The three-time African champions, Nigeria amassed a total of 1478.78 points to stay as the fifth-best team on the continent behind Senegal, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.
The Nigerian Super Eagles currently sit 36th in the last FIFA world ranking for the year 2021.
The Super Eagles remain unmoved in December’s ranking published by FIFA on Thursday.
Belgium finished number one in the world, followed by Brazil, France, England, Argentina, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, and the Netherlands, making the top 10.
Here is a list of FIFA’s Top 40 best teams in 2021:
- Belgium
- Brazil
- France
- England
- Argentina
- Italy
- Spain
- Portugal
- Denmark
- The Netherlands
- USA
- Germany
- Switzerland
- Mexico
- Croatia
- Colombia
- Uruguay
- Sweden
- Wales
- Senegal
- Iran
- Peru
- Serbia
- Chile
- Ukraine
- Japan
- Poland
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Austria
- Czech Republic
- Korea Republic
- Russia
- Australia
- Nigeria
- Turkey
- Scotland
- Hungary
- Canada