Nigeria drops one place in FIFA latest ranking

The Nigerian Super Eagles have slipped from 51st place in the world to 52nd in the latest FIFA ranking released by the football governing body on its official website on Thursday.

The release by January had the Super Eagles ranked 51st in the world with 651 points, but in the February release, the Nigerian male senior football team, were ranked 52nd with 606 points.

This coming even as Nigeria finished second at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco recently.

However, the Super Eagles maintained their seventh ranking position in Africa, while Tunisia is the top ranked country in the continent.

Senegal, DR Congo, CHAN champions Morocco and Egypt make up Africa’s top five respectively, while Cameroon are sixth.

Coming eight, ninth and 10th position respectively in Africa are Ghana, Burkina Faso and Algeria.

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Meanwhile, one of the teams Super Eagles will face in June in Russia during the 2018 World Cup, Iceland was the biggest movers in terms of points in the ranking, moving up two spots from 20th to 18th and gaining 58 points from 959 to 1017.

Other Super Eagles’ opponents in Russia, Croatia and Argentina maintained their January ranking, at 15th and fourth respectively.

 

 

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