The Super Eagles of Nigeria moved three steps up the ladder in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World ranking released this morning. The latest ranking means the Eagles are now number 4 in Africa behind Ivory coast (17th in the world), Ghana (23rd) Algeria (32nd) while Mali (41st) makes up the top 5 African teams on the list.
England missed out on the top 8, meaning they will miss out on a top seeding for the 2014 World Cup. Here is the rundown of the top 35 teams in world:
Rank Teams Points Movement
1 Spain 1513 0 Equal
2 Germany 1311 1 Up
3 Argentina 1266 -1 Down
4 Colombia 1178 1 Up
5 Belgium 1175 1 Up
6 Uruguay 1164 1 Up
7 Switzerland 1138 7 Up
8 Netherlands 1136 1 Up
8 Italy 1136 -4 Down
10 England 1080 7 Up
11 Brazil 1078 -3 Down
12 Chile 1051 4 Up
13 USA 1040 0 Equal
14 Portugal 1036 -3 Down
15 Greece 983 -3 Down
16 Bosnia-Herzegovina 925 2 Up
17 Côte d’Ivoire 917 2 Up
18 Croatia 901 -8 Down
19 Russia 874 -4 Down
20 Ukraine 871 6 Up
21 France 870 4 Up
22 Ecuador 862 -2 Down
23 Ghana 860 1 Up
24 Mexico 854 -3 Down
25 Sweden 850 -3 Down
26 Denmark 824 -3 Down
27 Czech Republic 783 5 Up
28 Serbia 778 15 Up
29 Romania 767 2 Up
30 Slovenia 752 -1 Down
31 Costa Rica 744 2 Up
32 Algeria 741 -4 Down
33 Nigeria 724 3 Up
34 Honduras 720 6 Up
35 Scotland 715 28 Up
