Super Eagles Rise Four Spots In Latest Fifa Ranking

Football governing body, Fifa, on Thursday morning published its latest ranking of National Teams.

Compared to their position the previous month, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have climbed four places, and now occupy the 60th position, while they are eleventh in the continental ranking.

 Ivory Coast, Senegal, Algeria, Tunisia and Ghana are the top five teams in Africa in that order.

Our rivals to book a ticket to the 2018 World Cup -  Cameroon and Zambia - are placed 59th and 94th in the global ranking.

Argentina retained their position as the best country followed by Germany, Brazil, Belgium and Colombia.

The next ranking will be published by the official website of Fifa, fifa.com on 24th November, 2016.

Top Ten African Teams

1) Ivory Coast
2) Senegal
3) Algeria
4) Tunisia
5) Ghana
6) Egypt
7) Congo DR
8) Congo
9) Mali
10) Cameroon

Igho Kingsley