Country ranking 1977/78

Countries ranked by the average Elo rating of their Top 10 clubs.

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#	Country	Rating Top 10	Δ Elo	Clubs	1st tier	StdDev %	Int. P	W	D	L	GF	GA	⌀ Rating	⌀ Opp.	⌀ Elo	∑ Elo
1	England	2022	+22	93	22	4.9	35	17	10	8	68	35	2003	1880	+1	+34
2	Germany	1979	-7	105	18	5	34	16	6	12	74	47	2008	1851	-3	-93
3	Spain	1965	+1	42	18	3.5	32	13	8	11	52	43	1989	1917	-2	-49
4	Italy	1928	-13	39	16	4.5	24	10	4	10	34	28	2018	1794	-6	-136
5	Soviet Union	1918	+10	19	18	4.8	16	7	6	3	17	12	1948	1868	0	+7
6	France	1881	+5	23	20	4.5	24	11	5	8	43	36	1903	1924	+2	+57
7	Netherlands	1818	+4	37	18	7.5	30	19	6	5	74	25	1947	1800	+4	+107
8	Czechoslovakia	1816	+9	17	16	4.3	12	3	6	3	12	13	1844	1815	-1	-14
9	East Germany	1812	+21	21	14	8.9	24	12	5	7	49	42	1894	1820	+1	+29
10	Belgium	1800	+22	20	18	8.4	28	15	5	8	52	25	1900	1857	+4	+111
11	Yugoslavia	1795	+4	21	18	4.2	16	7	2	7	28	29	1844	1774	-3	-42
12	Portugal	1793	-8	20	16	9	16	6	3	7	18	26	1959	1926	-3	-47
13	Hungary	1750	-6	20	18	6.9	12	5	1	6	22	18	1778	1781	-2	-19
14	Scotland	1727	-19	12	10	7	12	5	3	4	18	15	1841	1695	-5	-58
15	Switzerland	1725	+11	14	12	10.5	20	9	2	9	33	26	1829	1876	+2	+37
16	Romania	1692	-7	21	18	3.6	10	5	0	5	15	17	1753	1821	+3	+27
17	Austria	1677	+4	13	10	5.9	19	7	5	7	21	29	1818	1866	+2	+41
18	Poland	1667	-18	18	16	2.6	14	1	6	7	15	26	1674	1885	-1	-12
19	Greece	1666	-18	20	18	7.2	12	6	1	5	17	19	1830	1775	-2	-20
20	Turkey	1661	+3	18	16	4.7	8	3	0	5	8	19	1699	1764	-3	-25
21	Bulgaria	1646	-6	18	16	4.5	12	3	2	7	14	21	1709	1866	+2	+20
22	Sweden	1640	+17	17	16	7.1	8	2	2	4	7	15	1677	1931	+4	+32
23	Denmark	1596	-11	21	19	5.5	16	5	0	11	22	27	1633	1782	+1	+12
24	Norway	1584	+13	18	15	6.3	12	6	0	6	17	24	1620	1764	+5	+63
25	Cyprus	1537	0	16	16	5.7	6	0	1	5	2	17	1368	1986	0	+2
26	Finland	1434	+15	15	14	6.7	6	0	1	5	8	27	1497	1892	-3	-16
27	Ireland	1366	-20	16	16	9.8	6	1	1	4	1	14	1448	1870	+3	+18
28	Iceland	1335	-3	12	12	11.2	6	1	0	5	1	15	1459	1548	-10	-61
29	Northern Ireland	1283	-9	12	12	10.9	8	1	1	6	7	24	1408	1871	+2	+15
30	Luxembourg	1213	-2	14	12	7	6	0	0	6	2	37	1318	1800	-3	-20
31	Faroe Islands	1102	-28	9	8	17.8										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	ENG#1	DEU#2	ESP#3	ITA#4	SUN#5	FRA#6	NLD#7	CSK#8	DDR#9	BEL#10	YUG#11	PRT#12	HUN#13	SCO#14	CHE#15	ROU#16	AUT#17	POL#18
1	England	2022		+18(4)	+21(8)			-24(4)			-3(2)	+7(1)		+23(4)					-3(2)	-25(4)
2	Germany	1979	-18(4)			+23(2)	+3(2)		-22(2)		-49(2)	-17(2)	+36(2)	-20(2)	+15(2)		+14(4)		-27(2)
3	Spain	1965	-21(8)			+1(2)	-19(2)	+14(2)	-12(4)		+6(2)	-5(2)	-4(2)		-8(2)		-3(2)	+2(4)
4	Italy	1928		-23(2)	-1(2)		-12(2)	-50(4)	-14(2)			-21(2)	-11(2)	+3(2)
5	Soviet Union	1918		-3(2)	+19(2)	+12(2)								+8(2)			-19(2)	-19(2)	-4(2)
6	France	1881	+24(4)		-14(2)	+50(4)			-13(2)	-8(2)	-2(4)			+28(2)			-1(2)
7	Netherlands	1818		+22(2)	+12(4)	+14(2)		+13(2)			+2(2)	-25(2)				+23(2)				+11(2)
8	Czechoslovakia	1816						+8(2)				0(2)					-11(2)		-1(4)
9	East Germany	1812	+3(2)	+49(2)	-6(2)			+2(4)	-2(2)			+35(4)								-6(2)
10	Belgium	1800	-7(1)	+17(2)	+5(2)	+21(2)			+25(2)	0(2)	-35(4)			+13(2)		+12(2)			+16(1)
11	Yugoslavia	1795		-36(2)	+4(2)	+11(2)									-12(2)				+5(2)
12	Portugal	1793	-23(4)	+20(2)		-3(2)	-8(2)	-28(2)				-13(2)
13	Hungary	1750		-15(2)	+8(2)								+12(2)						-7(2)
14	Scotland	1727							-23(2)			-12(2)					0(2)		-11(2)
15	Switzerland	1725		-14(4)	+3(2)		+19(2)	+1(2)		+11(2)						0(2)			-9(2)
16	Romania	1692			-2(4)		+19(2)
17	Austria	1677	+3(2)	+27(2)			+4(2)			+1(4)		-16(1)	-5(2)		+7(2)	+11(2)	+9(2)
18	Poland	1667	+25(4)						-11(2)		+6(2)
19	Greece	1666										-17(4)	+2(2)					-3(2)		+22(2)
20	Turkey	1661	-18(2)								+17(2)				-8(2)
21	Bulgaria	1646		+27(2)					-21(2)			-16(2)			+25(2)		-7(2)			+12(2)
22	Sweden	1640	-8(2)					+7(2)		+10(2)	+23(2)
23	Denmark	1596					-13(2)		-17(2)					-8(2)		+21(2)	-19(2)
24	Norway	1584		+7(4)					+7(4)
25	Cyprus	1537				+9(4)												-7(2)
26	Finland	1434		-3(2)								-11(2)								-2(2)
27	Ireland	1366	+6(2)										+12(4)
28	Iceland	1335
29	Northern Ireland	1283				-2(2)			-1(2)		+6(2)
30	Luxembourg	1213							-3(2)							-9(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1102

#	Country	Rating	GRC#19	TUR#20	BGR#21	SWE#22	DNK#23	NOR#24	CYP#25	FIN#26	IRL#27	ISL#28	NIR#29	LUX#30
1	England	2022		+18(2)		+8(2)					-6(2)
2	Germany	1979			-27(2)			-7(4)		+3(2)
3	Spain	1965
4	Italy	1928							-9(4)				+2(2)
5	Soviet Union	1918					+13(2)
6	France	1881				-7(2)
7	Netherlands	1818			+21(2)		+17(2)	-7(4)					+1(2)	+3(2)
8	Czechoslovakia	1816				-10(2)
9	East Germany	1812		-17(2)		-23(2)							-6(2)
10	Belgium	1800	+17(4)		+16(2)					+11(2)
11	Yugoslavia	1795	-2(2)								-12(4)
12	Portugal	1793					+8(2)
13	Hungary	1750		+8(2)	-25(2)
14	Scotland	1727					-21(2)							+9(2)
15	Switzerland	1725			+7(2)		+19(2)
16	Romania	1692	+3(2)						+7(2)
17	Austria	1677
18	Poland	1667	-22(2)		-12(2)					+2(2)
19	Greece	1666					-24(2)
20	Turkey	1661					-16(2)
21	Bulgaria	1646
22	Sweden	1640
23	Denmark	1596	+24(2)	+16(2)										+8(2)
24	Norway	1584										+49(4)
25	Cyprus	1537
26	Finland	1434
27	Ireland	1366
28	Iceland	1335						-49(4)					-12(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1283										+12(2)
30	Luxembourg	1213					-8(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1102