FIFA Rankings: Morocco lead Africa as Super Eagles drop to 35th position
Brazil remains the highest-ranked team in the world despite not making it beyond the quarter-final at Qatar 2022
The Nigeria national team, the Super Eagles are now ranked 35th in the world and fifth in Africa.
In the year's last ranking published by FIFA on Thursday, Brazil remains the highest-ranked team in the world despite not making it beyond the quarter-final at Qatar 2022.
On their part, Argentina, who were crowned as champions for the third time last Sunday, have risen only to second, up from third where they were occupying before the Mundial.
Finalists, France are third while Belgium and England fourth and fifth respectively
Though 2022 was bad for the Eagles, they still finished one notch better than 2021 when they ended the year in the 36th position.
While it was an awful year for the Eagles, the reverse was the case for the Atlas Lions of Morocco who have risen to the number 11 spot, the highest ever in their history.
Having become the first African nation to reach the semi-finals, where they were beaten by France, Morocco now stand as the highest-ranked African side at 11th in the world.
It means Morocco - who lost 2-1 to Croatia in the third-place play-off - now sit above Germany in 14th, Mexico in 15th and Uruguay in 16th.
Africa's other World Cup flag bearers Senegal, Tunisia and Cameroon were ranked 19, 30, 33 respectively above Nigeria.
Ghana the other country from Africa at Qatar are in the 58th position.
According to FIFA, the next ranking will be published in February 2023.
