Nigeria goes 4-places down on the latest fifa rankings

Babalola Tomiwa

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have have dropped four places to 45th position and also relinquished their seventh position in the African continent in the latest Fifa world ranking released on Thursday.

The poor form of the Eagles team caused them to lose to the Cranes of Uganda at the Akwa Ibom international stadium, Uyo and played a 1-1 draw against the Shakes Mashaba boys in South Africa 4 days later must have caused the downfall on the FIFA rankings.

Nigeria ranked 41st in March despite losing out of the AFCON championship at Equitorial Guinea, but this is their poorest drop in one year since April 2014 after failing to win in two international friendlies in March.

Meanwhile, Algeria remain at the summit of African football despite dropping three places to 21st position in the world while second-placed Cote d'Ivoire slipped three places to 23rd and Ghana dropped two spots to 26th in the world but remained third in Africa. They are followed by Tunisia (30), Senegal (36), Cape Verde Island (37), Guinea (41),  Nigeria (45), Cameroon (48) and Congo (49) to complete the African top ten.

Uganda, after their 1-0 win over Nigeria, moved up two places to 71st in the World while South Africa could not gain from their 1-1 friendly win against Nigeria as they crashed five places to 60th spot.

Nigeria's group opponents in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series also saw mixed fortunes as Egypt rose seven places to 51st while Tanzania and Chad both dropped seven and three places respectively to finish in 107th and 155th spots.

Germany and Argentina hold the first and second positions on the Fifa /Coca-Cola World Ranking while Belgium moved up one place to displace Colombia in third and fourth place with Brazil and Uruguay both moving up one spot to fifth and eighth respectively.

Switzerland climbed up three places into the top ten, occupying the ninth position, while Spain who crashed out of the top 10 last month moved up one place to nick the tenth spot at the expense of France and Italy who fell three places to 11th and 13th respectively.

The next ranking will be released on May 7, 2015. Goal