Thursday as the Nigeria national football team
dropped five places to 67th spot on the latest
rankings released by the world football
governing body.
The Super Eagles, who are three-time African
champions, are now sadly ranked 14th on the
continent to further drive home the declining
trend in football in the country.
As reflected in the April Rankings, Africa’s top
10 are Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal,
Egypt, Cape Verde, Tunisia, DR Congo, Guinea
and Congo.
Cameroon, Morocco and Mali are also above
Nigeria.
Already out of contention for a place in the
2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the
continuous slide by the Eagles is set to even
put them even in a tough group as they go all
out to make amends with qualification for the
2018 World Cup in Russia.
CAF has already announced that the June
World Cup qualifiers draws will be based on
the rankings of the 20 teams in contention.
The 2018 World Cup qualifying tournament for
Africa will begin in October with 20 teams
drawn into five groups of four teams each with
the overall winners advancing to the final
tournament in Russia.
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