The senior national team of Nigeria is back in the top 5 rated teams on the African continent after winning the Unity Cup tournament and also holding Russia to a 1-1 draw in an international friendly, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Led by Eric Chelle, the team defeated Ghana 2-1 in the Unity Cup final before beating Jamaica 5-4 on penalties after playing out a 2-2 draw in regulation time. The results have helped the team’s placement in the latest rankings.
In the previous rankings, the Nigerian team who were coming off a 1-1 draw against Zimbabwe at home and a 2-0 win away to Rwanda in the world cup qualifiers fell out of the top five nations in Africa.
However they are back in the mix with despite retaining their spot in the world rankings in 43rd position. It moved them to behind Morocco, Senegal, Egypt and Algeria respectively, with champions of the AFCON Cote d’Ivoire dropping to sixth.
Tunisia, Camerooon, Mali and South Africa completes the top ten ranked African nations after the lady round of international games. Globally Argentina, Spain, France, England and Brazil are still the top five.
