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

World 1983-90

1982-89 1984-91

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Germany 7.2362 87 25 12 6 84 35 43 2
2 France 6.0963 76 22 10 8 62 30 40 9
3 Brazil 5.8116 70 20 10 4 57 16 34 12
4 Argentina 4.6115 60 16 12 7 43 27 35 20
5 Italy 4.1691 59 17 8 7 44 26 32 22
6 Soviet Union 3.7097 81 23 12 8 72 30 43 5
7 Denmark 3.3292 70 21 7 11 71 36 39 13
8 Cameroon 3.0088 78 23 9 11 67 47 43 7
9 England 2.8271 77 21 14 7 79 21 42 8
10 Yugoslavia 2.6776 69 21 6 9 60 44 36 14
11 Netherlands 2.5888 80 24 8 7 70 22 39 6
12 Spain 2.5466 93 29 6 11 100 44 46 1
13 Czechoslovakia 2.5062 63 18 9 9 57 32 36 16
14 Belgium 2.4039 66 18 12 13 69 54 43 15
15 Romania 2.2684 54 15 9 10 46 29 34 27
16 Portugal 2.0325 60 17 9 11 43 39 37 21
17 Uruguay 1.9824 59 18 5 11 42 30 34 23
18 Algeria 1.9128 82 22 16 5 80 42 43 4
19 Mexico 1.8777 11 3 2 0 6 2 5 97
20 Paraguay 1.7505 36 9 9 9 34 35 27 45
21 Ireland 1.5810 61 16 13 10 49 28 39 18
22 Chile 1.5464 43 13 4 7 50 25 24 38
23 Scotland 1.4724 53 14 11 11 41 35 36 30
24 Morocco 1.3981 53 12 17 8 42 25 37 29
25 Nigeria 1.3874 73 20 13 11 73 48 44 11
26 Ivory Coast 1.3865 60 17 9 9 57 29 35 19
27 Colombia 1.2865 45 12 9 9 36 29 30 36
28 East Germany 1.2350 47 14 5 10 45 31 29 33
29 Bulgaria 1.2243 46 13 7 13 42 33 33 34
30 Northern Ireland 1.1866 40 11 7 15 26 39 33 39
31 Egypt 1.1476 62 16 14 12 48 37 42 17
32 Wales 1.0697 31 8 7 9 24 22 24 51
33 Sweden 1.0449 53 16 5 9 49 24 30 28
34 Senegal 1.0198 37 10 7 7 25 16 24 42
35 Hungary 0.9046 55 16 7 13 58 56 36 25
36 Zambia 0.8511 45 13 6 12 36 24 31 35
37 Switzerland 0.8078 33 7 12 11 32 41 30 49
38 Peru 0.7619 25 5 10 9 25 32 24 61
39 Austria 0.6436 37 10 7 13 31 43 30 44
40 Libya 0.5753 24 7 3 4 19 13 14 62
41 Bolivia 0.5367 16 3 7 8 12 28 18 86
42 Zaire 0.5337 28 6 10 7 27 21 23 56
43 Poland 0.5319 38 10 8 12 27 39 30 40
44 Norway 0.5007 24 5 9 16 24 37 30 64
45 Greece 0.4943 34 9 7 12 30 47 28 46
46 Tunisia 0.4744 33 10 3 14 25 29 27 48
47 Sierra Leone 0.4648 18 5 3 4 14 16 12 81
48 Sudan 0.4541 25 6 7 4 16 22 17 60
49 Ecuador 0.4454 13 2 7 9 15 32 18 94
50 Costa Rica 0.4430 37 10 7 5 27 21 22 43
51 Uganda 0.4333 22 7 1 6 18 19 14 68
52 Ghana 0.4315 25 6 7 7 17 20 20 59
53 Gabon 0.4013 22 6 4 8 21 26 18 69
54 Mali 0.3908 19 4 7 3 15 20 14 80
55 Finland 0.3728 22 5 7 13 17 46 25 71
56 Angola 0.3552 24 6 6 10 21 28 22 63
57 Iceland 0.3242 24 6 6 18 19 47 30 66
58 Zimbabwe 0.3086 30 8 6 7 28 29 21 53
59 Kenya 0.2633 24 4 12 13 26 43 29 65
60 Malawi 0.2537 28 6 10 10 27 31 26 57
61 Congo 0.2524 11 3 2 3 13 15 8 98
62 Madagascar 0.2481 14 4 2 6 9 14 12 90
63 Turkey 0.2195 20 5 5 20 23 68 30 79
64 Upper Volta 0.2081 12 4 0 3 7 8 7 95
65 Guinea 0.1810 16 4 4 8 12 27 16 85
66 Mozambique 0.1688 14 3 5 9 23 32 17 92
67 Liberia 0.1562 16 4 4 8 9 18 16 84
68 Honduras 0.1380 20 5 5 2 16 10 12 78
69 South Korea 0.1292 83 25 8 9 82 26 42 3
70 Gambia 0.1280 9 3 0 5 9 16 8 100
71 Cyprus 0.1238 4 0 4 27 17 82 31 113
72 Togo 0.1215 13 3 4 8 11 21 15 93
73 Tanzania 0.1156 9 1 6 4 9 15 11 99
74 Malta 0.1004 6 0 6 27 17 107 33 109
75 Ethiopia 0.0940 14 4 2 5 17 23 11 91
76 Swaziland 0.0931 7 1 4 4 9 20 9 105
77 Australia 0.0922 20 5 5 2 26 9 12 76
78 Canada 0.0886 21 6 3 4 14 12 13 74
79 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0811 21 5 6 5 15 13 16 73
80 United States 0.0787 30 8 6 5 21 15 19 52
81 Israel 0.0768 17 4 5 3 22 11 12 82
82 Albania 0.0757 6 1 3 22 15 61 26 108
83 Saudi Arabia 0.0617 52 14 10 3 46 17 27 31
84 Mauritania 0.0604 7 2 1 5 8 16 8 104
85 China 0.0597 75 23 6 9 84 21 38 10
86 Somalia 0.0518 5 1 2 1 4 9 4 110
87 Benin 0.0462 3 0 3 6 6 20 9 116
88 Guatemala 0.0451 14 4 2 6 14 13 12 89
89 Iran 0.0427 56 16 8 3 55 23 27 24
90 Syria 0.0407 51 15 6 8 37 29 29 32
91 Venezuela 0.0369 3 0 3 17 11 62 20 118
92 New Zealand 0.0362 20 6 2 4 26 15 12 77
93 Kuwait 0.0333 37 10 7 5 35 14 22 41
94 United Arab Emirates 0.0264 54 16 6 11 64 37 33 26
95 El Salvador 0.0256 21 6 3 5 23 10 14 72
96 Qatar 0.0254 44 12 8 7 39 21 27 37
97 Luxembourg 0.0232 2 0 2 29 13 99 31 122
98 Bahrain 0.0217 14 3 5 3 13 9 11 88
99 North Korea 0.0101 29 8 5 6 19 13 19 54
100 Indonesia 0.0090 32 9 5 8 21 29 22 50
101 Panama 0.0090 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 124
102 Japan 0.0078 33 9 6 7 28 17 22 47
103 Suriname 0.0072 5 1 2 3 4 10 6 111
104 Iraq 0.0070 27 8 3 6 26 20 17 58
105 Mauritius 0.0069 2 0 2 6 3 18 8 120
106 Thailand 0.0053 22 6 4 12 20 40 22 70
107 Jordan 0.0052 17 4 5 9 15 27 18 83
108 India 0.0051 21 5 6 8 16 21 19 75
109 Malaysia 0.0047 28 8 4 6 28 20 18 55
110 Jamaica 0.0044 7 2 1 1 4 6 4 102
111 South Yemen 0.0039 2 0 2 3 5 11 5 119
112 Hong Kong 0.0034 22 5 7 10 26 26 22 67
113 Singapore 0.0030 12 3 3 8 17 24 14 96
114 Netherlands Antilles 0.0029 7 2 1 3 4 11 6 103
115 North Yemen 0.0026 6 1 3 13 8 40 17 107
116 Oman 0.0013 9 2 3 5 13 24 10 101
117 Bangladesh 0.0009 15 4 3 15 16 41 22 87
118 Guyana 0.0005 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 123
119 Pakistan 0.0003 3 1 0 11 6 38 12 117
120 Nepal 0.0002 2 0 2 16 0 76 18 121
121 Sri Lanka 0.0002 4 1 1 2 6 11 4 112
122 Afghanistan 0.0002 1 0 1 3 1 20 4 125
123 Macao 0 6 2 0 4 4 15 6 106
123 Haiti 0 3 1 0 5 5 11 6 114
123 Antigua and Barbuda 0 3 1 0 3 3 9 4 115
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.