TRANSFER - IVORY COAST - Serge Aurier joins Paris St-Germain on loan from Toulouse

The 21-year-old right-back played in all of his country's matches at the World Cup in Brazil.

25 Jul 2014
Transfer - Senegal - midfielder Guirane N'Daw joins Metz

N'Daw, who has played 44 times for his country, started his career in France with Sochaux in 2002.

24 Jul 2014
COACHES - IVORY COAST - Renard among names on coach shortlist

The 45-year-old Renard ended his second spell as Zambia coach in October 2013 to take over at French club Sochaux for the second half of the Ligue 1 season. 

23 Jul 2014
Transfer - Algeria - Midfielder Yavine Brahimi signs for Porto

The 24-year-old French-born attacking midfielder has agreed an $8.7m (£5.1m) deal with a $67m (£40m) buy-out clause.

 

23 Jul 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - 2ND ROUND - first leg - all results

SATURDAY'S MATCHES
• Botswana vs Guinea-Bissau 2:0 
• Uganda vs Mauritania 2:0 
• Sierra Leone vs Seychelles 2:0 
SUNDAY'S MATCHES
• Lesotho vs Kenya 1:0 
• Tanzania vs Mozambique 2:2 
• Congo Brazzaville vs Rwanda 2:0 
• Benin vs Malawi 1:0 

21 Jul 2014
COACHES - ALGERIA - Christian Gourcuff named as Algeria's new national coach

Gourcuff was last coach of Lorient, leaving the job in May at the end of the Ligue 1 season. He has also coached at Le Mans and Stade Rennes and had a one-year spell in Saudi Arabia.

21 Jul 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - 2ND ROUND - FIXTURES & RESULTS - Saturday matches

2nd round - fixtures & results

SATURDAY (19th July 2014)
Botswana vs Guinea-Bissau 2:0 
Uganda vs Mauritania 2:0 
Sierra Leone vs Seychelles 2:0 

20 Jul 2014
Fifa ranking - Nigeria move up, Carpe Verde suffer big drop

The Super Eagles climbed three places in the Confederation of African Football region and 10 spots on the global list - up to 34th in the world.

19 Jul 2014
TRANSFER - Algeria - Halliche joins Qatar Sports Club

The 27-year-old centre-back was part of the Desert Foxes squad that reached the last 16 of the World Cup in Brazil - their best performance at a finals.

19 Jul 2014

FIFA RANKING - June 2018

FIFA RANKING

Men's top 20​ - June 2018

 

Germany
Rank: 1 (-)
Points: 1558

Brazil
Rank: 2 (-)
Points: 1431

Belgium
Rank: 3 (-)
Points: 1298

Portugal
Rank: 4 (-)
Points: 1274

Argentina
Rank: 5 (-)
Points: 1241

Switzerland
Rank: 6 (-)
Points: 1199

France
Rank: 7 (-)
Points: 1198

Poland
Rank: 8 (+2)
Points: 1183

Chile
Rank: 9 (-)
Points: 1135

Spain
Rank: 10 (-2)
Points: 1126

Peru
Rank: 11 (-)
Points: 1125

Denmark
Rank: 12 (-)
Points: 1051

England
Rank: 12 (+1)
Points: 1051

Uruguay
Rank: 14 (+3)
Points: 1018

Mexico
Rank: 15 (-)
Points: 989

Colombia
Rank: 16 (-)
Points: 986

Netherlands
Rank: 17 (+2)
Points: 981

Wales
Rank: 18 (+3)
Points: 953

Italy
Rank: 19 (+1)
Points: 951

Croatia
Rank: 20 (-2)
Points: 945

 


Leading African nations / CAF
African team ranking - overall rank 


Tunisia
African team ranking: 1
Overall rank: 21 (-7)
Points: 910

Senegal
African team ranking: 2
Overall rank: 27 (+1)
Points: 838

Congo DR
African team ranking: 3
Overall rank: 38 (-)
Points: 706

Morocco
African team ranking: 4
Overall rank: 41 (+1)
Points: 686

Egypt
African team ranking: 5
Overall rank: 45 (+1)
Points: 649

 

13 Jun 2018
(BBC Sport UK)

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