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

FIFA 1989-96

1988-95 1990-97

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 South America 35.170 68 19 11 13 53 37 43 2
2 Europe 28.885 109 31 16 16 97 64 63 1
3 CONCACAF 16.225 23 6 5 9 22 29 20 3
4 Africa 10.946 23 6 5 12 26 41 23 4
5 Asia 7.016 11 3 2 14 17 43 19 5
6 Oceania 1.759 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 6

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes 85 international matches. 35 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1992 (4)
Confederations Cup 1995 (8)
World Cup 1990 (33)
World Cup 1994 (36)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1989 (2)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1993 (2)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 22 countries, 57.67% of possible points (1st).
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, West Germany, Yugoslavia.

South America 5 countries, 52.71% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay.

CONCACAF 3 countries, 38.33% of possible points (3rd).
Costa Rica, Mexico, United States.

Africa 5 countries, 33.33% of possible points (4th).
Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria.

Asia 4 countries, 19.3% of possible points (5th).
Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates.

Oceania 1 country, 16.67% of possible points (6th).
Australia.