Nigeria drops in FIFA rankings.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria are now ranked 42nd  in the world according to the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.

At the last ranking in September, the Super Eagles were 37th. They have dropped five places crashing out of the top 40.

As a result, the African Champions have slipped to 9th position in Africa behind Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Tunisia, Ghana, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Egypt and Senegal.

Their fall in the latest FIFA release is a direct fall-out of their failure to beat Congo, South Africa and Sudan in the ongoing qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Algeria retained her place as the best African team and 15th in the world, while Cote d’Ivoire are second in Africa and ranked 25th in the world.

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Top Ten African teams

Rank in Africa   Rank in World

  1 Algeria             15

  2 Côte d'Ivoire     25

  3 Tunisia             31

  4 Cape Verde       33

  5 Ghana               35

  6 Egypt               38

  7 Cameroon         40

  8 Senegal             41

  9 Nigeria             42

 10 Togo               52