Nigeria’s Super Eagles has dropped a place in the latest monthly FIFA rankings released on Thursday.
Despite dropping to 40th position from previous 39th, the Super Eagles still maintain their sixth position on the Africa continent.
Morocco remains the top-ranked team on the continent. They are are followed by the Teranga Lions of Senegal, Carthage Eagles of Tunisia, Desert Foxes of Algeria and Pharaohs of Egypt.
On the world stage however, world champions Argentina still retain their number one position, with France, Brazil, England and Belgium completing the top five teams in the world.
Jose Peseiro’s side defeated Sao Tome and Principe 6-0 in their last fixture, yet the result didn’t have any positive effect on their position on the ranking table.
Africa Top 10.
1 Morocco: 13
2 Senegal: 20
3 Tunisia: 29
4 Algeria: 34
5 Egypt: 35
6 Nigeria: 40
7 Cameroon: 41
8 Mali: 49
9 Ivory Coast: 50
10 Burkina Faso: 58