Nigeria Drops to 36th in the Latest FIFA Ranking.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria might have succeeded in reaching a fifth World Cup in Brazil, but the latest FIFA world ranking have seen the side drop three places to 36th.

Despite seeing off Ethiopia 2-0 to seal a 4-1 aggregate victory in the return leg of the playoff matches played on November 16 and drawing 2-2 against Italy two days later, Nigeria’s only 1-0 loss to Jordan in Amman have halted their progress in the monthly FIFA ranking released on Thursday, 28 November, 2013.

However the African champions remains the fourth best team in the Confederation of African (CAF) Zone, behind Cote d’Ivoire (17th, unmoved), Ghana (24th, down a place) and Algeria (26th, up 6 places).

Emmanuel Emenike Dribbles Past Three Ethiopians in a Fifa World Cup Playoff in Addis Ababa.
Emmanuel Emenike Dribbles Past Three Ethiopians in a Fifa World Cup Playoff in Addis Ababa.

All teams in the top 20, excluding Ukraine (18th, up 2 places), have booked their ticket to next summer’s World Cup and Cameroon (51st, up 8 places) are one of the three teams outside of the top 50 to have managed to reach the Brazil World Cup; others being Korea Republic (54th, up 2 places) and Australia (59th, down 2 places).