Eagles drop eight places in world ranking, now fifth best in Africa

Nigeria men’s football team, the Super Eagles made a big fall in the latest world rankings released by world football governing body, FIFA.

The team, being led by Asutin Eguavoen on an interim capacity, dropped eight places from 36th to 44th in the latest list released on FIFA website on Thursday.

With the drop in spots, the Eagles went from being fourth place in Africa to now being in fifth spot.

The downward ranking is likely due to the poor outing by the Nigerian team during the November international break, where they lost 2-1 to Rwanda after drawing 1-1 with Benin Republic.

On the continent, Morocco are number one as they rank 14th in the world; Senegal are second in Africa and 17th globally.

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At number three are Egypt, who occupy the 33rd spot in the world, and Algeria are ranked fourth in Africa and 37th in the world.

World Cup champions Argentina remain at number one in the rankings, France are second and European champions Spain are in third spot.

England are fourth Brazil fifth, while Portugal and the Netherlands are in sixth and seventh places respectively.

Belgium slip two places to number eight and it’s a case of as you were for Italy who are in ninth and Germany in 10th.

The next edition of the rankings will be published on 19 December 2024.

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