Breaking - Nigeria drop 1 place in latest FIFA Ranking, now 51st in world

Akanni Seyi

In what will come as a further surprise to many, despite putting up a fine performance by going through the World Cup qualifiers unbeaten and easing past perennial rivals Argentina, the Super Eagles dropped 9 places in the last month FIFA ranking released to become 50th in the world and 8th in Africa.

In the latest ranking released today,
Nigerians would have expected to have a better ranking as against the 50th the team got the last time it was released but that was not the case.

Countries like Morocco (40), Burkina Fast (44), and  Cameroon (45) were all ranked above Nigeria.

According to the ranking, the top 10 teams in Africa are;

Senegal
Tunisia
Egypt
Congo DR
Morrocco
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Ghana
Nigeria
Algeria

Top ten teams in the world. 

Germany
Brazil
Portugal
Argentina
Belgium
Spain
Poland
Switzerland
France
Chile