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

FIFA 1998-05

1997-04 1999-06

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Europe 26.068 185 53 26 30 169 107 109 1
2 South America 25.312 116 32 20 22 112 77 74 2
3 Africa 16.489 51 12 15 20 46 70 47 5
4 CONCACAF 13.519 56 15 11 18 55 67 44 3
5 Asia 13.296 54 15 9 28 47 88 52 4
6 Oceania 5.317 13 4 1 13 13 33 18 6

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

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Includes 172 international matches. 42 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1999 (15)
Confederations Cup 2001 (16)
Confederations Cup 2003 (15)
Confederations Cup 2005 (15)
World Cup 1998 (49)
World Cup 2002 (54)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2001 (4)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2005 (4)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 27 countries, 56.57% of possible points (1st).
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.

South America 8 countries, 52.25% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.

CONCACAF 6 countries, 42.42% of possible points (3rd).
Canada, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States.

Africa 7 countries, 36.17% of possible points (4th).
Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia.

Asia 6 countries, 34.62% of possible points (5th).
Bahrain, China, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.

Oceania 2 countries, 24.07% of possible points (6th).
Australia, New Zealand.