Nigeria remain 43rd on January Fifa ranking

The Super Eagles remained unmoved in the latest monthly
Fifa ranking for the first month of the year released on
Thursday morning
By Shina Oludare
Jan 8, 2015 18:31:00
Nigeria remained unmoved at
number 43 in the latest Fifa
rankings for the month of
January released on Thursday.
The African champions were
adjudged the same rank in the
world according to the ranking
released in December 2014.
The Eagles are now the ninth-ranked African side behind
Algeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Tunisia, Ghana, Cameroon, Cape
Verde, Guinea and Senegal despite missing out of the 2015
Africa Cup of Nations billed for Equatorial Guinea.
Algeria remain at the summit of African football with 948
points which put them in the 18th position in the world
while Tunisia are second in Africa and ranked 22th in the
world.
Cote d'Ivoire stay third on the continent after amassing 833
points which places them in the 28th spot in the world.
There are 146 non-movers in the 209 teams. Bahrain have
made the biggest gain thanks to wins over Saudi Arabia
and Jordan, moving up 12 places to 110th in the process.
The only teams to climb more than three places are
Lebanon (122nd, up 4) and Vietnam (133rd, up 4), while
the Faroe Islands have achieved their highest-ever position
of 103rd since the ranking was introduced in 1993.
The biggest fallers this month are Iraq (114th, down 11)
and Jordan (93rd, down 12).
More movement is to be expected in the February edition
of the world ranking, which will take into account all of the
results from the CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial
Guinea and the AFC Asian Cup in Australia.
The next Fifa/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published
on 12 February 2015.
Courtesy: goal.com
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