Nigeria’s senior national team has dropped
five places to 42nd in the latest Fifa world
ranking released on Thursday.
The African champions were adjudged the
38th best football playing team in the world
according to the ranking released earlier in
September.
The Eagles are now the ninth-ranked African
side behind Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia,
Ghana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Egypt and
Senegal following their poor run in the 2015
Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers earlier this
month.
Their drop comes after losing 1-0 to Sudan in
Khartoum after playing out a 0-0 draw in
South Africa.
Meanwhile Algeria remain at the summit of
African football with 989 points which put
them in the 15th position in the world while
Cote d’Ivoire are second in Africa and ranked
25th in the world.
Tunisia stay third on the continent after
amassing 780 points which places them in the
31st spot in the world.
Germany, Argentina and Colombia hold the
first, second and third spots in the world
respectively as Fifa World Cup hosts Brazil
retained their sixth spot in the world.
The next ranking will be released on
November 27, 2014.
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