Gernot Rohr’s men are now the fifth best African team having moved a place up in the monthly rating announced on Thursday morning



Nigeria are now the 40th best football playing nation according to the latest Fifa ranking released on Thursday.

The Super Eagles were ranked 41st in March ranking but this month, they moved a place up thanks to their 1-1 international friendly draw against Senegal in London.

They are fifth in Africa behind leaders, Egypt, Senegal, Cameroon and Burkina Faso.

The Indomitable Lions, who will face the Super Eagles in a crunch 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier dropped a place to occupy number 33 in the world, though third in Africa.

On the global scene, Brazil returned to their seat at the top of the podium after a seven-year break. They are followed closely by Argentina, Germany, Chile and Colombia.

Macedonia (133, plus 33) were the month’s biggest movers, with some strong gains coming within the top 50 too as Sweden (34, plus 11), Northern Ireland (26, plus 9), USA (23, plus 7), Greece (39, plus 7) and Japan (44, plus 7) all gained ground.

The next Fifa/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 4 May 2017.


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when will they enter top 20 in the world

optional1:
when will they enter top 20 in the world

soon very soon

if they keep doing what they re doing

once they hit the number one sport in africa

robosky02:

soon very soon
if they keep doing what they re doing
once they hit the number one sport in africa

hmm i pray oh..

Btw is captplanet's birthday oh

top 40 country by FIFA RANKING for april

1  1661pts Brazil Brazil
2  1603pts Argentina Argentina
3  1464pts Germany Germany
4  1403pts Chile Chile
5  1348pts Colombia
6  1294pts France France
7  1281pts Belgium
8  1259pts Portugal
9  1212pts Switzerland
10  1204pts Spain
11  1183pts Poland
12  1165pt Italy
13  1119pts Wales
14  1103pts England
15  1097pts Uruguay
16  1072pts Mexico
17  1042pts Peru
18  1016pts Croatia
19  910pts Egypt
20  902pts Costa Rica
21  872pts Iceland
22  863pts Turkey
23  846pts USA
23  846pts Slovakia
25  839pts Ecuador
26  823pts Republic of Ireland
26  823pts Northern Ireland
28  820pts Iran
29  815pts Bosnia and Herzegovina
30  805p Senegal
31  801pts Hungary
32  792pts Netherlands
33  779pts Cameroon
34  768pts Sweden
35  765pts Burkina Faso
36  762pts Austria
37  761pts Ukraine
38  738pts Paraguay
39  730pts Greece
40  726pts Nigeria


http://en.fifaranking.net/ranking/

This ranking is bullshit as usual, some African teams are better than most of the European teams up there. What is the likes of peru, costa rica, Poland, Iceland etc doing up there? Are they better than Ghana that is being rank less than 40 or Algeria? Bullshitt

Imagine Iran ranked better than Nigeria