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| Likuena in free-fall |
Lesotho has dropped to 153rd the world in
the latest FIFA rankings released today. The past 12 months have seen a free-fall
for Lesotho which reached its highest ever FIFA ranking of 105 in August 2014.
Likuena’s form has dropped since then and
they won only one of their 16 international games played in 2015.
Lesotho’s next fixture is a 2017 African
Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against the Seychelles away from home on
Saturday, March 26.
Likuena will host Seychelles three days
later. The match will be played on Tuesday, March 29 at Setsoto Stadium and
will kick-off at 15:00, the Lesotho Football Association has confirmed.
Lesotho is currently bottom of Group J
of the 2017 AFCON qualifiers, a group that also consists of leaders Algeria, Ethiopia
and the Seychelles.
In other rankings news, the Cape Verde
Islands have ascended to the top of the African rankings for the first time. The
island nation with a population of roughly 500 000 is ranked 31st in the
world. It is a remarkable achievement. They are ahead of reigning African champions
Ivory Coast, who are 36th in the world, and Algeria, ranked 37th by FIFA.
Cameroon also returned to the top 10 in
Africa at the expense of Guinea.
Africa
FIFA Rankings
Rank Team
31 Cape
Verde Islands
36 Côte
d'Ivoire
37 Algeria
41 Ghana
47 Tunisia
48 Senegal
53 Egypt
58 Congo
DR
59 Congo
61 Cameroon
62 Nigeria
63 Guinea
67 Uganda
70 South
Africa
73 Mali
76 Equatorial
Guinea
77 Benin
78 Zambia
81 Morocco
83 Gabon
85 Rwanda
86 Burkina
Faso
92 Botswana
100 Mozambique
101 Togo
101 Liberia
103 Kenya
104 Malawi
106 Mauritania
107 Libya
108 Niger
109 Angola
110 Central
African Republic
115 Sierra
Leone
120 Ethiopia
124 Swaziland
125 Tanzania
127 Chad
129 Burundi
130 Madagascar
131 Zimbabwe
133 Namibia
135 Sudan
140 South
Sudan
147 Guinea-Bissau
153 Lesotho
164 Gambia
172 Mauritius
173 Comoros
174 São
Tomé e Príncipe
191 Seychelles
204 Djibouti
204 Eritrea
204 Somalia
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