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

World 1997-04

1996-03 1998-05

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 France 6.5054 122 38 8 6 109 34 52 6
2 Brazil 4.3604 188 57 17 19 189 77 93 1
3 Netherlands 3.3340 92 27 11 8 112 37 46 39
4 Italy 3.1709 110 31 17 6 87 32 54 17
5 Croatia 2.9944 95 27 14 9 80 43 50 33
6 Portugal 2.6771 96 29 9 6 116 30 44 31
7 Mexico 2.6130 171 50 21 19 190 84 90 2
8 England 2.6086 98 28 14 9 89 39 51 29
9 Germany 2.6060 107 31 14 9 96 50 54 23
10 Spain 2.5591 107 32 11 6 125 36 49 20
11 Denmark 2.0908 93 25 18 11 90 57 54 38
12 Turkey 2.0567 106 30 16 12 99 53 58 24
13 Ireland 1.8363 82 22 16 9 78 39 47 44
14 Sweden 1.7280 101 30 11 6 87 26 47 27
15 Senegal 1.7254 94 25 19 11 77 39 55 35
16 Cameroon 1.6939 121 34 19 10 90 43 63 8
17 Argentina 1.6407 124 36 16 9 114 53 61 5
18 Czech Republic 1.6220 115 37 4 13 108 42 54 12
19 United States 1.6185 121 35 16 16 110 52 67 7
20 South Korea 1.6035 103 30 13 14 122 54 57 25
21 Yugoslavia 1.6032 64 18 10 5 76 37 33 70
22 Nigeria 1.5315 109 32 13 10 85 37 55 19
23 Australia 1.5071 109 35 4 7 219 28 46 18
24 Greece 1.4784 65 19 8 13 44 38 40 69
25 Romania 1.4131 95 28 11 9 103 40 48 32
26 Japan 1.4013 110 33 11 10 135 44 54 16
27 Morocco 1.3735 119 34 17 8 84 34 59 11
28 Norway 1.3027 76 21 13 12 67 44 46 51
29 Ukraine 1.2243 75 18 21 7 59 40 46 53
30 Belgium 1.1712 67 19 10 9 68 44 38 66
31 Russia 1.1332 84 25 9 13 87 51 47 43
32 Paraguay 1.0876 94 26 16 20 82 71 62 36
33 Costa Rica 1.0337 134 38 20 25 140 98 83 3
34 Uruguay 0.9738 94 25 19 26 87 91 70 37
35 South Africa 0.9351 112 31 19 12 85 59 62 14
36 Slovenia 0.9267 70 18 16 15 65 70 49 62
37 Honduras 0.9263 107 32 11 20 128 72 63 22
38 Poland 0.8854 66 20 6 13 64 47 39 68
39 Colombia 0.8647 111 32 15 27 86 72 74 15
40 Iran 0.8602 125 37 14 11 170 52 62 4
41 Tunisia 0.7812 103 29 16 13 92 51 58 26
42 Egypt 0.7590 97 28 13 14 105 51 55 30
43 Ivory Coast 0.6926 92 26 14 8 86 40 48 40
44 Trinidad and Tobago 0.6891 120 38 6 20 126 71 64 10
45 Scotland 0.6846 72 20 12 11 56 43 43 55
46 Ecuador 0.6715 76 22 10 25 69 75 57 52
47 Saudi Arabia 0.6574 120 37 9 17 143 73 63 9
48 Jamaica 0.6142 114 32 18 22 117 79 72 13
49 Peru 0.5706 77 21 14 26 70 88 61 50
50 Canada 0.5602 56 14 14 16 36 52 44 83
51 Cuba 0.5360 90 26 12 10 79 46 48 41
52 Zambia 0.5131 95 26 17 13 72 51 56 34
53 Bulgaria 0.5082 62 18 8 14 56 52 40 72
54 Austria 0.5068 62 18 8 14 66 63 40 73
55 Switzerland 0.4991 56 15 11 11 60 45 37 81
56 Latvia 0.4862 54 15 9 18 49 60 42 87
57 Guatemala 0.4791 79 21 16 12 74 51 49 46
58 Guinea 0.4612 62 18 8 10 55 35 36 71
59 Togo 0.4486 77 21 14 19 70 59 54 49
60 Angola 0.4449 75 19 18 11 70 52 48 54
61 Serbia and Montenegro 0.4256 22 6 4 2 21 11 12 142
62 Finland 0.4179 52 15 7 13 53 44 35 89
63 Bolivia 0.4069 60 15 15 27 57 88 57 77
64 Mali 0.4043 61 17 10 13 48 38 40 75
65 Ghana 0.3660 69 19 12 15 64 43 46 64
66 Chile 0.3522 59 15 14 30 69 76 59 80
67 Kuwait 0.3485 84 26 6 9 97 30 41 42
68 Haiti 0.3443 78 24 6 14 108 54 44 47
69 Slovakia 0.3326 61 18 7 13 60 39 38 74
70 China 0.3290 107 33 8 11 129 44 52 21
71 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.2979 40 11 7 15 40 44 33 102
72 Lithuania 0.2926 42 11 9 17 31 52 37 100
73 Jordan 0.2893 52 15 7 8 54 28 30 88
74 Congo DR 0.2824 81 21 18 22 72 76 61 45
75 Algeria 0.2823 72 19 15 20 70 61 54 56
76 Uzbekistan 0.2789 98 29 11 11 118 67 51 28
77 Georgia 0.2749 37 10 7 19 40 55 36 108
78 Liberia 0.2710 71 21 8 23 55 60 52 59
79 North Macedonia 0.2677 31 7 10 19 48 63 36 120
80 Zimbabwe 0.2629 71 22 5 18 62 49 45 58
81 Hungary 0.2612 43 11 10 16 55 57 37 98
82 Gabon 0.2462 54 14 12 17 55 58 43 86
83 Iceland 0.2442 49 14 7 17 51 55 38 91
84 Wales 0.2308 34 8 10 17 42 58 35 115
85 United Arab Emirates 0.2195 78 23 9 18 81 59 50 48
86 Kenya 0.2137 59 16 11 15 59 46 42 79
87 Burkina Faso 0.2086 61 16 13 22 65 68 51 76
88 Qatar 0.2031 69 19 12 14 73 49 45 63
89 Bahrain 0.1859 70 20 10 12 68 55 42 61
90 Northern Ireland 0.1854 24 4 12 20 22 54 36 139
91 Congo 0.1849 56 14 14 19 43 54 47 82
92 Oman 0.1809 67 20 7 11 102 33 38 65
93 El Salvador 0.1762 72 19 15 27 66 91 61 57
94 Belarus 0.1688 25 6 7 22 30 60 35 137
95 Israel 0.1672 48 13 9 12 56 42 34 93
96 Albania 0.1623 27 7 6 24 33 62 37 130
97 Panama 0.1565 40 11 7 17 42 53 35 104
98 Martinique 0.1542 59 18 5 13 70 48 36 78
99 Cyprus 0.1367 36 10 6 20 45 89 36 109
100 Saint Lucia 0.1350 42 13 3 10 68 44 26 99
101 Namibia 0.1327 36 8 12 25 43 90 45 110
102 Libya 0.1280 38 11 5 17 53 60 33 105
103 Sudan 0.1254 35 10 5 15 30 39 30 112
104 Iraq 0.1226 70 21 7 13 103 50 41 60
105 Rwanda 0.1205 24 6 6 8 20 30 20 138
106 Armenia 0.1175 26 5 11 23 29 72 39 132
107 Benin 0.1158 28 7 7 13 32 46 27 127
108 Malawi 0.1153 21 5 6 17 28 49 28 145
109 Sierra Leone 0.1114 29 8 5 12 22 30 25 124
110 Uganda 0.1033 30 8 6 13 26 42 27 121
111 Azerbaijan 0.1018 15 3 6 28 18 81 37 156
112 Madagascar 0.0994 33 9 6 17 28 48 32 117
113 Venezuela 0.0985 32 9 5 36 37 111 50 118
114 Turkmenistan 0.0933 55 17 4 12 70 44 33 84
115 Cape Verde 0.0909 25 7 4 8 18 22 19 134
116 Kazakhstan 0.0887 41 12 5 9 52 36 26 101
117 Estonia 0.0795 35 9 8 24 40 75 41 113
118 Thailand 0.0747 55 15 10 17 65 64 42 85
119 Barbados 0.0744 40 11 7 12 45 54 30 103
120 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0730 48 15 3 18 65 69 36 94
121 Moldova 0.0723 17 3 8 24 19 78 35 152
122 Mauritius 0.0666 25 6 7 16 26 53 29 136
123 Burundi 0.0631 18 5 3 12 13 28 20 148
124 Tajikistan 0.0628 43 13 4 8 49 23 25 96
125 Ethiopia 0.0622 17 5 2 10 11 33 17 151
126 Indonesia 0.0596 50 14 8 12 65 59 34 90
127 Chad 0.0534 14 3 5 4 18 20 12 158
128 Syria 0.0519 48 14 6 9 101 31 29 92
129 Mozambique 0.0484 29 8 5 13 27 43 26 126
130 Botswana 0.0444 17 4 5 10 13 23 19 150
131 New Zealand 0.0438 66 22 0 14 93 41 36 67
132 Suriname 0.0435 29 7 8 6 39 25 21 123
133 Lebanon 0.0379 34 9 7 9 46 32 25 114
134 Lesotho 0.0343 15 3 6 9 15 32 18 155
135 Gambia 0.0340 8 2 2 6 11 14 10 178
136 Eritrea 0.0325 12 3 3 14 8 37 20 169
137 Tanzania 0.0299 6 1 3 14 9 28 18 182
138 Niger 0.0295 12 4 0 8 7 23 12 168
139 Faroe Islands 0.0294 18 4 6 27 24 79 37 149
140 Eswatini 0.0264 13 3 4 7 15 32 14 161
141 Liechtenstein 0.0247 9 2 3 32 13 129 37 176
142 Vietnam 0.0229 29 9 2 16 38 54 27 125
143 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0213 44 13 5 15 64 70 33 95
144 Malaysia 0.0194 30 8 6 16 36 57 30 122
145 Solomon Islands 0.0189 43 13 4 11 71 68 28 97
146 Guadeloupe 0.0188 31 10 1 9 44 27 20 119
147 Mauritania 0.0172 6 1 3 8 3 22 12 183
148 North Korea 0.0162 27 7 6 7 27 27 20 129
149 Andorra 0.0159 3 1 0 31 11 93 32 196
150 Grenada 0.0156 35 10 5 15 66 65 30 111
151 Yemen 0.0145 37 10 7 11 59 46 28 107
152 Equatorial Guinea 0.0144 6 2 0 12 7 33 14 184
153 Seychelles 0.0134 8 2 2 8 6 25 12 179
154 Maldives 0.0132 15 4 3 21 29 119 28 157
155 Belize 0.0119 3 0 3 9 7 39 12 195
156 India 0.0113 20 5 5 8 22 35 18 146
157 Malta 0.0112 3 0 3 33 18 104 36 197
158 Netherlands Antilles 0.0108 9 2 3 8 11 26 13 175
159 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.0093 4 1 1 6 4 24 8 188
160 Kyrgyzstan 0.0090 26 8 2 14 32 45 24 131
161 Bermuda 0.0089 25 7 4 5 56 19 16 133
162 Central African Republic 0.0088 4 0 4 6 5 15 10 186
163 French Guiana 0.0081 8 2 2 2 8 7 6 177
164 Hong Kong 0.0078 28 8 4 16 28 54 28 128
165 Cayman Islands 0.0066 13 3 4 9 14 36 16 162
166 Papua New Guinea 0.0058 23 7 2 6 41 31 15 140
167 Guyana 0.0058 14 4 2 7 14 26 13 159
168 Palestine 0.0052 19 5 4 13 25 39 22 147
169 Singapore 0.0048 22 6 4 17 18 43 27 143
170 Tahiti 0.0045 34 10 4 14 41 67 28 116
171 Myanmar 0.0042 15 5 0 6 17 22 11 154
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.0042 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 200
173 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0036 14 3 5 15 20 49 23 160
174 Nicaragua 0.0036 4 1 1 16 8 59 18 190
175 Fiji 0.0034 37 12 1 11 63 42 24 106
176 Vanuatu 0.0030 25 8 1 15 41 59 24 135
177 Puerto Rico 0.0023 3 0 3 9 8 34 12 194
178 Aruba 0.0023 7 2 1 10 15 50 13 180
179 Djibouti 0.0022 1 0 1 5 4 26 6 201
180 Bangladesh 0.0020 13 3 4 13 17 49 20 163
181 San Marino 0.0019 1 0 1 31 4 138 32 204
182 Sri Lanka 0.0018 13 3 4 18 20 73 25 164
183 British Virgin Islands 0.0017 22 6 4 13 26 73 23 144
184 Afghanistan 0.0011 3 1 0 3 2 18 4 193
185 Dominican Republic 0.0010 23 7 2 9 30 28 18 141
186 Taiwan 0.0008 13 4 1 22 17 78 27 165
187 Brunei 0.0005 1 0 1 10 1 45 11 203
188 Nepal 0.0005 13 4 1 19 22 104 24 166
189 Cambodia 0.0005 2 0 2 14 8 68 16 199
190 New Caledonia 0.0005 16 5 1 5 42 20 11 153
191 Dominica 0.0003 11 3 2 14 23 66 19 172
192 Laos 0.0003 11 3 2 14 11 96 19 173
193 Macao 0.0001 7 2 1 16 7 74 19 181
194 Saint-Martin 0.0000 10 3 1 6 13 36 10 174
195 Pakistan 0.0000 4 1 1 16 11 76 18 192
196 Mongolia 0.0000 5 1 2 10 8 45 13 185
197 Anguilla 0.0000 4 1 1 6 9 24 8 187
198 Bahamas 0.0000 11 3 2 6 11 36 11 171
199 Philippines 0.0000 4 1 1 7 4 40 9 189
200 US Virgin Islands 0.0000 3 0 3 11 8 97 14 198
201 Bhutan 0.0000 4 1 1 10 8 68 12 191
202 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0000 1 0 1 5 2 26 6 202
203 Samoa 0 12 4 0 8 22 38 12 167
203 Tonga 0 12 4 0 10 16 78 14 170
203 Somalia 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 4 205
203 Montserrat 0 0 0 0 11 8 50 11 206
203 Guam 0 0 0 0 7 0 78 7 207
203 Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 12 4 83 12 208
203 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 37 11 111 37 209
203 American Samoa 0 0 0 0 12 3 120 12 210

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.