Nigeria have moved up two places in the latest
FIFA ranking released on Thursday.
The Super Eagles are now 43rd in the world,
gaining 22 points in the month under review to
be on 681 points.
The new position puts the 2013 Africa Cup of
Nations winners as seventh-best in Africa
behind Algeria (21st), reigning African
champions Ivory Coast (24th), Tunisia (29th),
Ghana (34th), Senegal (36th) and Cape Verde
Islands (38th).
Guinea (45th), Congo (47th) and Cameroon
(49th) complete the CAF top 10.
Chad, who will be facing Nigeria in the
qualifiers for the 2017 AFCON, are ranked
172nd after moving downward by 20 places
from last month’s ranking.
The other teams in Nigeria’s AFCON qualifying
group, Tanzania and Egypt, also lost points and
slid down the rankings.
The East Africans recently posted poor
performances at the COSAFA Cup.
Tanzania are joint 127th in the world with
Vietnam, down 20 places and with 89 points
fewer on 215.
Egypt, who are re-building after a disastrous
few years, are 55th in the world with 596
points, down four places with 13 fewer points
than they had last month.
Tanzania’s Taifa Stars are 38th in Africa, Egypt’s
Pharaohs 13th, and Chad 46th on the
continent.
World champions Germany remain number 1,
but Belgium overtook Argentina to move into
second place, their highest-ever position since
the launch of the world ranking. France also
return to the top ten in ninth place at the
expense of Switzerland (11th, down 2).
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