Country ranking 1979/80

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	2023	-17	112	22	4.7	34	15	9	10	47	34	2031	1863	-3	-115
2	Germany	2000	+14	96	18	4.9	47	29	8	10	95	43	2014	1864	+3	+121
3	Spain	1982	+5	43	18	4.4	27	13	5	9	47	28	2017	1858	-2	-42
4	Italy	1921	+2	40	16	4.5	24	7	7	10	23	22	1962	1879	-4	-100
5	Soviet Union	1907	-9	21	20	5.3	16	6	3	7	20	21	1981	1909	-3	-48
6	France	1878	+3	22	20	5.4	26	14	2	10	52	38	1965	1812	-2	-51
7	East Germany	1820	+7	23	14	8.6	18	8	5	5	34	25	1977	1922	+1	+16
8	Czechoslovakia	1812	0	18	16	4.1	22	13	2	7	40	29	1876	1799	0	+10
9	Netherlands	1805	-13	37	18	6.1	20	12	3	5	46	24	1953	1836	-0	-4
10	Belgium	1804	+14	20	18	7.5	12	3	5	4	12	14	1853	1758	-3	-40
11	Yugoslavia	1800	+1	20	18	3.6	20	10	4	6	26	20	1844	1864	+4	+81
12	Portugal	1792	-2	20	16	9.1	12	4	5	3	10	10	1931	1878	-1	-12
13	Hungary	1752	+9	21	18	6.7	12	7	0	5	16	21	1774	1844	+3	+32
14	Scotland	1730	+4	12	10	5.8	16	5	6	5	15	17	1843	1844	0	+4
15	Switzerland	1713	-5	15	14	8.7	14	3	5	6	18	28	1849	1849	-4	-52
16	Romania	1698	+5	21	21	4.3	18	9	2	7	37	19	1771	1872	+7	+128
17	Poland	1687	+8	18	16	3.9	8	2	2	4	7	14	1666	1808	-0	-4
18	Greece	1678	+11	20	18	6.7	14	6	2	6	21	21	1731	1865	+5	+75
19	Austria	1671	-8	16	10	4.9	8	0	2	6	7	14	1735	1748	-10	-80
20	Bulgaria	1663	+6	18	16	5.5	16	5	1	10	18	24	1697	1937	+4	+63
21	Turkey	1650	-16	19	16	3.7	8	1	2	5	3	13	1714	1912	-1	-5
22	Sweden	1641	-7	18	16	7.1	14	5	4	5	13	18	1698	1727	0	+5
23	Denmark	1625	+16	21	19	6.3	14	5	4	5	20	26	1646	1844	+5	+73
24	Norway	1571	-2	16	15	5.4	8	0	1	7	3	23	1642	1950	-4	-32
25	Cyprus	1529	+10	17	15	8	8	2	0	6	11	32	1610	1706	-3	-24
26	Finland	1424	-13	15	14	7.9	6	0	0	6	3	22	1464	1622	-10	-60
27	Ireland	1390	0	17	16	11	8	1	4	3	6	8	1468	1743	+5	+43
28	Iceland	1341	+2	12	12	10.9	8	1	0	7	5	18	1470	1905	0	0
29	Northern Ireland	1279	-12	12	12	9.9	6	0	1	5	1	13	1348	1783	-5	-31
30	Luxembourg	1237	+13	14	12	9.9	8	3	0	5	7	24	1262	1731	+6	+49
31	Faroe Islands	1099	-3	9	9	17.9										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	DDR#7	CSK#8	NLD#9	BEL#10	YUG#11	PRT#12	HUN#13	SCO#14	CHE#15	ROU#16	POL#17	GRC#18
1	England	2023		+17(1)	+5(3)	+8(2)	-28(2)		-17(8)		-33(4)						-7(2)	-49(4)
2	Germany	2000	-17(1)		+3(2)	+6(4)	+28(2)	+44(2)	+3(2)	+7(4)	+2(2)		-21(4)	+11(2)	+22(2)	-15(4)	+59(4)	-28(4)
3	Spain	1982	-5(3)	-3(2)		-9(2)		+11(2)	-27(2)		-16(2)			-2(2)		-5(4)
4	Italy	1921	-8(2)	-6(4)	+9(2)							-12(2)	+7(4)	-14(2)	-17(2)					-43(4)
5	Soviet Union	1907	+28(2)	-28(2)				-12(4)		-5(2)				-14(2)
6	France	1878		-44(2)	-11(2)		+12(4)			+4(2)	-3(4)							+10(2)	-16(2)	+5(2)
7	East Germany	1820	+17(8)	-3(2)	+27(2)								-27(2)				+9(2)		-7(2)
8	Czechoslovakia	1812		-7(4)			+5(2)	-4(2)				+23(2)	-13(2)		-1(2)
9	Netherlands	1805	+33(4)	-2(2)	+16(2)			+3(4)												-22(2)
10	Belgium	1804				+12(2)				-23(2)			-12(2)			-8(2)	-12(2)
11	Yugoslavia	1800		+21(4)		-7(4)			+27(2)	+13(2)		+12(2)
12	Portugal	1792		-11(2)	+2(2)	+14(2)	+14(2)													-26(2)
13	Hungary	1752		-22(2)		+17(2)				+1(2)						+29(2)
14	Scotland	1730		+15(4)	+5(4)							+8(2)			-29(2)
15	Switzerland	1713	+7(2)	-59(4)					-9(2)			+12(2)						-9(2)
16	Romania	1698	+49(4)	+28(4)				-10(2)									+9(2)			+16(2)
17	Poland	1687						+16(2)	+7(2)
18	Greece	1678				+43(4)		-5(2)			+22(2)			+26(2)				-16(2)
19	Austria	1671								-14(2)					-21(2)			-13(2)
20	Bulgaria	1663		-7(2)	-10(2)	+16(2)	+17(4)	+23(2)							+14(2)				+10(2)
21	Turkey	1650	+2(2)							+20(2)			-27(4)
22	Sweden	1641	+14(4)								-1(2)									-5(2)
23	Denmark	1625		-6(2)	+1(2)					-9(2)			+12(2)						+17(2)
24	Norway	1571	-5(2)	+1(2)				-15(2)								-13(2)
25	Cyprus	1529									+40(2)							-23(2)
26	Finland	1424									-7(2)
27	Ireland	1390												+5(2)		+8(2)
28	Iceland	1341		-5(2)	-4(2)					-4(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1279						0(2)				-3(2)
30	Luxembourg	1237			-1(2)												-6(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1099

#	Country	Rating	AUT#19	BGR#20	TUR#21	SWE#22	DNK#23	NOR#24	CYP#25	FIN#26	IRL#27	ISL#28	NIR#29	LUX#30
1	England	2023			-2(2)	-14(4)		+5(2)
2	Germany	2000		+7(2)			+6(2)	-1(2)				+5(2)
3	Spain	1982		+10(2)			-1(2)					+4(2)		+1(2)
4	Italy	1921		-16(2)
5	Soviet Union	1907		-17(4)
6	France	1878		-23(2)				+15(2)					0(2)
7	East Germany	1820
8	Czechoslovakia	1812	+14(2)		-20(2)		+9(2)					+4(2)
9	Netherlands	1805				+1(2)			-40(2)	+7(2)
10	Belgium	1804											+3(2)
11	Yugoslavia	1800			+27(4)		-12(2)
12	Portugal	1792									-5(2)
13	Hungary	1752	+21(2)	-14(2)
14	Scotland	1730						+13(2)			-8(2)
15	Switzerland	1713												+6(2)
16	Romania	1698	+13(2)						+23(2)
17	Poland	1687		-10(2)			-17(2)
18	Greece	1678				+5(2)
19	Austria	1671					-32(2)
20	Bulgaria	1663
21	Turkey	1650
22	Sweden	1641								+12(2)	-2(2)	-13(2)
23	Denmark	1625	+32(2)						+26(2)
24	Norway	1571
25	Cyprus	1529					-26(2)							-15(2)
26	Finland	1424				-12(2)								-41(2)
27	Ireland	1390				+2(2)							+28(2)
28	Iceland	1341				+13(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1279									-28(2)
30	Luxembourg	1237							+15(2)	+41(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1099