LATEST FIFA Ranking: Ghana Moves Up To 3rd In Africa
Ghana has moved three places up the latest FIFA Ranking released by the world-football governing body on Thursday, April 7. From a March position of 41st, Ghana moves up to 38th in April.
The nation also moved up on the continental log from 4th to 3rd.
Africa has a new Number One in Algeria after they overtook Cote d’Ivoire and Cape Verde, who drop 16 places in one of the worst for the month.
Argentina goes top of the global ranking overtaking Belgium while South American champions Chile move to 3rd, their highest ever.
2014 FIFA World Cup™ runners-up Argentina are the new team at the top, according to the April 2016 edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
La Albiceleste’s recent performances in World Cup qualifying have helped them end Belgium’s five-month-long reign at the summit of football’s world ranking which began when the Red Devils snatched pole position from Argentina back in November 2015. Close behind, Chile move into third (up two places), Colombia fourth (up four) and Uruguay jump to ninth (up two) to strengthen the South American grip on the top ten.
A total of 171 games have been taken into account for the April edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which includes 51 qualifiers for Russia 2018, 60 continental qualifiers and 60 international friendlies.
Costa Rica (25th, up eight), Turkey (13th, up seven) and Mexico (16th, up six) have all enjoyed impressive gains near the top for April. A little further down the table, Australia (50th, up 17), Egypt (44th, up nine) and Norway (49th, up two) break into the top 50 at the expense of Trinidad and Tobago (53rd, down four), Serbia (55th, down five) and Finland (61st, down 15).
The two most outstanding performers for April hail from the African continent. Guinea-Bissau (up 45) have climbed the most positions by rank, while Morocco (131 points) enjoy the biggest move by virtue of points.
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