The Tremendous Eagles have moved up 14 locations within the newest FIFA males’s rating on Thursday.
The Nigerian nationwide workforce moved from the forty second place to the twenty eighth place on this planet.
The brand new rating by the World Soccer governing physique additionally confirmed that the Tremendous Eagles have moved from sixth place to 3rd in Africa.
This new place on the worldwide checklist is the nationwide workforce’s highest since Could 2013.
The large leap is as a result of Eagles’ marketing campaign on the simply concluded African Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire the place they got here second and clinched the silver medal.
After an unbeaten run within the competitors, the Eagles misplaced 2-1 to Cote d’Ivoire within the last.
Cote d’Ivoire moved from forty ninth on this planet to thirty ninth, whereas Morocco and Senegal maintained their lead as the very best African groups.
Argentina remained primary on this planet within the newest rating whereas France and Brazil maintained second and third positions.
The FIFA Males’s World Rating is a score system by the soccer’s world governing physique for the lads’s nationwide groups in affiliation soccer.
Based mostly on their efficiency in video games, the lads’s member groups are ranked, with probably the most profitable groups on the prime.
Factors are awarded based on the outcomes of all FIFA-recognized full worldwide matches within the factors system.
The subsequent FIFA world rating will probably be launched on April 4, 2024.
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