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

World 1989-96

1988-95 1990-97

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Germany 7.0993 100 30 10 5 95 41 45 7
2 Italy 6.7746 102 30 12 5 79 29 47 6
3 Denmark 5.1703 100 29 13 6 85 33 48 8
4 Brazil 4.7811 111 33 12 6 101 34 51 2
5 Spain 3.9457 109 32 13 8 118 39 53 3
6 Yugoslavia 3.6658 56 18 2 3 58 17 23 48
7 Netherlands 3.0642 106 31 13 8 111 37 52 5
8 France 2.8848 82 23 13 5 72 26 41 18
9 Czechoslovakia 2.6488 87 25 12 11 88 41 48 14
10 England 2.6329 73 19 16 4 67 24 39 31
11 Mexico 2.5755 98 29 11 9 122 38 49 10
12 Argentina 2.5118 94 25 19 11 88 61 55 11
13 Romania 2.4603 88 26 10 11 89 48 47 13
14 Nigeria 2.4212 107 31 14 10 94 35 55 4
15 Portugal 2.4075 85 25 10 9 78 28 44 16
16 Norway 2.2773 73 21 10 8 67 24 39 32
17 Sweden 1.9292 65 18 11 11 66 43 40 37
18 Ireland 1.8178 83 22 17 8 71 32 47 17
19 Cameroon 1.7641 99 28 15 12 70 53 55 9
20 Bulgaria 1.7125 77 23 8 14 81 51 45 24
21 Colombia 1.6380 80 21 17 11 73 49 49 20
22 Ghana 1.5756 78 24 6 8 51 26 38 23
23 Zambia 1.4503 112 35 7 15 90 36 57 1
24 Croatia 1.4121 30 9 3 3 28 11 15 85
25 Belgium 1.3812 74 22 8 13 69 41 43 30
26 Switzerland 1.2880 64 18 10 14 72 47 42 38
27 Soviet Union 1.1649 86 25 11 8 94 33 44 15
28 Uruguay 1.1184 73 21 10 12 58 39 43 33
29 Scotland 1.1028 77 22 11 12 62 41 45 25
30 South Africa 1.0530 36 11 3 5 23 16 19 69
31 Algeria 0.9706 79 22 13 9 64 37 44 21
32 Egypt 0.9202 90 24 18 15 86 41 57 12
33 United States 0.8018 77 23 8 15 58 49 46 26
34 Ivory Coast 0.7619 76 21 13 13 66 49 47 28
35 Greece 0.6908 57 17 6 13 50 44 36 47
36 Paraguay 0.6790 51 14 9 12 42 47 35 52
37 Costa Rica 0.6268 80 25 5 18 76 51 48 19
38 Bolivia 0.6129 42 10 12 14 46 50 36 62
39 Austria 0.6017 50 14 8 18 61 53 40 54
40 Gabon 0.5589 64 18 10 11 49 38 39 39
41 Zimbabwe 0.5378 56 15 11 11 48 51 37 50
42 Chile 0.5259 36 10 6 11 42 36 27 70
43 Northern Ireland 0.5187 52 14 10 14 52 49 38 51
44 Hungary 0.5183 37 9 10 14 32 46 33 68
45 Ecuador 0.5149 43 12 7 16 42 34 35 59
46 Poland 0.4780 40 10 10 13 38 44 33 65
47 Tunisia 0.4520 62 16 14 10 50 33 40 40
48 Saudi Arabia 0.4195 78 22 12 9 77 38 43 22
49 Turkey 0.4119 35 10 5 20 42 53 35 74
50 Wales 0.4075 46 13 7 15 51 52 35 57
51 Israel 0.3605 32 7 11 12 32 49 30 80
52 Ukraine 0.3593 19 6 1 6 14 17 13 103
53 Zaire 0.3531 57 15 12 15 50 35 42 45
54 Morocco 0.3130 60 16 12 13 50 30 41 42
55 Sierra Leone 0.2992 35 10 5 10 23 30 25 73
56 Senegal 0.2835 50 14 8 16 46 42 38 55
57 Iceland 0.2745 29 7 8 18 22 42 33 88
58 Congo 0.2692 22 5 7 12 16 25 24 101
59 Lithuania 0.2664 31 9 4 12 25 37 25 84
60 South Korea 0.2568 74 22 8 8 88 29 38 29
61 Angola 0.2513 43 11 10 15 42 41 36 60
62 El Salvador 0.2489 57 17 6 17 61 55 40 46
63 Jamaica 0.2454 76 23 7 10 65 43 40 27
64 Burundi 0.2380 17 4 5 2 13 13 11 112
65 Guinea 0.2269 45 12 9 13 50 41 34 58
66 Honduras 0.2204 71 21 8 13 80 53 42 35
67 Mali 0.1947 41 11 8 13 35 39 32 64
68 Peru 0.1892 19 3 10 18 31 54 31 106
69 Liberia 0.1869 28 7 7 8 15 17 22 89
70 Slovakia 0.1797 23 7 2 5 26 23 14 97
71 Canada 0.1793 43 12 7 7 42 43 26 61
72 Madagascar 0.1792 18 5 3 3 13 9 11 107
73 Finland 0.1679 32 9 5 20 36 58 34 81
74 Burkina Faso 0.1575 23 6 5 7 20 28 18 99
75 Uganda 0.1547 32 7 11 8 28 38 26 79
76 Sudan 0.1524 29 8 5 11 23 35 24 87
77 Japan 0.1466 56 16 8 5 52 23 29 49
78 Iran 0.1408 72 22 6 6 88 26 34 34
79 Latvia 0.1341 18 4 6 16 18 48 26 110
80 Cyprus 0.1285 17 4 5 27 24 82 36 114
81 Malawi 0.1279 28 6 10 13 23 36 29 90
82 China 0.1271 66 21 3 9 71 25 33 36
83 Kenya 0.1268 35 9 8 14 33 40 31 72
84 Slovenia 0.1265 11 3 2 7 13 17 12 131
85 United Arab Emirates 0.1257 61 17 10 6 54 32 33 41
86 Kuwait 0.1242 39 11 6 5 49 22 22 66
87 Belarus 0.1226 15 4 3 7 11 20 14 119
88 Australia 0.1213 34 10 4 2 38 9 16 76
89 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1162 57 17 6 17 79 47 40 44
90 Togo 0.1147 25 6 7 14 19 37 27 93
91 Ethiopia 0.1122 24 6 6 21 22 64 33 96
92 Armenia 0.1116 8 1 5 8 8 24 14 146
93 Tanzania 0.1114 18 5 3 11 20 26 19 108
94 Mozambique 0.1071 35 9 8 15 29 41 32 75
95 Qatar 0.1060 57 16 9 6 64 26 31 43
96 Georgia 0.1056 15 5 0 7 14 16 12 118
97 Swaziland 0.1040 10 2 4 6 6 20 12 138
98 Guatemala 0.1012 33 9 6 15 19 35 30 78
99 Macedonia 0.1001 14 3 5 7 24 26 15 122
100 East Germany 0.0841 7 2 1 3 6 10 6 148
101 Azerbaijan 0.0739 4 1 1 11 3 37 13 159
102 Iraq 0.0730 48 14 6 5 58 22 25 56
103 Niger 0.0697 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 98
104 Albania 0.0659 17 4 5 27 21 81 36 115
105 Luxembourg 0.0603 12 3 3 26 10 74 32 129
106 Panama 0.0568 25 7 4 11 29 37 22 92
107 Martinique 0.0519 29 8 5 5 31 28 18 86
108 Malta 0.0496 9 1 6 31 8 102 38 144
109 Cuba 0.0494 31 10 1 7 41 24 18 82
110 North Korea 0.0460 50 15 5 10 47 32 30 53
111 Venezuela 0.0459 7 1 4 28 25 120 33 154
112 Chad 0.0408 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 145
113 Namibia 0.0392 19 4 7 9 19 36 20 105
114 Moldova 0.0353 9 3 0 10 13 35 13 141
115 Mauritania 0.0348 12 2 6 12 8 32 20 128
116 Bermuda 0.0330 14 4 2 4 14 15 10 121
117 Benin 0.0286 9 2 3 18 13 52 23 143
118 Syria 0.0278 31 9 4 5 31 20 18 83
119 New Zealand 0.0269 15 4 3 5 20 15 12 117
120 Thailand 0.0267 37 11 4 13 52 45 28 67
121 Faroe Islands 0.0235 10 3 1 29 19 121 33 140
122 Gambia 0.0205 6 2 0 2 4 8 4 155
123 Mauritius 0.0168 1 0 1 14 5 36 15 169
124 Malaysia 0.0145 24 6 6 5 31 23 17 94
125 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0139 42 12 6 19 63 94 37 63
126 Indonesia 0.0139 18 4 6 12 25 42 22 109
127 Saint Lucia 0.0138 34 10 4 10 34 34 24 77
128 Haiti 0.0135 14 4 2 2 15 13 8 120
129 Lesotho 0.0121 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 151
130 Singapore 0.0118 35 10 5 8 42 32 23 71
131 Botswana 0.0106 5 0 5 13 6 46 18 158
132 Liechtenstein 0.0105 1 0 1 13 3 61 14 171
133 Hong Kong 0.0101 19 4 7 9 27 33 20 104
134 Lebanon 0.0099 17 4 5 3 15 15 12 111
135 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0094 24 5 9 3 28 21 17 95
136 Estonia 0.0088 4 1 1 20 5 59 22 160
137 Guinea-Bissau 0.0086 3 1 0 7 6 23 8 163
138 Oman 0.0070 25 7 4 9 37 24 20 91
139 Yemen 0.0063 14 4 2 6 14 21 12 123
140 Suriname 0.0062 13 3 4 4 9 13 11 124
141 Bahrain 0.0053 12 3 3 4 10 11 10 126
142 Dominican Republic 0.0047 23 6 5 7 25 41 18 100
143 Jordan 0.0042 16 4 4 8 19 25 16 116
144 Kazakhstan 0.0042 3 1 0 3 1 6 4 162
145 French Guiana 0.0039 10 3 1 6 14 16 10 135
146 Fiji 0.0034 7 2 1 1 6 3 4 147
147 San Marino 0.0029 1 0 1 31 5 136 32 172
148 Cayman Islands 0.0027 11 3 2 9 16 39 14 132
149 Guadeloupe 0.0025 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 149
150 Turkmenistan 0.0023 1 0 1 3 3 8 4 165
151 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0020 13 3 4 6 19 24 13 125
152 Puerto Rico 0.0018 17 5 2 10 21 36 17 113
153 Grenada 0.0016 11 3 2 4 13 15 9 130
154 Sint Maarten 0.0013 10 3 1 3 5 9 7 136
155 Barbados 0.0012 19 6 1 6 21 13 13 102
156 India 0.0011 11 3 2 10 16 44 15 134
157 Vietnam 0.0009 6 2 0 8 8 23 10 157
158 Kyrgyzstan 0.0007 3 1 0 3 3 7 4 161
159 Guyana 0.0007 11 3 2 10 15 40 15 133
160 Netherlands Antilles 0.0006 12 3 3 3 13 17 9 127
161 Dominica 0.0006 6 1 3 5 9 14 9 156
162 Bangladesh 0.0005 9 3 0 13 11 44 16 142
163 Taiwan 0.0005 1 0 1 10 4 47 11 170
164 Myanmar 0.0004 7 2 1 3 11 20 6 150
165 Macao 0.0003 7 2 1 9 12 62 12 153
166 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 1 0 1 3 2 10 4 166
167 Sri Lanka 0.0001 10 3 1 13 9 55 17 139
168 Tahiti 0 10 3 1 4 8 20 8 137
168 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 152
168 Solomon Islands 0 2 0 2 5 7 17 7 164
168 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 5 3 16 6 167
168 Vanuatu 0 1 0 1 4 2 19 5 168
168 North Yemen 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 4 173
168 Belize 0 0 0 0 4 3 11 4 174
168 Aruba 0 0 0 0 6 8 18 6 175
168 Maldives 0 0 0 0 6 4 30 6 176
168 Philippines 0 0 0 0 6 1 30 6 177
168 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 10 4 34 10 178
168 Nepal 0 0 0 0 12 2 54 12 179
168 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 16 3 64 16 180

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.