FIFA Ranking Super Eagles move up 3 places in August ranking

In the ranking released on Thursday, August 8, the Super Eagles move up in World Ranking but remain the 16th country in Africa.

  Super Eagles move up in new FIFA Ranking (Twitter/NFF)

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have improved in the monthly FIFA Ranking compared to their position last month.

A game-less month of June meant that the Super Eagles dropped nine places to 70th in the ranking of last month but in the latest, Nigeria have moved up three places to 67th place.

In the ranking released on Thursday, August 8, the Super Eagles however remain the 16th country in Africa.

Algeria (32), Ghana (35), Cote d'Ivoire (36), Senegal (41), Egypt (43), Tunisia (45), Morocco (53), Cameroon (54), Congo DR (56), Cape Verde (58), Mali (59), Congo (63), South Africa (64), Uganda (65) and Guinea (66) are all above Nigeria.

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play Algeria is the number one country in African (Getty Images )

The world top 10 remain unchanged with Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany and Chile all five.

Euro 2016 winners, Portugal are sixth in the world followed by France, Spain, Brazil and Italy.

play Argentina remain the top country in World Football (Getty Images )

World Ranking

(1) Argentina (2) Belgium (3) Colombia (4) Germany (5) Chile (6) Portugal (7) France (8) Spain (9) Brazil (10) Italy

African Ranking

(1) Algeria (2) Ghana (3),Cote d'Ivoire (4) Senegal (5) Egypt (6) Tunisia(7) Morocco (8) Cameroon (9) Congo DR (10)… Nigeria (16)