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

World 1982-89

1981-88 1983-90

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 5.9179 73 21 10 4 68 20 35 10
2 France 5.6276 78 22 12 10 73 40 44 8
3 Soviet Union 4.9774 85 24 13 7 75 30 44 2
4 West Germany 4.7876 78 22 12 9 78 39 43 7
5 Italy 4.1275 52 14 10 7 43 31 31 29
6 Netherlands 4.1170 78 24 6 5 66 19 35 6
7 Argentina 3.8780 57 16 9 8 46 30 33 19
8 Denmark 3.5229 73 22 7 10 74 36 39 11
9 England 3.2454 79 22 13 6 88 17 41 5
10 Spain 2.9847 89 27 8 11 89 44 46 1
11 Belgium 2.6356 73 20 13 12 71 54 45 12
12 Cameroon 2.6181 70 19 13 7 59 36 39 13
13 Algeria 2.4835 80 21 17 8 77 51 46 4
14 Romania 2.1111 56 16 8 7 46 22 31 22
15 Czechoslovakia 2.0005 52 13 13 7 48 31 33 28
16 Portugal 1.9990 62 18 8 11 46 40 37 14
17 Uruguay 1.7860 55 17 4 9 40 25 30 23
18 Mexico 1.7098 11 3 2 0 6 2 5 94
19 Ireland 1.6855 57 16 9 10 47 29 35 18
20 Sweden 1.6664 57 17 6 7 49 22 30 17
21 Paraguay 1.5967 36 9 9 9 34 35 27 43
22 Poland 1.5881 50 13 11 13 41 46 37 33
23 Ivory Coast 1.4778 54 15 9 7 52 24 31 25
24 Austria 1.4283 49 14 7 12 44 40 33 34
25 Morocco 1.4056 50 11 17 8 38 25 36 31
26 Egypt 1.3184 57 15 12 8 44 29 35 20
27 Scotland 1.3118 50 13 11 12 46 42 36 32
28 Nigeria 1.2682 61 16 13 10 68 46 39 15
29 Libya 1.1162 33 9 6 4 31 23 19 47
30 Chile 1.0987 43 13 4 10 53 33 27 38
31 Colombia 1.0976 41 11 8 7 32 25 26 40
32 Northern Ireland 1.0277 48 13 9 16 31 45 38 35
33 Hungary 1.0248 54 16 6 14 65 59 36 26
34 Peru 1.0219 27 5 12 10 27 38 27 60
35 Bulgaria 1.0016 43 12 7 13 40 33 32 39
36 East Germany 0.9693 47 14 5 11 45 33 30 36
37 Yugoslavia 0.9176 58 17 7 10 52 46 34 16
38 Senegal 0.8434 32 9 5 5 22 13 19 49
39 Switzerland 0.8128 33 7 12 11 31 42 30 48
40 Zambia 0.7258 40 12 4 12 34 23 28 41
41 Wales 0.7175 29 7 8 9 25 25 24 56
42 Ghana 0.6010 25 5 10 7 26 30 22 62
43 Bolivia 0.5330 16 3 7 8 12 28 18 85
44 Zaire 0.5055 25 5 10 6 24 19 21 61
45 Greece 0.4781 34 9 7 12 28 48 28 45
46 Norway 0.4557 24 5 9 16 26 39 30 63
47 Tunisia 0.4388 31 9 4 16 24 33 29 52
48 Ecuador 0.4339 13 2 7 9 15 32 18 92
49 Iceland 0.4215 22 5 7 18 17 48 30 72
50 Sudan 0.3971 22 5 7 4 15 22 16 70
51 Uganda 0.3887 23 7 2 5 20 20 14 65
52 Angola 0.3740 27 7 6 9 26 28 22 59
53 Malawi 0.3381 34 8 10 9 31 30 27 44
54 Kenya 0.3376 23 4 11 10 25 38 25 66
55 South Korea 0.3019 83 25 8 6 81 20 39 3
56 Zimbabwe 0.3011 30 8 6 8 28 31 22 54
57 Finland 0.2980 20 5 5 16 18 52 26 79
58 Mali 0.2974 20 5 5 4 17 21 14 78
59 Gabon 0.2968 19 5 4 9 22 32 18 80
60 Honduras 0.2716 22 5 7 3 18 13 15 68
61 Togo 0.2516 18 5 3 5 14 14 13 81
62 Saudi Arabia 0.2422 52 14 10 3 46 17 27 27
63 Ethiopia 0.2382 15 4 3 5 17 23 12 86
64 Turkey 0.2381 23 6 5 19 24 66 30 67
65 Kuwait 0.2340 38 10 8 7 37 20 25 42
66 Sierra Leone 0.2133 14 4 2 6 11 18 12 91
67 China 0.2102 75 23 6 10 85 23 39 9
68 Liberia 0.2053 16 4 4 8 9 18 16 84
69 Iran 0.1732 56 16 8 3 55 23 27 21
70 Upper Volta 0.1664 6 2 0 2 3 6 4 104
71 Gambia 0.1548 9 3 0 5 9 16 8 98
72 Guinea 0.1510 15 4 3 7 10 24 14 87
73 Mozambique 0.1500 11 2 5 8 21 30 15 95
74 Syria 0.1417 51 15 6 8 37 29 29 30
75 Cyprus 0.1408 4 0 4 26 16 75 30 112
76 United Arab Emirates 0.1387 54 16 6 8 62 26 30 24
77 Madagascar 0.1384 10 3 1 6 8 14 10 96
78 Malta 0.1084 8 1 5 26 18 101 32 100
79 Congo 0.1082 5 1 2 3 10 15 6 107
80 United States 0.1055 30 8 6 2 19 7 16 53
81 Costa Rica 0.1037 31 8 7 3 23 15 18 51
82 Albania 0.1028 7 1 4 21 15 55 26 103
83 Qatar 0.0938 44 12 8 7 39 21 27 37
84 Australia 0.0785 20 5 5 2 26 9 12 77
85 Israel 0.0756 17 4 5 3 22 11 12 82
86 Somalia 0.0750 5 1 2 1 4 9 4 108
87 Canada 0.0739 21 6 3 4 14 12 13 74
88 Bahrain 0.0729 14 3 5 3 13 9 11 89
89 Tanzania 0.0693 9 1 6 4 12 17 11 97
90 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0676 21 5 6 5 15 13 16 73
91 Mauritania 0.0530 4 1 1 2 5 8 4 110
92 North Korea 0.0409 29 8 5 6 19 13 19 55
93 New Zealand 0.0402 23 7 2 7 30 28 16 64
94 Benin 0.0386 2 0 2 4 5 16 6 119
95 Venezuela 0.0340 3 0 3 17 11 62 20 117
96 Japan 0.0296 33 9 6 7 28 17 22 46
97 Indonesia 0.0295 32 9 5 8 21 29 22 50
98 Iraq 0.0288 27 8 3 6 26 20 17 58
99 El Salvador 0.0264 21 6 3 8 24 23 17 75
100 Guatemala 0.0251 14 4 2 6 14 13 12 90
101 Luxembourg 0.0240 2 0 2 30 12 108 32 122
102 Jordan 0.0238 17 4 5 9 15 27 18 83
103 Thailand 0.0184 22 6 4 12 20 40 22 71
104 India 0.0183 21 5 6 8 16 21 19 76
105 Swaziland 0.0176 3 0 3 3 6 13 6 115
106 Malaysia 0.0146 28 8 4 6 28 20 18 57
107 Hong Kong 0.0119 22 5 7 10 26 26 22 69
108 Singapore 0.0115 12 3 3 8 17 24 14 93
109 South Yemen 0.0107 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 118
110 Mauritius 0.0103 2 0 2 6 3 18 8 120
111 Suriname 0.0095 5 1 2 3 4 10 6 109
112 North Yemen 0.0089 6 1 3 13 8 40 17 106
113 Jamaica 0.0088 7 2 1 1 4 6 4 101
114 Netherlands Antilles 0.0059 7 2 1 3 4 11 6 102
115 Oman 0.0052 9 2 3 5 13 24 10 99
116 Panama 0.0033 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 124
117 Bangladesh 0.0031 15 4 3 15 16 41 22 88
118 Pakistan 0.0009 3 1 0 11 6 38 12 116
119 Guyana 0.0007 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 123
120 Sri Lanka 0.0007 4 1 1 2 6 11 4 111
121 Nepal 0.0007 2 0 2 16 0 76 18 121
122 Afghanistan 0.0006 1 0 1 3 1 20 4 125
123 Macao 0 6 2 0 4 4 15 6 105
123 Haiti 0 3 1 0 5 5 11 6 113
123 Antigua and Barbuda 0 3 1 0 3 3 9 4 114
123 Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 4 1 11 4 126
123 Philippines 0 0 0 0 5 3 16 5 127
123 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 2 29 6 128
123 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 8 2 44 8 129

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.