With 35 days to the kick off of the World Cup in Brazil, the Super Eagles have received a major boost as they moved to 44th spot on the FIFA ranking released on Thursday.
The three-time African champions moved one place uo with 631 points.
Despite this recent improvement in the latest FIFA ranking, the Stephen Keshi-led lads are sixth best on the continent behind Cote d’Ivoire,
Egypt, Algeria, Ghana and Cape Verde Islands.
The Brazil 2014-bound team are also lagging behind Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iran.
Meanwhile, there has been some notable movement in the top 10, with Brazil climbing two places to fourth to lead the pack of four South American teams ahead of Colombia (5th, down 1), Uruguay (6th, down 1) and Argentina (7th, down 1). It is Brazil’s best position on the global ladder since July 2011.
This tightly packed quartet now has the European leading trio of Spain (1st, unchanged), Germany (2nd, unchanged) and Portugal (3rd, unchanged) firmly in its sights.
The next FIFA World Ranking will be published on 5 June 2014.
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