2015 AFRICA CUP - SENEGAL - SADIO MANE INCLUDED IN SQUAD

Senegal coach Alain Giresse has included Sadio Mane in his final squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations despite his calf injury.

11 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - CAMEROON - FINKE STICKS WITH CORE GROUP

Cameroon coach Volker Finke has kept faith with the players he used in the qualifiers in his final 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

10 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - CONGO - LE ROY FINALISES SQUAD

Congo coach Claude LeRoy has finalised his squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after cutting three players from the provisional list.

10 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - TUNISIA - MIKARI & TOUZGHAR CUT FROM SQUAD

Striker Yoann Touzghar and defender Yassine Mikari have not made it into Tunisia's final squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

10 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - EQUATORIAL GUINEA - SQUAD ANNOUNCED

Africa Cup of Nations hosts Equatorial Guinea have included 14 players who were born in Spain in their final 23-man squad for the tournament.

9 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - ZAMBIA - KALABA TO LEAD NATIONAL TEAM

Zambia coach Honour Janza has given the captain's armband to Rainford Kalaba after naming his 23-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

8 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - GHANA - NO BOATENG OR MUNTARI IN SQUAD

Ghana's new coach Avram Grant has named his first Black Stars' squad with an initial list of 31 players for January's Africa Cup of Nations finals.

8 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - CAMEROON - SONG MISSES OUT ON SQUAD AND QUITS DUTY

Cameroon and West Ham midfielder Alex Song has retired from international football after his exclusion from his country's Africa Cup of Nations squad.

7 Jan 2015
2015 AFRICA CUP - ALGERIA - ABEID AND BELKALEM OUT OF SQUAD

Algeria have confirmed that their Newcastle midfielder Mehdi Abeid and Trabzonspor defender Essaid Belkalem have been ruled out of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations because of injury.

6 Jan 2015

FIFA RANKING - July 2016 FOR AFRICA

AFRICA CUO 2017 QUALIFIERS Bocundji Ca

 

Guinea-Bissau's France-based captain Bocundji Ca will lead his side at Gabon 2017

Guinea Bissau's qualification for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals has earned them their highest ever place on Fifa's monthly rankings.

They have moved up 40 places to 75 on the global list and 19th on the continent.

A 3:2 win over Zambia on 4 June saw Guinea Bissau reach their first ever Nations Cup finals next year in Gabon.

Comoros Islands have also reached their highest ever position on the list at a modest 155th.

The biggest movers were Kenya who gained 43 places up to 86 globally and 22 in Africa.

Malawi dropped a total of 26 spots down to 42 on the continent and 133 overall.

Algeria remain the highest ranked team in Africa at 32 globally with Argentina the number one side in the world.

 

Top ten African nations on the Fifa rankings on July 14 
(global place in brackets):

1. Algeria (32)
2. Ivory Coast (35)
3. Ghana (36)
4. Senegal (41)
5.
Egypt (43)
6. Tunisia (45)
7. Cameroon (53)
8. Morocco (54)
9. DR Congo (59)
10. Mali (61)

 

 

 

16 Jul 2016
(BBC Sport UK)

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