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

World 1990-97

1989-96 1991-98

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Brazil 7.6387 115 35 10 6 113 37 51 3
2 Germany 7.0975 109 33 10 5 103 45 48 7
3 Italy 6.7972 118 34 16 5 88 30 55 2
4 Denmark 4.9319 102 29 15 6 82 34 50 10
5 Spain 4.0249 109 32 13 7 115 39 52 6
6 Argentina 3.0639 111 30 21 11 103 66 62 5
7 Netherlands 2.9548 106 31 13 9 117 37 53 9
8 England 2.5173 72 19 15 5 65 25 39 38
9 Yugoslavia 2.5072 60 19 3 3 73 18 25 45
10 Czechoslovakia 2.3619 93 27 12 15 97 50 54 15
11 France 2.3472 74 21 11 4 66 23 36 35
12 Norway 2.3423 79 23 10 6 73 20 39 25
13 Romania 2.3140 100 30 10 10 112 48 50 11
14 Portugal 2.2898 85 25 10 7 75 22 42 21
15 Bulgaria 2.2110 86 26 8 12 89 52 46 19
16 Nigeria 2.0953 99 29 12 9 87 32 50 13
17 Sweden 2.0282 70 20 10 12 68 46 42 39
18 Mexico 2.0223 127 36 19 13 161 60 68 1
19 Cameroon 1.4606 100 27 19 11 72 52 57 12
20 Colombia 1.4258 78 21 15 16 77 59 52 31
21 Croatia 1.3585 48 14 6 4 47 23 24 62
22 Ghana 1.3501 86 26 8 10 56 28 44 20
23 Uruguay 1.3327 76 21 13 16 62 57 50 32
24 Ireland 1.3187 79 20 19 11 77 43 50 26
25 Switzerland 1.3033 67 19 10 12 74 43 41 42
26 Zambia 1.2103 113 34 11 12 90 36 57 4
27 Belgium 1.1511 78 24 6 14 73 45 44 30
28 Soviet Union 1.1179 86 25 11 9 97 36 45 18
29 Scotland 0.8828 83 24 11 11 65 34 46 23
30 United States 0.8290 79 23 10 15 69 55 48 27
31 South Africa 0.8239 47 14 5 8 34 26 27 63
32 Saudi Arabia 0.7507 96 28 12 11 93 44 51 14
33 Paraguay 0.7386 57 16 9 13 44 46 38 51
34 Algeria 0.7258 75 21 12 10 63 39 43 33
35 Australia 0.7224 56 17 5 3 70 17 25 52
36 Chile 0.6972 40 11 7 14 50 41 32 74
37 Bolivia 0.6870 57 15 12 17 59 56 44 50
38 Ecuador 0.6752 54 15 9 17 55 43 41 54
39 Egypt 0.6466 83 22 17 16 90 44 55 22
40 Greece 0.6057 63 19 6 12 55 34 37 44
41 Tunisia 0.5834 68 18 14 5 55 23 37 41
42 Ivory Coast 0.5796 74 21 11 12 59 48 44 36
43 Poland 0.5552 43 11 10 13 42 45 34 70
44 Austria 0.5468 59 18 5 18 69 51 41 46
45 Costa Rica 0.5290 88 26 10 22 93 70 58 16
46 Ukraine 0.4560 34 10 4 8 22 24 22 85
47 Morocco 0.4558 78 23 9 11 64 26 43 28
48 Turkey 0.4535 39 11 6 18 49 55 35 77
49 Zimbabwe 0.4288 56 15 11 12 49 45 38 53
50 Iran 0.3992 87 25 12 8 133 38 45 17
51 Peru 0.3947 44 12 8 19 43 62 39 68
52 Wales 0.3639 45 13 6 15 56 58 34 64
53 Hungary 0.3595 37 9 10 15 34 53 34 81
54 Northern Ireland 0.3573 51 13 12 15 51 49 40 57
55 Guinea 0.3480 59 17 8 15 58 42 40 47
56 Slovakia 0.3279 30 9 3 8 32 32 20 93
57 South Korea 0.3279 74 22 8 9 86 36 39 34
58 Japan 0.3127 82 24 10 5 100 32 39 24
59 Gabon 0.3098 57 15 12 11 41 37 38 49
60 Sierra Leone 0.3004 42 12 6 12 27 33 30 71
61 Angola 0.2956 51 13 12 11 43 33 36 56
62 Lithuania 0.2929 42 12 6 14 32 41 32 72
63 Jamaica 0.2902 107 31 14 12 90 60 57 8
64 United Arab Emirates 0.2853 67 19 10 10 56 46 39 43
65 Zaire 0.2831 58 15 13 16 53 39 44 48
66 Georgia 0.2740 25 8 1 9 21 22 18 101
67 Israel 0.2724 31 8 7 13 32 47 28 90
68 Finland 0.2707 40 11 7 18 43 56 36 76
69 Senegal 0.2371 49 13 10 18 45 47 41 60
70 Iceland 0.2265 31 8 7 19 28 44 34 91
71 Congo 0.2264 29 7 8 14 20 30 29 95
72 Mali 0.2249 44 13 5 15 38 41 33 67
73 China 0.2157 72 22 6 9 77 34 37 37
74 Burundi 0.2030 17 4 5 2 13 13 11 121
75 Kuwait 0.1869 50 14 8 8 60 28 30 58
76 Madagascar 0.1837 18 5 3 3 13 9 11 120
77 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.1719 9 3 0 5 9 14 8 149
78 Kenya 0.1699 39 11 6 14 34 40 31 78
79 El Salvador 0.1621 69 20 9 20 72 68 49 40
80 Mozambique 0.1576 45 12 9 14 39 43 35 65
81 Macedonia 0.1574 20 5 5 10 31 36 20 115
82 Honduras 0.1549 78 23 9 15 88 58 47 29
83 Latvia 0.1453 27 7 6 19 25 55 32 99
84 Slovenia 0.1290 12 3 3 12 18 33 18 139
85 Sudan 0.1258 25 7 4 11 17 29 22 102
86 Liberia 0.1243 31 8 7 11 20 31 26 89
87 Burkina Faso 0.1223 23 6 5 12 27 43 23 108
88 Cyprus 0.1219 24 6 6 24 26 78 36 103
89 Uganda 0.1187 32 7 11 8 28 38 26 88
90 Togo 0.1176 36 9 9 19 30 51 37 82
91 Canada 0.1144 49 13 10 13 47 63 36 61
92 Iraq 0.1127 43 13 4 6 61 25 23 69
93 Qatar 0.1110 49 15 4 9 59 28 28 59
94 Belarus 0.0949 15 4 3 13 13 34 20 129
95 Malawi 0.0934 23 6 5 13 22 37 24 107
96 Ethiopia 0.0926 22 5 7 24 22 75 36 111
97 Guatemala 0.0917 40 11 7 11 25 31 29 75
98 Tanzania 0.0914 23 6 5 13 24 31 24 106
99 Swaziland 0.0901 9 2 3 5 5 17 10 150
100 Armenia 0.0839 13 2 7 11 13 34 20 136
101 Namibia 0.0758 28 6 10 14 27 53 30 98
102 Albania 0.0737 20 5 5 29 25 83 39 116
103 Niger 0.0690 23 7 2 7 19 17 16 105
104 Luxembourg 0.0571 11 3 2 27 9 74 32 146
105 Venezuela 0.0558 8 1 5 31 23 116 37 154
106 Uzbekistan 0.0523 28 8 4 7 41 31 19 97
107 Cuba 0.0513 34 11 1 7 43 24 19 84
108 North Korea 0.0512 33 10 3 6 34 23 19 87
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0508 52 16 4 16 81 45 36 55
110 Syria 0.0492 34 10 4 6 53 21 20 83
111 Kazakhstan 0.0487 21 6 3 7 23 27 16 113
112 Azerbaijan 0.0439 4 1 1 16 5 51 18 169
113 Panama 0.0409 29 8 5 13 31 45 26 96
114 Martinique 0.0403 44 13 5 6 50 33 24 66
115 Benin 0.0396 11 2 5 21 15 59 28 145
116 Chad 0.0360 8 2 2 2 6 7 6 153
117 Moldova 0.0344 9 3 0 15 13 48 18 151
118 Thailand 0.0315 38 11 5 10 55 37 26 79
119 Mauritania 0.0301 12 2 6 12 8 32 20 140
120 Faroe Islands 0.0251 16 5 1 32 24 130 38 126
121 Malaysia 0.0234 25 6 7 4 28 18 17 100
122 Malta 0.0224 8 1 5 32 9 105 38 155
123 Bermuda 0.0196 14 4 2 6 16 19 12 132
124 New Zealand 0.0184 20 6 2 6 28 14 14 114
125 Tajikistan 0.0166 16 5 1 2 19 7 8 123
126 Indonesia 0.0156 19 4 7 11 31 38 22 118
127 Gambia 0.0143 6 2 0 2 4 8 4 163
128 Singapore 0.0140 29 8 5 8 32 31 21 94
129 Mauritius 0.0135 2 0 2 16 7 41 18 172
130 Yemen 0.0133 22 6 4 8 24 28 18 110
131 Oman 0.0131 33 10 3 7 47 17 20 86
132 Lesotho 0.0125 7 1 4 3 8 17 8 159
133 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0121 42 12 6 21 66 104 39 73
134 Guinea-Bissau 0.0117 3 1 0 7 6 23 8 171
135 Kyrgyzstan 0.0113 12 4 0 5 15 18 9 137
136 Haiti 0.0105 14 4 2 2 15 13 8 131
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0104 30 7 9 6 32 31 22 92
138 Lebanon 0.0097 21 5 6 5 19 22 16 112
139 Botswana 0.0095 5 0 5 13 6 46 18 165
140 Estonia 0.0094 5 1 2 27 8 74 30 167
141 Saint Lucia 0.0082 37 11 4 11 37 37 26 80
142 Jordan 0.0082 16 4 4 6 20 20 14 124
143 Bahrain 0.0076 15 4 3 7 13 20 14 128
144 Hong Kong 0.0073 19 5 4 9 25 33 18 119
145 Grenada 0.0063 19 5 4 6 25 25 15 117
146 Liechtenstein 0.0058 1 0 1 19 4 92 20 178
147 Fiji 0.0056 13 4 1 3 10 10 8 133
148 Papua New Guinea 0.0049 7 2 1 3 5 13 6 157
149 Suriname 0.0046 13 3 4 4 9 13 11 134
150 Turkmenistan 0.0036 7 2 1 7 11 21 10 160
151 Dominican Republic 0.0036 23 6 5 7 25 41 18 109
152 French Guiana 0.0028 11 3 2 7 16 20 12 141
153 San Marino 0.0028 1 0 1 35 5 157 36 179
154 Cayman Islands 0.0020 11 3 2 9 16 39 14 143
155 Barbados 0.0017 23 7 2 6 24 14 15 104
156 Guadeloupe 0.0017 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 156
157 Puerto Rico 0.0015 17 5 2 10 21 36 17 122
158 Dominica 0.0014 15 4 3 7 22 24 14 127
159 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0013 13 3 4 8 20 29 15 135
160 Sint Maarten 0.0011 16 5 1 4 11 12 10 125
161 Guyana 0.0010 15 4 3 12 20 49 19 130
162 Solomon Islands 0.0010 7 1 4 7 15 39 12 162
163 Taiwan 0.0010 5 1 2 14 8 60 17 166
164 India 0.0009 11 3 2 10 16 44 15 144
165 Vietnam 0.0008 6 2 0 14 10 44 16 164
166 Netherlands Antilles 0.0004 12 3 3 4 14 19 10 138
167 Myanmar 0.0004 7 2 1 3 11 20 6 158
168 Belize 0.0004 1 0 1 5 4 13 6 173
169 Macao 0.0003 11 3 2 13 15 90 18 147
170 Tahiti 0.0003 11 3 2 7 10 32 12 142
171 Cambodia 0.0003 1 0 1 5 2 27 6 176
172 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 4 1 1 5 9 21 7 168
173 Vanuatu 0.0001 1 0 1 5 3 21 6 174
174 Bangladesh 0.0001 9 3 0 13 11 49 16 152
175 Sri Lanka 0.0001 10 3 1 13 9 55 17 148
176 Aruba 0.0000 3 1 0 7 10 25 8 170
177 Nepal 0.0000 1 0 1 11 4 45 12 177
178 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 161
178 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 8 5 28 9 175
178 Philippines 0 0 0 0 6 1 30 6 180
178 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 12 6 45 12 181
178 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 16 5 74 16 182
178 Maldives 0 0 0 0 12 4 89 12 183

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.