FIFA Ranking: Super Eagles Retain 52nd Place, 7th In Africa

The Super Eagles of Nigeria maintained the 52nd spot globally in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released on Thursday.

Also, Gernot Rohr’s men remain seventh in Africa.
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Just two friendl matches have impacted on the March table, with Poland, who will face the Eagles in an international friendly on March 23rd, are the only movers in the top 20 as they climbed one spot to joint-sixth with Spain.

The top five is unaltered, with Germany still on top. Nigeria’s World Cup Group D opponents; Argentina maintain their fourth position, Croatia remain 15th in the world while Iceland are at 18th.

Serbia who will also play the Eagles in another friendly billed for March 27, maintained 34th position.

The top ten world rankings are as follows: Germany (1), Brazil (2), Portugal (3), Argentina (4), Belgium (5), Spain (6), Poland (6), Switzerland (8), France (9) and Chile (10).

The scarcity of matches meant that there were no new entries into the top 50, and that the regional composition of that group remains unchanged, with UEFA accounting for 30 of its teams, CONMEBOL nine, CAF five, CONCACAF four, AFC two and OFC none.

The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 12 April 2018.