European Club Football Elo Rankings

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Selected season: 1997-1998

Country Rankings in 1997/98

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#	Country	Clubs: Total	1st Tier	Rating: Top 10	Δ Elo	StdDev in %	International: P	W	D	L	GF	GA	⌀ Rating	⌀ OppRating	⌀ Elo	∑ Elo
1	Italy	48	18	2007	+23	6.4	53	32	9	12	94	46	2040	1929	+2	+128
2	Spain	46	20	1988	-13	4.2	47	22	12	13	71	49	2043	1937	-1	-35
3	Germany	126	18	1980	-2	3.9	79	42	17	20	130	78	1975	1842	+1	+43
4	England	121	20	1975	+3	4.5	41	20	9	12	62	41	2004	1923	+1	+24
5	France	45	18	1924	+8	5.2	75	42	16	17	140	80	1909	1842	+3	+213
6	Russia	22	19	1820	-16	6.4	47	27	10	10	78	44	1867	1778	+3	+133
7	Netherlands	36	18	1807	-4	7.8	41	18	8	15	82	60	1879	1831	0	+2
8	Portugal	21	18	1790	+4	6.7	26	7	6	13	27	37	1876	1919	-3	-68
9	Austria	31	10	1764	-6	6.6	27	9	4	14	36	48	1808	1769	-5	-125
9	Belgium	20	18	1764	+1	5.5	39	15	8	16	66	67	1793	1802	-0	-18
11	Romania	20	18	1743	+11	7.6	23	10	3	10	39	38	1809	1698	-3	-73
12	Hungary	21	18	1742	+2	6.4	24	13	2	9	43	27	1806	1682	-1	-22
13	Scotland	41	10	1738	-5	6.6	18	6	6	6	37	23	1826	1662	-4	-65
14	Switzerland	16	12	1734	-14	7.9	28	12	3	13	61	50	1815	1632	-5	-144
15	Ukraine	18	16	1726	-6	8.0	26	12	5	9	48	35	1883	1799	0	+11
16	Czech Republic	18	16	1725	-5	7.3	24	9	9	6	38	32	1821	1710	-1	-32
16	Greece	21	18	1725	+18	9.5	30	13	7	10	58	52	1795	1816	+2	+70
18	Turkey	21	18	1721	-17	7.1	38	16	6	16	50	49	1792	1826	+1	+43
19	Poland	22	18	1683	+10	7.0	16	4	6	6	19	23	1733	1777	-0	-6
20	Sweden	20	17	1679	-4	5.8	28	8	7	13	32	35	1732	1799	-0	-4
21	Bulgaria	19	16	1662	+8	8.4	11	1	4	6	12	23	1672	1749	-4	-43
22	Denmark	14	12	1661	0	6.8	22	6	7	9	31	37	1702	1776	0	+8
23	Norway	18	16	1643	+22	9.3	32	16	3	13	58	53	1686	1776	+5	+161
24	Croatia	18	12	1606	+3	8.8	22	11	3	8	47	31	1776	1781	+3	+69
25	Israel	18	16	1603	-2	7.5	20	6	6	8	14	34	1647	1703	-1	-16
26	Slovakia	18	16	1599	-7	7.4	24	8	5	11	26	36	1722	1737	-2	-40
27	Serbia	14	12	1595	-19	10.5	16	7	2	7	22	22	1676	1667	-1	-11
28	Kazakhstan	22	18	1563	-6	13.1										0
29	Slovenia	11	10	1556	-2	8.2	20	6	5	9	22	39	1650	1682	-2	-34
30	Belarus	20	18	1553	-33	8.7	18	3	4	11	18	37	1702	1650	-7	-119
31	Cyprus	17	14	1534	-13	12.0	18	5	5	8	22	35	1646	1700	-1	-12
32	Finland	14	12	1420	-3	6.5	15	5	2	8	16	32	1452	1717	+4	+58
33	Lithuania	18	16	1418	+17	19.2	9	2	3	4	12	19	1579	1668	-0	-3
34	Latvia	16	11	1406	-11	15.0	14	2	1	11	12	31	1623	1781	-4	-60
35	Georgia	19	16	1405	+3	12.2	12	7	1	4	22	17	1661	1703	+4	+48
36	Moldova	19	14	1398	-31	16.8	6	0	2	4	5	18	1643	1776	-5	-32
37	Ireland	14	12	1369	+9	8.6	11	1	3	7	6	19	1407	1726	+1	+8
38	North Macedonia	14	14	1357	0	6.4	2	1	1	0	5	3	1365	1556	+14	+27
39	Iceland	14	12	1321	-5	9.8	14	4	1	9	13	25	1416	1676	+2	+23
40	Albania	18	18	1290	0	5.4										0
41	Northern Ireland	10	10	1273	-19	8.4	10	0	2	8	6	35	1267	1780	-0	-1
42	Luxembourg	14	12	1243	+9	15.2	8	0	1	7	2	16	1353	1719	-2	-18
43	Malta	12	10	1221	+2	18.1	11	1	0	10	4	22	1368	1622	-4	-39
44	Wales	23	20	1203	+19	15.2	11	0	0	11	5	47	1243	1774	-2	-25
45	Faroe Islands	12	12	1076	-2	15.1	10	0	1	9	6	38	1197	1751	-1	-7
46	Estonia	9	8	1021	-27	15.3	8	0	1	7	6	20	1151	1623	-2	-17

1997-1998 season: Country head-to-head matrix

At the intersection of rows (country) and columns (opponent country) this matrix lists the total of Elo points exchanged and the number of European cup games played (in brackets) between clubs of these countries.

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#	Country	Rating	ITA 1	ESP 2	DEU 3	ENG 4	FRA 5	RUS 6	NLD 7	PRT 8	AUT 9	BEL 9	ROU 11	HUN 12	SCO 13	CHE 14	UKR 15	CZE 16	GRC 16	TUR 18
1	Italy	2007		-43 (5)	0 (4)	4 (4)	-28 (8)	34 (4)	12 (6)	18 (2)	19 (2)					15 (2)	49 (4)	-8 (2)		7 (2)
2	Spain	1988	43 (5)		53 (6)	-38 (10)	-19 (2)	-22 (2)	-9 (2)	36 (2)				13 (2)			-75 (2)		-1 (4)
3	Germany	1980	0 (4)	-53 (6)		-13 (1)	-47 (12)	25 (6)	0 (3)	39 (4)	-12 (2)	22 (9)		-18 (1)		6 (1)		44 (4)		43 (8)
4	England	1975	-4 (4)	38 (10)	13 (1)		-11 (6)		-22 (4)				4 (2)		-8 (2)		26 (2)		-27 (2)
5	France	1924	28 (8)	19 (2)	47 (12)	11 (6)		-14 (2)	24 (3)	-14 (4)	40 (5)	-10 (2)	27 (4)		44 (4)			13 (2)	-12 (2)	-26 (4)
6	Russia	1820	-34 (4)	22 (2)	-25 (6)		14 (2)		33 (2)		3 (1)	7 (1)		-13 (2)		19 (2)	34 (2)		22 (3)	7 (3)
7	Netherlands	1807	-12 (6)	9 (2)	0 (3)	22 (4)	-24 (3)	-33 (2)		-11 (2)			9 (1)				-21 (2)
8	Portugal	1790	-18 (2)	-36 (2)	-39 (4)		14 (4)		11 (2)		6 (2)						-7 (2)		-11 (2)
9	Austria	1764	-19 (2)		12 (2)		10 (2)	-7 (1)			-5 (2)		-2 (1)		0 (2)			-19 (4)	-9 (2)
9	Belgium	1764			-22 (9)		-40 (5)	-3 (1)		-6 (2)		5 (2)				0 (1)	20 (2)		6 (1)
11	Romania	1743				-4 (2)	-27 (4)		-9 (1)		2 (1)									-32 (4)
12	Hungary	1742		-13 (2)	18 (1)			13 (2)										-17 (2)		-14 (1)
13	Scotland	1738				8 (2)	-44 (4)				0 (2)									-4 (2)
14	Switzerland	1734	-15 (2)		-6 (1)			-19 (2)				0 (1)						-17 (2)		-36 (2)
15	Ukraine	1726	-49 (4)	75 (2)		-26 (2)		-34 (2)	21 (2)	7 (2)		-20 (2)
16	Czech Republic	1725	8 (2)		-44 (4)		-13 (2)				19 (4)					17 (2)				-4 (2)
16	Greece	1725		1 (4)		27 (2)	12 (2)	-22 (3)		11 (2)	9 (2)	-6 (1)		17 (2)
18	Turkey	1721	-7 (2)		-43 (8)		26 (4)	-7 (3)					32 (4)	14 (1)	4 (2)	36 (2)		4 (2)
19	Poland	1683	-41 (6)		7 (1)			-7 (2)	7 (1)		41 (3)
20	Sweden	1679			18 (2)		-25 (4)	-11 (4)				5 (1)		7 (2)	28 (2)			4 (2)		3 (3)
21	Bulgaria	1662					6 (1)	-2 (2)					-18 (3)
22	Denmark	1661		2 (2)	-2 (1)		-1 (5)		-6 (3)					16 (2)			1 (2)
23	Norway	1643		21 (2)		21 (2)		6 (1)	10 (2)	28 (2)		-4 (1)		28 (2)		27 (4)			21 (2)
24	Croatia	1606		-5 (2)	-18 (2)	-5 (2)					26 (1)			1 (2)		30 (2)
25	Israel	1603						-23 (1)	-24 (2)	-4 (2)	0 (2)	13 (3)	-20 (2)							17 (1)
26	Slovakia	1599	-8 (2)			-31 (4)	-6 (1)	21 (2)	-26 (2)										-25 (2)
27	Serbia	1595					-2 (1)					-20 (3)								-6 (1)
28	Kazakhstan	1563
29	Slovenia	1556						-8 (1)	-20 (4)			-14 (2)	2 (2)							-7 (2)
30	Belarus	1553			-7 (1)			-17 (2)						-28 (2)				-3 (2)
31	Cyprus	1534			-4 (2)		-6 (1)				-8 (5)	-9 (2)
32	Finland	1420			-3 (2)				-4 (2)			6 (1)				16 (2)
33	Lithuania	1418			-2 (1)													7 (2)
34	Latvia	1406		-2 (4)	-3 (1)												-19 (2)		-9 (2)
35	Georgia	1405			12 (2)					-36 (2)	28 (1)
36	Moldova	1398														-18 (2)	-5 (2)
37	Ireland	1369			-3 (1)									-3 (2)	2 (2)	8 (1)				11 (2)
38	North Macedonia	1357
39	Iceland	1321			-2 (2)								40 (2)				-9 (2)		-1 (2)	-2 (1)
40	Albania	1290
41	Northern Ireland	1273					-1 (1)									-4 (3)
42	Luxembourg	1243														-7 (2)		7 (2)
43	Malta	1221						-2 (1)						-11 (2)					-2 (1)
44	Wales	1203					-1 (1)						-1 (2)		-1 (2)		-5 (2)
45	Faroe Islands	1076						-1 (1)						-1 (2)	-4 (2)			-3 (2)	-2 (1)
46	Estonia	1021														-1 (2)

#	Country	Rating	POL 19	SWE 20	BGR 21	DNK 22	NOR 23	HRV 24	ISR 25	SVK 26	SRB 27	SVN 29	BLR 30	CYP 31	FIN 32	LTU 33	LVA 34	GEO 35	MDA 36
1	Italy	2007	41 (6)							8 (2)
2	Spain	1988				-2 (2)	-21 (2)	5 (2)									2 (4)
3	Germany	1980	-7 (1)	-18 (2)		2 (1)		18 (2)					7 (1)	4 (2)	3 (2)	2 (1)	3 (1)	-12 (2)
4	England	1975					-21 (2)	5 (2)		31 (4)
5	France	1924		25 (4)	-6 (1)	1 (5)				6 (1)	2 (1)			6 (1)
6	Russia	1820	7 (2)	11 (4)	2 (2)		-6 (1)		23 (1)	-21 (2)		8 (1)	17 (2)
7	Netherlands	1807	-7 (1)			6 (3)	-10 (2)		24 (2)	26 (2)		20 (4)			4 (2)
8	Portugal	1790					-28 (2)		4 (2)									36 (2)
9	Austria	1764	-41 (3)					-26 (1)	0 (2)					9 (2)				-28 (1)
9	Belgium	1764		-5 (1)			4 (1)		-13 (3)		20 (3)	14 (2)		8 (5)	-6 (1)
11	Romania	1743			18 (3)				20 (2)			-2 (2)
12	Hungary	1742		-7 (2)		-16 (2)	-28 (2)	-1 (2)					28 (2)
13	Scotland	1738		-28 (2)
14	Switzerland	1734					-27 (4)	-30 (2)							-16 (2)				18 (2)
15	Ukraine	1726				-1 (2)											19 (2)		5 (2)
16	Czech Republic	1725		-4 (2)												-7 (2)
16	Greece	1725					-21 (2)			25 (2)			3 (2)				9 (2)
18	Turkey	1721		-3 (3)					-17 (1)		6 (1)	7 (2)
19	Poland	1683								-5 (1)
20	Sweden	1679						-25 (2)				-14 (2)		-1 (2)	4 (1)		3 (1)
21	Bulgaria	1662					-5 (2)			-11 (2)	-13 (1)
22	Denmark	1661						8 (2)	-14 (2)				9 (1)			-6 (1)
23	Norway	1643			5 (2)			6 (2)			-35 (5)		39 (2)		-25 (1)
24	Croatia	1606		25 (2)		-8 (2)	-6 (2)				16 (2)
25	Israel	1603				14 (2)										14 (2)
26	Slovakia	1599	5 (1)		11 (2)												11 (2)
27	Serbia	1595			13 (1)		35 (5)	-16 (2)				-3 (1)			-12 (2)
28	Kazakhstan	1563
29	Slovenia	1556		14 (2)							3 (1)
30	Belarus	1553				-9 (1)	-39 (2)											-17 (4)	9 (2)
31	Cyprus	1534		1 (2)											9 (2)	9 (2)
32	Finland	1420		-4 (1)			25 (1)				12 (2)			-9 (2)
33	Lithuania	1418				6 (1)			-14 (2)					-9 (2)
34	Latvia	1406		-3 (1)						-11 (2)
35	Georgia	1405											17 (4)
36	Moldova	1398											-9 (2)
37	Ireland	1369							8 (1)			-15 (2)
38	North Macedonia	1357										27 (2)
39	Iceland	1321								-11 (2)						-9 (1)
40	Albania	1290
41	Northern Ireland	1273	8 (2)							6 (2)								-10 (2)
42	Luxembourg	1243						-10 (2)				-8 (2)
43	Malta	1221								-3 (2)							13 (2)	-17 (1)
44	Wales	1203				-1 (1)	-13 (2)	-3 (1)
45	Faroe Islands	1076												4 (2)
46	Estonia	1021							-5 (2)				8 (2)		-19 (2)

#	Country	Rating	IRL 37	MKD 38	ISL 39	NIR 41	LUX 42	MLT 43	WLS 44	FRO 45	EST 46
1	Italy	2007
2	Spain	1988
3	Germany	1980	3 (1)		2 (2)
4	England	1975
5	France	1924				1 (1)			1 (1)
6	Russia	1820						2 (1)		1 (1)
7	Netherlands	1807
8	Portugal	1790
9	Austria	1764
9	Belgium	1764
11	Romania	1743			-40 (2)				1 (2)
12	Hungary	1742	3 (2)					11 (2)		1 (2)
13	Scotland	1738	-2 (2)						1 (2)	4 (2)
14	Switzerland	1734	-8 (1)			4 (3)	7 (2)				1 (2)
15	Ukraine	1726			9 (2)				5 (2)
16	Czech Republic	1725					-7 (2)			3 (2)
16	Greece	1725			1 (2)			2 (1)		2 (1)
18	Turkey	1721	-11 (2)		2 (1)
19	Poland	1683				-8 (2)
20	Sweden	1679
21	Bulgaria	1662
22	Denmark	1661							1 (1)
23	Norway	1643							13 (2)
24	Croatia	1606					10 (2)		3 (1)
25	Israel	1603	-8 (1)								5 (2)
26	Slovakia	1599			11 (2)	-6 (2)		3 (2)
27	Serbia	1595
28	Kazakhstan	1563
29	Slovenia	1556	15 (2)	-27 (2)			8 (2)
30	Belarus	1553									-8 (2)
31	Cyprus	1534								-4 (2)
32	Finland	1420									19 (2)
33	Lithuania	1418			9 (1)
34	Latvia	1406						-13 (2)
35	Georgia	1405				10 (2)		17 (1)
36	Moldova	1398
37	Ireland	1369
38	North Macedonia	1357
39	Iceland	1321						17 (2)
40	Albania	1290
41	Northern Ireland	1273
42	Luxembourg	1243
43	Malta	1221			-17 (2)
44	Wales	1203
45	Faroe Islands	1076
46	Estonia	1021

Selected season: 1997-1998

Country Rankings in 1997/98

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