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

FIFA 1999-06

1998-05 2000-07

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Europe 30.770 185 55 20 29 153 98 104 1
2 South America 29.194 117 34 15 21 112 66 70 2
3 CONCACAF 13.910 54 14 12 21 53 70 47 4
4 Asia 13.552 64 17 13 32 59 104 62 3
5 Africa 12.575 48 12 12 23 43 67 47 5
6 Oceania 0 0 0 0 6 2 17 6 6

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

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Includes 168 international matches. 46 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 1999 (15)
Confederations Cup 2001 (14)
Confederations Cup 2003 (15)
Confederations Cup 2005 (15)
World Cup 2002 (54)
World Cup 2006 (47)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2001 (4)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2005 (4)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 25 countries, 59.29% of possible points (1st).
Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

South America 7 countries, 55.71% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.

CONCACAF 5 countries, 38.3% of possible points (3rd).
Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States.

Asia 7 countries, 34.41% of possible points (4th).
Australia, Bahrain, China, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.

Africa 10 countries, 34.04% of possible points (5th).
Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia.

Oceania 1 country, 0% of possible points (6th).
New Zealand.