By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The Super Eagles of Nigeria is presently ranked 30th in the 2024 Men’s World ranking, dropping two places from the previous 28th position.
The ranking, as released by the Federation of International Football Association on Thursday, 4 April, 2024 revealed that the Eagles topped the 2023 CAF African Cup of Nations winner, Cote d’Ivoire, and seven-time AFCON winner, Egypt.
Having participated in two friendly matches after the AFCON tourney, the Eagles earned a 2-1 win against neighbouring rivals, Ghana, and fell to a 2-0 defeat against Mali.
With the latest development, the Eagles rank third in African football, behind the Atlas Lions of Morocco and the Teranga Lions of Senegal.
Ranking first is 2022 World Cup winner Argentina, followed by the tourney’s runner-up, France.
In the third position is Belgium while the Three Lions of England hold the fourth place.
See the list below for the top 50 teams:
1. Argentina
2. France
3. Belgium
4. England
5. Brazil
6. Portugal
7. Netherlands
8. Spain
9. Italy
10. Croatia
11. USA
12. Colombia
13. Morocco
14. Mexico
15. Uruguay
16. Germany
17. Senegal
18. Japan
19. Switzerland
20. IR Iran
21. Denmark
22. Ukraine
23. Korea Republic
24. Australia
25. Austria
26. Hungary
27. Sweden
28. Poland
29. Wales
30. Nigeria
31. Ecuador
32. Peru
33. Serbia
34. Qatar
35. Russia
36. Czechia
37. Egypt
38. Cote d’Ivoire
39. Scotland
40. Turkiye
41. Tunisia
42. Chile
43. Algeria
44. Mali
45. Panama
46. Romania
47. Norway
48. Slovakia
49. Canada
50. Greece
