Tanzania,Kenya,Burundi drop in Rankings as Ethiopia gains ground Uganda still top in East Africa

by
Collins Okinyo
June 4, 2015

By Staff Reporter,

The latest FIFA/Coca Cola World ranking were released on Thursday and it immediately aroused mixed feelings as East African blew hot and cold with some dipping after months of inactivity.

Uganda remains the top ranked East African team at 71^st while Ethiopia Walia Ibex rose to 99^th despite failing to play in any friendly matches.

On the other hand Rwanda deepened to 94^th while the biggest drop was reserved for Tanzania who move to a record low 127 as Kenya further moved down to 123^rd.

Sudan have moved 3 places up to 108 places as Burundi dropped to 134^th while South Sudan remained at 197^th.

Somalia and Djibouti remained the lowest ranked ranked 206^th and 207^th respectively.

Algeria is still the highest ranked African team and first in Africa in the following sequence

AFRICA RANKING – WORLD RANKING

1.Algeria -21

2.Ivory Coast – 24

3.Tunisia – 29

4.Ghana – 34

5.Senegal – 36

6.Cape Verde – 38

7.Nigeria – 43

8.Guinea’- 45

9.Congo – 47

10.Cameroon – 49

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Collins Okinyo

Ex- CAF Media Expert. An expert on African football with over 15 years experience ,always with an ear to the ground with indepth knowledge of the game. I have worked for top publications including 7 years at www.supersport.com until i founded www.soka25east.com to quench the thirst of football lovers across the continent. I have trained young upcoming journalists who are now a voice in African football.I have covered World Cup,AFCON,CHAN,Champions League,Confederations Cup,Cecafa,Cosafa,Wafu and many other football tournaments across the World. Founder Football Africa Arena(FAA),Founder www.afrisportdigital.com