Nigeria’s Men’s football team Super Eagles have dropped by two spots in the latest FIFA ranking to place 42nd in the world.
In the latest FIFA ranking for the month of November released on Thursday, the Eagles dropped 16.04 points to rank 1474.44 points as against 1490.48 in October.
However, the drop did not affect the team’s placement on the continent, as it still remained the 6th team on the continent, behind Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria, and Egypt, respectively.
The drop in ranking comes after the Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw in their two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Lesotho on Nov. 16 and Zimbabwe on Nov. 19.
Globally, Argentina (1st) still leads the way ahead of France (2nd), England (3rd, up 1) is now in the trio of teams at the front of the pack, followed by Belgium (4th, up 1), who have also climbed one place.
Although Brazil (5th, down 2) have lost ground following back-to-back defeats by Colombia and Argentina, they have clung on to their place in the top 5.
The Netherlands (6th, up 1) and Portugal (7th, down 1) have traded places in the top 10, which is once again completed by Spain (8th), Italy (9th) and Croatia (10th).
Uruguay (11th, up 4) have made solid progress, but they have to be content with a place just outside the top 10.
The ranking took into consideration FIFA World Cup qualifiers that took place in African countries as well as in Asia and South America.
The other confederations’ schedules considered included UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying matches, Concacaf Nations League 2023-24 encounters and the Pacific Games 2023.
These matches all had a significant effect on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
