The Super Eagles have risen up ten
places in the latest global rankings
released on Thursday following their
second round finish in Brazil
Nigeria rose up ten spots to 34th
place in the Fifa rankings released
on Thursday courtesy of the Super
Eagles' second round finish at the
World Cup in Brazil.
The Eagles are now the third-ranked
African side behind Algeria and Cote
d'Ivoire who finished in the 24th
and 25th positions.
World champions Germany climbed
to the top of the pile after defeating
Argentina in the showpiece final on
July 13. The South Americans are
now in second place.
Source:
www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4093/nigeria/2014/07/17/4964581/nigeria-rise-to-34th-on-fifa-ranking-after-world-cup

Full Ranking
1 Germany
2 Argentina
3 Netherlands
4 Colombia
5 Belgium
6 Uruguay
7 Brazil
8 Spain
9 Switzerland
10 France
11 Portugal
12 Chile
13 Greece
14 Italy
15 USA
16 Costa Rica
17 Croatia
18 Mexico
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina
20 England
21 Ecuador
22 Ukraine
23 Russia
24 Algeria
25Côte d'Ivoire
26 Denmark
27 Scotland
28 Romania
29 Sweden
30 Venezuela
31 Serbia
32 Turkey
33 Panama
34 Nigeria
35 Czech Republic
36 Egypt
37 Slovenia
38 Hungary
38 Ghana
40 Honduras
41 Armenia
42 Tunisia
43 Austria
44 Wales
45 Japan
46 Slovakia
47 Iceland
48Paraguay
49 Iran
50 Montenegro

What of spain?? They should drop to 20 places.




Wetin cote d voire dey play sef!!!! We should come first in Africa then Algeria second or vice versa then then ghana and others should distribute from 10th position to 30 in africa amongst themselves

ok

Still languishing behind.

Nigeria once ranked 5th in the world, what has happened to my country?

jnrbayano: Still languishing behind.

at least they moved up ten places, show some appreciation. Haba

shopisky: at least they moved up ten places, show some appreciation. Haba

Appreciation to who?

busterr: What of spain?? They should drop to 20 places.




Wetin cote d voire dey play sef!!!! We should come first in Africa then Algeria second or vice versa then then ghana and others should distribute from 10th position to 30 in africa amongst themselves

spain ahould definately be out of top ten

jnrbayano:

Appreciation to who?

they were ranked 44th, you complained, they moved up ten places, u still complain. want will ever please us nigerians. Plastic fans indeed. Safari girl is right

What of Brazil that was pampered to an undeserved semi-final through the referees' partiality but brutally crushed to indelible defeat by no nonsense German Machines?

shopisky: they were ranked 44th, you complained, they moved up ten places, u still complain. want will ever please us nigerians. Plastic fans indeed. Safari girl is right

I'm a guy of very few words, I don't know why you are vexed this morning.

"Still languishing behind" edited after a split second adding "Nigeria once ranked 5th in the world, what has happened to my country?"

What's wrong with the post? I hope you know there was a time Nigeria ranked 5th in the world and I have since started watching football by then.

So if I wish things to return as it used to be for the Nigerian team I have committed a crime?

"Appreciation to who"

That's my 2nd post. Asking this question you have quickly adjudged me a plastic fan?

It's well.

Germany now 1st, Argentina 2nd, Spain 8th, Brazil 7th.
Algeria and Ivory coast 24th and 25th respectively.
http://fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/index.html

shopisky: they were ranked 44th, you complained, they moved up ten places, u still complain. want will ever please us nigerians. Plastic fans indeed. Safari girl is right

34th is not a good ranking for Nigeria.
Take it or leave it.

collynzo2:
34th is not a good ranking for Nigeria.
Take it or leave it.

I just met someone that thinks deep.

collynzo2:
34th is not a good ranking for Nigeria.
Take it or leave it.

and you eexpected to fly from 44th to 5th or even 1st?? It's little by little naa poco a poco, the result shows we're improving look at the positive sides.
Has your salary ever got increased from 5k to 40k??

The position of Nigeria and Algeria i understand, but what beats my imagination is why Ivory coast is first in Africa.They have failed to impress in any tournament, yet are always ranked high.

busterr:


and you eexpected to fly from 44th to 5th or even 1st?? It's little by little naa poco a poco, the result shows we're improving look at the positive sides.
Has your salary ever got increased from 5k to 40k??

My salary has never gone down before, that is besides the point.
34th is not a good ranking for us and there is nothing to appreciate until we get back to where we belong.
You copy?

We're getting there....#UpSuperEagles

jnrbayano:

I'm a guy of very few words, I don't know why you are vexed this morning.

"Still languishing behind" edited after a split second adding "Nigeria once ranked 5th in the world, what has happened to my country?"

What's wrong with the post? I hope you know there was a time Nigeria ranked 5th in the world and I have since started watching football by then.

So if I wish things to return as it used to be for the Nigerian team I have committed a crime?

"Appreciation to who"

That's my 2nd post. Asking this question you have quickly adjudged me a plastic fan?

It's well.

yeah, plastic fan because u refuse to acknowledge the efforts of the players and coach in brazil. In case you do not know, this ranking is as a result of their performance in the world cup. btw, that 5th position you are talking about was only possible because the rankings were introduced just as nigeria became african champions in 1994. so u see, everybody started at 0 points then and it was easier to move up quickly than now. And lets not deceive ourselves. To get to fifth position cannot be achieved that easily anymore.

shopisky:
yeah, plastic fan because u refuse to acknowledge the efforts of the players and coach in brazil. In case you do not know, this ranking is as a result of their performance in the world cup. btw, that 5th position you are talking about was only possible because the rankings were introduced just as nigeria became african champions in 1994. so u see, everybody started at 0 points then and it was easier to move up quickly than now. And lets not deceive ourselves. To get to fifth position cannot be achieved that easily anymore.

What about when we were 9th in 2009, what happened then?

collynzo2:
What about when we were 9th in 2009, what happened then?

He still maintained I am a plastic fan and that confirmed to me that his age is not far away from zero.

We defeated bosnia yet they are still ranked higher than us. I think keshi has done a decent job and if allowed to continue, we may find ourselves in the top 10. Continuity is key-joachim loew's case comes to mind. But playas like reuben, uchebo(flavour), ameobi, egweke, agbim should never wear our jersey again

hahahahah, Ghana bragging right over nigeria is over.lol

kstyle2: We defeated bosnia yet they are still ranked higher than us. I think keshi has done a decent job and if allowed to continue, we may find ourselves in the top 10. Continuity is key-joachim loew's case comes to mind. But playas like reuben, uchebo(flavour), ameobi, egweke, agbim should never wear our jersey again

Mikel should be the 1st name in your list.

collynzo2:
What about when we were 9th in 2009, what happened then?

jnrbayano:
He still maintained I am a plastic fan and that confirmed to me that his age is not far away from zero.

I only questioned your love for your national team and you are calling me age zero. Spain had a bad world cup yet did you see the reception they got? Guess that can never happen in nigeria. In 2009
we were 9th and couldn't get beyond the quarter finals of the nations cup, struggled to qualify for the would cup and had a shambolish display in it. So u think that period of our football was better than now. African champions, second round of world cup. We may have even gotten to the quarter finals if the ref gave that red card but at least, that is part of football. Am not going to insult anyone here but since you've decided give insults, instead of defending yourself. I won't reply you again.

We need to step up our game

Chai....i was expecting top 20

delikay4luv: We need to step up our game

Yeah true talk. this is what we need. Encouragement. Not bad mouthing. totally agree bro

jnrbayano:

He still maintained I am a plastic fan and that confirmed to me that his age is not far away from zero.

You are a plastic fan for not recognising this huge improvement

The 9th position in 2009 wasn't achieved over night!

Germany is no1 today, a position they never smell in the last decade

This is still nonsense from FIFA, if Belgium an overrated team can be higher than Spain and even France becos they got to d Q-Finals, what stops FIFA from placing Nigerian higher than a shambolic Ivorian side who couldn't even get out of a relatively easy group?

These Rankings are becoming annoying really.

In other news; Why is d number 7 becoming synnonymous with d Bra7ilians these days?
7-1 trashing and now 7th on d table

shopisky:
I only questioned your love for your national team and you are calling me age zero. Spain had a bad world cup yet did you see the reception they got? Guess that can never happen in nigeria. In 2009
we were 9th and couldn't get beyond the quarter finals of the nations cup, struggled to qualify for the would cup and had a shambolish display in it. So u think that period of our football was better than now. African champions, second round of world cup. We may have even gotten to the quarter finals if the ref gave that red card but at least, that is part of football. Am not going to insult anyone here but since you've decided give insults, instead of defending yourself. I won't reply you again.

Nothing prevents you from being patrotic but don't allow it becloud your analytic mind.

Nigeria wouldn't have got past Bosnia in the 1st place if Dzeko's goal which was wrongly disallowed for offside stood, but that's a talk for another day, so don't talk about the Red Card issue which happened later.

There was an improvement in the ranking from 44th to 34th but that improvement doesn't reflect in the team.

I see in our team players without gusto, so lethargic and lacking hunger. Mikel comes to mind and I wonder why he still command regular shirt in the team.

It's a pity, my standard for appraising our team is high, thanks in large part for having seen more than 2 decades of football, how well they played back then, their drive, hunger, will to succeed and so on.

I'm sorry, I can't give appreciation to either Keshi or the NFF if they keep inviting Mikel, Uchebo and co to our team.

I apologise if my comment earlier offended you. but please don't call me a plastic fan.

ebullientV: This is still nonsense from FIFA, if Belgium an overrated team can be higher than Spain

Belgium got to the qfinal, its not about players, its about results