In the latest FIFA ranking released by the world football governing body on Thursday, September 15, 2016, Argentina maintains their stranglehold at the top.
Nigeria, who could not make the first fifty on the list, are at a distant 64th position.
Five African countries are in the top fifty position.
See the first fifty list below:
Rank Team Total Points Previous Points +/-
1 Argentina 1646(1645.74) 1585 0
2 Belgium 1369(1369.36) 1401 0
3 Germany 1347(1346.7) 1319 1
4 Colombia 1323(1323.23) 1331 -1
4 Brazil 1323(1322.76) 1156 5
6 Chile 1284(1283.88) 1316 -1
7 Portugal 1228(1227.84) 1266 -1
8 France 1188(1188.29) 1189 -1
9 Uruguay 1173(1173.1) 1130 3
10 Wales 1161(1160.51) 1137 1
11 Spain 1141(1140.65) 1165 -3
12 England 1130(1130.33) 1107 1
13 Italy 1124(1123.53) 1155 -3
14 Croatia 1059(1059.06) 1022 1
15 Mexico 1057(1057.13) 1042 -1
16 Switzerland 1020(1020.06) 957 2
17 Poland 984(983.56) 1011 -1
18 Costa Rica 943(942.86) 883 3
19 Ecuador 917(916.98) 1002 -2
20 Hungary 913(912.8) 915 -1
21 Turkey 885(885.31) 915 -2
22 USA 874(874.03) 848 4
23 Bosnia/Herzegovina863(863.42) 813 6
24 Netherlands 861(860.74) 848 2
25 Peru 841(841.21) 777 8
26 Austria 839(839.31) 875 -4
27 Iceland 829(828.8) 871 -4
28 Slovakia 820(820.27) 867 -4
29 Ukraine 799(799.41) 801 1
30 N/ Ireland 798(797.8) 822 -2
31 Rep. of Ireland 774(773.68) 800 0
32 Romania 773(772.52) 856 -7
33 Czech Republic 762(762.23) 768 1
34 Côte d’Ivoire 752(751.81) 748 2
35 Algeria 749(748.81) 781 -3
36 Paraguay 720(719.89) 636 6
37 Iran 712(712.13) 674 2
38 Russia 685(685.2) 728 0
39 Senegal 684(684.17) 654 2
40 Albania 678(677.73) 739 -3
41 Sweden 677(677.35) 656 -1
42 Tunisia 662(662.43) 627 3
43 Ghana 658(658.07) 749 -8
44 Scotland 652(651.92) 584 7
45 Australia 643(643.2) 549 12
46 Denmark 637(636.81) 630 -2
47 Korea Republic 634(634.11) 609 1
48 Greece 622(622.45) 579 4
49 Uzbekistan 621(621.14) 560 6
50 Serbia 602(602.25) 612 -3
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64 Nigeria 534(533.72) 513 3
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