Nigeria Retains 41st Position on FIFA Rankings

The Super Eagles position on FIFA rankings remains unchanged in March , with the Nigerian male football team berthed as 7 th in Africa and 41 st in the world .

With only four ‘ A ’ international games considered for the March edition , there are few changes in the latest FIFA / Coca - Cola World Ranking .

South American heavyweights Argentina and Brazil remain in first and second respectively , while reigning FIFA World Cup champions Germany stay third.

The top 20 are unchanged from February except for two notable exceptions . Poland (12 , plus 2 ) reached their best ever world ranking , joining Wales in joint 12 th position for March .

Egypt meanwhile (20 , plus 3 ), broke into the top 20 while Iceland (23 , minus 3 ) fell thanks largely to a 1 - 0 defeat in a friendly against Mexico played on 8 February. An honourable mention goes to Burkina Faso (36 , plus 2 ) who , like Poland , reached their best ever position in the Ranking .

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