Eagles drop to 42nd in FIFA’s latest world rankings
Nigeria is ranked 42nd in the latest rankings launched by the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) yesterday. The latest rankings see the three-time African champions drop two locations from the rankings launched on the finish of October.
The Super Eagles performed two aggressive video games in November, drawing with Lesotho and Zimbabwe, two locations beneath them in the FIFA rankings, in the primary two video games of their 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The Super Eagles are the sixth strongest staff in Africa after Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt. Nigeria’s Group C rivals in the Africa 2026 World Cup Qualifiers – South Africa, Benin, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Lesotho are ranked 66th, 97th, 124th, 133rd and 148th respectively.
The Super Eagles’ Africa Cup of Nations group opponents Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau are ranked fiftieth, 88th and 103rd respectively.
Argentina stays on the high of the world rankings, adopted by France, England, Belgium, Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Croatia.
Source: guardian.ng