Country ranking 1972/73
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![]() |
-23 | 93 | 22 | 4.1 | 43 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 72 | 33 | 2019 | 1884 | +2 | +74 | |
| 2 | Spain![]() |
-12 | 42 | 18 | 3.5 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 31 | 2024 | 1888 | -4 | -100 | |
| 3 | Germany![]() |
-1 | 113 | 18 | 4.5 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 78 | 34 | 2008 | 1799 | +1 | +19 | |
| 4 | Italy![]() |
+6 | 40 | 16 | 5.7 | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 23 | 2040 | 1842 | -1 | -24 | |
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
+5 | 18 | 18 | 4.1 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 1914 | 1916 | +2 | +42 | |
| 6 | France![]() |
-9 | 24 | 20 | 4.4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 1893 | 1872 | -10 | -98 | |
| 7 | Netherlands![]() |
0 | 41 | 18 | 11.1 | 25 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 69 | 26 | 2035 | 1873 | +2 | +51 | |
| 8 | Yugoslavia![]() |
+4 | 19 | 18 | 5.2 | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 40 | 1856 | 1865 | 0 | +10 | |
| 9 | Portugal![]() |
+6 | 18 | 16 | 9.3 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 1910 | 1896 | 0 | +3 | |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
+5 | 18 | 16 | 3.9 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 21 | 1843 | 1916 | +4 | +69 | |
| 11 | East Germany![]() |
+12 | 21 | 14 | 6.3 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 22 | 1877 | 1855 | +1 | +21 | |
| 12 | Hungary![]() |
-6 | 18 | 18 | 7.4 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1865 | 1826 | -0 | -3 | |
| 13 | Belgium![]() |
-3 | 18 | 16 | 6.3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 21 | 1880 | 1800 | -5 | -60 | |
| 14 | Scotland![]() |
-3 | 20 | 18 | 9.1 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 1852 | 1901 | -3 | -43 | |
| 15 | Romania![]() |
-5 | 18 | 16 | 3.6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 1713 | 1748 | +1 | +11 | |
| 16 | Switzerland![]() |
+2 | 16 | 14 | 7.9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 1797 | 1852 | -1 | -9 | |
| 17 | Greece![]() |
+3 | 21 | 18 | 9.9 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 1720 | 1927 | +3 | +38 | |
| 18 | Poland![]() |
-7 | 16 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 1758 | 1811 | +2 | +19 | |
| 19 | Turkey![]() |
-1 | 18 | 16 | 5.7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 1740 | 1968 | -2 | -16 | |
| 20 | Austria![]() |
-9 | 20 | 16 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 1738 | 1768 | -11 | -107 | |
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
+8 | 20 | 20 | 6.4 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 1733 | 1888 | +6 | +97 | |
| 22 | Sweden![]() |
-9 | 16 | 15 | 6.4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 1658 | 1887 | +7 | +71 | |
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
-6 | 14 | 14 | 3.6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 1623 | 1915 | -0 | -1 | |
| 24 | Norway![]() |
-10 | 15 | 15 | 6.9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 1672 | 1856 | -3 | -29 | |
| 25 | Finland![]() |
-4 | 17 | 15 | 7.4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 1516 | 1854 | 0 | +2 | |
| 26 | Ireland![]() |
+5 | 14 | 14 | 11.2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1501 | 1868 | -5 | -24 | |
| 27 | Iceland![]() |
-1 | 9 | 9 | 8.3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1372 | 1852 | -0 | -3 | |
| 28 | Northern Ireland![]() |
-11 | 12 | 12 | 13.6 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Luxembourg![]() |
+10 | 14 | 12 | 10.6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 1276 | 1959 | -2 | -10 | |
| 30 | Faroe Islands![]() |
0 | 6 | 6 | 18.8 | 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 | TUR#19 | AUT#20 | BGR#21 | SWE#22 | DNK#23 | NOR#24 | FIN#25 | IRL#26 | ISL#27 | NIR#28 | LUX#29 | FRO#30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England![]() |
2018 | -9(2) | +6(2) | ||||||||||
| 2 | Spain![]() |
1978 | +2(2) | |||||||||||
| 3 | Germany![]() |
1971 | -1(2) | +7(2) | +8(2) | -9(2) | -4(4) | |||||||
| 4 | Italy![]() |
1969 | +14(2) | -4(2) | +1(2) | |||||||||
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
1901 | +17(2) | |||||||||||
| 6 | France![]() |
1864 | -50(2) | |||||||||||
| 7 | Netherlands![]() |
1858 | +16(2) | +17(2) | +1(2) | |||||||||
| 8 | Yugoslavia![]() |
1829 | +1(2) | +19(2) | ||||||||||
| 9 | Portugal![]() |
1812 | -23(2) | |||||||||||
| 10 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
1798 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | East Germany![]() |
1769 | +2(2) | -4(2) | -2(4) | |||||||||
| 12 | Hungary![]() |
1755 | -24(2) | |||||||||||
| 13 | Belgium![]() |
1746 | -5(2) | +26(2) | ||||||||||
| 14 | Scotland![]() |
1739 | +11(2) | |||||||||||
| 15 | Romania![]() |
1706 | +23(2) | +8(2) | -39(4) | +8(2) | ||||||||
| 16 | Switzerland![]() |
1699 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Greece![]() |
1692 | +3(2) | -39(2) | +28(1) | |||||||||
| 18 | Poland![]() |
1682 | +12(2) | +3(2) | ||||||||||
| 19 | Turkey![]() |
1681 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Austria![]() |
1666 | -62(2) | |||||||||||
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
1646 | +62(2) | |||||||||||
| 22 | Sweden![]() |
1619 | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
1585 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Norway![]() |
1583 | -2(2) | |||||||||||
| 25 | Finland![]() |
1432 | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Ireland![]() |
1392 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Iceland![]() |
1363 | +2(2) | |||||||||||
| 28 | Northern Ireland![]() |
1307 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Luxembourg![]() |
1229 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Faroe Islands![]() |
1193 |





























