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

FIFA 1991-98

1990-97 1992-99

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 South America 37.344 94 27 13 15 88 53 55 2
2 Europe 25.577 136 38 22 17 125 81 77 1
3 Oceania 12.152 10 2 4 3 8 13 9 6
4 CONCACAF 9.958 28 7 7 12 36 42 26 3
5 Asia 9.137 24 6 6 21 27 69 33 5
6 Africa 5.832 28 6 10 18 40 66 34 4

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

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Includes 117 international matches. 39 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1992 (4)
Confederations Cup 1995 (8)
Confederations Cup 1997 (16)
World Cup 1994 (36)
World Cup 1998 (49)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1993 (2)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1997 (2)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 23 countries, 58.87% of possible points (1st).
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

South America 7 countries, 56.97% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Oceania 1 country, 37.04% of possible points (3rd).
Australia.

CONCACAF 3 countries, 35.9% of possible points (4th).
Jamaica, Mexico, United States.

Africa 6 countries, 27.45% of possible points (5th).
Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia.

Asia 5 countries, 24.24% of possible points (6th).
Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates.