African champions, Nigeria will end 2014 in
43rd place in the monthly Fifa rankings
released by the world football governing
body yesterday in Zurich.

The Super Eagles have dropped one place
in the latest classifications and are now
ranked as the ninth best football playing
nation in Africa.
Nigeria amassed 656 points in the latest
rankings.
Algeria, Tunisia, the Ivory Coast, Senegal,
Ghana, Guinea, Cape Verde and Cameroon
are the African countries ranked above
Nigeria in the latest rankings.
Former national team coach, Christian
Chukwu was assistant to Dutchman,
Clemens Westerhof when Nigeria attained
their highest ever position in the rankings
(fifth) and he described the latest
development as “not good enough.”
“Our latest position in the rankings is not
good enough but if we are to be honest
the year 2014 was not a good one for the
Super Eagles,” he said.
Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium
and the Netherlands are the top five
countries, in that order, in the latest
rankings.
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