FIFA Rankings: Comoros makes a breakthrough.
World football governing body, FIFA on Thursday, 30 November officially published its latest men’s national team global rankings.
The latest rankings showed a big improvement for Comoros who made a significant move up the rankings with 30.88 points that moved them nine places up to 119th.
The progress of the Comoros contrasts with the decline of The Gambia who have went down 9 places and find themselves in 126th position.
African powerhouses Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia make up the leading trio from the African continent.
Note that Argentina is still first in this ranking ahead of France and England.
|
Continental Ranking |
National Team |
World Ranking |
|
1 |
Morocco |
13 |
|
2 |
Senegal |
20 |
|
3 |
Tunisia |
28 |
|
4 |
Algeria |
30 |
|
5 |
Egypt |
33 |
|
6 |
Nigeria |
42 |
|
7 |
Cameroon |
46 |
|
8 |
Côte d’Ivoire |
50 |
|
9 |
Mali |
51 |
|
10 |
Burkina Faso |
57 |
|
11 |
Ghana |
61 |
|
12 |
South Africa |
66 |
|
13 |
DR Congo |
67 |
|
14 |
Cape Verde |
73 |
|
15 |
Guinea |
80 |
|
16 |
Gabon |
82 |
|
17 |
Zambia |
84 |
|
18 |
Equatorial Guinea |
88 |
|
19 |
Uganda |
92 |
|
20 |
Benin |
97 |
|
21 |
Guinea-Bissau |
103 |
|
22 |
Mauritania |
105 |
|
23 |
Madagascar |
109 |
|
24 |
Kenya |
110 |
|
25 |
Mozambique |
111 |
|
26 |
Congo |
112 |
|
27 |
Namibia |
115 |
|
28 |
Angola |
117 |
|
29 |
Togo |
118 |
|
30 |
Comoros |
119 |
|
31 |
Libya |
120 |
|
32 |
Tanzania |
121 |
|
33 |
Malawi |
123 |
|
34 |
Zimbabwe |
124 |
|
35 |
Gambia |
126 |
|
36 |
Sierra Leone |
127 |
|
37 |
Sudan |
128 |
|
38 |
Niger |
129 |
|
39 |
Central African Republic |
131 |
|
40 |
Rwanda |
133 |
|
41 |
Burundi |
139 |
|
42 |
Ethiopia |
144 |
|
43 |
Botswana |
145 |
|
44 |
Lesotho |
148 |
|
45 |
Eswatini |
149 |
|
46 |
Liberia |
153 |
|
47 |
South Sudan |
166 |
|
48 |
Mauritius |
177 |
|
49 |
Chad |
181 |
|
50 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
191 |
|
51 |
Djibouti |
192 |
|
52 |
Somalia |
198 |
|
53 |
Seychelles |
199 |
* Team not classified because inactive for more than four years: Eritrea