JUST IN! Super Eagles Retains Position On Latest FIFA Rankings

Nigeria’s Super Eagles retained its 53rd spot
on the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola world rankings
released by the world football governing body
a few minutes ago.
The Sunday Oliseh-tutored side are also static
on the continent as they are still rated the
ninth best African team with a meagre 599
points, a drop from its previous 601.
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Algeria lead the pack in Africa, with 955
points; Cote D’Ivoire follow in second with an
accumulation of 924 points.
Ghana, (827points), Tunisia (774points),
Senegal (734points), Congo (672points),
Cameroon (671points) and Egypt (619points)
are the other countries ahead of Nigeria.
On the world stage, Chile’s heroics at the
2015 COPA America ensured that they moved
further up in the top 10 world footballing
countries.
The South American country’s position swap
with England placed them in eighth while the
Three Lions were relegated to tenth on the
log.
Otherwise, there were no other changes in the
top ten of the standings.
Argentina are still rated the number one
footballing nation in the world, with Belgium,
Germany, Colombia and Brazil occupying the
second, third, fourth and fifth positions
respectively.
Portugal in sixth, Romania (seventh) and
Wales (ninth) are the other countries in the
top ten of world football as recorded by the
football governing body.
There was however, no place for former World
and European champions, Spain, in the top
ten, as they maintained eleventh position.
Nigeria’s Segun Odegbami, had only on
Tuesday, expressed his intention be the next
president of FIFA in next year’s election.