FIFA Ranking: Nigeria drop 6 places in the world, move 1 place in Africa as Germany regain top spot
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped 6 places in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola World Rankings released on Thursday.
The Super Eagles who were formerly 38th in the world are now occupying the 44th position in the world but have moved up one place in Africa ranking from 6th to 5th.
The mixed results from CHAN Eagles in the month of August might have played a significant role in the recent ranking while Cameroon’s poor performances helped Nigeria’s course in the African ranking.
Egypt are No.1 on the continent and Africa’s highest ranked team in 30th spot in the world, Tunisia 31st in the world, Senegal occupy the 33rd position in the world, Congo DR are 42nd in the world while Nigeria made up the top five most ranked African countries.
The Indomitable Lions have dropped 10 places to 45 in the world but 6th in Africa, Zambia who will be guests of the Super Eagles in Group B of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers on October 7th in Uyo in a must win cracker moved 18 places to 78 in the world, 18th in Africa while Eagles last opponent in the world cup group Algeria dropped 11 places to 62 in the world, 11 in Africa.
Meanwhile, the Super Eagles 2019 Group E AFCON qualifier conquerors, Bafana Bafana of South Africa, improved to 64.
Libya who are also in Group B occupy the 87th position and the Super Eagles next 2019 AFCON qualifiers opponents Seychelles are 194th.
In the world, Brazil have lost top spot in the FIFA World Ranking to Germany.
World Cup qualifying wins over the Czech Republic and Norway, combined with Brazil’s draw with Colombia, have allowed the world champions to regain the summit.
Euro 2016 winners Portugal are up three places to third, above Argentina, while Belgium have jumped back into the top five off the back of a 9-0 win over Gibraltar and 2-1 victory in Greece.
Spain remain 11th, England drop to 15th and Italy, beaten 3-0 in Madrid this month, have slipped five places to 17th. Wales climb back up to 13th place.
Luxembourg, who got a shock draw with France, are up 35 places to 101st, their highest ranking yet. Peru (12th), Northern Ireland (20th) and Syria (75th) have also reached record-breaking positions.
Bolivia (46th, up 22), Montenegro (37th, up 15), Bulgaria (38th, up 14), Scotland (43rd, up 15) and Haiti (48th, up seven) are five fresh entries in the top 50.
The biggest climbers were Cape Verde Islands, who jumped 47 places to 67th following shock back-to-back wins over South Africa.
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