Country ranking 1976/77
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![]() |
-15 | 92 | 22 | 3.4 | 35 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 80 | 39 | 1978 | 1841 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Germany![]() |
-8 | 107 | 18 | 4.5 | 44 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 85 | 51 | 2020 | 1843 | -1 | -51 | |
| 3 | Spain![]() |
+7 | 42 | 18 | 3.2 | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 55 | 37 | 2004 | 1879 | -1 | -39 | |
| 4 | Italy![]() |
-4 | 39 | 16 | 5.7 | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 29 | 2015 | 1882 | -2 | -47 | |
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
-5 | 20 | 18 | 4.3 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 18 | 1963 | 1873 | +1 | +19 | |
| 6 | France![]() |
+31 | 23 | 20 | 5.1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1883 | 1902 | +1 | +12 | |
| 7 | Netherlands![]() |
-11 | 37 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 1957 | 1832 | -3 | -46 | |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
+6 | 16 | 16 | 3.7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 1822 | 1752 | -3 | -37 | |
| 9 | Portugal![]() |
-3 | 19 | 16 | 7.6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 1896 | 1941 | -5 | -40 | |
| 10 | Yugoslavia![]() |
-25 | 20 | 20 | 3.5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 21 | 1875 | 1801 | -5 | -84 | |
| 10 | East Germany![]() |
-4 | 21 | 14 | 6.6 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 24 | 1909 | 1901 | -0 | -8 | |
| 12 | Belgium![]() |
+11 | 21 | 18 | 7.3 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 30 | 1864 | 1868 | +6 | +187 | |
| 13 | Hungary![]() |
+2 | 19 | 18 | 7.5 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 35 | 1808 | 1844 | +4 | +87 | |
| 14 | Scotland![]() |
+2 | 12 | 10 | 6.6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 1793 | 1828 | -3 | -38 | |
| 15 | Switzerland![]() |
+9 | 15 | 12 | 9.5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 25 | 1842 | 1803 | -2 | -38 | |
| 16 | Romania![]() |
0 | 21 | 18 | 5.1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 1759 | 1921 | -2 | -23 | |
| 17 | Poland![]() |
+4 | 18 | 16 | 3.8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 1710 | 1873 | +4 | +48 | |
| 18 | Greece![]() |
-4 | 18 | 18 | 8.9 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 1845 | 1955 | +1 | +20 | |
| 19 | Austria![]() |
+6 | 15 | 10 | 6.1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 1732 | 1828 | +4 | +44 | |
| 20 | Turkey![]() |
+8 | 18 | 16 | 4.5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 1728 | 1776 | +1 | +16 | |
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
-1 | 18 | 16 | 5.4 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 1731 | 1854 | +6 | +83 | |
| 22 | Sweden![]() |
+2 | 18 | 16 | 6.5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 1689 | 1857 | 0 | +6 | |
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
-4 | 20 | 19 | 5.7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 1568 | 1853 | -4 | -30 | |
| 24 | Norway![]() |
-12 | 17 | 15 | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 1643 | 1890 | -4 | -25 | |
| 25 | Finland![]() |
-4 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 1475 | 1825 | -2 | -13 | |
| 26 | Ireland![]() |
+6 | 15 | 14 | 8.9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 1485 | 1791 | +1 | +11 | |
| 27 | Iceland![]() |
-10 | 11 | 11 | 9.3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 1443 | 1876 | -2 | -15 | |
| 28 | Northern Ireland![]() |
-1 | 12 | 12 | 11.3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1424 | 1940 | +4 | +14 | |
| 29 | Luxembourg![]() |
-18 | 14 | 12 | 9.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 1350 | 1834 | -3 | -13 | |
| 30 | Faroe Islands![]() |
-29 | 8 | 8 | 19.6 | 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 | AUT#19 | TUR#20 | BGR#21 | SWE#22 | DNK#23 | NOR#24 | FIN#25 | IRL#26 | ISL#27 | NIR#28 | LUX#29 | FRO#30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England![]() |
2000 | -21(2) | +13(2) | +5(2) | +2(2) | ||||||||
| 2 | Germany![]() |
1986 | -19(2) | -9(4) | -10(2) | |||||||||
| 3 | Spain![]() |
1964 | -4(2) | -13(2) | +14(2) | |||||||||
| 4 | Italy![]() |
1941 | -17(2) | -4(2) | ||||||||||
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
1908 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | France![]() |
1876 | +6(2) | |||||||||||
| 7 | Netherlands![]() |
1814 | -20(2) | -10(2) | ||||||||||
| 8 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
1807 | -21(2) | -8(2) | +8(2) | |||||||||
| 9 | Portugal![]() |
1801 | -8(2) | |||||||||||
| 10 | East Germany![]() |
1791 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Yugoslavia![]() |
1791 | -13(2) | -11(2) | ||||||||||
| 12 | Belgium![]() |
1778 | +22(2) | +16(2) | +6(2) | |||||||||
| 13 | Hungary![]() |
1756 | +14(2) | +5(2) | +7(2) | |||||||||
| 14 | Scotland![]() |
1746 | -12(2) | |||||||||||
| 15 | Switzerland![]() |
1714 | +3(2) | -16(2) | ||||||||||
| 16 | Romania![]() |
1699 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Poland![]() |
1685 | +17(2) | |||||||||||
| 18 | Greece![]() |
1684 | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Austria![]() |
1673 | +2(2) | +20(2) | ||||||||||
| 20 | Turkey![]() |
1658 | -2(2) | +7(2) | +17(2) | |||||||||
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
1652 | +19(2) | |||||||||||
| 22 | Sweden![]() |
1623 | -7(2) | -9(2) | ||||||||||
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
1607 | -23(2) | |||||||||||
| 24 | Norway![]() |
1571 | -20(2) | |||||||||||
| 25 | Finland![]() |
1419 | -19(2) | +9(2) | ||||||||||
| 26 | Ireland![]() |
1386 | +23(2) | |||||||||||
| 27 | Iceland![]() |
1338 | -17(2) | |||||||||||
| 28 | Northern Ireland![]() |
1292 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Luxembourg![]() |
1215 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Faroe Islands![]() |
1130 |





























