Nigeria’s Super Eagles have
moved up by four spots to the 44th in the world in the October FIFA-Coca Cola
Ranking.
In the ranking table published
on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria
garnered 1431 points as against 1415 it had in September.
The movement has now placed
Nigeria as the third in Africa behind Tunisia and Senegal.
It was during this period
that the Eagles thrashed Libya 4-0 (home) and 3-2 (away) in the African Cup of
Nations qualifiers.
Tunisia is ranked 22nd in
the world and Senegal 25th . Congo DR (ranked 46th and Morocco(47th) are the
other African countries among the top 50.
On the global scene,
Belgium are now ranked world number one, ahead of France with the narrowest of
margin–just one point in the new the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking published
today. The Belgians have 1733 points to France’s 1732 points.
In September, the two
countries were tied on the first spot.
The top two remain out in
front after a month in which each of them enjoyed a win and a draw, with
Belgium and France beating Switzerland (8th, unchanged) and Germany (14th, down
two) respectively in the UEFA Nations League.
Brazil are third with 1669
points, Croatia fourth with 1635 and England fifth with 1619 points. Leo
Messi’s Argentina are ranked 12th in the world.
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