FIFA RANKING: Nigeria's Super Eagles out of best ten in Africa

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Image caption Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh

Nigeria’s Super Eagles are out of the best 10 teams in Africa, according to the latest world ranking released by FIFA/Coca-Cola yesterday.

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Nigeria is rated 59th in the world and 12th in Africa, after going down seven places from its previous ranking.

Africa’s first 10 are: Cote d’Ivoire, Algeria, Ghana, Cape Verde, Senegal, Tunisia, Cameroun, Congo, Guinea and Congo DR.

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Eagles are behind the Pharaohs of Egypt, who are 57th globally and 11th on the continent.

The November edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking sees Belgium (up 2) move up two places to take the top slot from Argentina (3rd, down 2) and overtake world champions Germany (2nd, unchanged).