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

FIFA 2000-07

1999-06 2001-08

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Europe 32.767 182 54 20 27 151 92 101 1
2 South America 31.243 103 30 13 19 92 57 62 2
3 Asia 14.130 60 16 12 29 51 88 57 3
4 Africa 13.193 46 12 10 22 38 58 44 4
5 CONCACAF 8.667 35 8 11 20 35 62 39 5
6 Oceania 0 0 0 0 3 1 11 3 6

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

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Includes 153 international matches. 45 within-confederation matches removed.
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, 60.07% 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 6 countries, 55.38% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Asia 7 countries, 35.09% of possible points (3rd).
Australia, Bahrain, China, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.

Africa 9 countries, 34.85% of possible points (4th).
Angola, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia.

CONCACAF 5 countries, 29.91% of possible points (5th).
Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States.

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