Nigeria fourth in FIFA Africa rankings

Monthly Africa national football team rankings released Thursday by FIFA (Africa ranking, world ranking):

Ivory Coast 1 19

Ghana 2 24

Algeria 3 28

Nigeria 4 36

Mali 5 38

Cape Verde Islands 6 44

Tunisia 7 46

Egypt 8 50

Burkina Faso 9 51

Cameroon 10 61

Senegal 11 66

South Africa 12 68

Libya 13 70

Zambia 14 71

Sierra Leone 15 72

Morocco 16 74

Guinea 17 76

Togo 18 77

Uganda 19 81

Gabon 20 83

Angola 21 89

Benin 22 90

Democratic Republic of Congo 23 91

Congo Brazzaville 24 92

Ethiopia 25 93

Equatorial Guinea 26 98

Zimbabwe 27 101

Niger 28 102

Central African Republic 29 103

Botswana 30 104

Liberia 31 114

Mozambique 32 116

Kenya 33 118

Malawi 34 122

Burundi 35 124

Namibia 36 127

Tanzania 37 127

Rwanda 38 131

Gambia 39 136

Sudan 40 140

Lesotho 41 147

Mauritania 42 150

Chad 43 158

Sao Tome e Principe 44 163

Mauritius 45 177

Madagascar 46 179

Guinea-Bissau 47 180

Swaziland 48 186

Comoros Islands 49 193

Eritrea 50 195

Seychelles 51 196

Somalia 52 201

Djibouti 53 203

South Sudan 54 205

Next rankings: Oct 17