Country ranking 1985/86

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	2037	+25	117	22	5.6										0
2	Germany	2005	+14	58	18	5.5	34	18	7	9	74	49	2005	1889	+1	+28
3	Spain	1994	+12	43	18	5	40	21	6	13	62	45	2042	1919	-2	-90
4	Italy	1936	-5	40	16	4.8	30	14	8	8	52	34	1961	1840	-0	-10
5	Soviet Union	1903	-4	20	18	4.7	29	17	5	7	55	29	1966	1849	+2	+67
6	France	1860	-16	23	20	4.5	16	5	5	6	24	27	1931	1837	-4	-70
7	Netherlands	1826	+4	37	18	8.3	14	5	3	6	18	22	1888	1915	0	+4
8	Belgium	1820	+1	20	18	6.9	26	13	2	11	40	38	1881	1901	+2	+45
9	Czechoslovakia	1816	-10	17	16	4.4	18	6	3	9	22	30	1865	1845	-4	-77
10	Yugoslavia	1815	+4	19	18	4.5	24	9	7	8	35	29	1856	1826	0	+2
11	East Germany	1811	-29	55	14	5.6	14	5	1	8	28	27	1908	1772	-7	-97
12	Portugal	1777	+6	20	16	9	18	8	2	8	24	24	1931	1942	+1	+19
13	Scotland	1749	-8	12	10	8.6	20	8	7	5	33	24	1898	1761	-1	-24
14	Hungary	1744	+5	18	16	5.1	10	5	1	4	15	15	1833	1786	0	+1
15	Austria	1737	+7	19	12	10.6	14	6	1	7	20	27	1893	1872	-1	-15
16	Romania	1735	+12	21	18	6.7	17	6	5	6	24	21	1870	1851	+1	+16
17	Switzerland	1731	+19	18	16	8.7	16	4	7	5	21	24	1801	1868	+2	+36
18	Greece	1696	-12	18	16	5.7	8	1	2	5	6	15	1778	1963	-2	-13
19	Poland	1689	+8	18	16	5.6	12	3	4	5	11	14	1776	1855	-0	-5
20	Turkey	1674	+23	21	19	6.2	10	3	2	5	9	17	1747	1912	+2	+15
21	Sweden	1670	+8	15	14	7.8	20	11	4	5	48	25	1770	1773	+6	+125
22	Bulgaria	1669	+8	18	16	5.1	8	1	3	4	11	17	1643	1738	-3	-23
23	Denmark	1612	+7	20	18	6	8	2	2	4	11	18	1679	1720	-2	-17
24	Norway	1584	+5	17	15	5.2	4	0	1	3	1	8	1615	1818	-6	-24
25	Cyprus	1548	+4	16	14	9.4	6	0	2	4	7	16	1649	1846	-5	-30
26	Finland	1434	+1	13	13	9.4	10	4	1	5	12	17	1540	1931	+11	+108
27	Ireland	1368	-1	16	12	9.1	6	0	1	5	7	16	1432	1829	-2	-11
28	Iceland	1330	+5	13	12	8.2	8	3	0	5	9	17	1411	1852	+6	+49
29	Northern Ireland	1274	0	14	14	12.4	6	1	2	3	6	13	1437	1704	+1	+7
30	Luxembourg	1254	+6	14	12	11.3	6	0	0	6	1	28	1367	1925	-3	-16
31	Faroe Islands	1087	+20	9	9	9.7										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	DEU#2	ESP#3	ITA#4	SUN#5	FRA#6	NLD#7	BEL#8	CSK#9	YUG#10	DDR#11	PRT#12	SCO#13	HUN#14	AUT#15	ROU#16	CHE#17	GRC#18
1	England	2037
2	Germany	2005		+6(8)		-16(2)		-15(4)	-9(4)	+31(2)		+1(2)	+17(2)			+15(2)
3	Spain	1994	-6(8)		-1(4)	-24(3)			+11(4)	-11(2)	+8(2)		-19(4)	+8(4)			-4(1)	-25(2)	-10(2)
4	Italy	1936		+1(4)			+16(4)		-17(2)		-22(2)	-6(2)	-1(2)			-10(2)		-1(2)	+23(6)
5	Soviet Union	1903	+16(2)	+24(3)			-16(2)	+1(4)	+26(2)	+4(2)	-36(2)	+18(2)				+39(2)	+3(2)
6	France	1860			-16(4)	+16(2)					-5(4)						-15(2)
7	Netherlands	1826	+15(4)			-1(4)							-13(4)
8	Belgium	1820	+9(4)	-11(4)	+17(2)	-26(2)					+4(2)	+16(2)	-8(2)			+26(2)	-22(2)
9	Czechoslovakia	1816	-31(2)	+11(2)		-4(2)							+9(2)	-15(2)	-12(2)	-39(2)
10	Yugoslavia	1815		-8(2)	+22(2)	+36(2)	+5(4)		-4(2)				-4(2)	-7(2)			+7(2)	+6(2)
11	East Germany	1811	-1(2)		+6(2)	-18(2)			-16(2)							-39(2)
12	Portugal	1777	-17(2)	+19(4)	+1(2)			+13(4)	+8(2)	-9(2)	+4(2)
13	Scotland	1749		-8(4)						+15(2)	+7(2)							-13(4)
14	Hungary	1744								+12(2)							-11(2)
15	Austria	1737	-15(2)		+10(2)	-39(2)			-26(2)	+39(2)		+39(2)
16	Romania	1735		+4(1)		-3(2)	+15(2)		+22(2)		-7(2)				+11(2)			-20(2)
17	Switzerland	1731		+25(2)	+1(2)						-6(2)			+13(4)			+20(2)
18	Greece	1696		+10(2)	-23(6)
19	Poland	1689	-9(4)		-3(2)										+10(2)
20	Turkey	1674	-3(2)	-12(2)			+29(2)
21	Sweden	1670	+14(2)	+29(2)						-8(2)				+25(4)	+1(2)
22	Bulgaria	1669																+11(2)
23	Denmark	1612							-21(2)		0(2)						0(2)
24	Norway	1584				-20(2)
25	Cyprus	1548							-19(2)	+4(2)
26	Finland	1434				+32(4)					+51(2)	+19(2)					+6(2)
27	Ireland	1368												+4(2)	-11(2)
28	Iceland	1330					+21(2)							-4(2)		+23(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1274										+10(2)						+6(2)
30	Luxembourg	1254			-4(2)			-3(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1087

#	Country	Rating	POL#19	TUR#20	SWE#21	BGR#22	DNK#23	NOR#24	CYP#25	FIN#26	IRL#27	ISL#28	NIR#29	LUX#30
1	England	2037
2	Germany	2005	+9(4)	+3(2)	-14(2)
3	Spain	1994		+12(2)	-29(2)
4	Italy	1936	+3(2)											+4(2)
5	Soviet Union	1903						+20(2)		-32(4)
6	France	1860		-29(2)								-21(2)
7	Netherlands	1826												+3(2)
8	Belgium	1820					+21(2)		+19(2)
9	Czechoslovakia	1816			+8(2)				-4(2)
10	Yugoslavia	1815					0(2)			-51(2)
11	East Germany	1811								-19(2)			-10(2)
12	Portugal	1777
13	Scotland	1749			-25(4)						-4(2)	+4(2)
14	Hungary	1744	-10(2)		-1(2)						+11(2)
15	Austria	1737										-23(2)
16	Romania	1735					0(2)			-6(2)
17	Switzerland	1731				-11(2)							-6(2)
18	Greece	1696
19	Poland	1689		-7(2)				+4(2)
20	Turkey	1674	+7(2)		-6(2)
21	Sweden	1670		+6(2)		+49(4)								+9(2)
22	Bulgaria	1669			-49(4)				+15(2)
23	Denmark	1612									+4(2)
24	Norway	1584	-4(2)
25	Cyprus	1548				-15(2)
26	Finland	1434
27	Ireland	1368					-4(2)
28	Iceland	1330											+9(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1274										-9(2)
30	Luxembourg	1254			-9(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1087