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African FIFA Rankings: All 54 Teams From The Continent Ranked

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The latest FIFA World Rankings for all 54 African national teams have been unveiled.

Morocco remain top of the African FIFA rankings ahead of reigning AFCON champions Senegal.

The Atlas Lions ended 2022 with a strong showing in the World Cup. They made it to the semi-finals, eliminating heavyweights like Spain and Portugal along the way. Therefore, FIFA has ranked them as Africaโ€™s best team at the moment. Senegal come up in second, while Tunisia complete the top three.

African FIFA Rankings

Below is the full list of African teams ranked by FIFA as of 26 October 2023.

PosNational TeamTotal Points
1.Morocco๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ1658.49
2.Senegal๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ1600.82
3.Tunisia๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ1516.14
4.Algeria๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ1512.9
5.Egypt๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ1511.95
6.Nigeria๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ1490.48
7.Cameroon๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ1466.98
8.Mali๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ1449.75
9.Ivory Coast๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ1439.17
10.Burkina Faso๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ1410.59
11.Ghana๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ1394.74
12.South Africa๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ1366.35
13.Congo DR๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ1366.18
14.Cabo Verde๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป1326.93
15.Guinea๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ1296.89
16.Zambia๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ1291.34
17.Gabon๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ1270.8
18.Uganda๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ1251.94
19.Equatorial Guinea๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ1250.46
20.Benin๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ1238.89
21.Mauritania๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท1208.99
22.Congo๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ1189.9
23.Madagascar๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ1188.57
24.Kenya๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช1186.85
25.Guinea-Bissau๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ1186.85
26.Mozambique๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ1176.58
27.Namibia๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ1172.41
28.Angola๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด1169.64
29.The Gambia๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ1160.55
30.Togo๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ1158.24
31.Tanzania๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ1146.46
32.Sierra Leone๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ1145.12
33.Malawi๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ1144.29
34.Zimbabwe๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ1138.56
35.Libya๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ1137.64
36.Central African Republic๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ1126.72
37.Comoros๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ1125.57
38.Niger๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช1122.81
39.Sudan๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ1109.22
40.Rwanda๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ1087.03
41.Burundi๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ1080.43
42.Ethiopia๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น1072.54
43.Eswatini๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ1063.13
44.Botswana๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ1055.85
45.Liberia๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท1041.5
46.Lesotho๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ1034.18
47.South Sudan๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ986.56
48.Mauritius๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ942.64
49.Chad๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ930.22
50.Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น897.69
51.Djibouti๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ889.2 
52.Seychelles๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ853.5
53.Somalia๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด852.06

NOTE:  Eritrea is not on the latest FIFA list at the time of writing. The team was ranked 53rd in the African FIFA rankings list released on July 20.

Were there any big changes?

There were no significant changes to the African FIFA rankings after a relatively quiet period of international football. The only real significant change was Guinea-Bissau, who dropped from 22nd to 25th. South Africa and Congo DR swapped places, going 12th and 13th respectively. Malawi gained the most points out of every African team with a rise of 7.48 points.

Notably, Somalia rank bottom of the African FIFA Rankings now, while Eritrea, ranked 53rd previously, do not feature in the rankings at the time of writing.

Argentina is FIFAโ€™s highest-ranked team overall

The African teams, though, are still some way off the overall best in FIFAโ€™s World Rankings. Morocco, the highest-ranked team from the continent, ranks 14th overall. Senegal follow four spots behind the Atlas Lions in the 18th position.

Nigeria, who are sixth in the African FIFA rankings, occupy the 39th spot in the global rankings. South Africa sit 12th in Africa and 63rd in the overall list. Ghana are the 11th best-ranked African team and 60th in the world.

Instead, itโ€™s Argentina who sit top of the global FIFA rankings. The 2022 World Cup winners lead the way with 1843.73 points. France and Brazil complete the top three, with 1843.54 and 1828.27 points respectively.

England, Belgium, Croatia, Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, and Spain complete the top 10.

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