January 2008 FIFA World Rankings

January 17th, 2008 | by: Daryl |

The first FIFA World Rankings of 2008 have been released and the big news is… well, nothing. It’s all the same at the top with Argentina leading the pack, followed by Brazil and Italy. The single change in the top 20 sees Nigeria leapfrog the USA into 19th place. Other African Cup of Nations movers include Egypt, who climb four places to 35th and Namibia, who fall another five places to 119th. Namibia remain the lowest ranked team at the African Cup of Nations.

1. Argentina
2. Brazil
3. Italy
4. Spain
5. Germany
6. Czech Republic
7. France
8. Portugal
9. Netherlands
10. Croatia
11. Greece
12. England
13. Romania
14. Scotland
15. Mexico
16. Turkey
17. Colombia
18. Bulgaria
19. Nigeria (+1)
20. USA (-1)

Full rankings here.

Since we’re giving the Africa Cup of Nations our full attention, here’s how the sixteen competing teams ranked.

1. Nigeria (+1) 19th
2. Cameroon (-1) 25th
3. Guinea 33rd
4. Egypt (+4) 35th
5. Côte d’Ivoire (-1) 38th
6. Morocco 39th
7. Senegal (-2) 40th
8. Ghana 43rd
9. Tunisia (+1) 46th
10. Mali (-1) 47th
11. Zambia (-2) 67th
12. Angola (+1) 72nd
13. South Africa (-1) 78th
14. Sudan (-2) =94th
15. Benin (+3) =94th
16. Namibia (-5) 119th

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