FIFA Rankings: Nigeria Drop Two Places (28-30) For March 2024

Nigeria dropped two places (28-30) on the FIFA ranking for March 2024 but holds a healthy 38 spots gap on West African rivals, Ghana who occupy 68th spot.

In the rankings released on Thursday, April 4, 2024, by the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) the Nigeria men’s national team dropped to 30th place in the world.

In the month under review, Nigeria played two international friendly games, defeating Ghana 2-1 on March 22 before falling 0-2 vs Mali says later.

Argentina retained top-spot in the world, while France, Belgium, England and Brazil complete the top-five.

SEE TABLE OF TOP 100 NATIONAL TEAMS IN THE WORLD PER FIFA

RK	TEAM	TOTAL POINTS	PREVIOUS POINTS	+/-	MORE
1	Argentina	1858	1855.2	+2.8
2	France	1840.59	1845.44	-4.85
31	Belgium	1795.23	1798.46	-3.23
41	England	1794.9	1800.05	-5.15
5	Brazil	1788.65	1784.09	+4.56
61	Portugal	1748.11	1745.06	+3.05
71	Netherlands	1742.29	1745.48	-3.19
8	Spain	1727.5	1732.64	-5.14
9	Italy	1724.6	1718.82	+5.78
10	Croatia	1721.07	1717.57	+3.5
112	USA	1681.13	1661.7	+19.43
122	Colombia	1664.28	1655.29	+8.99
131	Morocco	1661.42	1663.39	-1.97
141	Mexico	1661.11	1652.7	+8.41
154	Uruguay	1659.39	1665.99	-6.6
16	Germany	1644.21	1631.22	+12.99
17	Senegal	1624.73	1620.74	+3.99
18	Japan	1621.88	1614.33	+7.55
19	Switzerland	1616.41	1613.44	+2.97
20	IR Iran	1613.96	1608.23	+5.73
21	Denmark	1602.72	1601.31	+1.41
222	Ukraine	1568.86	1553.35	+15.51
231	Korea Republic	1563.99	1566.21	-2.22
241	Australia	1563.93	1554.82	+9.11
25	Austria	1554.86	1546.1	+8.76
261	Hungary	1532.2	1525.13	+7.07
271	Sweden	1531.68	1531.13	+0.55
282	Poland	1531.49	1520.24	+11.25
29	Wales	1531.38	1521.88	+9.5
302	Nigeria	1520.27	1522.26	-1.99
31	Ecuador	1518.22	1519.2	-0.98
321	Peru	1515.82	1512.68	+3.14
331	Serbia	1514.2	1517.43	-3.23
343	Qatar	1507.94	1499.34	+8.6
353	Russia	1504.02	1498.84	+5.18
364	Czechia	1501.47	1494.04	+7.43
371	Egypt	1499.72	1500.38	-0.66
381	Côte d’Ivoire	1498.8	1494.57	+4.23
395	Scotland	1497.46	1506.89	-9.43
405	Türkiye	1495.94	1505.28	-9.34
41	Tunisia	1493.12	1491.15	+1.97
42	Chile	1491.71	1489.82	+1.89
43	Algeria	1482.71	1480.24	+2.47
443	Mali	1477.9	1469.81	+8.09
451	Panama	1475.62	1475.62	–
461	Romania	1468.17	1472.73	-4.56
471	Norway	1467.51	1472.36	-4.85
48	Slovakia	1461.55	1465.73	-4.18
491	Canada	1461.16	1453.76	+7.4
501	Greece	1457.89	1453.95	+3.94
51	Cameroon	1452.59	1452.59	–
522	Costa Rica	1445.38	1437.57	+7.81
53	Saudi Arabia	1443.53	1441.4	+2.13
542	Venezuela	1442.29	1447.2	-4.91
552	Jamaica	1435.33	1421.54	+13.79
56	Paraguay	1430.73	1430.73	–
572	Slovenia	1427.84	1431.4	-3.56
581	Iraq	1420.47	1409.44	+11.03
591	South Africa	1407.67	1410.23	-2.56
602	Republic of Ireland	1399.74	1399.6	+0.14
611	Finland	1394.44	1401.31	-6.87
621	Burkina Faso	1390.38	1399.92	-9.54
63	Congo DR	1388.25	1388.25	–
642	Uzbekistan	1386.58	1376.5	+10.08
65	Cabo Verde	1383.44	1377.06	+6.38
662	Albania	1375.1	1382.69	-7.59
672	United Arab Emirates	1366.45	1355.55	+10.9
681	Ghana	1358.77	1363.42	-4.65
691	North Macedonia	1354.19	1362.17	-7.98
702	Montenegro	1351.72	1342.64	+9.08
711	Jordan	1350.21	1343.6	+6.61
721	Iceland	1346.82	1342.57	+4.25
731	Northern Ireland	1341.05	1333.17	+7.88
743	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1335.6	1343.32	-7.72
752	Georgia	1333.76	1312.45	+21.31
76	Guinea	1324.65	1320.42	+4.23
773	Oman	1323.23	1307.6	+15.63
783	Israel	1311.39	1323.43	-12.04
79	Equatorial Guinea	1308.03	1310.5	-2.47
802	Bahrain	1307.53	1297.32	+10.21
81	El Salvador	1305.02	1306.14	-1.12
824	Honduras	1301.92	1311.43	-9.51
83	Bulgaria	1292.59	1289.9	+2.69
84	Gabon	1287.33	1289.52	-2.19
851	Bolivia	1283.88	1284.55	-0.67
861	Zambia	1278.26	1275.71	+2.55
872	Luxembourg	1277.94	1285.41	-7.47
88	China PR	1275.22	1273.78	+1.44
89	Syria	1266.52	1265.51	+1.01
90	Haiti	1262.5	1262.5	–
91	Curaçao	1262.48	1262.48	–
92	Uganda	1242.15	1246.88	-4.73
934	Palestine	1238.66	1227.2	+11.46
941	Angola	1235.76	1238.11	-2.35
951	Armenia	1229.18	1237.15	-7.97
961	Belarus	1226.54	1232.8	-6.26
971	Benin	1225.68	1225.1	+0.58
982	Trinidad and Tobago	1220.65	1228.05	-7.4
99	Tajikistan	1216.76	1218.89	-2.13
1004	Kyrgyz Republic	1213.6