latest FIFA rankings released today.
Nigeria were eliminated in the second round of the 2014 World
Cup, after a decent showing where they also drew 0-0 with Iran, beat Bosnia 1-0 and lost 3-2 to Argentina in the group stages.
This means the African champions are now third in Africa, only behind Algeria and Cote d'Ivoire, who are ranked 24th and 25th respectively.
World champions Germany, are now first in the world, while Spain moved 7 places down to 8th.
The Netherlands moved 12 places up to 3rd, while runners-up, Argentina moved 3 places up to 2nd.
England too a massive cut by moving 10 places down to 20th.
The top 50 countries in the world as ranked by FIFA, July 14th 2014:
1 Germany 1724 1
2 Argentina 1606 3
3 Netherlands 1496 12
4 Colombia 1492 4
5 Belgium 1401 6
6 Uruguay 1330 1
7 Brazil 1241 -4
8 Spain 1229 -7
9 Switzerland 1216 -3
10 France 1202 7
11 Portugal 1148 -7
12 Chile 1098 2
13 Greece 1091 -1
14 Italy 1056 -5
15 USA 989 -2
16 Costa Rica 986 12
17 Croatia 955 1
18 Mexico 930 2
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 917 2
20 England 911 -10
21 Ecuador 901 5
22 Ukraine 898 -6
23 Russia 897 -4
24 Algeria 872 -2
25 Côte d'Ivoire 850 -2
26 Denmark 807 -3
27 Scotland 734 0
28 Romania 733 1
29 Sweden 724 3
30 Venezuela 720 10
31 Serbia 717 -1
32 Turkey 714 3
33 Panama 684 -2
34 Nigeria 664 10
35 Czech Republic 646 -1
36 Egypt 645 0
37 Slovenia 644 -12
38 Hungary 642 9
38 Ghana 642 -1
40 Honduras 637 -7
41 Armenia 635 -3
42 Tunisia 621 6
43 Austria 614 -1
44 Wales 606 -3
45 Japan 604 1
46 Slovakia 588 3
47 Iceland 570 5
48 Paraguay 566 2
49 Iran 563 -6
50 Montenegro 559 1
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