Cape Verde’s new FIFA ranking of 67th in the world released on Thursday 14 September placed the country as the biggest movers in the latest placement of men’s football.

The Blue Sharks who were ranked at 114 in previous ranks released in August,moved up 47 places after two victories over South Africa in 2018 World Cup qualifiers.

Egypt remain the highest ranked nation on the continent just one place ahead of Tunisia despite dropping five positions after a 1-0 defeat to Uganda in World Cup qualifier.

DR Congo were the team to make way for Carthage Eagles, dropping to 14 places in the global list.

The movers benefited from older results dropping in value in the four-year cycle of matches used for the calculations.

Africa’s top ten on September’s Fifa rankings – global ranking in brackets:
1. Egypt (30)
2. Tunisia (31)
3. Senegal (33)
4. DR Congo (42)
5. Nigeria (44)
6. Cameroon (45)
7. Burkina Faso (49)
8. Ghana (52)
9. Ivory Coast (54)
10. Morocco (56)