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FIFA Ranking: Nigeria now 3rd in Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2021 0

Gernot Rohr’s Super Eagles are now rated as the 32nd best football-playing nation in the world. The 2013 African champions climbed four places in April’s rankings released by the Federation of International Football Association on Thursday. In the month under review, Nigeria garnered 1487

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FIFA Ranking: Nigeria still world’s 31st

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2019 0

Ilorin – Nigeria’s Super Eagles retained their spot as the world’s 31st team in the World Football Ranking for the month of December. In the ranking table on the website of world football governing body FIFA on Thursday, Nigeria have garnered 1,493 points, same as they had in the November ranking. The ranking still helped […]

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Nigeria moves up in latest FIFA Ranking

Ihesiulo Grace 16 October 2017 0

Nigeria moved up to the 41st position in the World and retained the fifth in Africa in the latest FIFA Coca-Cola world rankings. The rankings released by the World Football governing body showed that Nigeria moved up three places from the 44th position in September, but maintained the fifth spot in Africa. It said that […]

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Nigeria drops 6 places in FIFA ranking amid big win against Cameroon

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2017 0

Nigeria has dropped six places to 44 in the latest FIFA World Rankings released Thursday, despite a 4-0 home win over higher ranked Cameroon in a World Cup qualifier earlier this month. The Super Eagles are also fifth in Africa. The consolation is that they are now better ranked to Cameroon at 45th in the […]