Super Eagles of Nigeria of Nigeria Drops in Fifa Ranking
The Super Eagles of Nigeria has again dropped in Fifa ranking, this time they dropped three places from 32nd to 35th in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. The ranking was recently published on FIFA’s official website. In Africa, the Super Eagles are now the continent’s fourth-best team.
The Eagles’ poor ranking does not come as a surprise following their poor outing in the 2021 AFCON qualifiers against Sierra Leone. In the first-leg, in Benin, the Eagles squandered a four-goal lead to draw 4-4 against the Leone Stars. Also in the return leg, the Super Eagles of Nigeria played out a 0-0 draw.
Teranga Lions of Senegal moved up one spot to 20th in the world and are number in Africa, while Tunisia maintained the second-place position in the continent and 26th globally as reigning African champions Algeria dropped one spot to 31st and third in Africa.
There were no changes in the top five in the world as Belgium, France, Brazil, England, and Portugal retained their first, second, third, fourth and fifth places respectively. The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on the 10th of December 2020.