Country ranking 1978/79
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![]() |
+18 | 93 | 22 | 5.6 | 43 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 78 | 40 | 2031 | 1866 | 0 | +12 | |
| 2 | Germany![]() |
+7 | 96 | 18 | 4.5 | 51 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 100 | 53 | 1981 | 1845 | +1 | +70 | |
| 3 | Spain![]() |
+12 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 48 | 28 | 2005 | 1877 | -1 | -27 | |
| 4 | Italy![]() |
-9 | 39 | 16 | 4.3 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 1970 | 1859 | -5 | -95 | |
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
-2 | 20 | 19 | 5.5 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 1980 | 1801 | -5 | -64 | |
| 6 | France![]() |
-6 | 23 | 20 | 5.3 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 1897 | 1783 | -9 | -140 | |
| 7 | Netherlands![]() |
0 | 37 | 18 | 7.5 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 1965 | 1897 | -3 | -45 | |
| 8 | East Germany![]() |
+1 | 23 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 1935 | 1827 | -5 | -94 | |
| 9 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
-4 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 1892 | 1871 | +3 | +75 | |
| 10 | Yugoslavia![]() |
+4 | 19 | 18 | 4.4 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 23 | 1873 | 1930 | +2 | +55 | |
| 11 | Portugal![]() |
+1 | 20 | 16 | 9.1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 1932 | 1936 | -6 | -62 | |
| 12 | Belgium![]() |
-10 | 20 | 18 | 6.2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 1869 | 1846 | +2 | +41 | |
| 13 | Hungary![]() |
-7 | 20 | 18 | 6.5 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 1843 | 1796 | -1 | -21 | |
| 14 | Scotland![]() |
-1 | 12 | 10 | 6.6 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 1827 | 1884 | +3 | +50 | |
| 15 | Switzerland![]() |
-7 | 14 | 12 | 9.6 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 1820 | 1877 | -0 | -1 | |
| 16 | Romania![]() |
+1 | 21 | 18 | 3.5 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 1714 | 1883 | +8 | +95 | |
| 17 | Poland![]() |
+12 | 18 | 16 | 3.1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 34 | 1688 | 1777 | +2 | +36 | |
| 17 | Austria![]() |
+2 | 17 | 10 | 5.1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 1797 | 1850 | 0 | 0 | |
| 19 | Greece![]() |
+1 | 20 | 18 | 8.2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 1823 | 1892 | -4 | -37 | |
| 20 | Turkey![]() |
+5 | 18 | 16 | 5.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 1726 | 1982 | -0 | -1 | |
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
+11 | 18 | 16 | 5.6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 1705 | 1895 | +2 | +35 | |
| 22 | Sweden![]() |
+8 | 17 | 16 | 6.6 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1715 | 1875 | +7 | +104 | |
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
+13 | 21 | 19 | 5.9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 1651 | 1682 | +3 | +33 | |
| 24 | Norway![]() |
-11 | 15 | 15 | 5.6 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 1608 | 1682 | -3 | -40 | |
| 25 | Cyprus![]() |
-18 | 17 | 16 | 5.5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 1589 | 1526 | -11 | -64 | |
| 26 | Finland![]() |
+3 | 16 | 14 | 7.9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 1482 | 1782 | 0 | +2 | |
| 27 | Ireland![]() |
+24 | 16 | 16 | 11.2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 1437 | 1822 | +6 | +57 | |
| 28 | Iceland![]() |
+4 | 13 | 12 | 11.5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 1477 | 1812 | +2 | +14 | |
| 29 | Northern Ireland![]() |
+8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1372 | 1628 | -2 | -9 | |
| 30 | Luxembourg![]() |
+11 | 14 | 12 | 9.3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 1271 | 1766 | +4 | +21 | |
| 31 | Faroe Islands![]() |
0 | 9 | 8 | 17.1 | 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 | GRC#19 | TUR#20 | BGR#21 | SWE#22 | DNK#23 | NOR#24 | CYP#25 | FIN#26 | IRL#27 | ISL#28 | NIR#29 | LUX#30 | FRO#31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England![]() |
2040 | +15(2) | +12(2) | +4(1) | +3(2) | |||||||||
| 2 | Germany![]() |
1986 | +6(4) | -11(2) | -12(2) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Spain![]() |
1977 | -9(2) | +3(2) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Italy![]() |
1919 | +2(2) | +5(2) | |||||||||||
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
1916 | -45(2) | -8(2) | +5(2) | ||||||||||
| 6 | France![]() |
1875 | -49(4) | -25(2) | |||||||||||
| 7 | Netherlands![]() |
1818 | -11(2) | ||||||||||||
| 8 | East Germany![]() |
1813 | -9(2) | -4(2) | |||||||||||
| 9 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
1812 | +6(2) | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Yugoslavia![]() |
1799 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Portugal![]() |
1794 | -19(2) | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Belgium![]() |
1790 | +3(2) | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Hungary![]() |
1743 | 0(2) | +7(2) | |||||||||||
| 14 | Scotland![]() |
1726 | -14(2) | +1(2) | |||||||||||
| 15 | Switzerland![]() |
1718 | -2(2) | -9(2) | |||||||||||
| 16 | Romania![]() |
1693 | +35(2) | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Austria![]() |
1679 | -23(2) | +10(2) | |||||||||||
| 17 | Poland![]() |
1679 | +1(2) | +7(2) | +10(2) | ||||||||||
| 19 | Greece![]() |
1667 | -8(2) | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Turkey![]() |
1666 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
1657 | +8(2) | +12(2) | |||||||||||
| 22 | Sweden![]() |
1648 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
1609 | -12(2) | +16(2) | -7(4) | ||||||||||
| 24 | Norway![]() |
1573 | -16(2) | -2(2) | -15(2) | ||||||||||
| 25 | Cyprus![]() |
1519 | -57(4) | ||||||||||||
| 26 | Finland![]() |
1437 | +7(4) | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Ireland![]() |
1390 | +57(4) | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Iceland![]() |
1339 | +8(2) | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Northern Ireland![]() |
1291 | +2(2) | -8(2) | |||||||||||
| 30 | Luxembourg![]() |
1224 | +15(2) | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Faroe Islands![]() |
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