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

FIFA 1990-97

1989-96 1991-98

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 South America 33.553 87 25 12 15 75 46 52 2
2 Europe 24.308 116 33 17 17 108 71 67 1
3 Oceania 12.419 10 2 4 3 8 13 9 6
4 CONCACAF 11.781 26 7 5 11 30 35 23 3
5 Asia 9.923 19 5 4 18 23 62 27 5
6 Africa 8.016 24 6 6 14 31 48 26 4

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

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Includes 102 international matches. 43 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1992 (4)
Confederations Cup 1995 (8)
Confederations Cup 1997 (16)
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions 1993 (1)
World Cup 1990 (33)
World Cup 1994 (36)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1993 (2)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1997 (2)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 25 countries, 57.71% of possible points (1st).
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Soviet Union, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, West Germany, Yugoslavia.

South America 5 countries, 55.77% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay.

CONCACAF 3 countries, 37.68% of possible points (3rd).
Costa Rica, Mexico, United States.

Oceania 1 country, 37.04% of possible points (4th).
Australia.

Africa 6 countries, 30.77% of possible points (5th).
Cameroon, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa.

Asia 5 countries, 23.46% of possible points (6th).
Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates.