Nigeria drop 5 places in FIFA Rankings

Nigeria have dropped five places to
63rd in the world in the latest FIFA
Rankings made public Wednesday by
the world football governing body.
The country also dropped three
places from 10th to 13th in the Africa
ranking with Central Africa
Republic making the highest leap of
15 places to 49th in the world and
ninth in Africa.
Cote d’Ivoire still top the Africa ranking
as they are 16th in the world, while
Algeria moved up four places to
occupy Africa's second spots and
24th in the world.
Mali are third on the Africa ranking
after climbing five places and now
ranked 27th in the world.
Spain top the world ratings, while
Germany, Portugal Argentina and
England complete the top five
countries.
Former World Cup winners Italy,
France and Brazil occupy the 8th, 13th
and 14th spots.
African rankings:
1. Cote d’Ivoire
2. Algeria
3. Mali
4. Ghana
5. Egypt
6. Zambia
7. Tunisia
8. Gabon
9. Central African Republic
10. Cape Verde
11. Libya
12. Guinea
13. Nigeria
14. Sierra Leone
15. Senegal
16. Cameroon
17. Benin
18. Morocco
19. South Africa