{"id":103233,"date":"2023-09-21T18:46:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T18:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-drops-four-places-in-latest-fifa-ranking"},"modified":"2023-09-21T19:52:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:52:48","slug":"kenya-drops-four-places-in-latest-fifa-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-drops-four-places-in-latest-fifa-ranking","title":{"rendered":"Kenya drops four places in latest FIFA ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>The Kenya men&#8217;s football team has dropped four places in the latest FIFA ranking to position 109 from position 105 in the latest ranking done by the international football body on September 21.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya dropped 6.93 points to a cumulative of 1184.14 with the drop attributed to the defeat against the lowly-ranked South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan is ranked at position 167<\/p>\n<p>The national team played two international friendlies against the 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar and neighbouring South Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Harambee stars won away in Qatar 2-1 courtesy of a late goal from Amos Nondi Obiero but lost at home a few days later to South Sudan in a 1-0 match played at the Moi international Kasarani stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Highest Rank Kenya has ever acquired was 68 in December 2008 while the lowest was 137 in July 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Uganda are ranked at position 89 while Tanzania sit at position 122<\/p>\n<p>Mali and Co\u0302te d\u2019Ivoire ranked 49 and 50 respectively moved up two spots to reclaim their positions amongst the top 50.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina leads the rankings whereas former World champions France sits in position two.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Brazil-3rd, England-4th and Belgium-5th retain their places since the last ranking.<\/p>\n<p>The next FIFA World Ranking will be published on 26 October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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