Super Eagles drop to 42nd in FIFA Ranking

Nigeria have dropped five places from their previous 37th position, and are now placed 42 on the latest Fifa rankings released on Thursday.

The Super Eagles uninspiring displays have seen the team plummet down to number nine in Africa below countries like Cape Verde and Senegal.

The Les Fennecs of Algeria, who have won four out of their four Afcon 2015 qualifiers, are the number one team in Africa with 989 points and 15th on the world ranking ahead of England.

Nigeria are behind Ivory Coast who are second. Tunisia, Ghana, Cameroun, Cape Verde, Egypt and Senegal make up the African top ten spots.

Evidently, the goalless draw in South Africa and the 1-0 loss to Sudan didn’t do the Eagles any good in the latest rankings.

World Cup winners Germany still maintain the number one spot in the world. Argentina and Colombia are in second and third respectively while Brazil, who hosted the Fifa World Cup lie in sixth place on the world rankings.