BY Victor Akhidenor
Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped seven places in the latest FIFA world ranking released on Thursday.
The Eagles, who were previously ranked 52nd in the world, are now 59th and 12th position in the Africa.
Nigeria are behind Cote d’Ivoire, Algeria, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroon, Congo, Guinea, and Congo DR who make up the Top 10 sides in Africa.
Belgium top the ranking for the first time in history.
The Red Devils have jumped two places on the November edition to replace previous leaders Argentina (3rd, down 2) and world champions Germany (2nd, unchanged).
The biggest climbers in the top ten are Chile (5th, up 4) while England (9th, up 1) and Austria (10th, up 1) have each made slight progress.
This is the first time that Belgium, Chile and Austria have ever reached such heights on the global ladder.
Six teams have leapt by ten places or more in the top 50 this month, namely Turkey (18th, up 19), Bosnia and Herzegovina (20th, up 10), Ecuador (21st, up 10), Republic of Ireland (42nd, up 12), Paraguay (47th, up 14), and Serbia (49th, up 14). Four teams have improved their ranking by over 30 places: Chad (136th, up 39), Cyprus (76th, up 38), Sao Tome e Principe (157th, up 36) and Turkmenistan (121st, up 34).
The last FIFA/Coca-Cola World ranking of 2015 will be published on December 3.
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