Country ranking 1996/97

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	Spain	2001	-1	46	22	5.1	39	19	12	8	59	37	2026	1893	+1	+22
2	Italy	1984	-16	49	18	5.4	49	28	9	12	86	49	2042	1911	+1	+52
3	Germany	1982	+9	126	18	4.8	63	41	6	16	116	70	1976	1844	+2	+139
4	England	1972	-29	124	20	3.9	30	13	5	12	47	31	2059	1884	-4	-110
5	France	1916	+12	48	20	5.5	65	31	11	23	94	77	1894	1851	+1	+41
6	Russia	1836	-24	23	21	6.7	45	21	7	17	68	66	1829	1762	-1	-63
7	Netherlands	1811	-18	36	18	7.7	30	11	7	12	39	38	1915	1836	-2	-63
8	Portugal	1786	+3	21	18	7.9	28	14	6	8	40	32	1910	1882	+2	+62
9	Austria	1770	-8	30	10	5.4	35	14	8	13	54	50	1825	1763	-1	-48
10	Belgium	1763	-18	21	18	5.3	41	18	13	10	53	42	1808	1735	0	+3
11	Switzerland	1748	+5	16	12	6.7	30	14	4	12	51	35	1825	1786	+1	+23
12	Scotland	1743	+8	22	10	6.6	20	6	5	9	28	31	1867	1796	-5	-109
13	Hungary	1740	+12	18	18	6.6	14	6	3	5	27	25	1802	1642	-4	-52
14	Turkey	1738	+30	21	18	9.9	37	18	8	11	58	41	1792	1776	+3	+120
15	Romania	1732	+16	20	18	5.3	30	14	6	10	39	39	1763	1818	+2	+71
15	Ukraine	1732	+10	19	16	7.4	14	3	3	8	11	24	1772	1656	-9	-122
17	Czech Republic	1730	+11	19	16	7.2	17	7	4	6	26	21	1788	1772	0	+6
18	Greece	1707	-15	21	18	8.7	16	5	3	8	20	24	1796	1764	-4	-69
19	Sweden	1683	+11	19	17	7.1	40	15	10	15	61	56	1708	1796	+3	+114
20	Poland	1673	-5	22	18	7.7	32	9	6	17	46	59	1743	1750	-3	-88
21	Denmark	1661	+11	14	12	6.5	39	20	5	14	70	40	1719	1699	+3	+101
22	Bulgaria	1654	+3	19	16	8.7	13	2	4	7	11	19	1713	1723	-4	-56
23	Norway	1621	+21	20	17	7.7	30	12	6	12	48	43	1686	1826	+5	+143
24	Serbia	1614	-7	20	12	11.2	27	9	5	13	31	35	1690	1723	-1	-20
25	Slovakia	1606	+7	16	16	8.2	10	4	2	4	13	15	1753	1776	+1	+11
26	Israel	1605	+3	18	16	7	18	3	3	12	20	39	1679	1724	-6	-112
27	Croatia	1603	+8	16	16	8.7	19	12	0	7	30	23	1661	1733	+6	+113
28	Belarus	1586	+17	19	18	10.9	14	4	5	5	15	22	1691	1616	-4	-49
29	Kazakhstan	1569	+13	20	18	10.4										0
30	Slovenia	1558	-6	11	10	6	14	3	5	6	7	16	1610	1708	-1	-12
31	Cyprus	1547	-19	17	14	11.1	14	6	2	6	24	23	1651	1658	+1	+9
32	Moldova	1429	-8	20	16	16.9	6	0	1	5	3	15	1632	1753	-8	-50
33	Finland	1423	+3	16	13	6.4	15	4	4	7	18	24	1465	1681	+2	+28
34	Latvia	1417	-19	17	14	15.1	10	3	2	5	14	18	1614	1540	-4	-43
35	Georgia	1402	-29	18	16	11.7	17	6	4	7	22	24	1589	1629	-0	-6
36	Lithuania	1401	-36	18	16	18.4	9	3	1	5	13	16	1589	1618	-2	-14
37	Ireland	1360	0	15	12	8.1	9	0	4	5	9	15	1416	1752	+1	+7
38	Iceland	1326	-2	13	12	9.5	12	2	3	7	12	25	1414	1640	-0	-1
39	Northern Ireland	1292	+8	9	8	5.5	10	1	0	9	6	31	1323	1731	-1	-7
40	Luxembourg	1234	-9	14	12	14.1	6	0	1	5	5	18	1396	1776	-2	-9
41	Malta	1219	+3	12	10	17.5	9	0	0	9	9	30	1413	1693	-5	-46
42	Wales	1184	+45	23	21	13.5	14	2	4	8	13	33	1243	1683	+4	+57
43	Faroe Islands	1078	0	12	11	14.1	11	0	0	11	6	43	1165	1602	-4	-40
44	Estonia	1048	+39	11	8	17.4	11	3	3	5	9	17	1145	1568	+6	+67

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	ESP#1	ITA#2	DEU#3	ENG#4	FRA#5	RUS#6	NLD#7	PRT#8	AUT#9	BEL#10	CHE#11	SCO#12	HUN#13	TUR#14	ROU#15	UKR#15	CZE#17	GRC#18
1	Spain	2001		+22(4)	-8(8)		+8(1)		-16(6)							+5(2)	+8(2)		0(2)
2	Italy	1984	-22(4)		-44(5)	+33(2)	+54(8)	+28(2)	+26(2)	-16(8)	-3(4)	+3(2)				+17(2)	-7(2)		+1(2)
3	Germany	1982	+8(8)	+44(5)		+61(4)	-16(6)	+6(3)	+10(2)		-25(1)	-16(7)		+38(2)		+10(2)	+19(4)		+7(1)
4	England	1972		-33(2)	-61(4)		-27(6)			+22(2)	+29(2)		+13(2)		-3(2)	-14(2)
5	France	1916	-8(1)	-54(8)	+16(6)	+27(6)		-1(5)	+13(3)	-2(4)	+14(2)	-26(2)	-32(4)	+30(2)	+39(2)	-14(2)	+12(2)			+21(2)
6	Russia	1836		-28(2)	-6(3)		+1(5)		-10(2)	-22(2)	+9(2)	+12(2)	+3(1)	-14(2)		-3(2)		+5(1)		+1(1)
7	Netherlands	1811	+16(6)	-26(2)	-10(2)		-13(3)	+10(2)				-7(1)	-10(2)	+24(2)	-3(1)
8	Portugal	1786		+16(8)		-22(2)	+2(4)	+22(2)				+8(2)
9	Austria	1770		+3(4)	+25(1)	-29(2)	-14(2)	-9(2)				-26(3)				-19(2)		+41(2)	-4(2)	+7(1)
10	Belgium	1763		-3(2)	+16(7)		+26(2)	-12(2)	+7(1)	-8(2)	+26(3)		-3(1)			-8(3)	-19(4)
11	Switzerland	1748				-13(2)	+32(4)	-3(1)	+10(2)			+3(1)		+12(2)				+36(4)	+34(2)
12	Scotland	1743			-38(2)		-30(2)	+14(2)	-24(2)				-12(2)
13	Hungary	1740				+3(2)	-39(2)		+3(1)											+12(2)
14	Turkey	1738	-5(2)	-17(2)	-10(2)	+14(2)	+14(2)	+3(2)			+19(2)	+8(3)						-5(1)
15	Romania	1732	-8(2)	+7(2)	-19(4)		-12(2)					+19(4)						+22(2)
15	Ukraine	1732						-5(1)			-41(2)		-36(4)			+5(1)	-22(2)
17	Czech Republic	1730	0(2)	-1(2)	-7(1)						+4(2)		-34(2)
18	Greece	1707					-21(2)	-1(1)			-7(1)				-12(2)
19	Sweden	1683	+5(2)	+12(2)	-2(2)	+33(4)	+9(3)			-18(2)	+16(1)	-3(2)	+29(2)		+8(3)				-18(2)
20	Poland	1673	-25(2)		-5(3)		-11(3)			+5(2)		+4(1)				-16(2)	-3(3)		-11(3)	+8(2)
21	Denmark	1661	+3(2)		+20(3)			-8(4)		+6(2)	+26(3)	-5(3)	+27(2)	+11(2)		-11(1)
22	Bulgaria	1654					-1(1)	-2(2)	-12(1)		-6(2)						-20(2)		-11(1)
23	Norway	1621		+6(4)		+6(2)	-6(1)		+43(3)	-17(2)		+18(3)				-9(2)				+21(3)
24	Serbia	1614	+1(2)		+20(3)		-3(1)	-4(1)	-3(1)		-31(2)			-4(2)			-13(4)
25	Slovakia	1606			+5(1)						+21(1)			0(2)		-8(2)	-10(2)
26	Israel	1605	+3(2)		-24(2)							+5(1)	+15(1)			-3(2)
27	Croatia	1603					+10(2)	+24(6)					+17(1)
28	Belarus	1586							+9(1)				-6(1)			-29(3)
29	Kazakhstan	1569
30	Slovenia	1558														-1(1)				-17(2)
31	Cyprus	1547	+10(4)								-4(1)		-21(3)							+19(2)
32	Moldova	1429														-13(2)
33	Finland	1423				-3(2)		+4(2)										+5(2)
34	Latvia	1417			-4(1)										-2(1)	-10(1)
35	Georgia	1402					-9(1)	+11(3)	+10(2)	-12(2)							-5(1)			-3(1)
36	Lithuania	1401							-3(1)					+5(2)		-7(1)
37	Ireland	1360					+9(1)					+6(1)
38	Iceland	1326			-1(1)			-14(2)			-2(1)
39	Northern Ireland	1292			-2(1)							-2(1)							-4(2)
40	Luxembourg	1234
41	Malta	1219					-4(1)				-4(1)					-2(1)	-11(2)
42	Wales	1184									+7(2)			+7(2)	+25(2)
43	Faroe Islands	1078			0(1)							-3(1)
44	Estonia	1048										-1(1)	+27(2)		0(1)	+10(1)		+18(2)

#	Country	Rating	SWE#19	POL#20	DNK#21	BGR#22	NOR#23	SRB#24	SVK#25	ISR#26	HRV#27	BLR#28	SVN#30	CYP#31	MDA#32	FIN#33	LVA#34	GEO#35	LTU#36
1	Spain	2001	-5(2)	+25(2)	-3(2)			-1(2)		-3(2)				-10(4)
2	Italy	1984	-12(2)				-6(4)
3	Germany	1982	+2(2)	+5(3)	-20(3)			-20(3)	-5(1)	+24(2)							+4(1)
4	England	1972	-33(4)				-6(2)									+3(2)
5	France	1916	-9(3)	+11(3)		+1(1)	+6(1)	+3(1)			-10(2)							+9(1)
6	Russia	1836			+8(4)	+2(2)		+4(1)			-24(6)					-4(2)		-11(3)
7	Netherlands	1811				+12(1)	-43(3)	+3(1)				-9(1)						-10(2)	+3(1)
8	Portugal	1786	+18(2)	-5(2)	-6(2)		+17(2)											+12(2)
9	Austria	1770	-16(1)		-26(3)	+6(2)		+31(2)	-21(1)					+4(1)
10	Belgium	1763	+3(2)	-4(1)	+5(3)		-18(3)			-5(1)
11	Switzerland	1748	-29(2)		-27(2)					-15(1)	-17(1)	+6(1)		+21(3)
12	Scotland	1743			-11(2)			+4(2)	0(2)										-5(2)
13	Hungary	1740	-8(3)														+2(1)
14	Turkey	1738		+16(2)	+11(1)		+9(2)		+8(2)	+3(2)		+29(3)	+1(1)		+13(2)		+10(1)		+7(1)
15	Romania	1732		+3(3)		+20(2)		+13(4)	+10(2)									+5(1)
15	Ukraine	1732														-5(2)
17	Czech Republic	1730	+18(2)	+11(3)		+11(1)
18	Greece	1707		-8(2)			-21(3)						+17(2)	-19(2)				+3(1)
19	Sweden	1683					-27(3)	+7(1)		+11(1)	-7(2)	+18(2)	+12(1)				+27(2)
20	Poland	1673			-10(3)							-16(1)				-7(2)
21	Denmark	1661		+10(3)							+1(3)		+21(5)
22	Bulgaria	1654											-7(2)						+3(2)
23	Norway	1621	+27(3)							+39(2)								-2(2)
24	Serbia	1614	-7(1)							+32(3)			-16(2)			+15(2)	-14(1)
25	Slovakia	1606
26	Israel	1605	-11(1)				-39(2)	-32(3)			-23(1)		-16(1)
27	Croatia	1603	+7(2)		-1(3)					+23(1)					+25(2)
28	Belarus	1586	-18(2)	+16(1)											+12(2)
29	Kazakhstan	1569
30	Slovenia	1558	-12(1)		-21(5)	+7(2)		+16(2)		+16(1)
31	Cyprus	1547
32	Moldova	1429									-25(2)	-12(2)
33	Finland	1423		+7(2)				-15(2)										+14(1)
34	Latvia	1417	-27(2)					+14(1)
35	Georgia	1402					+2(2)									-14(1)
36	Lithuania	1401				-3(2)
37	Ireland	1360					-15(2)		-3(2)			+16(2)							-6(1)
38	Iceland	1326	-1(2)		+14(2)							+17(2)
39	Northern Ireland	1292			-1(1)			-7(2)						-3(1)					+12(2)
40	Luxembourg	1234		-4(2)							-8(2)							+3(2)
41	Malta	1219			-12(2)					-13(2)
42	Wales	1184		+5(3)	-1(1)												+14(4)
43	Faroe Islands	1078	-1(1)				-2(1)							-2(3)		-15(2)		-17(2)
44	Estonia	1048														-1(2)

#	Country	Rating	IRL#37	ISL#38	NIR#39	LUX#40	MLT#41	WLS#42	FRO#43	EST#44
1	Spain	2001
2	Italy	1984
3	Germany	1982		+1(1)	+2(1)				0(1)
4	England	1972
5	France	1916	-9(1)				+4(1)
6	Russia	1836		+14(2)
7	Netherlands	1811
8	Portugal	1786
9	Austria	1770		+2(1)			+4(1)	-7(2)
10	Belgium	1763	-6(1)		+2(1)				+3(1)	+1(1)
11	Switzerland	1748								-27(2)
12	Scotland	1743						-7(2)
13	Hungary	1740						-25(2)		0(1)
14	Turkey	1738					+2(1)			-10(1)
15	Romania	1732					+11(2)
15	Ukraine	1732								-18(2)
17	Czech Republic	1730			+4(2)
18	Greece	1707
19	Sweden	1683		+1(2)					+1(1)
20	Poland	1673				+4(2)		-5(3)
21	Denmark	1661		-14(2)	+1(1)		+12(2)	+1(1)
22	Bulgaria	1654
23	Norway	1621	+15(2)						+2(1)
24	Serbia	1614			+7(2)
25	Slovakia	1606	+3(2)
26	Israel	1605					+13(2)
27	Croatia	1603				+8(2)
28	Belarus	1586	-16(2)	-17(2)
29	Kazakhstan	1569
30	Slovenia	1558
31	Cyprus	1547			+3(1)				+2(3)
32	Moldova	1429
33	Finland	1423							+15(2)	+1(2)
34	Latvia	1417						-14(4)
35	Georgia	1402				-3(2)			+17(2)
36	Lithuania	1401	+6(1)		-12(2)
37	Ireland	1360
38	Iceland	1326								-14(2)
39	Northern Ireland	1292
40	Luxembourg	1234
41	Malta	1219
42	Wales	1184
43	Faroe Islands	1078
44	Estonia	1048		+14(2)