Nigeria, Dec. 22 -- Nigeria's Super Eagles closed the 2025 football calendar ranked 38th in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking, a modest finish that places them among the world's top 40 but still short of Africa's leading pack.

The December 2025 edition of the rankings, released after 42 international fixtures worldwide, reflects results from a busy period dominated by the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 and the tail end of various continental qualifiers.

Nigeria finished the year with 1,502.46 points, sitting fifth in Africa behind Morocco, Senegal, Egypt and Algeria.

This is the best in three years, as the Super Eagles finished 2023 and 2024 significantly lower, in 42nd and 44th positions, respectively.

While the Super Eagles im...