Country ranking 1969/70
Countries ranked by the average Elo rating of their Top 10 clubs.
Hover over the column headers for an explanation.
| # | Country | Rating Top 10 | Δ Elo | Clubs | 1st tier | StdDev % | Int. P | W | D | L | GF | GA | ⌀ Rating | ⌀ Opp. | ⌀ Elo | ∑ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England![]() |
+5 | 92 | 22 | 5.1 | 45 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 105 | 30 | 2001 | 1817 | +1 | +65 | |
| 2 | Spain![]() |
+11 | 42 | 16 | 3.7 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 2033 | 1795 | -7 | -118 | |
| 3 | Italy![]() |
-5 | 39 | 16 | 5.2 | 43 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 54 | 35 | 1989 | 1825 | -1 | -33 | |
| 3 | Germany![]() |
+23 | 116 | 18 | 4.7 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 1940 | 1875 | 0 | +10 | |
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
+5 | 21 | 21 | 6.9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2036 | 1904 | -2 | -10 | |
| 6 | France![]() |
+1 | 23 | 18 | 4.8 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 1894 | 1867 | -5 | -84 | |
| 7 | Portugal![]() |
-16 | 16 | 14 | 7.9 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 30 | 1904 | 1827 | -0 | -4 | |
| 8 | Yugoslavia![]() |
+3 | 20 | 20 | 4.7 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 1856 | 1797 | -2 | -29 | |
| 9 | Netherlands![]() |
+9 | 39 | 18 | 9.1 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 22 | 1983 | 1876 | +2 | +56 | |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
-2 | 18 | 16 | 5.3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 1842 | 1896 | -5 | -47 | |
| 11 | Hungary![]() |
-19 | 18 | 18 | 7.9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 1877 | 1875 | -6 | -88 | |
| 12 | East Germany![]() |
+13 | 20 | 14 | 5.1 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 1816 | 1879 | +6 | +134 | |
| 12 | Belgium![]() |
+11 | 18 | 16 | 7.3 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 54 | 40 | 1819 | 1879 | +5 | +131 | |
| 14 | Scotland![]() |
-8 | 20 | 18 | 8.4 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 37 | 32 | 1855 | 1858 | 0 | +13 | |
| 15 | Romania![]() |
-3 | 18 | 16 | 4.3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 1729 | 1838 | -4 | -43 | |
| 16 | Poland![]() |
+8 | 16 | 14 | 7.2 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 48 | 37 | 1821 | 1873 | +4 | +115 | |
| 17 | Greece![]() |
+16 | 22 | 18 | 9.9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 1701 | 1909 | -4 | -43 | |
| 18 | Turkey![]() |
+2 | 18 | 16 | 4.6 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 1721 | 1744 | +3 | +37 | |
| 19 | Switzerland![]() |
+8 | 16 | 14 | 7.3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 1664 | 1776 | -2 | -22 | |
| 20 | Austria![]() |
-12 | 20 | 16 | 6.1 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 1795 | 1901 | -5 | -46 | |
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
+8 | 20 | 16 | 7.4 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 19 | 1738 | 1762 | +4 | +50 | |
| 22 | Sweden![]() |
-8 | 15 | 14 | 6.2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1664 | 1962 | -1 | -4 | |
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
-18 | 16 | 14 | 4.2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1651 | 1783 | -2 | -17 | |
| 24 | Norway![]() |
-12 | 14 | 12 | 6.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 1669 | 1895 | +1 | +7 | |
| 25 | Finland![]() |
+26 | 16 | 14 | 9.3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1484 | 1748 | -3 | -11 | |
| 26 | Iceland![]() |
-15 | 8 | 8 | 4.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 32 | 1393 | 1869 | -4 | -21 | |
| 27 | Ireland![]() |
-15 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 1519 | 1960 | +1 | +4 | |
| 28 | Northern Ireland![]() |
-9 | 12 | 12 | 13.8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 1452 | 1806 | +1 | +13 | |
| 29 | Luxembourg![]() |
+7 | 14 | 12 | 11.7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 1358 | 1724 | -2 | -15 | |
| 30 | Faroe Islands![]() |
0 | 5 | 5 | 15.2 | 0 |
Head-to-head matrix
Each cell shows the Elo points the row country's clubs won (+) or lost (−) against clubs of the column country in European cups, with the number of games in brackets. Click a cell for the games.
| # | Country | Rating | CHE#19 | AUT#20 | BGR#21 | SWE#22 | DNK#23 | NOR#24 | FIN#25 | ISL#26 | IRL#27 | NIR#28 | LUX#29 | FRO#30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England![]() |
2022 | +1(4) | +3(2) | -17(2) | |||||||||
| 2 | Spain![]() |
2000 | -30(2) | +5(2) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Germany![]() |
1967 | 0(4) | -19(2) | -20(2) | |||||||||
| 3 | Italy![]() |
1967 | +7(2) | +4(2) | -9(2) | +1(2) | ||||||||
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
1925 | +7(4) | |||||||||||
| 6 | France![]() |
1871 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Portugal![]() |
1823 | +1(2) | +20(4) | -5(2) | |||||||||
| 8 | Yugoslavia![]() |
1810 | +11(2) | |||||||||||
| 9 | Netherlands![]() |
1807 | +29(2) | +6(2) | ||||||||||
| 10 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
1806 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Hungary![]() |
1760 | +19(2) | -10(2) | ||||||||||
| 12 | Belgium![]() |
1745 | +8(2) | +7(2) | ||||||||||
| 12 | East Germany![]() |
1745 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | Scotland![]() |
1734 | +12(4) | -4(2) | ||||||||||
| 15 | Romania![]() |
1704 | +11(2) | |||||||||||
| 16 | Poland![]() |
1693 | +9(2) | -7(2) | ||||||||||
| 17 | Greece![]() |
1689 | ||||||||||||
| 18 | Turkey![]() |
1685 | +13(2) | +9(2) | ||||||||||
| 19 | Switzerland![]() |
1684 | +1(2) | +8(2) | ||||||||||
| 20 | Austria![]() |
1677 | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
1665 | -1(2) | +7(2) | ||||||||||
| 22 | Sweden![]() |
1633 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
1607 | -8(2) | +16(2) | ||||||||||
| 24 | Norway![]() |
1589 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Finland![]() |
1447 | -16(2) | |||||||||||
| 26 | Iceland![]() |
1378 | -7(2) | |||||||||||
| 27 | Ireland![]() |
1365 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Northern Ireland![]() |
1321 | +5(2) | |||||||||||
| 29 | Luxembourg![]() |
1235 | -5(2) | |||||||||||
| 30 | Faroe Islands![]() |
1225 |





























