Super Eagles End the year with Highest FIFA Ranking.
The super Eagles of Nigeria who are currently three-time African champions remain unmoved in the latest Fifa ranking released by the world football governing body which has never been since the last decade.
Nigeria’s senior national team has ended 2019 as the 31st best football playing country in the world.
The Team of Eagles remain unmoved in December’s ranking released by Fifa on Thursday morning following the African Qualifications games against Libya see tweets below
Super Eagles of Nigeria have ended the year with their highest world ranking (31st) in the last decade, FIFA rankings reveal. The last time Nigeria finished a year higher was in 2009, when the team was 22nd in the world. pic.twitter.com/BrdOgllWGs
— milky20 (@MYsport_ng) December 19, 2019
Gernot Rohr’s men garnered a total of 1493 points to stay as the third-best team in Africa behind Senegal and Tunisia.
In the year under review, they finished third at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations staged in Egypt following their victory over Tunisia.
However, Senegal are ranked first in the continent and 20th in the world with 1555 points, while the Carthage Eagles are 27th in the world and second in Africa after amassing 1506 points.