Super Eagles Slip Up To 44th In FIFA Ranking

Following their impressive run against Seychelles and Libya, Gernot Rohr's men have moved up in the rating released on Thursday by World governing body FIFA, reports BSNSports.com.ng Nigeria are now ranked no 44th in the world according to October Fifa ranking released on Thursday. In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body, as Nigeria garnered 1431 points as against 1415 it had in September. The movement has now placed Nigeria as the third in Africa behind Tunisia and Senegal. Congo Democratic Republic and Morocco complete the top five teams in Africa in that order. South Africa, Libya and Seychelles, Nigeria's opponents in Group E of the 2019 African Nations Cup qualifiers, are in the 73rd, 105th and 188th positions respectively. The top five countries in the rankings are : Belgium, France, Brazil, Croatia and England. The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 29 November 2018. Top Ten African Teams 1) Tunisia 2) Senegal 3) Nigeria 4) Congo DR 5) Morocco 6) Cameroon 7) Ghana 8) Burkina Faso 9) Egypt 10) Ivory Coast