How Does Nigeria's FIFA Ranking Compare to Other African Nations? We weren’t able to create a summary for you. Refresh your page to try again. Oct 17, 2025 · The Super Eagles of Nigeria have climbed four places to 41st in the latest FIFA men’s world rankings, reclaiming their position among Africa’s top five national teams, Soccernet.ng reports. The new rankings, released on Friday, reveals a significant leap for Nigeria, who were previously 45th. Oct 17, 2025 · New FIFAranking: the African top 10 revealed! The new FIFAranking for the month of October has been released, bringing several major changes across the African continent. Apr 2, 2026 · FIFA released its final ranking update before the 2026 World Cup on April 1st. Morocco are Africa's only top-10 side globally. Nigeria are third on the continent but will not be in America this summer. Here is the full breakdown. Despite moving up one spot globally from 44th to 43rd, the Nigerian national team was overtaken by Côte d'Ivoire, which climbed five places to 41st, securing Africa's fifth position. Oct 18, 2025 · Nigeria’s Super Eagles have made an impressive leap in the latest FIFA Men’s World Rankings, climbing four places to 41st globally and returning to Africa’s top five football nations. Nov 19, 2025 · Despite the heartbreak of missing out on the 2026 World Cup, those results were sufficient to nudge the Super Eagles up the table. Nigeria’s new points total stands at 1,502.46.