world ranking released on Thursday - their poorest drop
since April 2014 despite defeating Cameroon 3-0 in their last
international outing in Belgium.
The Super Eagles slipped seven places to be ranked in no 12
in Africa behind Cote d’Ivoire, Algeria, Ghana, Cape Verde
Island, Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, Congo
DR and Egypt.
In the month under review, Sunday Oliseh’s men bowed 2-0
to DR Congo in an international friendly before defeating
age-long rivals, Indomitable Lions in Brussels.
The Elephants dethroned the Fennecs from the summit of
African football despite dropping a place to the 22nd
position in the world.
Swaziland who will host the Super Eagles in the 2018 Fifa
World Cup second round qualifier later this month moved up
five places to 130th in the world.
Belgium earned top spot in the rankings with a 3-1 win over
Israel in their final Euro 2016 qualifier last month, overtaking
Germany and previous number one Argentina, who are now
third.
Copa America winners, Chile who have not lost since a
friendly defeat to Brazil in March climbed four places
into fifth spot.
Four teams improved their ranking by over 30 places: Chad
(136th, up 39), Cyprus (76th, up 38), Sao Tome e Principe
(157th, up 36) and Turkmenistan (121st, up 34).
The last Fifa world ranking of 2015 will be published on 3
December and could see Belgium take the ‘Team of the
Year’ title, should they retain its top spot.
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