Nigeria’s ranking next month may likely improve having lined up friendlies against African champions, Cameroon and Senegal this month London
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Despite failing to qualify for the African Cup of Nations in Gabon, Nigeria is seventh in Africa, behind Senegal, Cote d’Iviore, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and DR Congo
The latest FIFA Ranking show that Nigeria are now eighth in Africa and 61st in the world, a spot below what they achieved in November
The Gernot Rohr team, who defeated the Taifas Stars of Tanzania in their dead rubber game in Uyo a few weeks back, amassed 534 points to witness an improvement on the log
Nigeria are now 61st in the world, but still very much outside the Top 5 in Africa at No 12 behind Algeria, Cote d’ Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, Tunisia, Cape Verde, Congo DR, Guinea, Cameroon and Congo
This is contrary to the earlier report by The Eagle Online that the country maintained the 66th position it attained last month
The Sunday Oliseh lads got 540 points to keep its place in the world
Just as in the world ranking, Nigeria has also crashed to the 14th position on the continent, lagging behind Cote d’ Ivoire, Algeria, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Senegal, Congo, Guinea, Egypt, Cameroon, Congo DR, Mali and Uganda
The Sunday Oliseh-led team was ranked 59th in October
He said: “The Nigeria Football Federation and Eagles Coach Oliseh are taking CHAN very seriously because it has become an internationally recognised competition, which means that it can affect the FIFA ranking
The three-time African champions polled 599 points, which is a shortfall of their 601 points in August, and are ranked ninth in Africa
Three-time African champions, the Super Eagles, has moved to the 53rd position in the World football governing, FIFA, monthly ranking…
Three-time African Champions, the Super Eagles, dropped 14 places to 57th position in the latest World football governing body…
Meanwhile, the current edition of the World Ranking reveals two changes in the top 10, with Belgium overtaking Argentina to move into second place, their highest-ever position since the launch of the world ranking
Meanwhile, the top 17 positions are unaltered from last month, which means that Germany (1st, unchanged) continue to lead the way ahead of Argentina (2nd, unchanged) and Belgium (3rd, unchanged)
Despite not playing any graded match, the home-based Eagles played two friendly matches last month in Dubai, losing 0-1 to Cote d’ Ivoire and beating Yemen 2-0, with the matches aimed at making up for the team’s inactivity in January
With Nigeria’s static position at the world level, its position at the continental level did not change also, while Mali displaced Zambia to be among the top 10 in Africa
On the continent, the South Africa 2013 Nations Cup winners are placed behind Algeria, Tunisia, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea, Cape Verde Island and Cameroon
The three-time African Champions moved 10 places up on the log with 664 points and are now third best on the continent behind Algeria and Cote d’Ivoire
It has thus placed the Nigerian Super Eagles as the least-ranked team among their Group F foes in the First Round of the mundial, which begins on June 12 in Brazil