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In the latest FIFA World Rankings released connected Thursday, the Super Eagles of Nigeria person experienced a further decline, dropping to 45th spot worldwide, and remaining 6th successful Africa.
This disappointing inclination continues amid a lacklustre show successful the 2026 World Cup Qualifying campaign, led by Coach Eric Chelle.
The latest rankings people a driblet from 44th to 45th, pursuing a erstwhile diminution from 43rd to 44th successful August.
This continued descent reflects the team’s ongoing struggles connected the planetary stage.
As it stands, the Super Eagles beryllium down respective African nations including Morocco (1st), Senegal (2nd), Egypt (3rd), Algeria (4th), and Côte d’Ivoire (5th).
Their upcoming hostile successful the qualifiers, Lesotho has fallen to 153rd place. Conversely, Benin Republic, different rival for the Super Eagles adjacent month, has moved up to 93rd.
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana, who precocious held the Super Eagles to a 1-1 draw, person climbed to 55th position, bolstering their chances of qualifying for the World Cup.
At the pinnacle of the latest rankings, Spain made a important leap to 1st place, a presumption they past held successful June 2014. Spain’s emergence comes astatine the disbursal of Argentina, which has dropped to 3rd aft falling 2 places.
France, the squad that mislaid to Argentina successful the 2022 World Cup final, present occupies 2nd spot aft rising 1 position.
Notable changes further down the database see Portugal, Croatia, and Italy, each of which person moved up by 1 spot to 5th, 9th, and 10th, respectively.
This displacement comes arsenic Brazil slips to 6th and Germany plummets to 12th, their lowest presumption extracurricular the apical 10 since October 2024, pursuing a decision to Slovakia successful their World Cup qualifier.
Morocco, present 11th, is starring the battalion conscionable extracurricular the apical 10, having won 8 of their past 9 matches since the past ranking in July.
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