 150
178 Aruba 0.0000 3 1 0 7 10 25 8 173
179 Nepal 0.0000 1 0 1 11 4 45 12 180
180 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 162
180 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 8 5 28 9 177
180 Philippines 0 0 0 0 6 1 30 6 182
180 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 12 6 45 12 183
180 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 16 5 74 16 184
180 Maldives 0 0 0 0 12 4 89 12 185

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.