Nigeria has moved up by four spots to thirsty first position in the FIFA ranking for the month of November released yesterday.


Super Eagles In the latest ranking published on the website of the world’s football Governing body, Nigeria garnered one -thousand -four -hundred -and -ninety -three points in November as against one thousand, four hundred and eighty-one recorded last month.


However, the Super Eagles are still the third-best team in Africa behind Senegal and Tunisia who are ranked twenty and twenty seven with one thousand, one hundred and fifty- five and one thousand, five hundred and six points respectively.


The recent leap followed the team victories over Benin Republic and Lesotho in the 2021 African Nations Cup, AFCON qualifiers.
Nigeria leads Group L with six points from two matches played so far in the qualifying series.
The Super Eagles will return to action in March when the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway.