The Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved five places in the Coca-Cola FIFA rankings for the month of April to become the 47th best football playing nation in the world. The country also earned a corresponding lift to the sixth place in the African rankings that was released on Thursday by FIFA.

The Super Eagles ranked 52nd in last month’s FIFA rankings, displaced Bolivia from the 47th position after an impressive outing in March following the 1-0 victory over 6th placed Poland and the 2-0 loss to Serbia in their international friendly games.

Nigeria also displaced Cameroon at sixth place in Africa, trailing Tunisia, Senegal, Congo DR, Morocco and Egypt who occupy the first five places in the latest FIFA rankings.

No doubt, the133 games played across the globe in March, was bound to drastically impact on this month’s world rankings.

Germany still remains at the top despite a draw and defeat in March while Belgium climbed onto the third place following their 4-0 thumping of Saudi Arabia.

Tunisia who is now 14th placed reached their first ever best ranking for the month of April.

There were also best-ever positions for the newest FIFA Member Associations, with Kosovo’s pair of friendly victories over Madagascar and Burkina Faso seeing them leap 24 places to 152nd, while Gibraltar’s 1-0 win over Latvia saw them jump ten spots to 196th.

Source: http://hotsportstv.com/super-eagles-climb-five-places-now-47th-fifa-rankings/

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