Nigeria on Thursday retained her 52nd position in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, with Spain still the number one.
Also Super Eagles’ position in the continent remained unchanged with Black Stars of Ghana as the most improved team in Africa.
Ghana moved four places up the ladder to become the fourth best in Africa while the Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire are still the best in the continent.
Only 46 matches have been included in the Ranking since December’s installment, 18 of which took place in 2012, with the remaining 28 being played in the first half of January 2013.
There is no movement whatsoever in the top 10, with Spain still holding a comfortable lead over Germany and Argentina.
Further down, two teams are now in their highest-ever position, namely Ecuador, who have reaped the rewards of some outstanding performances in 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualifying matches to move up to 12th, and Haiti, who are 38th on the back of their successful qualification for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2013.
Only two teams – Uzbekistan (56th, up 11) and Cuba (88th, up 12) – have climbed more than 10 places since December.
With Libya (47th, up 7) and Panama (46th, up 5) having replaced Tunisia (53rd, down 8) and Egypt (54th, down 13) in the top 50, the regional composition has changed slightly compared to last month, as CONCACAF now has one more teams in the top 50 (4 teams) and CAF one less (7 teams).
The number of teams from the other confederations remains unchanged (UEFA: 27, CONMEBOL: 9, AFC 3, OFC: 0).
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