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

FIFA 2002-09

2001-08 2003-10

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 South America 38.586 114 34 12 16 102 59 62 2
2 Europe 30.035 182 54 20 28 151 98 102 1
3 Africa 13.289 50 13 11 25 44 67 49 3
4 CONCACAF 11.276 41 10 11 19 43 60 40 4
5 Asia 6.116 38 8 14 27 38 78 49 5
6 Oceania 0.699 5 1 2 5 2 18 8 6

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

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Includes 155 international matches. 43 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 2003 (15)
Confederations Cup 2005 (15)
Confederations Cup 2009 (16)
World Cup 2002 (54)
World Cup 2006 (47)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2005 (4)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2009 (4)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


South America 6 countries, 61.29% of possible points (1st).
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Europe 24 countries, 59.48% of possible points (2nd).
Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

CONCACAF 4 countries, 34.17% of possible points (3rd).
Costa Rica, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States.

Africa 10 countries, 34.01% of possible points (4th).
Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia.

Asia 8 countries, 25.85% of possible points (5th).
Australia, Bahrain, China, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.

Oceania 1 country, 20.83% of possible points (6th).
New Zealand.