In the recent FIFA rankings, Nigeria is still ahead of their African rivals despite their disappointing performance in the recent World Cup qualifiers.
The Super Eagles fell to 38th in the most recent list, which was revealed on Thursday, after being ranked 30th in the April ranking.
The world football governing body issued its most recent FIFA rankings and placed the Super Eagles in eighth
spot from their previous spot.
The drop came after their disappointing result in their FIFA World Cup qualifying games against South Africa and Benin Republic.
Nigeria FIFA rankings
The three-time African champions has fallen in the FIFA rankings for the second time in a row after falling two spots in the April rating in 2024.
During their World Cup qualifying game the Super Eagles drew 1-1 with South Africa and a few days later were humiliated 2-1 by Benin.
After those two losses, the Super Eagles’ chances of making it to the next World Cup were seriously threatened.
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Nigeria were hoping to use their AFCON performance to boost their FIFA ranking but their recent performance has affected their ranking.
However, despite the low ranking, the Super Eagles are still above fellow African teams Ghana, South Africa Cameroon and others on the list.
Curently, Cameroon are placed in 49th position, South Africa are in 59th position while Ghana are in 64th position.
Argentina is still the top-ranked team overall, ahead of Brazil, Belgium, France, and England in the top five.
