Thursday, October 26, 2023

Nigeria retains 40th spot in latest FIFA world ranking

By Osoro Nyawangah, MWANZA Tanzania

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have kept the 40th position in the latest world ranking released by the Fédération of Internationale Football Association (FIFA) on Friday, 26 October 2023.

Nigeria had dropped from 39th to 40th in the previous FIFA world ranking published on 21 September despite recording a 6-0 win against São Tomé and Principe in their final 2023 AFCON qualifier.

The team, however, retained their position in the latest world ranking which was published on the website of FIFA after playing a 2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia and beating Mozambique 3-2 during the last international break.

Also in Africa, the Super Eagles did not change position as they remained at number six.

FIFA 2022 World Cup semi-finalist Morocco are the number one team in Africa and are followed by African Cup of Nations champions, Senegal.

In third place is Tunisia, Algeria are fourth and Egypt occupy the fifth position on the continent.

Lesotho, group opponents of the Super Eagles in Group C of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, suffered a drop in the ranking from 151 to 153.

The other teams in the Super Eagles World Cup qualifying group, South Africa dropped from 63 to 64 and Zimbabwe retained the 125th position.

Nigeria’s other World Cup qualifying group opponents, Benin Republic are still 93rd while Rwanda suffered a slight drop in the ranking from 139 to 140.

Meanwhile, there are no changes in the World's top ten, which is made up solely of European and South American teams.

FIFA 2022 World Cup winners Argentina remain at the top with France in second and Brazil third.

The Three Lions of England are in fourth spot and Belgium complete the top five.

In East African zone, Zambia is 86th, Uganda 89th, Kenya positioned in 102 while Tanzania is in 130th. 

Rwanda is in 135th position followed by Ethiopia in 142 position and Burundi in 145th place.

The next FIFA/Coca-Cola world ranking will be published by FIFA on 30 November, 2023.

11
Morocco
MAR
1677.79
5.44
18
Senegal
SEN
1613.21
9.23
28
Tunisia
TUN
1535.76
9.56
34
Algeria
ALG
1504.19
17.47
35
Egypt
EGY
1500.67
10.33
40
Nigeria
NGA
1480.8
-13.52
42
Cameroon
CMR
1470.21
-29.09
45
Côte d'Ivoire
CIV
1449.95
8.46
50
Burkina Faso
BFA
1433.91
-0.90
53
Mali
MLI
1430.75
-18.30
60
Ghana
GHA
1396.01
-4.01
66
South Africa
RSA
1350.08
-0.28
70
Congo DR
COD
1338.61
4.69
71
Cabo Verde
CPV
1337.05
1.00
79
Guinea
GUI
1305.92
15.45
82
Gabon
GAB
1296.74
-8.73
86
Zambia
ZAM
1280.52
15.37
89
Uganda
UGA
1257.3
-3.39
92
Benin
BEN
1240.45
-7.02
94
Equatorial Guinea
EQG
1232.78
17.12
102
Kenya
KEN
1200.18
-2.08
103
Congo
CGO
1197.89
-10.90
105
Mauritania
MTN
1194.28
-3.30
106
Namibia
NAM
1190.49
26.36
110
Madagascar
MAD
1181.21
-19.53
113
Guinea-Bissau
GNB
1172.3
13.53
117
Sierra Leone
SLE
1161.79
1.48
118
Angola
ANG
1158.57
-0.24
119
Mozambique
MOZ
1154.64
-8.92
120
The Gambia
GAM
1150.99
13.42
121
Libya
LBY
1145.82
-10.92
122
Central African Republic
CTA
1145.69
28.72
123
Niger
NIG
1142.57
-5.96
126
Zimbabwe
ZIM
1138.56
0.00
127
Malawi
MWI
1134.64
-10.33
128
Sudan
SDN
1132.62
5.28
129
Togo
TOG
1129.81
0.89
130
Tanzania
TAN
1125.89
6.00
131
Comoros
COM
1111.89
-11.29
135
Rwanda
RWA
1100.67
7.01
142
Ethiopia
ETH
1072.99
-18.20
144
Eswatini
SWZ
1069.89
-1.00
145
Burundi
BDI
1069.71
-5.56
148
Liberia
LBR
1049.94
0.28
150
Lesotho
LES
1046.02
-15.38
152
Botswana
BOT
1037.31
-17.12
163
South Sudan
SSD
993.36
9.37
180
Mauritius
MRI
932.02
0.00
181
Chad
CHA
930.22
0.00
184
São Tomé and Príncipe
STP
906.7
-1.48

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