Nigeria dropped eight spots in the latest FIFA World rankings released on Wednesday.
Samson Siasia’s team were 32nd in the world last month but a period of inactivity has conspired to deny the country of an upward movement in the ranking table and are now 40th on the globe.
Interestingly, the Pharaohs of Egypt who were before now the top ranked African side in 10th position suffered a humiliating crash. The African champions fell 23 places and are now the 33rd best national team in the world.
The Super Eagles garnering 604 points, remain Africa’s 4th best national team behind 2010 World Cup quarter finalists, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire (26th in the world) and Egypt. Ghana now occupy the 15th position in the world.
Burkina Faso moved one place up to assume the 41st position and 5th in Africa while Cameroun (43rd) Guinea (46th), South Africa (47th), Tunisia (48th) and Algeria (55th) make up Africa’s Top 10 best football national teams according to the latest edition of the FIFA ranking.
World Champions, Spain remained at the summit and followed by World Cup finalists Holland in second place.
Germany, Brazil, Argentina, England Uruguay Portugal, Croatia and Greece lead the pack in the ranking.
New Asian champions, Japan made the Top 20 by virtue of their victory at the Asian Games at the Qatar 2011 Asian Games. They are now ranked 17th in the world.
The next FIFA world ranking will be released on 9th March, exactly one month after the proposed international friendly between Nigeria and Sierra-Leone and 18 days before a 2012 Nations Cup qualifier between the Super Eagles and Ethiopia.
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