Africa Champions, Nigeria, were surprisingly three steps down on the monthly FIFA Rankings released by the world football governing body as they dropped from 28th to 31st spot.
The Eagles played out a 2-2 draw against CONCAF Champions, Mexico, in a high profile friendly in the United States of america and also defeated the Harambee Stars of Kenya barely 24 hours before the latest rankings by FIFA was released.
Despite the drop in the world rankings, the Eagles maintained their status as the fourth highest ranked team in Africa behind Ivory Coast, Ghana and Mali.
Algeria, Tunisia Zambia as well as Burkina Faso, Central Africa Republic and South Africa completes the list of Africa’s top 10 teams
World champions, Spain, remained top of the global list, while Ivory Coast, 13th in the world, retained No one spot in the African rankings.
It is expected that the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup and the latest round of qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil will ensure plenty of movement in the next edition of the FIFA Ranking.
For the latest edition of the rankings, FIFA said the results of 30 friendlies up to June 2 were taken into account, while it said the results of the FIFA World Cup qualification matches on June 4 is to be included in the next edition.
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