Nigeria Super eagles move up on rank

The Super Eagles of Nigeria moved up four places in the latest FIFA Rankings released on Thursday by the world’s football governing body.

The Eagles largely benefitted from the away victory secured over Zambia in the 2018 World Cup qualifying series as they are now ranked 60th in the world.

Despite the steady rise however, the Super Eagles are still outside of the top 10 teams in Africa as they are just out at the 11th position on the continent.

On their part, Ivory Coast jumped three positions to 31 to lead African nations, while Senegal, who jumped seven places, are second ahead of Algeria and Tunisia.

Ghana, Egypt, DR Congo, Congo, Mali, and Cameroon complete the roster of the top 10 teams in Africa.

Meanwhile, the Argentine national team are still topping the world rankings while Germany are now second and Brazil, who jumped one position, are third.

Nigeria will face Algeria on November 12 in the next set of games in the African World Cup qualifying series, victory should see them improve when the next edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be released on 24 November.