FIFA Rankings: Nigeria Breaks Into World’s Top 50, Now 41st Globally

Nigeria’s Super Eagles person climbed 4 places to 41st presumption successful the latest FIFA men’s satellite rankings, breaking backmost into Africa’s apical five.

Released connected Friday, the caller FIFA rankings marked a large betterment for Nigeria, who person climbed from 45th to 41st.

The three-time African champions besides moved up of Ivory Coast, present ranked 42nd successful the world.

Nigeria’s emergence successful the rankings followed a beardown tally successful their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, which included a 2–1 triumph implicit Lesotho successful Polokwane and a convincing 4–0 triumph against Benin Republic successful Uyo.

Those results not lone boosted their ranking points but besides secured Nigeria’s spot successful the continental playoffs for the 2026 World Cup.
The Super Eagles are present acceptable to look Gabon, presently ranked 77th successful the satellite and 15th successful Africa — for a spot successful the last playoff round, wherever either Cameroon oregon DR Congo could await.

On the continental stage, Morocco remained Africa’s highest-ranked squad contempt slipping 1 spot to 12th successful the world.

Senegal followed successful 2nd spot connected the continent and 18th globally, portion Egypt (32nd) and Algeria (35th) implicit Africa’s apical four, with Nigeria rounding retired the apical five.
Ivory Coast, Tunisia, Mali, Cameroon, and South Africa implicit Africa’s apical 10.

Globally, Spain remained the squad to bushed astatine the apical of the FIFA satellite ranking, strengthening their presumption with successive World Cup qualifying wins implicit Georgia and Bulgaria.

France are besides good placed to unafraid a summons to the tourney successful North America, but volition person to hold a small longer aft pursuing up a 3–0 triumph implicit Azerbaijan with a 2–2 gully against Iceland.

World Cup holders Argentina took vantage of Les Bleus’ gaffe by climbing backmost into 2nd spot with affable successes against Venezuela and Puerto Rico.