Nigeria move up five places in FIFA ranking

Nigeria Super Eagles have moved five places up in the latest world rankings released by FIFA on Thursday. They are now 47th in the world and sixth in Africa with 635 points.

This is against the 52nd position Nigeria had in March 2018, where they gathered 609 points.

It should be recalled that Nigeria recently played two international friendly matches, recording a 1-0 victory against Poland in Wrowclaw, and a 2-0 loss against Serbia in London.

Meanwhile, Tunisia remains the best team in Africa, being 14th place in the overall ranking, with Senegal and DR Congo on 28 and 38 positions respectively.

Germany still retains first place with Brazil following closely while Belgium who was fifth in the March rankings is now third.

The next rankings will be published on May 17, 2018.