Disappointment As Ghana Drops in Latest FIFA Rankings, Out of Top Ten in Africa

• The Black Stars of Ghana are no longer a top ten team in Africa following the release of the FIFA rankings on Thursday
• The four-times African champions have also dropped to 61st in the global rankings following a disastrous AFCON campaign
• Ghana had a poor Africa Cup of Nations after exiting the tournament at the group stages in Cameroon

Ghana has dropped to 61st in the latest Coca Cola FIFA rankings today following the Black Stars' abysmal display at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

The four-times African champions have also dropped out of the top ten places on the continent, with Burkina Faso, who finished fourth at AFCON taking Ghana's place.

In a release by FIFA on Thursday, February 10, the Black Stars lost 47.52 points to go down in the rankings.

Meanwhile, African champions Senegal maintained their position at the top with Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt and Tunisia completing the top five.

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Former African champions Algeria drop to seventh with AFCON hosts Cameroon falling to sixth.

Mali, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso complete the top ten on the continent in the new rankings.

For the first time in the history of the country, failed to win a game at the Nations Cup and were booted out of the tournament at the group stages.

Nigeria move up in FIFA rankings

Meanwhile, Super Eagles of Nigeria have moved up in the latest FIFA ranking for all football nations globally as the three-time African champions are now rated 3rd best in Africa and 32nd globally.

This is an awesome development for the Super Eagles of Nigeria despite crashing out in the round of 16 at the just concluded 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

At the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon, Nigeria started their campaign on an impressive note beating Egypt in first game and also recorded wins over Sudan and Equatorial Guinea.

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Ghana name new coach ahead of Nigeria clash

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that the Ghana Football Association has finally settled on Otto Addo as the head coach of the Black Stars with Chris Hughton acting as the technical advisor.

The German-trained coach will be assisted by George Boateng and Mas Ud Didi Dramani as Ghana prepares for the World Cup play-offs against Nigeria.

After days of back and forth between the FA and the Sports Ministry, the federation finally announced the new technical team on their official website.