The Super Eagles of Nigeria moved one place from 49th to 48th in the September FIFA ranking released today.
In the August ranking the Super Eagles had 1,410 points. But this month the Super Eagles made additional five points.
This improvement is likely due to the two wins they recorded this month.
First, they travelled to Victoria to take on the Pirates of Seychelles in a 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Two first half goals from skipper of the day Ahmed Musa and Chidozie Awaziem and the icing on the cake by Idion Ighalo in the second half gave the Super Eagles a comfortable 0-3 victory.
Few days later, the Super Eagles storm Monrovia, the capital of Liberia for a friendly match against the Lone Stars of Liberia in honour of their President, George Oppong Weah, who won the 1995 World Best Footballer.
The Super Eagles defeated their hosts by 1-2. Henry Onyekuru and Simeon Nwankwo scored Nigeria goals in the first half before Kpah Sherman gave the home side a consolatory goal from the penalty spot.
If the Super Eagles perform well in their up-coming double header matches against Libya in October, their position will surely improve in the October ranking.
The World’s top five teams are Belgium, France, Brazil, Croatia and Uruguay.
In continent of Africa, Tunisia is first and 23rd in the world, Senegal, Congo DR and Morocco follow in that order on 25th, 40th and 45th respectively. Nigeria is fifth in Africa and 48th in the world.
In the women’s ranking, Nigeria remains the best team in Africa and 38th in the world. Though, the Super Falcons dropped a point, from 1608 of last month to 1607 this month, they maintained their 38th position from last month.
The best five nations in Women football in the world are USA, Germany, France, England and Canada.
