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Nigeria placed 50th in new FIFA rankings

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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.

 

Rank Team Total Points Previous Points +/- Positions Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT Avg. AVG WGT
1 GERGermany 1602(1601.91) 1631 0 863.86 863.86 752.68 376.34 478.66 143.60 1090.54 218.11
2 BRABrazil 1483(1482.53) 1619 0 708.30 708.30 879.22 439.61 584.70 175.41 796.05 159.21
3 PORPortugal 1358(1357.89) 1446 0 744.16 744.16 617.85 308.92 635.88 190.76 570.26 114.05
4 ARGArgentina 1348(1348.36) 1445 0 510.42 510.42 903.24 451.62 662.66 198.80 937.59 187.52
5 BELBelgium 1325(1325.29) 1333 0 626.00 626.00 600.01 300.00 764.94 229.48 849.03 169.81
6 ESPSpain 1231(1230.83) 1218 2 657.78 657.78 507.92 253.96 783.37 235.01 420.42 84.08
7 POLPoland 1209(1208.96) 1323 -1 639.96 639.96 702.26 351.13 435.41 130.62 436.18 87.24
8 SUISwitzerland 1190(1190.44) 1134 3 637.56 637.56 602.17 301.08 490.21 147.06 523.66 104.73
9 FRAFrance 1183(1183.3) 1226 -2 524.56 524.56 862.90 431.45 290.76 87.23 700.29 140.06
10 CHIChile 1162(1161.85) 1173 -1 458.23 458.23 739.73 369.86 763.35 229.01 523.75 104.75
11 PERPeru 1128(1128.12) 1160 -1 654.93 654.93 638.51 319.26 377.23 113.17 203.83 40.77
12 DENDenmark 1099(1098.82) 1001 7 784.52 784.52 289.97 144.99 310.70 93.21 380.53 76.11
13 COLColombia 1078(1077.6) 1095 0 405.19 405.19 746.52 373.26 459.85 137.95 805.97 161.19
14 ITAItaly 1052(1052.49) 1066 1 516.96 516.96 597.80 298.90 442.43 132.73 519.52 103.90
15 ENGEngland 1047(1046.98) 1116 -3 479.31 479.31 568.56 284.28 595.78 178.73 523.32 104.66
16 MEXMexico 1032(1032.32) 1060 0 522.73 522.73 575.48 287.74 440.96 132.29 447.86 89.57
17 CROCroatia 1018(1017.91) 1013 1 461.63 461.63 632.53 316.27 493.37 148.01 459.98 92.00
18 SWESweden 998(997.82) 872 7 659.74 659.74 302.57 151.28 463.59 139.08 238.61 47.72
19 WALWales 985(984.56) 1072 -5 405.94 405.94 610.14 305.07 622.99 186.90 433.23 86.65
20 NEDNetherlands 952(952.49) 931 0 502.07 502.07 362.21 181.10 308.22 92.47 884.29 176.86
21 URUUruguay 924(924.02) 1034 -4 337.05 337.05 620.21 310.10 532.30 159.69 585.86 117.17
22 ISLIceland 910(909.55) 920 -1 467.40 467.40 490.08 245.04 366.76 110.03 435.40 87.08
23 SENSenegal 884(883.91) 815 9 467.10 467.10 459.18 229.59 313.07 93.92 466.48 93.30
24 USAUSA 867(867.03) 843 3 488.00 488.00 422.15 211.07 341.68 102.50 327.31 65.46
24 NIRNorthern Ireland 867(866.92) 889 -1 457.90 457.90 336.98 168.49 510.05 153.02 437.55 87.51
26 CRCCosta Rica 850(849.67) 914 -4 337.61 337.61 631.38 315.69 248.13 74.44 609.67 121.93
27 TUNTunisia 838(838.34) 834 1 462.33 462.33 371.57 185.78 267.41 80.22 549.99 110.00
28 SVKSlovakia 817(816.92) 885 -4 372.92 372.92 387.16 193.58 409.04 122.71 638.53 127.71
29 AUTAustria 815(815.41) 745 10 410.57 410.57 205.01 102.51 641.95 192.59 548.70 109.74
30 PARParaguay 812(812.11) 750 6 467.50 467.50 367.18 183.59 439.61 131.88 145.67 29.13
31 EGYEgypt 805(805.32) 818 -1 457.64 457.64 421.05 210.52 308.76 92.63 222.65 44.53
32 IRLRepublic of Ireland 798(798.06) 866 -6 349.86 349.86 447.20 223.60 583.17 174.95 248.29 49.66
32 IRNIran 798(797.79) 784 2 405.04 405.04 468.14 234.07 386.41 115.92 213.77 42.75
32 SCOScotland 798(797.76) 821 -3 552.19 552.19 196.45 98.23 247.61 74.28 365.31 73.06
35 UKRUkraine 781(781.25) 818 -5 402.44 402.44 363.62 181.81 387.14 116.14 404.33 80.87
36 CODCongo DR 764(763.92) 751 -1 438.32 438.32 330.67 165.33 320.03 96.01 321.31 64.26
37 SRBSerbia 756(755.6) 748 1 450.37 450.37 344.61 172.31 296.07 88.82 220.51 44.10
38 BIHBosnia and Herzegovina 753(752.52) 744 2 347.63 347.63 367.05 183.53 506.77 152.03 346.68 69.34
39 AUSAustralia 747(747.35) 714 4 426.07 426.07 360.57 180.29 438.30 131.49 47.49 9.50
40 MARMorocco 738(737.91) 680 8 448.35 448.35 354.31 177.16 280.59 84.18 141.17 28.23
41 ROURomania 737(736.67) 705 4 376.42 376.42 191.18 95.59 465.23 139.57 625.49 125.10
42 TURTurkey 735(735.28) 807 -9 297.89 297.89 363.41 181.70 673.76 202.13 267.81 53.56
43 BULBulgaria 719(718.88) 750 -7 470.88 470.88 259.88 129.94 226.29 67.89 250.89 50.18
44 BFABurkina Faso 705(704.69) 639 11 418.08 418.08 408.27 204.13 112.33 33.70 243.93 48.79
45 CMRCameroon 696(695.58) 718 -3 437.46 437.46 229.04 114.52 244.40 73.32 351.41 70.28
46 MNEMontenegro 681(681.41) 640 8 408.38 408.38 368.56 184.28 116.94 35.08 268.36 53.67
47 GREGreece 680(679.66) 682 0 368.16 368.16 340.62 170.31 251.68 75.50 328.47 65.69
48 CZECzech Republic 677(676.87) 699 -2 330.00 330.00 234.14 117.07 368.28 110.48 596.59 119.32
49 BOLBolivia 674(673.94) 664 1 499.69 499.69 139.58 69.79 288.97 86.69 88.83 17.77
50 NGANigeria 671(671.07) 721 -9 381.21 381.21 341.39 170.69 190.74 57.22 309.70 61.94

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