Nigeria now 34th in FIFA Women’s World Rankings

Nigeria’s women have moved up one place on the monthly FIFA world rankings to 34, retaining their place as the top-ranked African side.

The rankings released on Friday shows Nigeria maintain their status as African champions, with Ghana their nearest African side on the rankings at 45th.

Cameroon, who lost to Nigeria in the final of the 2016 African Women Championship they hosted, are 47th on the rankings and Equatorial Guinea are 50th.


In the overall rankings, England have moved back up to fourth, overtaking Canada to equal their best ever position.

FIFA Women’s World Rankings

1-Germany
2-USA
3-France
4-England
5-Canada
6-Japan
7-Sweden
8-Australia
9-Brazil
10-Korea DPR
11-Scotland
12-Wales
13-Nigeria


45-Ghana


47-Cameroon


50-Equatorial Guinea


55-Northern Ireland