.Now 53rd, still 10th in Africa
NIGERIA shot four places in this month's FIFA Rankings released on Thursday.
Still tenth and out of Africa's top five best teams, Nigeria, improved as she is now placed 53rd in the World as against 57th for last month.
The continent top five team still remains Algeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Tunisia and Senegal.
Meanwhile, the August edition of the ranking shows a change in the top three, with Belgium (2nd, up 1) swapping places with Germany (3rd, down 1) behind leaders Argentina. A little below them, Chile (10th, up 1) have entered the top ten at the expense of the Netherlands (12th, down 7). The loss of points by Germany and the Netherlands is due to the devaluation of last year’s FIFA World Cup matches.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 3 September 2015.
