Country ranking 2002/03

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	2024	-15	126	20	6.1	90	44	22	24	143	95	2043	1899	-1	-119
2	Spain	2020	+14	58	20	4.6	94	56	20	18	154	84	2042	1925	+3	+251
3	Italy	1985	+8	49	18	5.4	90	43	23	24	134	100	2029	1957	+1	+66
4	Germany	1975	-22	87	18	4.7	70	33	11	26	114	94	2009	1902	-2	-158
5	France	1912	+10	46	20	4.3	59	28	13	18	77	56	1910	1856	+1	+59
6	Netherlands	1833	+3	36	18	8.4	47	12	18	17	45	57	1895	1973	+1	+30
7	Russia	1791	-7	20	19	5.7	28	7	4	17	27	49	1883	1952	-4	-122
8	Belgium	1785	-8	20	17	8.3	38	11	12	15	43	53	1871	1875	-1	-28
9	Portugal	1779	-19	37	18	7.1	41	17	8	16	63	53	1849	1827	-0	-5
10	Greece	1773	+19	17	16	10.9	40	15	13	12	60	57	1886	1898	+1	+36
11	Switzerland	1759	+2	17	12	8.2	32	12	8	12	41	45	1861	1846	0	+16
12	Scotland	1743	+5	44	12	10.2	23	12	4	7	40	27	1964	1831	-0	-10
13	Czech Republic	1740	+5	18	16	6.5	42	21	3	18	72	57	1800	1781	+1	+57
14	Austria	1732	-19	34	10	4.9	26	10	4	12	39	39	1771	1804	-0	-3
15	Ukraine	1729	-11	17	16	8.5	20	6	7	7	19	31	1911	1910	-2	-43
16	Romania	1720	-16	18	16	4.4	20	8	2	10	24	22	1748	1656	-4	-73
17	Hungary	1719	-9	15	12	5.8	20	6	5	9	24	34	1769	1688	-4	-88
18	Turkey	1717	+12	21	18	7.9	34	9	8	17	40	54	1795	1910	+1	+25
19	Poland	1706	+21	19	16	8.5	32	15	4	13	68	47	1787	1735	+1	+47
20	Bulgaria	1692	+1	17	14	10.9	22	9	6	7	34	25	1792	1757	0	+4
21	Sweden	1674	+2	18	16	5.5	18	7	5	6	28	27	1700	1637	-1	-16
22	Norway	1664	-5	19	16	8.3	20	5	6	9	25	33	1753	1808	-0	-10
23	Denmark	1661	-13	14	12	5.6	20	8	3	9	26	26	1743	1727	-2	-30
24	Israel	1649	+15	14	12	8.8	26	12	3	11	43	39	1799	1722	-1	-16
25	Croatia	1628	+5	16	12	7.8	22	11	3	8	47	20	1701	1672	+3	+56
26	Serbia	1615	+23	22	18	10.3	21	9	6	6	36	26	1739	1698	+2	+44
27	Slovakia	1599	0	12	10	5.2	12	3	2	7	14	27	1590	1642	-3	-39
28	Belarus	1575	-9	18	17	11.7	16	7	2	7	23	23	1647	1709	+2	+32
29	Slovenia	1562	-4	14	12	5.4	8	2	1	5	9	20	1614	1731	-4	-28
30	Kazakhstan	1556	-12	18	17	10.6	8	3	1	4	9	12	1627	1691	0	+3
31	Cyprus	1546	-4	17	14	12.5	22	6	4	12	26	39	1646	1697	-2	-45
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1505	0	20	20	9.8	18	7	4	7	18	23	1602	1688	+1	+25
33	Azerbaijan	1488	0	14	14	4.9										0
34	Georgia	1456	+7	14	12	13.9	12	5	0	7	18	21	1638	1610	-2	-28
35	Finland	1419	+6	17	15	9.5	10	3	3	4	6	11	1500	1653	+1	+10
36	North Macedonia	1403	+6	15	12	11.1	10	4	3	3	18	14	1519	1641	+6	+60
37	Lithuania	1366	+5	13	11	13.8	12	2	2	8	12	33	1446	1748	-0	-6
37	Moldova	1366	-7	10	7	14.2	12	4	2	6	16	19	1555	1692	+1	+11
39	Ireland	1355	-12	14	11	6.3	10	3	1	6	9	21	1386	1646	+2	+23
40	Armenia	1341	0	8	8	6.4	2	1	0	1	3	3	1334	1660	+7	+14
41	Albania	1335	+19	16	14	9.3	12	3	2	7	10	21	1414	1732	+3	+41
42	Iceland	1332	-3	13	12	5.7	10	0	4	6	7	19	1364	1719	0	+4
43	Latvia	1282	-30	10	9	23.3	14	4	1	9	14	23	1628	1736	-2	-22
44	Northern Ireland	1260	-9	12	12	11.8	10	0	2	8	6	26	1340	1728	-1	-11
45	Luxembourg	1244	+10	14	12	12	8	1	2	5	5	20	1333	1666	0	+4
46	Malta	1223	0	12	10	16.6	10	1	4	5	8	19	1437	1624	-0	-2
47	Wales	1182	+10	19	18	13.9	8	1	0	7	5	26	1270	1676	-0	-3
48	Faroe Islands	1100	+1	14	11	17.3	8	0	1	7	5	25	1194	1612	-2	-20
49	Estonia	927	+1	10	10	27.2	9	0	2	7	4	16	1196	1687	+1	+7

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	ESP#2	ITA#3	DEU#4	FRA#5	NLD#6	RUS#7	BEL#8	PRT#9	GRC#10	CHE#11	SCO#12	CZE#13	AUT#14	UKR#15	ROU#16	HUN#17	TUR#18
1	England	2024		-137(12)	+45(10)	+40(8)	+7(8)	+1(8)	+17(2)			+15(4)	-15(6)	-46(4)	+3(2)		-9(4)		-17(2)
2	Spain	2020	+137(12)		-43(20)	+71(6)	-33(5)	+15(5)	+48(6)	+22(6)	-11(2)	-3(4)	-1(4)	+8(2)	+15(2)					+24(6)
3	Italy	1985	-45(10)	+43(20)		+55(8)	-31(4)	+25(8)	+27(4)	0(2)	-7(4)	-11(4)	-8(2)		+8(4)	-11(4)	+30(2)			+18(2)
4	Germany	1975	-40(8)	-71(6)	-55(8)		-21(6)	-3(4)	+29(2)	+34(4)	-14(2)	-11(2)		-5(4)	-22(2)		+4(2)		+6(2)
5	France	1912	-7(8)	+33(5)	+31(4)	+21(6)		-67(6)		-20(2)	-3(6)				+5(2)			+27(4)	+14(2)	-38(4)
6	Netherlands	1833	-1(8)	-15(5)	-25(8)	+3(4)	+67(6)		+3(2)				+11(2)				-13(2)	+15(4)		+27(2)
7	Russia	1791	-17(2)	-48(6)	-27(4)	-29(2)		-3(2)		+23(2)			-32(4)			+11(2)				-9(2)
8	Belgium	1785		-22(6)	0(2)	-34(4)	+20(2)		-23(2)			+14(4)			-13(4)		+2(2)	+23(2)		+22(2)
9	Portugal	1779		+11(2)	+7(4)	+14(2)	+3(6)					+16(4)		+18(3)	-28(2)	+26(2)				-3(2)
10	Greece	1773	-15(4)	+3(4)	+11(4)	+11(2)				-14(4)	-16(4)		+18(2)		-4(4)					+9(2)
11	Switzerland	1759	+15(6)	+1(4)	+8(2)			-11(2)	+32(4)			-18(2)		+17(2)
12	Scotland	1743	+46(4)	-8(2)		+5(4)					-18(3)		-17(2)		-20(2)	+3(2)
13	Czech Republic	1740	-3(2)	-15(2)	-8(4)	+22(2)	-5(2)			+13(4)	+28(2)	+4(4)		+20(2)						-29(4)
14	Austria	1732			+11(4)				-11(2)		-26(2)			-3(2)			+20(2)
15	Ukraine	1729	+9(4)		-30(2)	-4(2)		+13(2)		-2(2)						-20(2)				-28(2)
16	Romania	1720					-27(4)	-15(4)		-23(2)
17	Hungary	1719	+17(2)			-6(2)	-14(2)													+11(2)
18	Turkey	1717		-24(6)	-18(2)		+38(4)	-27(2)	+9(2)	-22(2)	+3(2)	-9(2)			+29(4)		+28(2)		-11(2)
19	Poland	1706		-24(4)	+4(4)	+35(4)		+35(2)			+20(2)		+2(2)
20	Bulgaria	1692	+8(2)									-19(2)				-9(2)	-19(2)		+17(2)
21	Sweden	1674					-17(2)								-10(2)					-9(2)
22	Norway	1664	+28(2)	0(2)	-5(2)		-17(2)	+7(2)		+14(2)
23	Denmark	1661		+18(2)						-21(2)
24	Israel	1649	+12(4)			-30(2)					+3(2)	-6(4)				+16(4)
25	Croatia	1628	-32(4)			-7(2)					+31(2)								+52(4)
26	Serbia	1615	+2(2)		+32(4)	-14(2)					+25(2)				-5(2)
27	Slovakia	1599					-20(2)						-2(2)
28	Belarus	1575			-4(2)	+33(4)
29	Slovenia	1562																-14(2)
30	Kazakhstan	1556
31	Cyprus	1546				-10(2)					-14(2)	-8(4)				+26(2)			+18(4)
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1505	-9(2)	+4(2)											-3(4)					-20(2)
33	Azerbaijan	1488
34	Georgia	1456													-26(4)	+5(2)
35	Finland	1419	+15(2)															+12(2)
36	North Macedonia	1403									-4(2)
37	Lithuania	1366					-8(2)							-1(2)
37	Moldova	1366		-8(2)										+2(2)		-24(2)
39	Ireland	1355								+19(2)
40	Armenia	1341													+14(2)
41	Albania	1335																+15(4)
42	Iceland	1332		+8(2)						+5(2)
43	Latvia	1282				-18(2)			-9(2)				+21(4)			-20(2)
44	Northern Ireland	1260					-1(2)
45	Luxembourg	1244	-1(2)
46	Malta	1223									+8(2)						0(2)
47	Wales	1182																-5(2)
48	Faroe Islands	1100																	+9(2)
49	Estonia	927											+7(2)

#	Country	Rating	POL#19	BGR#20	SWE#21	NOR#22	DNK#23	ISR#24	HRV#25	SRB#26	SVK#27	BLR#28	SVN#29	KAZ#30	CYP#31	BIH#32	GEO#34	FIN#35	MKD#36
1	England	2024		-8(2)		-28(2)		-12(4)	+32(4)	-2(2)						+9(2)		-15(2)
2	Spain	2020	+24(4)			0(2)	-18(2)									-4(2)
3	Italy	1985	-4(4)			+5(2)				-32(4)		+4(2)
4	Germany	1975	-35(4)					+30(2)	+7(2)	+14(2)		-33(4)			+10(2)
5	France	1912			+17(2)	+17(2)					+20(2)
6	Netherlands	1833	-35(2)			-7(2)
7	Russia	1791
8	Belgium	1785				-14(2)	+21(2)
9	Portugal	1779	-20(2)					-3(2)	-31(2)	-25(2)					+14(2)				+4(2)
10	Greece	1773		+19(2)				+6(4)							+8(4)
11	Switzerland	1759	-2(2)								+2(2)
12	Scotland	1743
13	Czech Republic	1740			+10(2)					+5(2)						+3(4)	+26(4)
14	Austria	1732		+9(2)				-16(4)							-26(2)		-5(2)
15	Ukraine	1729		+19(2)
16	Romania	1720											+14(2)					-12(2)
17	Hungary	1719		-17(2)					-52(4)						-18(4)
18	Turkey	1717			+9(2)											+20(2)
19	Poland	1706											+17(2)	-33(2)					0(2)
20	Bulgaria	1692					+6(2)	+12(2)	-25(2)			+21(2)
21	Sweden	1674					+24(2)			-5(2)
22	Norway	1664					+20(2)									-21(2)
23	Denmark	1661		-6(2)	-24(2)	-20(2)			+12(2)								+15(2)	-5(2)	-13(2)
24	Israel	1649		-12(2)								+14(2)
25	Croatia	1628		+25(2)			-12(2)						-13(2)
26	Serbia	1615			+5(2)									+14(2)
27	Slovakia	1599												+11(2)	+40(2)	-32(2)			-36(2)
28	Belarus	1575		-21(2)				-14(2)										+33(2)
29	Slovenia	1562	-17(2)						+13(2)						-10(2)
30	Kazakhstan	1556	+33(2)							-14(2)	-11(2)
31	Cyprus	1546									-40(2)		+10(2)
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1505				+21(2)					+32(2)
33	Azerbaijan	1488
34	Georgia	1456					-15(2)
35	Finland	1419					+5(2)					-33(2)
36	North Macedonia	1403	0(2)				+13(2)				+36(2)
37	Lithuania	1366		-9(2)	0(2)	+35(2)
37	Moldova	1366			+16(2)									+5(2)
39	Ireland	1355	+32(2)		-8(2)				-8(2)
40	Armenia	1341
41	Albania	1335					-14(2)	+17(4)
42	Iceland	1332			-9(2)											0(4)
43	Latvia	1282		-3(2)
44	Northern Ireland	1260	-6(2)			+1(2)						-5(4)
45	Luxembourg	1244								+2(2)					+18(2)				-15(2)
46	Malta	1223	-11(2)															-11(2)
47	Wales	1182	-6(2)							+15(2)
48	Faroe Islands	1100							-4(2)								-5(2)
49	Estonia	927						-4(2)		-2(1)					+9(2)		-3(2)

#	Country	Rating	LTU#37	MDA#37	IRL#39	ARM#40	ALB#41	ISL#42	LVA#43	NIR#44	LUX#45	MLT#46	WLS#47	FRO#48	EST#49
1	England	2024									+1(2)
2	Spain	2020		+8(2)				-8(2)
3	Italy	1985
4	Germany	1975							+18(2)
5	France	1912	+8(2)							+1(2)
6	Netherlands	1833
7	Russia	1791							+9(2)
8	Belgium	1785			-19(2)			-5(2)
9	Portugal	1779										-8(2)
10	Greece	1773
11	Switzerland	1759							-21(4)						-7(2)
12	Scotland	1743	+1(2)	-2(2)
13	Czech Republic	1740				-14(2)
14	Austria	1732		+24(2)					+20(2)
15	Ukraine	1729										0(2)
16	Romania	1720					-15(4)						+5(2)
17	Hungary	1719												-9(2)
18	Turkey	1717
19	Poland	1706			-32(2)					+6(2)		+11(2)	+6(2)
20	Bulgaria	1692	+9(2)						+3(2)
21	Sweden	1674	0(2)	-16(2)	+8(2)			+9(2)
22	Norway	1664	-35(2)							-1(2)
23	Denmark	1661					+14(2)
24	Israel	1649					-17(4)								+4(2)
25	Croatia	1628			+8(2)									+4(2)
26	Serbia	1615									-2(2)		-15(2)		+2(1)
27	Slovakia	1599
28	Belarus	1575								+5(4)
29	Slovenia	1562
30	Kazakhstan	1556		-5(2)
31	Cyprus	1546									-18(2)				-9(2)
32	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1505						0(4)
33	Azerbaijan	1488
34	Georgia	1456												+5(2)	+3(2)
35	Finland	1419										+11(2)
36	North Macedonia	1403									+15(2)
37	Lithuania	1366					-23(2)
37	Moldova	1366												+20(2)
39	Ireland	1355										-12(2)
40	Armenia	1341
41	Albania	1335	+23(2)
42	Iceland	1332
43	Latvia	1282											+7(2)
44	Northern Ireland	1260
45	Luxembourg	1244
46	Malta	1223			+12(2)
47	Wales	1182							-7(2)
48	Faroe Islands	1100		-20(2)
49	Estonia	927