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

FIFA 1995-02

1994-01 1996-03

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 South America 28.072 113 32 17 20 113 68 69 2
2 Europe 23.558 169 48 25 28 154 94 101 1
3 Oceania 13.349 21 6 3 8 13 22 17 6
4 CONCACAF 13.024 51 14 9 17 57 65 40 4
5 Asia 12.150 54 15 9 32 45 110 56 3
6 Africa 9.848 44 9 17 19 49 72 45 5

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

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Includes 164 international matches. 42 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1995 (8)
Confederations Cup 1997 (16)
Confederations Cup 1999 (15)
Confederations Cup 2001 (16)
World Cup 1998 (49)
World Cup 2002 (54)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 1997 (2)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2001 (4)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 25 countries, 55.78% of possible points (1st).
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

South America 8 countries, 54.59% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.

CONCACAF 5 countries, 42.5% of possible points (3rd).
Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, United States.

Oceania 2 countries, 41.18% of possible points (4th).
Australia, New Zealand.

Africa 7 countries, 32.59% of possible points (5th).
Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia.

Asia 6 countries, 32.14% of possible points (6th).
China, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates.