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

World 1978-85

1977-84 1979-86

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Algeria 5.7893 91 26 13 7 93 45 46 2
2 Brazil 4.8813 65 18 11 5 60 27 34 10
3 Italy 4.6068 57 15 12 7 41 30 34 21
4 West Germany 4.3498 103 30 13 7 117 38 50 1
5 France 4.0639 76 24 4 10 85 40 38 5
6 England 4.0169 83 24 11 5 88 22 40 3
7 Belgium 3.4036 74 21 11 10 56 44 42 6
8 Poland 2.8219 67 19 10 8 58 32 37 9
9 Cameroon 2.6950 47 12 11 8 56 36 31 28
10 Argentina 2.6585 45 13 6 7 47 27 26 32
11 Ghana 2.6213 47 12 11 5 38 27 28 29
12 Austria 2.5616 70 21 7 13 66 45 41 8
13 Netherlands 2.4774 79 24 7 11 85 40 42 4
14 Libya 2.4619 41 11 8 4 35 27 23 38
15 Morocco 2.3047 64 18 10 10 55 29 38 11
16 Northern Ireland 2.2173 61 17 10 10 35 34 37 14
17 Soviet Union 2.1896 61 17 10 6 58 24 33 13
18 Nigeria 2.0148 59 16 11 10 56 40 37 18
19 Portugal 1.9076 58 18 4 12 45 42 34 19
20 Spain 1.8906 60 17 9 10 58 37 36 16
21 Czechoslovakia 1.6294 60 16 12 9 65 37 37 15
22 Denmark 1.4914 59 18 5 13 70 43 36 17
23 Tunisia 1.4518 39 11 6 11 29 23 28 40
24 Egypt 1.4023 38 10 8 8 38 39 26 43
25 Scotland 1.3672 52 14 10 12 55 45 36 22
26 Hungary 1.3646 51 15 6 13 67 52 34 24
27 Uruguay 1.3293 36 10 6 5 28 22 21 47
28 Peru 1.3230 38 9 11 9 32 37 29 44
29 Zambia 1.2516 48 14 6 10 37 19 30 26
30 Sweden 1.2377 46 13 7 13 45 38 33 31
31 Romania 1.1340 48 12 12 9 37 27 33 27
32 Yugoslavia 1.0552 57 17 6 11 59 44 34 20
33 Uganda 0.9521 22 7 1 5 18 18 13 69
34 Paraguay 0.9342 33 8 9 6 31 22 23 49
35 Ireland 0.9022 44 12 8 12 51 39 32 34
36 Senegal 0.8502 26 7 5 6 14 11 18 61
37 Switzerland 0.8071 33 8 9 13 28 49 30 51
38 Bulgaria 0.7959 43 13 4 13 37 37 30 35
39 Ivory Coast 0.7802 23 6 5 7 29 17 18 65
40 East Germany 0.7166 44 14 2 10 50 33 26 33
41 Zaire 0.6801 33 9 6 5 39 34 20 50
42 Wales 0.6515 42 12 6 8 37 27 26 37
43 Guinea 0.6380 23 5 8 8 27 27 21 66
44 Chile 0.6348 46 13 7 8 47 28 28 30
45 Togo 0.6294 27 8 3 8 21 28 19 60
46 Greece 0.6075 37 10 7 14 37 44 31 46
47 Mali 0.5510 17 5 2 5 16 22 12 76
48 Sudan 0.5507 14 3 5 4 8 18 12 86
49 Ethiopia 0.4786 17 3 8 6 20 29 17 78
50 Colombia 0.4459 25 6 7 7 22 24 20 64
51 Tanzania 0.4237 18 4 6 7 25 23 17 74
52 Norway 0.4150 20 4 8 18 24 53 30 71
53 Honduras 0.4094 48 13 9 4 40 18 26 25
54 Angola 0.3955 13 3 4 3 11 9 10 88
55 Congo 0.3726 12 2 6 5 17 24 13 91
56 Finland 0.3721 23 6 5 17 24 68 28 67
57 Bolivia 0.3568 13 3 4 9 15 26 16 89
58 Malawi 0.3565 25 6 7 8 27 29 21 63
59 Madagascar 0.3561 16 4 4 8 16 28 16 80
60 Rhodesia 0.3524 17 5 2 7 11 17 14 77
61 Niger 0.3344 9 2 3 3 4 8 8 97
62 Gambia 0.3240 15 4 3 5 11 18 12 83
63 Mozambique 0.2944 14 3 5 6 32 30 14 85
64 Kuwait 0.2696 51 15 6 7 52 26 28 23
65 Ecuador 0.2590 10 2 4 10 14 33 16 95
66 South Korea 0.2396 61 19 4 5 60 17 28 12
67 Israel 0.2324 16 4 4 6 23 16 14 79
68 Kenya 0.2296 12 3 3 8 19 34 14 92
69 Turkey 0.2143 21 6 3 21 16 67 30 70
70 Iran 0.2066 37 10 7 3 52 27 20 45
71 Mauritania 0.1949 8 2 2 4 10 17 8 100
72 Albania 0.1918 10 2 4 16 14 45 22 96
73 Canada 0.1668 30 7 9 1 21 13 17 53
74 China 0.1559 70 22 4 9 82 21 35 7
75 Saudi Arabia 0.1471 38 11 5 6 39 23 22 42
76 Australia 0.1389 29 8 5 3 42 13 16 55
77 Benin 0.1363 5 1 2 5 7 20 8 111
78 Somalia 0.1278 6 1 3 1 5 6 5 105
79 Mauritius 0.1248 10 2 4 6 8 22 12 94
80 New Zealand 0.1091 42 12 6 6 59 29 24 36
81 Syria 0.0893 39 11 6 10 26 26 27 41
82 Rwanda 0.0887 4 1 1 3 5 10 5 113
83 Sierra Leone 0.0875 4 1 1 8 8 21 10 117
84 Iceland 0.0872 15 4 3 23 19 65 30 84
85 Liberia 0.0828 6 1 3 6 5 18 10 107
86 El Salvador 0.0822 32 9 5 6 22 21 20 52
87 Lesotho 0.0776 7 2 1 3 7 13 6 101
88 Cyprus 0.0729 3 0 3 25 13 87 28 119
89 Venezuela 0.0649 7 1 4 13 8 46 18 104
90 North Korea 0.0612 34 10 4 5 30 22 19 48
91 Qatar 0.0605 40 12 4 8 38 20 24 39
92 United Arab Emirates 0.0550 27 8 3 7 37 23 18 58
93 Mexico 0.0535 11 2 5 5 16 20 12 93
94 Upper Volta 0.0508 1 0 1 4 3 17 5 123
95 Costa Rica 0.0490 18 3 9 4 16 18 16 75
96 Malaysia 0.0484 28 7 7 5 37 25 19 56
97 Guatemala 0.0448 19 5 4 3 17 5 12 72
98 Malta 0.0421 5 1 2 23 15 98 26 112
99 Gabon 0.0410 2 0 2 2 3 9 4 120
100 Cuba 0.0382 15 4 3 2 11 8 9 81
101 Iraq 0.0348 25 8 1 3 19 13 12 62
102 Thailand 0.0268 27 8 3 8 28 29 19 59
103 Indonesia 0.0249 30 9 3 12 23 39 24 54
104 India 0.0234 19 5 4 5 15 15 14 73
105 United States 0.0216 15 4 3 3 12 11 10 82
106 Luxembourg 0.0168 1 0 1 29 10 103 30 126
107 Hong Kong 0.0155 28 7 7 7 36 25 21 57
108 Japan 0.0125 22 7 1 4 19 7 12 68
109 Singapore 0.0124 6 1 3 10 7 29 14 108
110 Suriname 0.0120 12 3 3 4 9 13 10 90
111 Haiti 0.0086 9 2 3 8 6 20 13 98
112 Taiwan 0.0050 6 1 3 10 6 44 14 110
113 Jordan 0.0037 7 2 1 5 10 17 8 102
114 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0033 6 1 3 4 3 9 8 106
115 Bangladesh 0.0033 14 4 2 13 20 48 19 87
116 Fiji 0.0026 6 1 3 4 6 35 8 109
117 Bahrain 0.0023 4 1 1 6 2 11 8 116
118 Sri Lanka 0.0023 7 2 1 5 11 23 8 103
119 Netherlands Antilles 0.0021 4 0 4 2 1 6 6 114
120 Panama 0.0015 1 0 1 9 3 28 10 124
121 Afghanistan 0.0008 2 0 2 6 5 31 8 121
122 Nepal 0.0008 1 0 1 7 0 41 8 125
123 Oman 0.0004 4 1 1 2 9 15 4 115
124 Guyana 0.0003 1 0 1 5 1 11 6 122
125 Macao 0 9 3 0 9 8 31 12 99
125 Pakistan 0 3 1 0 3 4 14 4 118
125 Philippines 0 0 0 0 8 4 26 8 127
125 North Yemen 0 0 0 0 8 3 30 8 128
125 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 129

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

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Includes all competitive matches during the eight-year window: Qualifying and final tournament matches of the World Cup and the continental championships of FIFAs confederations, and the Confederations Cup.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.