Nigeria’s victory in the just-concluded African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament is still reverberating. The February 2013 FIFA world rankings has emerged the best ever after several months.

In the ranking of African teams, Nigeria has moved from its 10th place to fourth position and in FIFA’s rankings, they claim the 30th position.

Go Naija!

February 2013 ranking for 50 countries

1) Spain

2) Germany

3 Argentina

4 England

5 Italy

6 Colombia

7 Portugal

8 Netherlands

9 Croatia

10 Russia

11 Greece

12 Côte d’Ivoire

12 Ecuador

14 Switzerland

15 Mexico

16 Uruguay

17 France

18 Brazil

19 Ghana

20 Belgium

21 Sweden

22 Denmark

23 Chile

24 Bosnia- Herzegovina

25 Mali

26 Czech Republic

27 Norway

28 Japan

29 Montenegro

30 Nigeria

31 Romania

32 USA

33 Hungary

34 Algeria

35 Paraguay

36 Serbia

37 Australia

38 Korea

Republic

39 Peru

39 Republic

of Ireland

41 Turkey

42 Panama

42 Tunisia

43 Bolivia

45 Venezuela

46 Ukraine

47 Zambia

48 Bulgaria

49 Slovakia

50 Haiti