AFCON 2023: Highest Ranked Nation Teams, With the 2023 season just around the corner, Morocco currently hold the number one spot in the latest FIFA rankings for Africa, making them the highest ranked team on the continent. Other strong candidates in the top five positions include Senegal, Tunisie, Algérie, à Misri.
The ranking saw the Super Eagles of Nigeria drop from the top five, a change that resulted from their challenging start in the first round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Despite being 5th in the November rankings, Nigeria’s ranking in the World Cup qualifiers has not been impressive, leading to their drop in the rankings.
The competitive landscape in African football is still changing, with teams vying for positions while aiming to gain a good position in the FIFA rankings. The coming months and subsequent matches may play an important role in deciding the final standings and the teams that will represent Africa on the international football stage.
AFCON 2023: Highest Ranked Nation Teams
They currently occupy a poor 3rd place behind South Africa and Rwanda, with little chance of progressing when the qualifiers resume next June. This means Morocco’s Atlas Lions will participate in next month’s Africa Cup of Nations Ivory Coast 2023 as FIFA’s highest-ranked team in the tournament.
These standards provide the opportunity to reflect on the statistical evolution of teams from this continent, where a total of 231 matches were played throughout the year.
Of these, 91 were friendly matches, 88 were related to qualifying for CAF competitions and 52 were related to qualifying for FIFA competitions.
Algeria and Madagascar became the most represented national teams on the continent, each having played 16 matches. The full list includes a total of 53 African nations, with Eritrea not listed due to more than four years of inactivity.
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