Super Eagles End 2016 Outside World Top 50

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

Compared to their position the previous month, the Super Eagles have dropped one spot and now occupy the 51st position, while they are 8th in the continental ranking.

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

Our other two rivals to book a ticket to the 2018 World Cup - Cameroon and Zambia - sit in the 65th and 88th place respectively in the updated ranking.

In the global ranking, Argentina lead the way followed by Brazil and Germany while Chile and Belgium are fourth and fifth respectively.

The next ranking will be published by the official website of Fifa, fifa.com, on Thursday 12 January 2017.

Top Ten African Teams
1) Senegal
2) Ivory Coast
3)Tunisia
4) Egypt
5) Algeria
6) Congo DR
7) Burkina Faso
8) Nigeria
9) Ghana
10) Morocco

Igho Kingsley