{"id":17181,"date":"2019-10-24T15:44:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=17181"},"modified":"2019-10-24T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:44:12","slug":"nigeria-drops-in-fifa-ranking-but-still-africas-third-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-drops-in-fifa-ranking-but-still-africas-third-best","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Drops in FIFA Ranking but Still Africa’s Third-Best"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have dropped by one spot in the FIFA<\/a> World Ranking for the month of October to now place as world 35th country.<\/p>\n

In the ranking table from the world football governing body, FIFA on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1,481 points as against 1482 recorded in September.<\/p>\n

However, in spite of the drop, Nigeria still occupy the third spot in Africa behind Senegal and Tunisia who are placed 20th and 29th with 1,546 and 1,495 points, respectively.<\/p>\n

On the global scene, although, 184 recent international matches have left their mark on the latest FIFA\/Coca-Cola World Ranking, those at the very top remain unaffected by the movement around them.<\/p>\n

Belgium (1st, unchanged) still leads the way from France (2nd, unchanged) and Brazil (3rd, unchanged), although top-ten rivals Uruguay (5th, up 1), Croatia (7th, up 1), Argentina (9th, up 1) have at least edged closer to the summit.<\/p>\n

But the most significant rises are to be found further down the Ranking, where the in-form quartet of Ukraine (22nd, up 3), Japan (28th, up 3), Turkey (32nd, up 4) and Russia (37th, up 5) are among the more notable climbers.<\/p>\n

Jumps of 10 or more places have also been made by a clutch of teams outside the top 50, namely Nicaragua (137th, up 11), South Sudan (162nd, up 11), Barbados (160th, up 10) and S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe (180th, up 10).<\/p>\n

And there is fresh celebrate, too, for Kosovo (114th, up 5), who can again reflect with pride on their best Ranking position to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria’s Super Eagles have dropped by one spot in the FIFA World Ranking for the month of October to now place as world 35th country. In the ranking table from the world football governing body, FIFA on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1,481 points as against 1482 recorded in September. 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