Nigeria Drops One Step, Now 34th In FIFA Ranking

Nigeria dropped one step in the recent FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released on Thursday, now in 34th position.

According the Ranking, Senegal is best in Africa at 20th position in the world while Tunisia—29th, Nigeria—34th, Algeria—38th, Morocco—39th and Egypt 49th.

Belgium stay top, Kosovo reach record high

In the world outlook, Belgium remained top of the FIFA Ranking after an action-packed number of weeks in international football which saw 78 friendlies, 74 continental qualifiers and 60 FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ qualifiers take place.

Though the teams in the top ten remain unchanged, there has been some movement. France (2nd, up 1) and Brazil (3rd, down 1) have traded places, while Spain (7th, up 2) are the top ten’s biggest movers.

The Cayman Islands (193rd, up 11), and Grenada (160th, up 13) are the joint-biggest climbers by points, reaping the rewards after their successful showing in the Concacaf Nations League.

Indeed, Grenada’s 13-place surge means that they are September’s highest climber by ranks.

Other notable upwardly mobile nations include Jamaica (47th, up 5) who have broken into the top 50, Republic of Ireland (28th, up 4), Russia (42nd, up 4), Guatemala (133th, up 11), Suriname (142th, up 9), Montserrat (187th, up 9) and Djibouti (186, up 9), who recently overcame Eswatini (150, down 11) over two legs to advance to the second round of African World Cup qualifying for just the second time.

Meanwhile, Kosovo (119, plus 1) have been rewarded for their valiant showing in UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying by reaching their best-ever position in the FIFA Ranking.

The Cook Islands are not ranked in the latest standings due to not playing an international “A” match in the last four years. After their next international “A” match, they will be included in the ranking table again with their points total from July 2019 plus/minus the points won or lost in the new match.

The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 24 October 2019.

SEE MEN’S TOP TEN RANKING PLUS AFRICA’S:

1 Belgium

2 France

3 Brazil

4 England

5 Portugal

6 Uruguay

7 Spain

8 Croatia

9 Colombia

10 Argentina

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20 Senegal

29 Tunisia

34 Nigeria

38 Algeria

39 Morocco

49 Egypt

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