The Super Eagles of Nigeria slumps in the latest FIFA ranking to 7th position in Africa compared to the 4th position in the December ranking. Nigeria also drop to 41 position in the world, compared to 37th position it holds during the December ranking.
As expected, there have been very few changes to the first edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking in 2014, with football having come to a halt in many places over the New Year period.
Only 18 friendlies have been included since December’s edition, five of which took place in 2013, with the remaining 13 in the first half of January 2014.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and UAE are among the big climbers in the latest #WorldRanking
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| December Ranking Table |
Africa Top 10: IVORY COAST, 2 Ghana, 3 Algeria, 4 Egypt, 5 CapeVerde, 6 Mali, 7 Nigeria, 8 Tunisia, 9 Cameroon, 10 SouthAfrica
There was no movement whatsoever in the top 25, with Spain still holding a comfortable lead over Germany and Argentina.
Saudi Arabia (73rd, up 14) and Egypt (31st, up 10) have made the biggest climbs, both benefiting from the devaluation of older matches. Five other teams have managed to move up at least five places:South Africa (54th, up 8), United Arab Emirates (63rd, up 8), Belize (152nd, up 7), Oman (79th, up 6) and Mali (40th, up 5).
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| January Ranking Table |
More movement is to be expected in the February edition of the FIFA Ranking, which will take into account all the results from the 16-team CAF African Nations Championship, which is underway inSouth Africa. The tournament is exclusive to players based in their home countries.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 13 February 2014.
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