Thursday, 3 December 2015

Super Eagles Drop To 66th In Latest FIFA Ranking

Nigeria’s senior national team, The Super Eagles has
dropped seven places to 66th in the latest Fifa world
ranking released on Thursday morning.
The Super Eagles gathered a total of 541 points to fall to
no. 14 in Africa behind Cote d’Ivoire, Algeria, Ghana, Cape
Verde, Tunisia, Senegal, Congo, Guinea, Egypt, Cameroon,
Congo DR, Mali and Uganda.
Côte d’Ivoire are ranked first in Africa with 950 points while
the Fennecs of Algeria end 2015 as runners-up after
gathering 845 points. Ghana are third on the log with 778
points.
Belgium claim the team of the year award for 2015. The
Red Devils jumped into first position (their first-ever) on the
Fifa /Coca-Cola World Ranking in the November ranking, but
a 3-1 victory over four-time world champion Italy in
Brussels on 13 November saw them hold on to the coveted
position for the final ranking of 2015.

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