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Super Eagles Drop Two Places In Latest FIFA World Ranking

Still 6th on the African continent
November 30, 2023
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The Super Eagles of Nigeria plummeted by two places in the November FIFA world ranking released on Thursday by the World Football ruling body.

The Eagles were last ranked 40th in the world in October but post two placed and are now 42 in the world albeit they remain 6th on the African continent.

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The team coached by Jose Peseiro could only get two draws in the African 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixtures against Lesotho and Zimbabwe in the month under review (November).

The Atlas Lions of Morocco are 13th in the world and the first national team in Africa.

Current AFCON champions Senegal are ranked 20th, with Tunisia (28), Algeria (30), and Egypt (33) making up the top five teams on the continent.

Nigeria’s highest rankings by FIFA came in 1994 when they were ranked both 5th and 12th by the World soccer ruling body following the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations triumph in Tunisia and the USA 94 World Cup debut respectively.

Nigeria were adjudged the best entertaining team after Brazil in USA 94.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

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