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The Super Eagles of Nigeria have dropped four places to 37th in the latest FIFA world ranking released on Thursday.

Nigeria fell on the ranking, following a poor start to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations this month. The team lost 3-2 to Congo in Calabar before playing out a goalless draw with South Africa in Cape Town.

Congo’s victories over Nigeria and Sudan pushed them up 30 places to occupy 48th spot, the highest position ever attained by the southern African nation.

Nigeria are now the sixth highest-ranked African nation, as Senegal, Tunisia and Ghana gained 23, 11 and three places respectively to go past Nigeria on the world rankings.

Algeria remain Africa’s highest-ranked nation, moving up four places to 20th in the world after a 100 per cent start to the AFCON 20015 qualifiers.

The top 10 is led by world champions Germany, followed South American duo Argentina and Colombia, while the Netherlands dropped a place to now occupy fourth ahead of Belgium.

The rest of the top 10 has 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil up one place to sixth, Uruguay and Spain going down a place each to occupy seventh and eighth respectively, while France and Switzerland complete the top 10.