In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria garnered 1431 points as against 1415 it had in September.
The movement has now placed Nigeria in the third position in Africa behind Tunisia and Senegal.
Tunisia is ranked 22nd in the world and Senegal 25th. Congo DR ranked 46th and Morocco, 47th, are the other African countries among the top 50.
On the global scene, Belgium are now ranked world number one, ahead of France with the narrowest of margin–just one point in the new the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking published today. The Belgians have 1733 points to France’s 1732 points.
In September, the two countries were tied on
In the latest FIFA
ranking released on Thursday, October 25, the Super Eagles of Nigeria
moved up four places from 48th position to 44th.
The development was as a result of the recent performances of the
three-time African champions at the ongoing 2019 AFCON qualifying
tournament.
Gernot Rohr's men recorded back to back wins against Libya in Cameroon
2019 AFCON qualifiers.
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Nigeria are now the third best team in Africa while Tunisia remain the
top team in Africa as they occupy the 22nd position.
Senegal are the second best African nation as they are in 25th while DR
Congo and Morocco occupy the 45th and 46th positions respectively making
them fourth and fifth in the continent.
Belgium are world number one team as they overtook World Cup winners,
France, to second position with just one point.
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Brazil, Croatia and England occupy third, fourth and fifth positions
respectively in the wake of their performances in friendlies and the
UEFA Nations League tournament.
World Cup quarter finalists Uruguay are in sixth, while current European
champions Portugal are in seventh with Switzerland, Spain, Denmark
coming closely in eight, ninth and tenth respectively.
Germany's disastrous outing the World Cup and their poor showing at the
ongoing UEFA Nations League pulls them down to 14th while the
Netherlands climb to 15th.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Nigeria gained one spot
after moving from 49th spot to 48th position in September’s FIFA monthly
world ranking released on Thursday, September 20, 2018.
According to the world’s football governing body, Nigeria, who played
out two international matches against Seychelles and Liberia during the
period under review, were not included among the continent’s top earners
after moving from a previous point haul of 1410 to 1415 to gain a spot.
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the first spot.
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