FIFA today Thursday Nov.3rd announced its latest rankings with Nigeria slipping down 7 spots to 66th in the world and 14th in Africa.
2014 AFCON winners Cote d’Ivoire continued their domination in Africa while Algeria came second and Ghana’s Black Stars third. Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped down to the 66th place in the latest FIFA ranking while Cote d’Ivoire are still on top of Africa.
World ranking/ Team / Points
Top 20 rankings as of 3 December 2015
Rank Team Points
1 Belgium 1494
2 Argentina 1455
3 Spain 1370
4 Germany 1347
5 Chile 1273
6 Brazil 1251
7 Portugal 1219
8 Colombia 1211
9 England 1106
10 Austria 1091
11 Uruguay 1074
12 Switzerland 1050
13 Ecuador 1040
14 Netherlands 994
15 Italy 991
16 Romania 980
17 Wales 974
18 Croatia 958
19 Ivory Coast 950
19/ Côte d’Ivoire/ 950
28/ Algeria/ 845
33/ Ghana/ 778
39/ Cape Verde Islands/ 745
40/ Tunisia/ 711
44/ Senegal/ 661
48/ Congo/ 638
50/ Guinea/ 621
57/ Egypt/ 585
59/ Cameroon/ 583
60/ Congo DR/ 580
62/ Mali/ 552
63/ Uganda/ 550
66/ Nigeria/ 541
69/ Equatorial Guinea/ 498
72/ South Africa/ 487
73/ Zambia/ 481
75/ Morocco/ 469
76/ Gabon/ 468
78/ Benin/ 461