Nigeria has dropped two places in the latest FIFA World Ranking released yesterday, sliding from the 43rd spot to 45th on the log, as Spain remains atop as the best team in the world.
According to the information on the FIFA website, Nigeria now ranks 6th in Africa as against the initial 5th position with Ivory Coast, Ghana, Egypt, Algeria and Senegal ahead.
Meanwhile, at the summit, world champions Spain continue to lead the way ahead of the Netherlands, Germany and Uruguay, who are still close together in the chasing pack.
As expected, there were very few changes to 2012’s first edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, as precious little football was played around the world. In fact, only 11 matches were taken into account, including six that were actually played in 2011.
Of the top 20 teams, only Chile have been in action recently, their 3-2 victory over Paraguay seeing them overtake Russia and move into 12th place on the global ladder.
Although there was not much movement this month, some teams did still climb into their highest-ever position on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, namely Bosnia-Herzegovina (19th, up 1), Panama (47th, up 2), Estonia (52nd, up 5) and Belize (133rd, up 8). Montenegro (50th, up 1) have also returned to the top 50.
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