The world football governing body, FIFA released the latest rankings of countries yesterday.
The Nigerian team retained its 53rd position on the latest
FIFA/Coca-Cola world rankings released by the world football governing
body, this Thursday morning, September 3.
The position of the Super Eagles on the continent also remained
unchanged as they are still rated the ninth best African team with a
meagre 599 points, a drop from its previous 601.
Algeria lead the pack in Africa, with 955 points; Cote D’Ivoire follow in second with an accumulation of 924 points.
Ghana, (827points), Tunisia (774points), Senegal (734points), Congo
(672points), Cameroon (671points) and Egypt (619points) are the other
countries ahead of Nigeria.
On the world stage, Chile’s heroics at the 2015 COPA America
ensured that they moved further up in the top 10 world footballing
countries.
The South American country’s position swap with England placed them
in eighth while the Three Lions were relegated to tenth on the log.
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