Nigeria senior women’s football team, the Super Falcons are now placed 32nd in the FIFA World rankings.
They moved up eight spots from their previous ranking, 40 in the world. The new ranking positions was revealed by FIFA on their website.
The Super Falcons new ranking is as a result of their stellar performance at the just concluded 2023 FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The Super Falcons were unbeaten in regular time throughout the tournament despite facing heavyweights Canada, Australia and England.
They eventually lost to England 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 stalemate at the Round of 16 stage.
Africa’s other representatives Morocco are now ranked 58th, South Africa moved to 54th and Zambia are now 69th in the ranking.
Sweden were ranked as the number one female footballing country in the world by FIFA.
The next FIFA/Coca Cola Women’s ranking will be revealed on December 15 2023.
