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Nigeria placed 50th in new FIFA rankings

Nigeria have dropped nine places in Fifa’s latest World Ranking, despite defeating Argentina 4-2 in an international friendly in Krasnodar. In the new ranking Germany is number one, followed by Brazil, Portugal and Argentina in 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions respectively.

Senegal rose to 23rd position behind Uruguay.

 

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RankTeamTotal PointsPrevious Points+/-PositionsAvg.AVG WGTAvg.AVG WGTAvg.AVG WGTAvg.AVG WGT
1GERGermany1602(1601.91)16310863.86863.86752.68376.34478.66143.601090.54218.11
2BRABrazil1483(1482.53)16190708.30708.30879.22439.61584.70175.41796.05159.21
3PORPortugal1358(1357.89)14460744.16744.16617.85308.92635.88190.76570.26114.05
4ARGArgentina1348(1348.36)14450510.42510.42903.24451.62662.66198.80937.59187.52
5BELBelgium1325(1325.29)13330626.00626.00600.01300.00764.94229.48849.03169.81
6ESPSpain1231(1230.83)12182657.78657.78507.92253.96783.37235.01420.4284.08
7POLPoland1209(1208.96)1323-1639.96639.96702.26351.13435.41130.62436.1887.24
8SUISwitzerland1190(1190.44)11343637.56637.56602.17301.08490.21147.06523.66104.73
9FRAFrance1183(1183.3)1226-2524.56524.56862.90431.45290.7687.23700.29140.06
10CHIChile1162(1161.85)1173-1458.23458.23739.73369.86763.35229.01523.75104.75
11PERPeru1128(1128.12)1160-1654.93654.93638.51319.26377.23113.17203.8340.77
12DENDenmark1099(1098.82)10017784.52784.52289.97144.99310.7093.21380.5376.11
13COLColombia1078(1077.6)10950405.19405.19746.52373.26459.85137.95805.97161.19
14ITAItaly1052(1052.49)10661516.96516.96597.80298.90442.43132.73519.52103.90
15ENGEngland1047(1046.98)1116-3479.31479.31568.56284.28595.78178.73523.32104.66
16MEXMexico1032(1032.32)10600522.73522.73575.48287.74440.96132.29447.8689.57
17CROCroatia1018(1017.91)10131461.63461.63632.53316.27493.37148.01459.9892.00
18SWESweden998(997.82)8727659.74659.74302.57151.28463.59139.08238.6147.72
19WALWales985(984.56)1072-5405.94405.94610.14305.07622.99186.90433.2386.65
20NEDNetherlands952(952.49)9310502.07502.07362.21181.10308.2292.47884.29176.86
21URUUruguay924(924.02)1034-4337.05337.05620.21310.10532.30159.69585.86117.17
22ISLIceland910(909.55)920-1467.40467.40490.08245.04366.76110.03435.4087.08
23SENSenegal884(883.91)8159467.10467.10459.18229.59313.0793.92466.4893.30
24USAUSA867(867.03)8433488.00488.00422.15211.07341.68102.50327.3165.46
24NIRNorthern Ireland867(866.92)889-1457.90457.90336.98168.49510.05153.02437.5587.51
26CRCCosta Rica850(849.67)914-4337.61337.61631.38315.69248.1374.44609.67121.93
27TUNTunisia838(838.34)8341462.33462.33371.57185.78267.4180.22549.99110.00
28SVKSlovakia817(816.92)885-4372.92372.92387.16193.58409.04122.71638.53127.71
29AUTAustria815(815.41)74510410.57410.57205.01102.51641.95192.59548.70109.74
30PARParaguay812(812.11)7506467.50467.50367.18183.59439.61131.88145.6729.13
31EGYEgypt805(805.32)818-1457.64457.64421.05210.52308.7692.63222.6544.53
32IRLRepublic of Ireland798(798.06)866-6349.86349.86447.20223.60583.17174.95248.2949.66
32IRNIran798(797.79)7842405.04405.04468.14234.07386.41115.92213.7742.75
32SCOScotland798(797.76)821-3552.19552.19196.4598.23247.6174.28365.3173.06
35UKRUkraine781(781.25)818-5402.44402.44363.62181.81387.14116.14404.3380.87
36CODCongo DR764(763.92)751-1438.32438.32330.67165.33320.0396.01321.3164.26
37SRBSerbia756(755.6)7481450.37450.37344.61172.31296.0788.82220.5144.10
38BIHBosnia and Herzegovina753(752.52)7442347.63347.63367.05183.53506.77152.03346.6869.34
39AUSAustralia747(747.35)7144426.07426.07360.57180.29438.30131.4947.499.50
40MARMorocco738(737.91)6808448.35448.35354.31177.16280.5984.18141.1728.23
41ROURomania737(736.67)7054376.42376.42191.1895.59465.23139.57625.49125.10
42TURTurkey735(735.28)807-9297.89297.89363.41181.70673.76202.13267.8153.56
43BULBulgaria719(718.88)750-7470.88470.88259.88129.94226.2967.89250.8950.18
44BFABurkina Faso705(704.69)63911418.08418.08408.27204.13112.3333.70243.9348.79
45CMRCameroon696(695.58)718-3437.46437.46229.04114.52244.4073.32351.4170.28
46MNEMontenegro681(681.41)6408408.38408.38368.56184.28116.9435.08268.3653.67
47GREGreece680(679.66)6820368.16368.16340.62170.31251.6875.50328.4765.69
48CZECzech Republic677(676.87)699-2330.00330.00234.14117.07368.28110.48596.59119.32
49BOLBolivia674(673.94)6641499.69499.69139.5869.79288.9786.6988.8317.77
50NGANigeria671(671.07)721-9381.21381.21341.39170.69190.7457.22309.7061.94

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