FIFA World Rankings: Nigeria In 44th Place, 5th Best On African Continent

Nigeria In 44th Place, 5th Best On African Continent

Nigeria’s Super Eagles will end the Year 2024 44th position in FIFA’s world rankings and 5th best football team on the African continent.

According to the new rankings released on Thursday by the world soccer governing body (FIFA), the three-time African champions dropped eight places to 44th spot in November’s ranking.

The Nigerian senior male team however maintained the same spot in December’s ranking for not engaging in much actions in the month under review as only 21 international matches were played over the past weeks since the previous rankings without the Nigerian team involved in any of the games.

Super Eagles 2026 World Cup qualifying group rivals, South Africa are ranked 10th in Africa and 57th in global rankings, while Morocco remained African best football team and 14th in the world.

Senegal maintained Africa’s second-best team position, followed by Egypt in third position, Algeria 4th, Nigeria 5th, Cote d’Ivoire 6th, Cameroon 7th, Mali 8th, Tunisia 9th and South Africa 10th respectively.

At the world level, there was no change in the top 10 as Argentina leads the way from France and Euro 2024 champions Spain, with England, Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Germany completing the unchanged top 10.