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

World 1991-98

1990-97 1992-99

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 France 6.9189 88 25 13 4 80 26 42 17
2 Brazil 5.7456 127 38 13 8 129 47 59 2
3 Italy 5.4925 111 32 15 5 85 30 52 4
4 Netherlands 5.4726 109 32 13 8 117 39 53 6
5 Denmark 4.4498 106 30 16 8 87 39 54 8
6 Germany 4.1620 102 31 9 7 96 46 47 11
7 Spain 3.8043 103 30 13 7 108 39 50 10
8 Romania 3.6246 106 32 10 8 114 44 50 7
9 Norway 2.8779 84 24 12 7 80 29 43 22
10 Croatia 2.6992 69 21 6 7 65 33 34 40
11 Czechoslovakia 2.5900 87 25 12 12 90 43 49 20
12 England 2.5051 67 18 13 6 65 24 37 41
13 Sweden 2.3300 76 22 10 9 68 41 41 33
14 Argentina 2.2950 111 31 18 10 107 65 59 5
15 Portugal 2.1201 87 26 9 8 80 24 43 19
16 Bulgaria 2.1161 84 25 9 15 86 60 49 23
17 Mexico 2.0989 144 41 21 14 177 69 76 1
18 Ireland 1.8567 77 21 14 11 76 40 46 31
19 Yugoslavia 1.7850 51 16 3 3 63 15 22 59
20 Nigeria 1.6408 90 26 12 8 84 34 46 16
21 Belgium 1.3270 75 22 9 11 69 41 42 36
22 Switzerland 1.2762 62 17 11 12 68 44 40 48
23 Poland 1.0598 46 12 10 12 47 43 34 64
24 Colombia 0.9919 77 21 14 16 74 58 51 32
25 Uruguay 0.9907 72 20 12 14 60 52 46 38
26 Paraguay 0.9557 62 17 11 14 47 48 42 50
27 Soviet Union 0.9509 79 23 10 10 95 39 43 28
28 Turkey 0.9103 45 13 6 17 54 52 36 67
29 Scotland 0.8828 81 23 12 11 65 37 46 26
30 United States 0.8048 88 26 10 16 74 54 52 18
31 South Africa 0.7659 63 18 9 10 47 38 37 46
32 Cameroon 0.7570 95 25 20 9 69 48 54 13
33 Austria 0.7546 64 19 7 15 77 49 41 45
34 Saudi Arabia 0.7307 97 28 13 13 95 51 54 12
35 Chile 0.6688 43 11 10 15 55 49 36 74
36 Australia 0.6464 62 19 5 4 77 20 28 47
37 Wales 0.6447 45 13 6 16 57 62 35 68
38 Ghana 0.6405 80 24 8 12 55 31 44 27
39 Greece 0.5936 65 19 8 11 56 34 38 44
40 Ukraine 0.5799 40 12 4 8 27 26 24 78
41 Ecuador 0.5550 54 15 9 17 55 43 41 57
42 Bolivia 0.5507 57 15 12 17 59 56 44 52
43 South Korea 0.5234 75 22 9 8 87 39 39 35
44 Egypt 0.5202 90 25 15 13 96 37 53 15
45 Tunisia 0.5017 79 21 16 8 65 33 45 29
46 Zambia 0.4934 104 31 11 11 86 39 53 9
47 Iceland 0.4599 33 8 9 16 26 40 33 92
48 Morocco 0.4596 83 24 11 13 69 34 48 24
49 Lithuania 0.4419 47 13 8 14 36 43 35 63
50 Ivory Coast 0.4377 76 21 13 10 64 49 44 34
51 Jamaica 0.4237 117 34 15 16 98 73 65 3
52 Iran 0.4228 90 26 12 10 135 42 48 14
53 Slovakia 0.4156 36 11 3 9 39 35 23 83
54 Israel 0.4137 35 9 8 14 39 50 31 86
55 Latvia 0.4068 33 9 6 20 29 57 35 93
56 Finland 0.3813 44 13 5 19 48 59 37 71
57 Hungary 0.3780 36 9 9 16 35 54 34 85
58 Northern Ireland 0.3779 53 14 11 15 53 51 40 58
59 United Arab Emirates 0.3168 67 19 10 7 54 35 36 42
60 Peru 0.3116 44 12 8 19 43 62 39 72
61 Zimbabwe 0.2794 56 15 11 11 49 43 37 53
62 Japan 0.2685 82 24 10 8 101 36 42 25
63 Guatemala 0.2589 42 11 9 12 28 35 32 75
64 Georgia 0.2578 28 9 1 11 22 26 21 101
65 Algeria 0.2556 60 16 12 14 53 44 42 51
66 Guinea 0.2513 62 18 8 16 59 44 42 49
67 Belarus 0.2423 16 4 4 14 15 37 22 128
68 Zaire 0.2397 66 17 15 17 61 47 49 43
69 China 0.2225 72 22 6 9 77 34 37 37
70 Albania 0.2191 22 5 7 27 27 74 39 114
71 Costa Rica 0.2098 85 25 10 21 97 68 56 21
72 Kuwait 0.1948 50 14 8 8 60 28 30 60
73 Cyprus 0.1911 30 8 6 22 28 72 36 97
74 Macedonia 0.1910 26 7 5 11 39 40 23 104
75 Angola 0.1853 55 14 13 13 50 42 40 56
76 Togo 0.1804 41 11 8 18 35 50 37 77
77 Slovenia 0.1796 16 4 4 13 22 37 21 127
78 Gabon 0.1766 56 15 11 11 42 37 37 54
79 Burundi 0.1736 26 7 5 2 16 13 14 103
80 Congo 0.1434 28 6 10 14 19 31 30 102
81 Burkina Faso 0.1404 25 6 7 13 31 50 26 106
82 Bosnia-Herzegovina 0.1397 13 4 1 7 14 22 12 138
83 Kenya 0.1304 39 11 6 11 34 36 28 79
84 Mali 0.1300 46 14 4 16 40 41 34 65
85 Sierra Leone 0.1274 38 11 5 12 24 31 28 81
86 El Salvador 0.1207 70 20 10 22 72 74 52 39
87 Honduras 0.1200 78 23 9 17 89 63 49 30
88 Senegal 0.1180 44 12 8 17 42 45 37 70
89 Iraq 0.1144 43 13 4 6 61 25 23 73
90 Qatar 0.1101 49 15 4 9 59 28 28 61
91 Armenia 0.1019 14 2 8 12 13 36 22 134
92 Niger 0.0892 23 7 2 6 14 16 15 108
93 Liberia 0.0892 31 8 7 12 19 33 27 95
94 Mozambique 0.0878 46 12 10 16 40 50 38 66
95 Canada 0.0841 49 13 10 13 47 63 36 62
96 Madagascar 0.0733 19 5 4 3 16 12 12 118
97 Uganda 0.0724 36 8 12 7 33 37 27 84
98 Luxembourg 0.0686 11 3 2 27 7 76 32 146
99 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0651 55 17 4 17 86 50 38 55
100 Sudan 0.0619 22 6 4 11 16 29 21 113
101 Malawi 0.0617 23 6 5 14 23 39 25 110
102 New Zealand 0.0616 32 10 2 6 39 15 18 94
103 Ethiopia 0.0585 22 5 7 22 22 71 34 115
104 Namibia 0.0567 35 8 11 17 37 66 36 87
105 Uzbekistan 0.0551 28 8 4 7 41 31 19 100
106 Kazakhstan 0.0538 21 6 3 7 23 27 16 117
107 Moldova 0.0506 10 3 1 17 18 56 21 148
108 North Korea 0.0500 33 10 3 6 34 23 19 91
109 Syria 0.0496 34 10 4 6 53 21 20 88
110 Venezuela 0.0475 8 1 5 31 23 116 37 156
111 Tanzania 0.0470 22 6 4 14 24 31 24 112
112 Azerbaijan 0.0469 4 1 1 19 6 60 21 170
113 Cuba 0.0455 34 11 1 9 45 34 21 89
114 Martinique 0.0406 44 13 5 6 50 33 24 69
115 Chad 0.0403 9 2 3 1 6 6 6 150
116 Thailand 0.0389 38 11 5 10 55 37 26 80
117 Swaziland 0.0367 6 1 3 5 4 13 9 164
118 Malta 0.0319 7 1 4 34 10 107 39 163
119 Panama 0.0301 29 8 5 13 31 45 26 99
120 Estonia 0.0268 9 2 3 29 17 82 34 154
121 Benin 0.0263 13 3 4 20 16 58 27 140
122 Mauritania 0.0225 9 1 6 8 4 17 15 151
123 Malaysia 0.0225 25 6 7 4 28 18 17 105
124 Faroe Islands 0.0216 14 4 2 35 23 135 41 136
125 Tajikistan 0.0173 16 5 1 2 19 7 8 123
126 Indonesia 0.0161 19 4 7 11 31 38 22 120
127 Bermuda 0.0152 14 4 2 6 16 19 12 133
128 Singapore 0.0144 29 8 5 8 32 31 21 98
129 Yemen 0.0139 22 6 4 8 24 28 18 111
130 Liechtenstein 0.0134 4 1 1 21 6 104 23 171
131 Papua New Guinea 0.0131 7 2 1 3 5 13 6 158
132 Kyrgyzstan 0.0115 12 4 0 5 15 18 9 141
133 Fiji 0.0114 16 5 1 5 15 16 11 125
134 Oman 0.0111 33 10 3 7 47 17 20 90
135 Mauritius 0.0111 6 1 3 17 11 45 21 165
136 Guinea-Bissau 0.0107 9 3 0 7 10 24 10 152
137 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0106 30 7 9 6 32 31 22 96
138 Lebanon 0.0106 21 5 6 5 19 22 16 116
139 St Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0105 42 12 6 21 66 104 39 76
140 Bahrain 0.0105 15 4 3 7 13 20 14 130
141 Jordan 0.0099 16 4 4 6 20 20 14 124
142 Haiti 0.0090 14 4 2 2 15 13 8 132
143 Lesotho 0.0089 8 1 5 4 10 21 10 155
144 Saint Lucia 0.0088 37 11 4 11 37 37 26 82
145 Hong Kong 0.0081 19 5 4 9 25 33 18 121
146 Grenada 0.0072 19 5 4 6 25 25 15 119
147 Botswana 0.0065 6 0 6 14 7 48 20 167
148 San Marino 0.0046 1 0 1 36 6 157 37 180
149 Suriname 0.0045 13 3 4 4 9 13 11 137
150 Turkmenistan 0.0038 7 2 1 7 11 21 10 160
151 Dominican Republic 0.0034 23 6 5 7 25 41 18 109
152 French Guiana 0.0028 11 3 2 7 16 20 12 143
153 Solomon Islands 0.0026 7 1 4 7 15 39 12 162
154 Cayman Islands 0.0020 11 3 2 9 16 39 14 144
155 Barbados 0.0018 23 7 2 6 24 14 15 107
156 Guadeloupe 0.0017 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 157
157 Cape Verde 0.0017 1 0 1 3 1 7 4 173
158 Rwanda 0.0016 1 0 1 3 1 10 4 175
159 Dominica 0.0015 15 4 3 7 22 24 14 129
160 Puerto Rico 0.0015 17 5 2 10 21 36 17 122
161 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0013 13 3 4 8 20 29 15 139
162 Sint Maarten 0.0011 16 5 1 4 11 12 10 126
163 Taiwan 0.0010 5 1 2 14 8 60 17 168
164 India 0.0010 11 3 2 10 16 44 15 145
165 Guyana 0.0010 15 4 3 12 20 49 19 131
166 Vietnam 0.0009 6 2 0 14 10 44 16 166
167 Tahiti 0.0008 14 4 2 10 18 42 16 135
168 Myanmar 0.0004 7 2 1 3 11 20 6 159
169 Netherlands Antilles 0.0004 12 3 3 4 14 19 10 142
170 Vanuatu 0.0004 1 0 1 7 5 34 8 178
171 Macao 0.0004 11 3 2 13 15 90 18 147
172 Belize 0.0003 1 0 1 5 4 13 6 174
173 Cambodia 0.0003 1 0 1 5 2 27 6 177
174 British Virgin Islands 0.0002 4 1 1 5 9 21 7 169
175 Bangladesh 0.0001 9 3 0 13 11 49 16 153
176 Sri Lanka 0.0001 10 3 1 13 9 55 17 149
177 Aruba 0.0000 3 1 0 7 10 25 8 172
178 Nepal 0.0000 1 0 1 11 4 45 12 179
179 Montserrat 0 7 2 1 3 5 26 6 161
179 Anguilla 0 1 0 1 8 5 28 9 176
179 Philippines 0 0 0 0 6 1 30 6 181
179 Nicaragua 0 0 0 0 12 6 45 12 182
179 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 16 5 74 16 183
179 Maldives 0 0 0 0 12 4 89 12 184

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.