Super Eagles drop out of African top ten

Nigeria’s rating on the FIFA world rankings remained unchanged in the August release. Nigeria maintained the 58th position from the month of July. But Sierra Leone, took a giant leap from the 65th position to 57th in the world and pushedNigeria out of theAfrica top ten. Cote’d Ivoire remained the top team inAfricawith their 16th placing in the world rankings. Ghana32, Algeria34, Libya38, Mali39 make the top five teams in Africa. Spain remained rooted at the top of the world rankings with Germany, England, Uruguay, andPortugalmaking the top five in the world.