LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria have moved up to 33rd place in the Fifa World Rankings released on Thursday for the month of July. On the back of their bronze-winning feat in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Eagles climbed 12 places from their 45th position in June, accruing 1481 points. After finishing second…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria moved two places up to 36th position in Fifa’s latest women’s world ranking. A Round of 16 spot at the Women’s World Cup in France and Wafu Women’s Cup in Cote d’Ivoire moved them to 36th and they remain top of the log in Africa. Behind African Queens, 2019 Women’s World…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria moved one place from 49th position to 48th in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking as Belgium and France share the top spot for the first time in the table’s 25-year history. According to the rankings posted on the FIFA official website on Thursday, the Super Eagles amassed 1415 points to finish 48th…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World Cup champion France is No. 1 in the FIFA rankings for the first time in 16 years. Germany, the previous World Cup champion, dropped from first to 15th on Thursday after its elimination in the group stage. The U.S., which did not qualify for the World Cup, advanced three spots to…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria are now ranked the 47th best football-playing nation in the world according to the April Fifa Ranking released. Inspired by their victory over Poland in March’s international friendly, Gernot Rohr’s men climbed five placed – a position which makes them the sixth best team in Africa behind Tunisia, Senegal, Congo DR,…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany will stay top of the new FIFA World Ranking following March’s round of international fixtures, despite losing 1-0 to second-placed Brazil on Tuesday. Gabriel Jesus scored the only goal of the game in Berlin but it won’t be enough for Tite’s side to leapfrog the reigning world champions at the top…