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Super Eagles has dropped five places in
this month’s FIFA Rankings released
on Thursday, dropping out of the top
40 down to 42nd in the world. Ghana
also did not fare better as it dropped
to 35th.

Nigeria ’s drop from last month’s
38th comes after it lost and beat
Sudan in its last two Africa Cup of
Nations qualifiers earlier in the
month.

Super Eagles interim coach, Amodu
Shuaibu, will now have another goal–
to steer Nigeria back up in the
Rankings with the Nations Cup
qualifiers against Congo and South
Africa next month.

Eagles is now the ninth-ranked
African side behind Algeria, Cote
d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Ghana, Cameroon,
Cape Verde, Egypt and Senegal.

Its drop comes after losing 1-0 to
Sudan in Khartoum after playing out
a 0-0 draw in South Africa .
Meanwhile, Algeria remains at the
summit of African football with 989
points, which put it in the 15th
position in the world, while Cote
d’Ivoire is second in Africa and
ranked 25th in the world.

Tunisia stays third on the continent
after amassing 780 points, which
places it 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 its
sixth spot in the world.
Portugal returned to top 10 with its
two steps upward movement while
Switzerland dropped out of the top 10
to place 12 on the Rankings.

The next ranking will be released on
November 27, 2014.

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