The senior national team of Nigeria have dropped seven places in the latest ranking released by world football governing body FIFA for the month of July.
In the month under review Nigeria played three international games which ended in two defeats and a draw as they were beaten by Cameroon and Mexico. They also played out a draw against Cameroon in what was a two legged friendly game.
Owing to the slide down the table they are now 34th in the world and in Africa drop to 5th behind the quartet of Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco ahead of the start of the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup.
Nigeria will be aiming to keep their spot in the top five heading into the final round of qualifiers as it will be used in determining teams that will be seeded for the two legged version of the qualifiers.
They will begin their quest for a spot in the next World Cup with a game against Liberia on the 3rd of September in Lagos. Liberia meanwhile moved up with three spots to position number 150 in the global ranking.
