Country ranking 1988/89

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	2028	-4	117	20	4.9	4	1	1	2	5	6	1466	1506	-2	-6
2	Germany	1997	+4	66	18	4.7	42	20	10	12	65	42	2022	1894	-1	-46
3	Spain	1990	+13	44	20	5.5	31	18	7	6	48	33	2059	1843	-1	-41
4	Italy	1939	+15	41	18	6.2	46	23	13	10	78	44	1988	1919	+3	+153
5	Soviet Union	1907	-3	19	18	5.3	18	6	4	8	20	23	1907	1803	-5	-93
6	France	1860	+4	23	20	4.2	16	5	3	8	16	19	1886	1873	-3	-54
7	Belgium	1821	-3	21	18	7.8	26	14	3	9	48	32	1925	1829	0	0
8	Czechoslovakia	1811	-5	17	16	4.5	10	2	1	7	16	26	1818	1934	-6	-58
9	Netherlands	1801	-9	38	18	6.4	20	7	3	10	23	26	1863	1919	-1	-19
10	Yugoslavia	1797	-5	20	18	3.6	20	10	5	5	38	21	1859	1808	+3	+55
11	East Germany	1795	+3	55	14	6.4	20	9	5	6	35	19	1902	1857	+2	+47
12	Portugal	1770	-1	26	20	7.3	18	9	4	5	23	18	1878	1880	+3	+59
13	Scotland	1754	+1	13	10	9.4	22	9	6	7	22	15	1854	1827	+2	+34
14	Romania	1742	+12	21	18	10	25	13	6	6	46	29	1936	1808	0	+12
15	Hungary	1740	0	18	16	5.1	10	4	1	5	8	11	1710	1660	-4	-36
16	Switzerland	1733	-2	22	12	3.6	12	3	3	6	8	19	1775	1799	-4	-44
17	Austria	1715	-11	18	12	8	14	5	2	7	12	18	1744	1752	-2	-25
18	Turkey	1707	+22	23	19	8.2	14	5	2	7	15	20	1758	1858	+1	+14
19	Greece	1704	+5	19	16	6.2	10	4	1	5	8	10	1755	1861	+2	+19
20	Poland	1690	+6	20	16	5.6	10	2	2	6	17	22	1783	1968	-0	-3
21	Bulgaria	1659	-11	18	16	5.9	14	5	1	8	20	30	1826	1870	-3	-37
22	Sweden	1658	-1	16	14	6.4	14	6	1	7	19	24	1752	1906	+5	+65
23	Denmark	1648	+6	18	16	9.5	10	6	1	3	17	8	1703	1673	+4	+40
24	Norway	1590	+9	17	15	6.8	6	1	1	4	3	13	1579	1871	-1	-6
25	Cyprus	1550	-9	18	15	8.3	6	0	0	6	4	16	1676	1821	-11	-66
26	Finland	1446	+9	14	13	9	10	3	2	5	8	15	1551	1800	+5	+53
27	Ireland	1371	-5	14	12	8.8	6	0	1	5	0	16	1409	1732	-4	-26
28	Iceland	1324	-5	13	12	11.2	6	1	1	4	2	11	1500	1867	+3	+19
29	Northern Ireland	1277	-2	14	14	13.1	6	0	3	3	4	11	1371	1737	+2	+9
30	Luxembourg	1265	-2	14	10	14.9	6	0	0	6	3	26	1442	1906	-4	-24
31	Malta	1190	-10	10	9	7.3	4	0	1	3	1	9	1236	1776	+1	+5
32	Faroe Islands	1078	+3	12	12	7.5										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	BEL#7	CSK#8	NLD#9	YUG#10	DDR#11	PRT#12	SCO#13	ROU#14	HUN#15	CHE#16	AUT#17	TUR#18
1	England	2028
2	Germany	1997			-18(4)	-70(10)			+15(4)	+9(2)	+19(2)	+9(2)	-1(4)	-36(2)	-1(6)			+7(2)		+12(2)
3	Spain	1990		+18(4)		-36(5)				-11(2)	-10(4)			+3(2)
4	Italy	1939		+70(10)	+36(5)			+4(2)	+38(4)			-14(4)	-19(6)			+19(5)
5	Soviet Union	1907						-17(2)			-15(2)	-6(2)				-32(4)			-6(2)
6	France	1860				-4(2)	+17(2)		-4(4)					-33(2)			+11(2)			-20(2)
7	Belgium	1821		-15(4)		-38(4)		+4(4)			+10(2)		+9(2)	+17(2)
8	Czechoslovakia	1811		-9(2)	+11(2)											-24(2)
9	Netherlands	1801		-19(2)	+10(4)		+15(2)		-10(2)					-43(6)				+17(2)
10	Yugoslavia	1797		-9(2)		+14(4)	+6(2)							-5(2)	-11(2)					+3(2)
11	East Germany	1795		+1(4)		+19(6)			-9(2)						+13(2)	+4(2)		+28(2)	-9(2)
12	Portugal	1770		+36(2)	-3(2)			+33(2)	-17(2)		+43(6)	+5(2)
13	Scotland	1754		+1(6)								+11(2)	-13(2)			+1(2)	0(2)		+18(2)
14	Romania	1742				-19(5)	+32(4)			+24(2)			-4(2)		-1(2)					-3(2)
15	Hungary	1740						-11(2)							0(2)					-14(2)
16	Switzerland	1733		-7(2)							-17(2)		-28(2)						+6(2)	+7(2)
17	Austria	1715					+6(2)						+9(2)		-18(2)			-6(2)		+1(2)
18	Turkey	1707		-12(2)				+20(2)				-3(2)				+3(2)	+14(2)	-7(2)	-1(2)
19	Greece	1704			+12(2)	+2(2)												+5(2)
20	Poland	1690		-9(2)	+11(4)										-19(2)
21	Bulgaria	1659			-15(2)	-23(2)	-5(2)			+19(2)	-11(2)	-23(2)
22	Sweden	1658				+2(6)	+10(2)			+17(2)						+16(2)
23	Denmark	1648	+15(2)		+6(2)				+7(2)										+7(2)
24	Norway	1590			-3(2)				-10(2)								+7(2)
25	Cyprus	1550										-25(2)
26	Finland	1446												+38(2)		+7(4)			+10(2)
27	Ireland	1371	-9(2)									-9(2)			-8(2)
28	Iceland	1324			-6(2)			+21(2)									+4(2)
29	Northern Ireland	1277					+12(2)
30	Luxembourg	1265							-10(4)
31	Malta	1190													+11(2)	-6(2)
32	Faroe Islands	1078

#	Country	Rating	GRC#19	POL#20	BGR#21	SWE#22	DNK#23	NOR#24	CYP#25	FIN#26	IRL#27	ISL#28	NIR#29	LUX#30	MLT#31
1	England	2028					-15(2)				+9(2)
2	Germany	1997		+9(2)
3	Spain	1990	-12(2)	-11(4)	+15(2)		-6(2)	+3(2)				+6(2)
4	Italy	1939	-2(2)		+23(2)	-2(6)
5	Soviet Union	1907			+5(2)	-10(2)							-12(2)
6	France	1860										-21(2)
7	Belgium	1821					-7(2)	+10(2)						+10(4)
8	Czechoslovakia	1811			-19(2)	-17(2)
9	Netherlands	1801			+11(2)
10	Yugoslavia	1797			+23(2)				+25(2)		+9(2)
11	East Germany	1795
12	Portugal	1770								-38(2)
13	Scotland	1754		+19(2)							+8(2)				-11(2)
14	Romania	1742				-16(2)				-7(4)					+6(2)
15	Hungary	1740						-7(2)				-4(2)
16	Switzerland	1733	-5(2)
17	Austria	1715					-7(2)			-10(2)
18	Turkey	1707
19	Greece	1704			-21(2)				+21(2)
20	Poland	1690												+14(2)
21	Bulgaria	1659	+21(2)
22	Sweden	1658							+20(2)
23	Denmark	1648											+5(2)
24	Norway	1590
25	Cyprus	1550	-21(2)			-20(2)
26	Finland	1446											-2(2)
27	Ireland	1371
28	Iceland	1324
29	Northern Ireland	1277					-5(2)			+2(2)
30	Luxembourg	1265		-14(2)
31	Malta	1190
32	Faroe Islands	1078