Nigeria's senior national team are now 59th in the latest Fifa world
ranking released on Thursday - their poorest drop since April 2014
despite defeating Cameroon 3-0 in their last international outing in
Belgium.
The Super Eagles slipped seven places to be ranked in no 12 in Africa
behind Cote d’Ivoire, Algeria, Ghana, Cape Verde Island, Senegal,
Tunisia, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Congo DR and Egypt.
In the month under review, Sunday Oliseh’s men bowed 2-0 to DR Congo
in an international friendly before defeating age-long rivals,
Indomitable Lions in Brussels.
The Elephants dethroned the Fennecs from the summit of African
football despite dropping a place to the 22nd position in the world.
Swaziland who will host the Super Eagles in the 2018 Fifa World Cup
second round qualifier later this month moved up five places to 130th in
the world.
Belgium earned top spot in the rankings with a 3-1 win over Israel in
their final Euro 2016 qualifier last month, overtaking Germany and
previous number one Argentina, who are now third.
Copa America winners, Chile who have not lost since a friendly defeat to Brazil in March climbed four places into fifth spot.
Four teams improved their ranking by over 30 places: Chad (136th, up
39), Cyprus (76th, up 38), Sao Tome e Principe (157th, up 36) and
Turkmenistan (121st, up 34).
The last Fifa world ranking of 2015 will be published on 3 December
and could see Belgium take the ‘Team of the Year’ title, should they
retain its top spot.
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