Nigeria slump to 37th in Fifa ranking

African Champions Nigeria dropped from 31 to 37 in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday, dropping four places. Nigeria who was placed 31in the World after the World Cup lost 4 points which could be due to the poor run in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
They are now 6 in Africa behind Algeria (20 and 1 in CAF), Cote D’ Ivoire (22), Tunisia (31), Ghana (33), Senegal (36) Cameroon is 8th in Africa and 42nd in the World while Cape Verde, Guinea, and Burkina Faso occupy the 7th, 9th and 10th position respectively. Nigeria’s Group A opponents South Africa moved up two places from a previous 69 to 67, Congo (48 and 11 in CAF) while Sudan is 133 in the world, occupying the 40th position in Africa. Nigeria play Sudan in October in a double legged AFCON tie.