The Super Eagles remain fourth in Africa despite
dropping to the thirty-sixth position in the world
Nigeria’s senior national team has dropped three places
to 36th in the latest Fifa world ranking released on
Thursday despite not losing any of their two games in
the month under review.
The African champions were adjudged the 33rd best
football playing team in the world according to the
ranking released earlier in October.
Meanwhile Cote d’Ivoire remain at the summit of African
football with 918 points which put them in the 17
position in the world while Ghana retained their 24
spot in the world and second in Africa.
Algeria took the third spot on the continent after
amassing 800 points which places them in the 26
spot in the world.
However, the Ethiopian national team that lost to the
Super Eagles on both legs of the Fifa World Cup
qualifying play-offs moved two places up the ladder.
South Africa could not gain from their 1-0 friendly win
over Spain last week after Fifa ruled the match out of
its ranking profile following the world champions' use of
a seventh substitution in the game. Bafana remain in
61st spot


www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4093/nigeria/2013/11/28/4439501/nigeria-drop-to-36th-in-latest-fifa-ranking

But the way FIFA do there ranking eeh! #no comment
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Are they mad ni....
With all the achievements....

Mtchew

joromi: Are they mad ni....
With all the achievements....

Mtchew

I was really expecting a massive up, This their ranking is gradually losing its credibility.

when nigeria was so highly placed on the world rankin u didnt knw then dat somtin was wrong wit their brains abi?

One of the many reasons why FIFA should never be taken serious when it comes ranking .

weazley: when nigeria was so highly placed on the world rankin u didnt knw then dat somtin was wrong wit their brains abi?

can you on be half of FIFA justify why we moved backwards despite having an impressive spell.

Sard: One of the many reasons why FIFA should never be taken serious when it comes ranking .

yea, considering the fact that a team as awful as England are well placed in the ranking.

That sepp blatter man is clearly a dope head! Is it a plot to put us in a tough group?? Time to pray pls i no wan gamble with this world cup oo i swear

Sard: One of the many reasons why FIFA should never be taken serious when it comes ranking .

Seconded

imagine: Bosnia-Herzegovina 21st positon, abeg who don hear this name before?

Una no hear when sepp blatter say e get him own preference?

Yeah, the ranking is a joke, even Uruguay that needed to beat Jordan in a playoff before qualifying for world cup is ahead of the ever-blazing Netherlands. Such a joke!

it's apparent Blatter and crew have it in for us, even if we win the WC we'll still drop in THEIR ranking.

FIFA ranking has been nothing but glorified cr.ap since the 21st century began

Colombia at 4th
Switzerland at 8th
Greece at 12th
England at 13th
USA at 14th
Chile at 15th

I don't see the above team beating us

this ranking is a joke

Your signature sha, but what if SK invites him based on his performance before the worldcup. Ideye is lucky to be in the squad, i guess becos of the deflected goal he scored against the malians during AFCON.

safarigirl: it's apparent Blatter and crew have it in for us, even if we win the WC we'll still drop in THEIR ranking.

FIFA ranking has been nothing but glorified cr.ap since the 21st century began

The SE can comfortablily beat 80% of the teams with higher rankings.

write2obi:
can you on be half of FIFA justify why we moved backwards despite having an impressive spell.

simple, every other team must climb up d fifa ladder too, weda they play fantastic or not.

Good ranking, FIFA.
I'm happy to see Chile and Ecuador doing well.

write2obi: Colombia at 4th
Switzerland at 8th
Greece at 12th
England at 13th
USA at 14th
Chile at 15th

I don't see the above team beating us

this ranking is a joke

lol, even Cape Verde that failed to make the play-offs has increased.

@ azeez, Osaze has no business with WC, except as a spectator, shikena!

safarigirl:
@ azeez, Osaze has no business with WC, except as a spectator, shikena!

Honestly, Osaze will be a better replacement for Ideye & Musa, those two have nothing to do in the SE.

Guys i was blaming FIFA for cheating before,but i went to their site to read how the ranking points are calculated.I discovered that the ranking points are given based on the average of the total points gained in a four year period(Nov.2009-Nov.2013).
So i guess it is poor results from past years(mainly 2010 and 2011) that is keeping us down.Even if we had beaten italy,we would have moved up only a little(maybe 1 step) or remained in the same position we were.
If the ranking was based on points gained ONLY this year nigeria would be like 21st in d world.

Rubbish ranking from a biased organisation. Even italy that we gave tough time and drew with in the last friendly went up. Nonsense. I dey vez sef.

Sard: Honestly, Osaze will be a better replacement for Ideye & Musa, those two have nothing to do in the SE.

Uche would make a better replacement than Osaze if those 2 must be replaced. Nobody is against the replacement of Musa and Ideye, but why should we replace them with Osaze of ALL people?

Sard: Honestly, Osaze will be a better replacement for Ideye & Musa, those two have nothing to do in the SE.

musa is a lyfwire and should not only be in the squard but should have a starting shirt, his final ball might be lacking, but he'll keep any defender busy for the whole 90mins.

@safarigirl... yeah, Uche is a good choice. @write2obi... what's the essence of disturbing the defense when your delivery will be horrible?

write2obi:
can you on be half of FIFA justify why we moved backwards despite having an impressive spell.

Gbaam! On point.

What's the name of that country that beta us recently in a friendly? I think our loss in that match is responsible for this.

Afam4eva: What's the name of that country that beta us recently in a friendly? I think our loss in that match is responsible for this.

you mean Jordan? Technically that wasn't an International friendly since we used a home-based team and how can one loss by a slight margin have more effect than a 2-nil win and a 2-all draw against a top team like Italy? Did Italy also drop due to their endless draws?

I Hope I Know What Am Doing

Uruguay 6th in the world?

LMAO

I hope they seed Uruguay and put naija in their group!

safarigirl: you mean Jordan? Technically that wasn't an International friendly since we used a home-based team and how can one loss by a slight margin have more effect than a 2-nil win and a 2-all draw against a top team like Italy? Did Italy also drop due to their endless draws?

A team is a team in FIFA's dictionary. Even if you use Enyimba players to play for Nigeria against any team, it still counts as NIgeria.

fatdon2: I Hope I Know What Am Doing

LMAO this is f**king priceless

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