Again, Nigeria Drops in FIFA’s Rankings

Following a string of poor results ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Nigeria’s Super Eagles have dropped a place from their last month’s positioning in the latest FIFA rankings.

From its 47th position, the Eagles went one place down to 48 in the world, while they also suffered the same fate in Africa, going down to seventh place from their previously held sixth position

According to the rankings published on FIFA’s website on Thursday, the results of pre-World Cup friendly matches recorded a huge impact on the latest placement of countries.

While Germany, Brazil and Belguim sit atop the first three positions in that order, Russia-bound Poland and Uruguay recorded impressive strides among the top 20 footballing nations.

Interestingly, Nigeria’s Group D opponents at the Mundial, Argentina, Croatia and Iceland are placed on fifth, 20th and 22nd respectively on the FIFA ranking.

In the continent, Tunisia, as the continent’s top ranked side, witnessed a sharp drop from its former 14th place to 21st in the latest ranking with Senegal following in 27th place.

Africa’s third placed team is DR Congo on 38 position while Russia-bound Morocco comes in on 41st place with Egypt at 45th position.

The Ghanaian Black Stars, who lost out of the World Cup carnival, moved up three places to 47th and now place sixth in the continent.

The World Football governing body is expected to release its next rankings of countries on July 19 after the Russia 2018 World Cup.