The Super Eagles of Nigeria ranked 30^th in the 2024 Men’s World ranking, dropping two places from the previous 28^th position.

The ranking, as released by the Federation of International Football Association on Thursday, revealed that the Eagles topped the 2023 CAF African Cup of Nations winner, Cote d’Ivoire, and seven-time AFCON winner, Egypt.

Having participated in two friendly matches after the AFCON tourney, the Eagles earned a 2-1 win against neighbouring rivals, Ghana, and fell to a 2-0 defeat against Mali.

As observed by PUNCH Online, the Eagles rank third in African football, falling only behind the Atlas Lions of Morocco and the Teranga Lions of Senegal.

Ranking first is 2022 World Cup winner Argentina, followed by the tourney’s first runner-up, France.

In the third position is Belgium while the Three Lions of England hold the fourth place.

See the list below for the top 50 teams:

Argentina

France

Belgium

England

Brazil

Portugal

Netherlands

Spain

Italy

Croatia

USA

Colombia

Morocco

Mexico

Uruguay

Germany

Senegal

Japan

Switzerland

IR Iran

Denmark

Ukraine

Korea Republic

Australia

Austria

Hungary

Sweden

Poland

Wales

Nigeria

Ecuador

Peru

Serbia

Qatar

Russia

Czechia

Egypt

Cote d’Ivoire

Scotland

Turkiye

Tunisia

Chile

Algeria

Mali

Panama

Romania

Norway

Slovakia

Canada

Greece

(The PUNCH)

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