Country ranking 1978/79

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	2040	+18	93	22	5.6	43	24	10	9	78	40	2031	1866	0	+12
2	Germany	1986	+7	96	18	4.5	51	27	14	10	100	53	1981	1845	+1	+70
3	Spain	1977	+12	43	18	4	25	13	3	9	48	28	2005	1877	-1	-27
4	Italy	1919	-9	39	16	4.3	18	6	5	7	18	19	1970	1859	-5	-95
5	Soviet Union	1916	-2	20	19	5.5	14	6	4	4	18	16	1980	1801	-5	-64
6	France	1875	-6	23	20	5.3	16	4	4	8	16	19	1897	1783	-9	-140
7	Netherlands	1818	0	37	18	7.5	14	5	3	6	23	18	1965	1897	-3	-45
8	East Germany	1813	+1	23	14	8	20	8	4	8	31	31	1935	1827	-5	-94
9	Czechoslovakia	1812	-4	17	16	4	22	11	5	6	35	25	1892	1871	+3	+75
10	Yugoslavia	1799	+4	19	18	4.4	22	9	5	8	25	23	1873	1930	+2	+55
11	Portugal	1794	+1	20	16	9.1	10	2	2	6	7	14	1932	1936	-6	-62
12	Belgium	1790	-10	20	18	6.2	20	9	4	7	24	19	1869	1846	+2	+41
13	Hungary	1743	-7	20	18	6.5	16	7	3	6	30	22	1843	1796	-1	-21
14	Scotland	1726	-1	12	10	6.6	16	6	4	6	17	16	1827	1884	+3	+50
15	Switzerland	1718	-7	14	12	9.6	16	4	5	7	19	26	1820	1877	-0	-1
16	Romania	1693	+1	21	18	3.5	12	6	1	5	20	21	1714	1883	+8	+95
17	Poland	1679	+12	18	16	3.1	16	5	5	6	29	34	1688	1777	+2	+36
17	Austria	1679	+2	17	10	5.1	14	4	4	6	16	19	1797	1850	0	0
19	Greece	1667	+1	20	18	8.2	10	3	0	7	15	25	1823	1892	-4	-37
20	Turkey	1666	+5	18	16	5.2	6	1	1	4	7	21	1726	1982	-0	-1
21	Bulgaria	1657	+11	18	16	5.6	14	4	3	7	16	27	1705	1895	+2	+35
22	Sweden	1648	+8	17	16	6.6	15	5	5	5	16	15	1715	1875	+7	+104
23	Denmark	1609	+13	21	19	5.9	12	5	3	4	19	20	1651	1682	+3	+33
24	Norway	1573	-11	15	15	5.6	12	2	4	6	10	21	1608	1682	-3	-40
25	Cyprus	1519	-18	17	16	5.5	6	1	1	4	5	12	1589	1526	-11	-64
26	Finland	1437	+3	16	14	7.9	6	1	1	4	8	15	1482	1782	0	+2
27	Ireland	1390	+24	16	16	11.2	10	3	1	6	6	24	1437	1822	+6	+57
28	Iceland	1339	+4	13	12	11.5	8	0	4	4	5	15	1477	1812	+2	+14
29	Northern Ireland	1291	+8	12	12	11	6	0	3	3	1	8	1372	1628	-2	-9
30	Luxembourg	1224	+11	14	12	9.3	6	1	1	4	2	18	1271	1766	+4	+21
31	Faroe Islands	1102	0	9	8	17.1										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	YUG#10	PRT#11	BEL#12	HUN#13	SCO#14	CHE#15	ROU#16	AUT#17	POL#17
1	England	2040		-5(4)	+12(4)	+18(2)			+16(4)	+23(2)	-8(2)	-49(8)	+15(2)	-42(4)			-3(2)		+1(2)
2	Germany	1986	+5(4)		-10(1)		+10(4)	+21(2)		+16(2)	+7(6)	+7(4)	+14(2)		-6(2)	-7(4)	+13(4)	-3(2)	+5(2)	+15(4)
3	Spain	1977	-12(4)	+10(1)		+12(2)	+13(2)		-5(2)			-15(2)		+12(4)			-26(2)	-10(2)
4	Italy	1919	-18(2)		-12(2)		-7(2)				-20(4)			-19(2)		-26(2)
5	Soviet Union	1916		-10(4)	-13(2)	+7(2)
6	France	1875		-21(2)									-15(2)			-9(2)	-9(2)	-12(2)
7	Netherlands	1818	-16(4)		+5(2)										-13(2)	-25(2)	+15(2)
8	East Germany	1813	-23(2)	-16(2)							-9(2)	-14(4)		+9(2)	-12(2)				-16(2)
9	Czechoslovakia	1812	+8(2)	-7(6)		+20(4)				+9(2)			+29(2)		+24(2)					-14(2)
10	Yugoslavia	1799	+49(8)	-7(4)	+15(2)					+14(4)				-17(2)					+1(2)
11	Portugal	1794	-15(2)	-14(2)				+15(2)			-29(2)
12	Belgium	1790	+42(4)		-12(4)	+19(2)				-9(2)		+17(2)				+4(2)				-23(2)
13	Hungary	1743		+6(2)					+13(2)	+12(2)	-24(2)							-35(4)
14	Scotland	1726		+7(4)		+26(2)		+9(2)	+25(2)					-4(2)
15	Switzerland	1718	+3(2)	-13(4)	+26(2)			+9(2)	-15(2)
16	Romania	1693		+3(2)	+10(2)			+12(2)							+35(4)
17	Austria	1679	-1(2)	-5(2)						+16(2)		-1(2)								+4(2)
17	Poland	1679		-15(4)							+14(2)			+23(2)					-4(2)
19	Greece	1667	-15(2)										+19(2)				+2(2)	-35(2)
20	Turkey	1666	-12(2)						+11(2)						0(2)
21	Bulgaria	1657		-6(4)	+9(2)	-2(2)										+14(2)
22	Sweden	1648	-4(1)				+45(2)	+49(4)							-7(2)	-1(2)			+23(2)	-1(2)
23	Denmark	1609		+11(2)				+25(2)
24	Norway	1573				-5(2)	+8(2)												-10(2)
25	Cyprus	1519																		-7(2)
26	Finland	1437					-5(2)
27	Ireland	1390	-3(2)							+9(2)	-6(2)
28	Iceland	1339		+12(2)						+4(2)										-10(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1291												-3(2)
30	Luxembourg	1224			-3(2)												+9(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1102

#	Country	Rating	GRC#19	TUR#20	BGR#21	SWE#22	DNK#23	NOR#24	CYP#25	FIN#26	IRL#27	ISL#28	NIR#29	LUX#30
1	England	2040	+15(2)	+12(2)		+4(1)					+3(2)
2	Germany	1986			+6(4)		-11(2)					-12(2)
3	Spain	1977			-9(2)									+3(2)
4	Italy	1919			+2(2)			+5(2)
5	Soviet Union	1916				-45(2)		-8(2)		+5(2)
6	France	1875				-49(4)	-25(2)
7	Netherlands	1818		-11(2)
8	East Germany	1813									-9(2)	-4(2)
9	Czechoslovakia	1812									+6(2)
10	Yugoslavia	1799
11	Portugal	1794	-19(2)
12	Belgium	1790											+3(2)
13	Hungary	1743		0(2)		+7(2)
14	Scotland	1726			-14(2)	+1(2)
15	Switzerland	1718	-2(2)											-9(2)
16	Romania	1693	+35(2)
17	Austria	1679				-23(2)		+10(2)
17	Poland	1679				+1(2)			+7(2)			+10(2)
19	Greece	1667			-8(2)
20	Turkey	1666
21	Bulgaria	1657	+8(2)				+12(2)
22	Sweden	1648
23	Denmark	1609			-12(2)			+16(2)		-7(4)
24	Norway	1573					-16(2)						-2(2)	-15(2)
25	Cyprus	1519									-57(4)
26	Finland	1437					+7(4)
27	Ireland	1390							+57(4)
28	Iceland	1339											+8(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1291						+2(2)				-8(2)
30	Luxembourg	1224						+15(2)
31	Faroe Islands	1102