Super Eagle drop in latest FIFA Rankings, now 4th in Africa
The Nigeria men’s football team, Super Eagles have dropped in position in the latest rankings released on Thursday by the world football governing body FIFA.
Super Eagles who previously occupied the 3rd position in Africa and the 30th position in the global rankings now have dropped one place.
The drop in the rankings would have been a result of the two friendly losses to the 12th-ranked Mexico and 44th-ranked Ecuador.
Mexico pipped Nigeria 2-1 while Ecuador also secured a 1-0 win in the US.
Nigeria, however, secured two wins in the month of June, a 2-1 win against Cape Verde and the historic 10-0 win against Sao Tome and Principe.
But those wins against weaker opponents didn’t help boost Nigeria’s rankings in the latest release.
Nigeria (31st) now 4th in Africa rankings behind (18th) Senegal, (22nd) Morocco, (30th) Tunisia, and 7 positions ahead of (38th) Cameroon.
Globally, Brazil remain the number one team, Belgium second, Argentina third, France and England complete the top five.
LATEST FIFA RANKINGS FOR JUNE 2022
1 Brazil
2 Belgium
3 Argentina
4 France
5 England
6 Spain
7 Italy
8 Netherlands
9 Portugal
10 Denmark
11 Germany
12 Mexico
13 Uruguay
14 USA
15 Croatia
16 Switzerland
17 Colombia
18 Senegal
19 Wales
20 Sweden
21 Morocco
22 IR Iran
23 Japan
24 Peru
25 Serbia
26 Poland
27 Ukraine
28 Korea Republic
29 Chile
30 Tunisia
31 NIGERIA 🇳🇬
32 Czech Republic
33 Austria
34 Costa Rica
35 Russia
36 Australia
37 Norway
38 Hungary
39 Algeria
40 Cameroon
41 Egypt
42 Turkey
43 Canada
44 Ecuador
45 Scotland
46 Mali
47 Republic of Ireland
48 Greece
49 Qatar
50 Paraguay
51 Slovakia
52 Côte d’Ivoire
53 Saudi Arabia
54 Romania
55 Burkina Faso
56 Venezuela
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina
58 Northern Ireland
59 Finland
60 Panama
61 Ghana
62 Jamaica
63 Iceland
64 North Macedonia
65 Slovenia
66 Albania
67 Montenegro
68 SOUTH AFRICA
69 United Arab Emirates
70 Iraq
71 El Salvador
72 Cabo Verde
73 Congo DR
74 Bulgaria
75 Oman
76 Israel
77 Uzbekistan
78 Honduras
79 China PR
80 Gabon
81 Bolivia
82 Georgia
83 Guinea
84 Curaçao
85 Bahrain
86 Jordan
87 Haiti
88 Syria
89 Zambia
90 Uganda
91 Benin
92 Armenia
93 Luxembourg
94 Palestine
95 Kyrgyz Republic
96 Belarus
97 Vietnam
98 Equatorial Guinea
99 Congo
100 Lebanon
101 Trinidad and Tobago
102 Kenya
103 New Zealand
104 India
105 Madagascar
106 KOS Kosovo
107 Cyprus
108 Estonia
109 Mauritania
110 Tajikistan
111 Thailand
112 Korea DPR
113 Sierra Leone
114 Guatemala
115 Kazakhstan
116 Guinea-Bissau
117 NAMIBIA
118 Mozambique
119 Niger
120 Libya
121 MALAWI
122 Angola
123 ZIMBABWE
124 Gambia
125 Faroe Islands
126 Comoros
127 Togo
128 Azerbaijan
129 Latvia
130 Sudan
131 Tanzania
132 Central African Republic
133 Philippines
134 Antigua and Barbuda
135 Turkmenistan
136 Rwanda
137 Solomon Islands
138 Nicaragua
139 Ethiopia
140 St. Kitts and Nevis
141 Burundi
142 Lithuania
143 Suriname
144 Eswatini
145 Hong Kong
146 LESOTHO
147 Malaysia
148 Kuwait
149 BOTSWANA
150 Liberia
