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The Super Eagles of Nigeria dropped one position in the latest men’s ranking released by the Federation of International Football Association, FIFA.
The ranking was updated on FIFA’s website on Thursday.
Previously ranked 43rd, the Super Eagles are now in 44th position.
They however rose up one position in Africa, moving from sixth to fifth position.
Eric Chelle’s side were in action only once during the month under review, holding Russia to a 1-1 draw at the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow.
Blueprint Sport can report that in Africa the Super Eagles occupy fifth spot, Morocco is number in the continent but are 12th in the world, in second place is Senegal (18th in the world), Egypt are third (34th in the world), in fourth spot is Algeria (36th in the world).
Rwanda, who will be guests to the Super Eagles on matchday 7 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, climb up to 127th, while matchday 8 opponents South Africa maintain 56th place.
The Super Eagles posted impressive results during the international break in the months of May and June.
At the 2025 Unity Cup in London in May, the Eric Chelle-led side were crowned champions after victories against Black Stars of Ghana and Jamaica.
Then in early June, the team faced Russia in an international friendly match in Moscow which ended 1-1.
Despite these impressive results, it did not positively impact the team’s position in the latest FIFA ranking.
World champions La Albiceleste of Argentina stayed top of the ranking.
Spain is second on the log while France is third still their closest challengers and England and Brazil continuing to round off the top five in that order.
The next edition of the men’s World Ranking will be published on 18 September 2025.