Nigeria: Super Eagles Move Up Fifa Ranking

8 November 2012

On the back of the 6-1 bashing handed out to Liberia in the last Nations Cup qualifier, played in Calabar in October, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up six places in the Fifa ranking just released. The Nigeria senior national football team has moved up in the world-wide ranking for the month of October.

The team presently in Abuja preparing for their friendly match against Venezuela on November 14 in Miami moved up from 559 to 553. The rise is also reflected on the African ranking table, where the team also moved into Africa's top 10 from being rated 13 on the continent last month.

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