The senior national team of Nigeria have dropped to 4th in Africa in the men’s world ranking by FIFA after losing to Algeria 1-0 and drawing 1-1 with Tunisia In friendly games during the international break.
Algeria will move up to 31st in the world and third in Africa behind Senegal, who are first in Africa base on their placement of 21st in the world with Tunisia retaining their spot as second with a placement of 26 in the world.
The rankings will be made public next week by FIFA. Nigeria will however have a chance to pick up more points if they pick up wins in the back to the back AFCON 2021 qualifiers game against Sierra Leone next month.
Coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr is keen on his team breaking into the top three in Africa as he believe it will help to get a favorable group during draws for major tournaments.
Nigeria have climbed steadily up the rankings since the Franco German was appointed as coach in 2016 as they have picked up more wins than losses.
