FOR the second consecutive month, Nigeria's status in the monthly FIFA rankings remained unchange as the country retained her 58th position on the standing.
Nigeria, it will be recalled jumped two places to move to the 58th position in July, maintaining the position in the August ranking.
Similarly, Africa's best in the rankings, Cote' d'voire neither improve nor drop from its 16th position retaining its place as the continent's number one but remained as the only African country in the top 20.
Algeria (28th), took over from Ghana (31st) as the second-highest ranked African team with Mali (32nd) and Libya (36th) completing the top five, followed by Egypt (36th), Tunisia (41st), Zambia (42) and Gabon (44th).
However, no fewer than four African teams have achieved their highest-ever FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking position. They are Mali (32nd, up 7), Libya (36th, up 2), Central African Republic (64th, up 7) and South Sudan (197th, up 2). NT
The top ten has seen only one change, with Portugal (4th, up 1) swapping places with Uruguay (5th, down 1), there has been a lot more activity in the remainder of the top 20, where Switzerland (20th, up 3) have extended Europe’s predominance as the 14th UEFA team, Mexico (21st, down 3) have fallen below 20th for the first time since March 2012, and Ecuador (17th, up 3) have become one of the top 20 teams in their continued climb from the previous month by moving up a further three places.
The major movers in the top 50 include European sides Slovenia (24th, up 9), Belgium (40th, up 13), and Austria (49th, up 11), whose 2-0 win at home to Turkey has seen them back in the top 50 after one and a half years.
Nigeria, it will be recalled jumped two places to move to the 58th position in July, maintaining the position in the August ranking.Similarly, Africa's best in the rankings, Cote' d'voire neither improve nor drop from its 16th position retaining its place as the continent's number one but remained as the only African country in the top 20.
Algeria (28th), took over from Ghana (31st) as the second-highest ranked African team with Mali (32nd) and Libya (36th) completing the top five, followed by Egypt (36th), Tunisia (41st), Zambia (42) and Gabon (44th).
However, no fewer than four African teams have achieved their highest-ever FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking position. They are Mali (32nd, up 7), Libya (36th, up 2), Central African Republic (64th, up 7) and South Sudan (197th, up 2). NT
The top ten has seen only one change, with Portugal (4th, up 1) swapping places with Uruguay (5th, down 1), there has been a lot more activity in the remainder of the top 20, where Switzerland (20th, up 3) have extended Europe’s predominance as the 14th UEFA team, Mexico (21st, down 3) have fallen below 20th for the first time since March 2012, and Ecuador (17th, up 3) have become one of the top 20 teams in their continued climb from the previous month by moving up a further three places.
The major movers in the top 50 include European sides Slovenia (24th, up 9), Belgium (40th, up 13), and Austria (49th, up 11), whose 2-0 win at home to Turkey has seen them back in the top 50 after one and a half years.
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