Nigeria climbs three places higher - FIFA

The Nigerian national team (Super Eagles) now occupy 67^th position as it climbs three places from 70^th position as at July according to FIFA’s latest release.

Nevertheless, countries such as Algeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Egypt still remain the top five teams in the African continent.

While Cameroon and Zambia who are Nigeria’s 2018 FIFA World Cup, Group B contenders ranked 54^th and 91at correspondingly.

However there were no changes at the rankings summit, with the top 20 retaining their July position, with Argentina maintaining top, followed narrowly by Belgium, Colombia, Germany and Chile.

A new ranking would be published by the world governing body’s official website on September 15, 2016.

The third round of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for Nigeria starts on October 3rd against Zambia