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

FIFA 2003-10

2002-09 2004-11

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 South America 35.471 122 36 14 16 103 59 66 2
2 Europe 31.820 173 51 20 21 140 87 92 1
3 Africa 12.554 50 13 11 28 45 69 52 3
4 CONCACAF 9.315 36 8 12 21 38 58 41 4
5 Asia 6.526 35 7 14 25 39 76 46 5
6 Oceania 4.315 8 1 5 5 4 20 11 6

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

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Includes 154 international matches. 44 within-confederation matches removed.
Confederations Cup 2003 (15)
Confederations Cup 2005 (15)
Confederations Cup 2009 (16)
World Cup 2006 (47)
World Cup 2010 (53)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2005 (4)
World Cup Qualifying Playoffs 2009 (4)

Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.


Europe 23 countries, 62.68% of possible points (1st).
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.

South America 7 countries, 61.62% of possible points (2nd).
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Africa 10 countries, 32.05% of possible points (3rd).
Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Togo, Tunisia.

CONCACAF 5 countries, 29.27% of possible points (4th).
Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States.

Asia 8 countries, 25.36% of possible points (5th).
Australia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Japan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Korea.

Oceania 1 country, 24.24% of possible points (6th).
New Zealand.