Nigeria
have dropped further one spot in the latest FIFA rankings released by the
football governing body yesterday.
The
Super Eagles, who were 51st in the world with 651 points in January, are now
52nd with 606 points, according to the ranking on FIFA’s official website on
Thursday.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria finished second at the
African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Morocco recently.
Having
dropped in the January edition of the release due to the deduction of points
from the world cup qualifiers, most Nigerians would have hoped for an
improvement, but that was not the case.
The
Super Eagles, however, remain seventh in Africa, where Tunisia, Senegal, DR
Congo, CHAN champions Morocco, Egypt and Cameroon make up Africa’s top six
countries.
Ghana,
Burkina Faso and Algeria are eighth, ninth and 10th in Africa.
Meanwhile,
Nigeria’s World Cup group opponents, Iceland were the biggest movers, amassing
a total of 1017 points to move up two spots from 20th to 18th.
Croatia
and Argentina remained in 15th and 4th, while Germany, Brazil, Portugal are
first, second and third respectively on the log.
The
next FIFA World Ranking will be released on March 15.
- NAN
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