According to FIFA’s ranking in August, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have maintained the 31st position in the world.
In the ranking table published on FIFA’s verified page on Thursday, the Jose Peseiro-tutored players maintained the 1,504.7 accumulated points in July.
On the continental scale, they remained in fourth place behind Senegal (18), Morocco (23) and Tunisia (30).
With five major tournaments in different parts of the world, international women‘s football has dominated the headlines in recent months.
Fifty-eight international fixtures were played in the men‘s game, mostly in Africa and Asia, hence changes in the August edition of the FIFA World Ranking are few and far between.
Two countries, Mauritania (107th, plus 3) and Botswana (146th, plus 3) have been posting good results, as reflected by a climb of three places each in the standings.
That progress makes jointly them jointly the most-improved sides in terms of places.
In the top 50, almost nothing has changed from the previous edition, Brazil (1st), Belgium (2nd), and Argentina (3rd) still occupy the podium places, while their immediate followers remain in the same order they were in June.
Only Iran (22nd, plus 1) and FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar (48th, plus 1) moved up one place apiece.
Outside the Top 100 in addition to the aforementioned African duo, Mozambique (116th, plus 2) and Angola (120th, plus 2) also made up ground among CAF sides, as did Bermuda (168th, plus 2) in Concacaf.
With a raft of international games come September, there is expected to be more movement in the next edition.
