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Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by OAM4J: 1:33am On Sep 22, 2011 |
[size=13pt]Nigeria slip down in FIFA rankings[/size] Nigeria dropped five places to 43rd in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday by the world football governing body. The team moved up five places in the August edition but losing to Argentina on September 6 negated any advantage they would have got in their victory over Madagascar in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier two days earlier. Ivory Coast, who are rated best in Africa, dropped one place to 16th while Egypt and Ghana also lost places to stay at 36th and 37th respectively. Nigeria were directly placed behind Burkina Faso and Senegal, who were 41st and 42nd respectively. Senegal moved up seven places to gain their new status. Algeria (46th) and Cameroon (48th) completed the African teams in the top 50 of the rankings. Meanwhile, Spain displaced the Netherlands to regain their top spot of the rankings. The leaders only lost the position once since winning the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. With England having taken a tumble (8th, down 4), Germany (3rd, unchanged) now sit directly above Uruguay (4th, up 1), who occupy their highest-ever position on the global ladder. Other movers towards the summit were Portugal (5th, up 3), Italy (6th, up 1) and Brazil (7th, down 1). FIFA said the highest climbers of the month won one or more of their FIFA World Cup or continental qualifying matches. It added that the latest rankings were the result of 170 Grade A international matches, of which 109 were FIFA World Cup or continental qualifiers and 61 were friendlies. http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20110922354146 |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by babyboy3(m): 6:48am On Sep 22, 2011 |
No one pays attention to the FIFA ranking anymore England went up to 4th place despite the fact that the game against Holland as cancelled due to the riot, Then dropped to 8th place after beating both Wales and Bulgaria in a back to back qualifying games for the European Championship next year. |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by semid4lyfe(m): 7:13am On Sep 22, 2011 |
^^and why is Egypt still 2nd in Africa despite not winning a single match in AFCON 2012 qualifiers, being the whipping team and languishing at the bottom of their group? Won't be surprised to wake up tomorrow and see England @ No 1 FIFA ranking is RUBBISH |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by TenKobo1: 8:15am On Sep 22, 2011 |
FIFA ranking is like a pair of unclad Boobs, it swings up and down, sometimes even without the owner making any move. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by chelseabmw(m): 8:30am On Sep 22, 2011 |
lol |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by Fokativ: 8:52am On Sep 22, 2011 |
Ten Kobo: You made my day ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by Sike(m): 9:52am On Sep 22, 2011 |
Atleast 9ja still hold da top 50 position. Thatz all dat matters. |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by Seun34: 11:03am On Sep 22, 2011 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() [size=20pt]but seriously, thats so sad[/size] ![]() |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by mallorca(m): 11:37am On Sep 22, 2011 |
Fifa ranking is meaninless |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by hardbody: 11:42am On Sep 22, 2011 |
Can we just move on with the victories in our games and perhaps win the requisite cup in Africa and then go on to upset the world at that stage. These results will speak for themselves rather than relying on rankings made by people who are not even ranked integrity-wise. Would it not be a major news if Nigeria came from the lowest position in Africa to win the Cup of nations and then after qualifying or teh world cup, come from number 50 to upset the likes of Argentina, Spain, etc? That will be the 'real ranking' |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by Nobody: 11:59am On Sep 22, 2011 |
Fifa just dey do deir own fins.,, To show dat they ain't bored, and they av a reason to exist |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by LoveKing(m): 11:59am On Sep 22, 2011 |
Seun!: Offtopic Bro,if you make N700k monthly why cant you afford a .com domain? ![]() |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by bisiaet: 1:55pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
Please let no one mind this rubbish called FIFA. For a very long time I dont even want to know waht their nonsense ranking look like because in so many occassion they have released nonsense ranking list full of double standard and systematic underground lobbying for good mark in football ranking. All I care about is good football either play by Nigeria, Togo, Brazil or whoever and not fake ranking they are releasing every fouth night. |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by Nobody: 4:27pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
"FIFA Rankings" *hiss*. I find it hard to vouch for the integrity of these rankings when I can't vouch for the integrity of the body itself. Can a bad tree bear good fruits? |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by MMM2(m): 6:55pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
fif what |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by Lero15(m): 8:19pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
FIFA is as corrupt as the rankings, ![]() |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by executinal(m): 9:36pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
who Dominate the ranking? ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by sheyguy: 10:13pm On Sep 22, 2011 |
The ranking system involves male and female teams at all level(U-17, U-20, U-20, U-23 and senior team) over the last 12 years. Super eagles performance may not directly reflect on the ranking system system result due to all the other teams |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by KayDee4: 3:11am On Sep 23, 2011 |
sheyguy: If so, then Nigeria should be No.1 in Africa. If Im not mistaken, the Nigerian teams @ all other levels apart from the senior male team, have done better than their African counterparts. |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by itiswell1(m): 6:28am On Sep 23, 2011 |
Last month, Netherland was ranked number one, where are they now? Senseless ranking. |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by Lilnikee(m): 7:32am On Sep 23, 2011 |
This is just mere formality. |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by eegoolais: 10:41am On Sep 23, 2011 |
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Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by Blesyn014(m): 2:06pm On Sep 23, 2011 |
Senseless rankings from corrupt officials. Mtcheeeew.! |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by doublekay: 2:07am On Sep 24, 2011 |
I really doubt this ranking cos as it stands naija is getting better by the day so y should our ranking fall by the day |
Re: Nigeria Drops To 43rd Position In Fifa Rankings by marutimon: 12:07pm On Sep 24, 2011 |
The FIFA formula actualluy gives African teams less points for wins. If i.e. Germany beats England in a friendly, than Germany gets more points than Nigeria would. That's how messed up these rankings are. |
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