Nigeria’s Super Eagles have moved up to 32nd position in FIFA latest ranking thus making the three times African champions the third best team in Africa

Football governing body, Fifa, on Wednesday published its latest rankings of national teams.

It would be recalled that the Super Eagles were involved in two international matches during the period under review, both of which they won against the Republic of Benin and Lesotho.

On the back of those victories, Nigeria have moved up from 36th to 32nd in the world rankings, while they are third in the African region.

Senegal, Tunisia, Nigeria, Algeria and Morocco are the top five teams in Africa in that order.

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Nigeria’s World Cup qualifiers opponents- Cape Verde, Central African Republic and Liberia sit 73rd, 118th and 151st respectively.

Meanwhile, the top ten teams in the world are Belgium, France, Brazil, England, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Argentina, Uruguay and Denmark.