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Super Eagles retains 39th spot on FIFA ranking

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Super Eagles of Nigeria maintained their 39th position globally in the July ranking released by the world football governing body, FIFA.

In the ranking table published on the website of the world football governing body on Thursday, Nigeria still maintained the 1486.48 points it had in June.

The stagnancy on a spot was also seen at the continental level as the Nigerian side still maintained the sixth spot behind Morroco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt respectively.

On the global scene, a total of 62 matches have been played since the last edition of the World Ranking in June, with 25 of those matches taking place in the final competition of the Concacaf Gold Cup.

The other 37 matches were in the SAFF Cup (AFC) and COSAFA Cup (CAF), two tournaments that are considered friendly competitions for the purposes of the FIFA ranking.

There are no changes at all in the top ten, which is made up solely of European and South American teams.

Argentina remained at the top of the pile, with the other two podium places occupied by France (2nd) and Brazil (3rd), closely followed by England (4th), Belgium (5th) and Croatia (6th).

Knocked out in the semi-finals of the Gold Cup, the USA (11th) have missed a chance to break into the leading pack.
They now also have Mexico (12th, up 2) hot on their heels following El Tri’s triumph in the same competition.

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