Nigeria has dropped from 32nd to 35th position in the latest FIFA ranking released yesterday, just as World Cup winners Argentina have risen to second position.
The highest-ranked African team is now Morocco, surpassing Senegal after a fantastic run in Qatar 2022. Morocco improved its overall ranking from 22nd in October to 11th.
The Atlas Lions were eliminated by France 2-0 in the semi-finals before losing 2-1 to Croatia in the play-off, ending their journey with a memorable fourth place as the first African side to reach the last four.
Morocco are ahead of Senegal (19th), Tunisia (30th), Cameroon (33rd) and Nigeria (35th).
Brazil, the quarter-finalists for Qatar 2022, is still on top. Argentina, led by Lionel Messi, who won the title on Sunday in Qatar, moves up one spot, along with second-placed France, who is now third, and fourth-placed Belgium.
Croatia moved from 12th to seventh after finishing third, with fourth-placed Morocco now 11th as the highest-positioned African nation.
England (fifth), Netherlands (sixth), Italy (eighth), Portugal (ninth) and Spain round off the top 10 sides.
Japan are the best-ranked among Asian teams at 20th, ahead of Iran (24th), South Korea (25th), Australia (27th), Saudi Arabia (49th) and Qatar (60th).
Singapore remained at 160th spot – the Lions are behind Asean neighbours Vietnam (96th), Thailand (111th), Philippines (134th), Malaysia (145th), Indonesia (151st) and Myanmar (159th).
