Country ranking 1986/87
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![]() |
-17 | 117 | 21 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1386 | 1967 | +12 | +23 | |
| 2 | Germany![]() |
+8 | 66 | 18 | 5.8 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 30 | 2062 | 1900 | -1 | -50 | |
| 3 | Spain![]() |
-9 | 40 | 18 | 4.6 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 38 | 34 | 2034 | 1907 | -4 | -116 | |
| 4 | Italy![]() |
+1 | 40 | 16 | 4.4 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 14 | 1970 | 1829 | +1 | +20 | |
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
0 | 18 | 18 | 4.6 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 28 | 1960 | 1825 | -1 | -29 | |
| 6 | France![]() |
+2 | 22 | 20 | 4.3 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 1912 | 1869 | -1 | -18 | |
| 7 | Netherlands![]() |
-9 | 37 | 18 | 7.7 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 1940 | 1829 | 0 | +2 | |
| 8 | Yugoslavia![]() |
-1 | 21 | 19 | 4.3 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 28 | 1853 | 1810 | -1 | -11 | |
| 9 | Belgium![]() |
-7 | 20 | 18 | 7.4 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 35 | 1880 | 1842 | -1 | -21 | |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
-7 | 17 | 16 | 4.5 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 1820 | 1942 | +1 | +19 | |
| 11 | East Germany![]() |
-11 | 59 | 14 | 7.1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 1879 | 1777 | -2 | -51 | |
| 12 | Portugal![]() |
+4 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 23 | 1907 | 1887 | +3 | +83 | |
| 13 | Scotland![]() |
-2 | 12 | 12 | 11.1 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 20 | 1882 | 1830 | +1 | +36 | |
| 14 | Hungary![]() |
0 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 1782 | 1842 | -3 | -34 | |
| 15 | Switzerland![]() |
+8 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1795 | 1873 | +4 | +61 | |
| 16 | Austria![]() |
-1 | 17 | 12 | 8.4 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 27 | 1868 | 1863 | 0 | +1 | |
| 17 | Romania![]() |
-12 | 21 | 18 | 6.4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 1840 | 1862 | 0 | +5 | |
| 18 | Poland![]() |
+10 | 18 | 16 | 5.9 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 1766 | 1848 | +3 | +44 | |
| 19 | Greece![]() |
-3 | 18 | 16 | 5.9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1755 | 1795 | -0 | -3 | |
| 20 | Turkey![]() |
+5 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 1707 | 1936 | -6 | -39 | |
| 21 | Sweden![]() |
+2 | 16 | 14 | 8.4 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 24 | 1816 | 1853 | +3 | +63 | |
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
+3 | 18 | 16 | 6.1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1744 | 1844 | -1 | -13 | |
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
+36 | 19 | 16 | 9.5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 1703 | 1892 | +6 | +60 | |
| 24 | Norway![]() |
-5 | 16 | 14 | 3.6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1637 | 1794 | -3 | -25 | |
| 25 | Cyprus![]() |
+17 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1700 | 1734 | -2 | -13 | |
| 26 | Finland![]() |
0 | 14 | 13 | 9.4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 1470 | 1790 | +8 | +48 | |
| 27 | Ireland![]() |
-5 | 14 | 12 | 9.9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 1426 | 1902 | -3 | -17 | |
| 28 | Iceland![]() |
+1 | 14 | 12 | 9.1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1461 | 1894 | -5 | -31 | |
| 29 | Northern Ireland![]() |
+9 | 14 | 14 | 12.7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1394 | 1746 | +2 | +11 | |
| 30 | Luxembourg![]() |
+8 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 1374 | 1844 | -1 | -5 | |
| 31 | Faroe Islands![]() |
-12 | 10 | 9 | 9.4 | 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#21 | DNK#23 | NOR#24 | CYP#25 | FIN#26 | IRL#27 | ISL#28 | NIR#29 | LUX#30 | FRO#31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England![]() |
2020 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Germany![]() |
2013 | +7(2) | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Spain![]() |
1985 | +19(2) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Italy![]() |
1937 | +14(2) | -7(2) | +4(2) | ||||||||||
| 5 | Soviet Union![]() |
1903 | +29(2) | -4(2) | -7(2) | ||||||||||
| 6 | France![]() |
1862 | +2(2) | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Netherlands![]() |
1817 | -1(2) | +6(2) | -9(2) | +7(2) | |||||||||
| 8 | Yugoslavia![]() |
1814 | -5(4) | -2(4) | +20(2) | ||||||||||
| 9 | Belgium![]() |
1813 | -21(2) | -1(2) | -4(2) | ||||||||||
| 10 | Czechoslovakia![]() |
1809 | -11(2) | ||||||||||||
| 11 | East Germany![]() |
1800 | +5(4) | -31(2) | -18(4) | ||||||||||
| 12 | Portugal![]() |
1781 | -2(2) | +13(2) | +7(2) | ||||||||||
| 13 | Scotland![]() |
1747 | -13(2) | -25(2) | +8(2) | ||||||||||
| 14 | Hungary![]() |
1744 | -39(2) | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Switzerland![]() |
1739 | +18(2) | ||||||||||||
| 16 | Austria![]() |
1736 | -6(2) | -25(2) | +4(2) | ||||||||||
| 17 | Romania![]() |
1723 | +4(2) | +8(2) | |||||||||||
| 18 | Poland![]() |
1699 | +20(2) | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Greece![]() |
1693 | +5(2) | ||||||||||||
| 20 | Turkey![]() |
1679 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | Bulgaria![]() |
1672 | -6(2) | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Sweden![]() |
1672 | -11(2) | ||||||||||||
| 23 | Denmark![]() |
1648 | +6(2) | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Norway![]() |
1579 | +7(2) | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Cyprus![]() |
1565 | +11(2) | -16(2) | |||||||||||
| 26 | Finland![]() |
1434 | +16(2) | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Ireland![]() |
1363 | |||||||||||||
| 28 | Iceland![]() |
1331 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Northern Ireland![]() |
1283 | -7(2) | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Luxembourg![]() |
1262 | -5(2) | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Faroe Islands![]() |
1075 |






























