Country ranking 1980/81

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	2025	+2	113	22	4.6	39	20	7	12	75	37	1983	1849	-1	-48
2	Germany	1999	-1	96	18	5.4	42	22	7	13	91	47	2028	1849	-1	-56
3	Spain	1991	+9	42	18	4.5	25	12	5	8	31	30	2022	1902	-2	-56
4	Italy	1913	-8	40	16	4.9	20	10	4	6	32	26	1962	1898	0	+10
5	Soviet Union	1895	-12	20	20	4.9	21	10	5	6	31	15	1959	1734	-3	-65
6	France	1879	+1	22	20	5.2	24	11	6	7	47	28	1948	1859	+1	+18
7	Netherlands	1828	+23	37	18	7.5	34	18	7	9	70	41	1914	1825	+2	+68
8	East Germany	1817	-3	22	14	7.3	27	11	6	10	36	34	1932	1810	-3	-86
9	Czechoslovakia	1815	+3	18	16	3.9	18	8	4	6	32	21	1854	1803	+1	+26
10	Belgium	1799	-5	20	18	6.6	26	10	9	7	35	29	1852	1930	+4	+114
11	Yugoslavia	1797	-3	20	18	3.2	18	7	4	7	26	27	1853	1888	+1	+17
12	Portugal	1772	-20	20	16	8.3	20	8	5	7	19	15	1951	1789	-5	-92
13	Hungary	1758	+6	21	18	6.1	10	4	1	5	7	14	1796	1941	+2	+25
14	Scotland	1732	+2	12	10	7.9	16	5	6	5	20	15	1816	1793	-0	-5
15	Switzerland	1710	-3	16	14	7.9	14	8	1	5	23	16	1857	1886	+6	+77
16	Romania	1697	-1	23	18	4.6	10	2	3	5	6	14	1713	1884	0	+3
17	Poland	1692	+5	18	16	4.1	14	4	3	7	14	27	1756	1881	0	+7
18	Austria	1670	-1	13	10	5.3	8	0	1	7	3	20	1684	1893	-7	-55
19	Greece	1664	-14	20	18	6.3	8	2	1	5	10	21	1707	2042	+5	+42
20	Bulgaria	1656	-7	18	16	4.4	20	9	3	8	23	27	1745	1884	+5	+109
21	Turkey	1640	-10	19	16	2.8	6	1	1	4	3	11	1696	1788	-6	-37
22	Sweden	1637	-4	17	16	6.5	8	2	2	4	7	12	1684	1814	0	+3
23	Denmark	1632	+7	21	19	6.9	10	4	1	5	12	16	1638	1754	+3	+30
24	Norway	1573	+2	16	15	5.3	4	0	0	4	6	12	1656	1907	-6	-25
25	Cyprus	1524	-5	16	14	7.1	6	1	0	5	4	21	1661	1940	-4	-27
26	Finland	1421	-3	16	15	7.6	6	0	1	5	5	32	1415	1995	+1	+4
27	Ireland	1377	-13	16	16	10.3	4	0	1	3	0	6	1422	1988	+2	+7
28	Iceland	1338	-3	13	12	9.4	6	0	1	5	1	15	1401	1820	-2	-10
29	Northern Ireland	1290	+11	12	12	11.6	6	1	1	4	2	11	1363	1753	+2	+14
30	Luxembourg	1241	+4	14	12	11	6	0	0	6	0	31	1317	1924	-2	-12
31	Faroe Islands	1074	-25	10	9	17.6										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	ENG#1	DEU#2	ESP#3	ITA#4	SUN#5	FRA#6	NLD#7	DDR#8	CSK#9	BEL#10	YUG#11	PRT#12	HUN#13	SCO#14	CHE#15	ROU#16	POL#17	AUT#18
1	England	2025		+21(4)	+15(5)		-7(2)	+34(2)	-9(4)	+7(2)	-24(2)					+18(2)		-12(2)	-27(4)
2	Germany	1999	-21(4)		+16(2)		+6(2)	-58(4)	-24(6)	+11(2)	+25(2)	-35(8)	-4(2)	-7(2)						+10(2)
3	Spain	1991	-15(5)	-16(2)		-7(2)	+11(2)	+8(2)		-11(2)	-17(4)	-28(2)			+19(4)
4	Italy	1913			+7(2)			+18(2)		+2(4)		+6(2)	+12(2)				-3(2)	+5(2)	-13(2)
5	Soviet Union	1895	+7(2)	-6(2)	-11(2)				-4(2)	+12(1)		-15(2)
6	France	1879	-34(2)	+58(4)	-8(2)	-18(2)			-3(2)					+5(2)		0(2)	+10(4)
7	Netherlands	1828	+9(4)	+24(6)			+4(2)	+3(2)		+14(2)		-11(2)	+8(2)					+16(2)
8	East Germany	1817	-7(2)	-11(2)	+11(2)	-2(4)	-12(1)		-14(2)		-9(2)	-35(2)	+10(2)	+12(2)
9	Czechoslovakia	1815	+24(2)	-25(2)	+17(4)					+9(2)										+21(2)
10	Belgium	1799		+35(8)	+28(2)	-6(2)	+15(2)		+11(2)	+35(2)						-3(2)	-41(2)	0(2)
11	Yugoslavia	1797		+4(2)		-12(2)			-8(2)	-10(2)				-2(2)			-3(2)			+18(2)
12	Portugal	1772		+7(2)				-5(2)		-12(2)			+2(2)		-38(4)		-19(2)
13	Hungary	1758			-19(4)									+38(4)		+6(2)
14	Scotland	1732	-18(2)					0(2)				+3(2)			-6(2)			-12(2)	+15(2)	+6(2)
15	Switzerland	1710				+3(2)		-10(4)				+41(2)	+3(2)	+19(2)
16	Romania	1697	+12(2)			-5(2)			-16(2)			0(2)				+12(2)
17	Poland	1692	+27(4)			+13(2)										-15(2)
18	Austria	1670		-10(2)							-21(2)		-18(2)			-6(2)
19	Greece	1664	+27(2)	-15(2)		+24(2)	+6(2)
20	Bulgaria	1656	+29(4)				+16(2)		+9(4)		+11(2)		-15(2)						+31(4)
21	Turkey	1640												+4(2)					-13(2)
22	Sweden	1637							+6(2)					+14(2)		-7(2)
23	Denmark	1632					+31(2)		-7(2)								-21(2)
24	Norway	1573								-10(2)			-15(2)
25	Cyprus	1524		-5(2)						+18(2)		-40(2)
26	Finland	1421	+11(2)					-4(2)	-3(2)
27	Ireland	1377					-2(2)							+9(2)
28	Iceland	1338		-5(2)							+12(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1290	-3(2)					-4(2)		+21(2)
30	Luxembourg	1241					-3(2)		-6(2)		-3(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1074

#	Country	Rating	GRC#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	2025	-27(2)	-29(4)						-11(2)			+3(2)
2	Germany	1999	+15(2)						+5(2)			+5(2)
3	Spain	1991
4	Italy	1913	-24(2)
5	Soviet Union	1895	-6(2)	-16(2)			-31(2)				+2(2)			+3(2)
6	France	1879								+4(2)			+4(2)
7	Netherlands	1828		-9(4)		-6(2)	+7(2)			+3(2)				+6(2)
8	East Germany	1817						+10(2)	-18(2)				-21(2)
9	Czechoslovakia	1815		-11(2)								-12(2)		+3(2)
10	Belgium	1799							+40(2)
11	Yugoslavia	1797		+15(2)				+15(2)
12	Portugal	1772			-4(2)	-14(2)					-9(2)
13	Hungary	1758
14	Scotland	1732				+7(2)
15	Switzerland	1710					+21(2)
16	Romania	1697
17	Poland	1692		-31(4)	+13(2)
18	Austria	1670
19	Greece	1664
20	Bulgaria	1656			+28(2)
21	Turkey	1640		-28(2)
22	Sweden	1637					-10(2)
23	Denmark	1632				+10(2)						+17(2)
24	Norway	1573
25	Cyprus	1524
26	Finland	1421
27	Ireland	1377
28	Iceland	1338					-17(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1290
30	Luxembourg	1241
31	Faroe Islands	1074