Following their failure to make it to the African Cup of
Nations in Gabon next year, the Super Eagles of Nigeria has dropped to 67th in
the latest Fifa world ranking released on Thursday.
Nigeria held Egypt to a 1-1 draw at the Ahmadu Bello stadium
in Kaduna but fell by 1-0 in Alexandria four
The Super Eagles slipped five places to be ranked 14th best
African side behind Algeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, Cape Verde,
Tunisia, Congo DR, Guinea, Congo, Camerron, Morocco and Mali.
Meanwhile, Algeria remain at the summit of African football
after moving four places to the 33rd position in the world while second-placed
Cote d'Ivoire climbed two places to 34th and Egypt zoomed nine places up to
44th in the world but are fifth in Africa.
Argentina leapfrogged over Belgium to take the top spot in
the world ranking as South American champions Chile stay third in the world.
The two most outstanding performers for April hail from the
African continent. Guinea-Bissau (up 45) have climbed the most positions by
rank, while Morocco (131 points) enjoy the biggest move by virtue of points.
Nigeria Are 67th In Latest FIFA Ranking
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