Nigeria's senior
national team
have dropped 14
places to 57th in the
latest Fifa world
ranking released on
Thursday - their poorest drop April 2014
despite defeating Chad 2-0 in the Africa Cup
of Nations qualifier in June.
The Super Eagles slipped one place to be
ranked tenth African side behind Algeria,
Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Tunisia,
Senegal, Cameroon, Congo, Cape Verde
Island and Egypt.
Meanwhile, Algeria remain at the summit of
African football after moving two places to
the 19th position in the world while second-
placed Cote d'Ivoire climbed three places to
21st and Ghana zoomed nine places up to
25th in the world but remained third in
Africa. They are followed by Tunisia (32),
Senegal (39), Cameroon (42), Congo (47),
Cape Verde Island (52), Egypt (55), Nigeria
(57) to complete the African top ten.
Nigeria's group opponents in the 2017
Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series also
saw mixed fortunes as Egypt remained
unmoved at 55, while Chad and Tanzania
both dropped one and 12 places
respectively to finish in 173rd and 139th
spots.
Argentina leapfrogged over Belgium and
Germany to take the top spot in the world
ranking for the first time in seven years as
new South American champions Chile have
moved up eight positions, only just missing
out on a top-ten ranking at number 11.
The next ranking will be released on August
6, 2015.
Source: m.goal.com/x/en-ng/news/13436202/