Football - Seychelles moves eight places higher |02 October 2015

Seychelles have risen eight spots higher than the previous month in the latest Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) rankings which was released yesterday.

Seychelles now ranks 184th in the world of football, a rise of eight places from its position of 192nd last month. Seychelles now sits level on 67 points with Caribbean Island Montserrat.

The national team’s 1-1 draw against Ethiopia, in the recent African Cup Of Nations (Afcon) 2017 qualifier helped Seychelles’ cause, as the team now looks for further rise when they take on Burundi over two legs in the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifying round. The first leg will be played here next Wednesday.

Our next opponents Burundi, currently occupy the 133th place in the standings and are currently unbeaten in their last three matches, which should be a concern for Seychelles who according to sources are encountering some difficulties due to a lack of training equipment.

Algeria (19th worldwide) remains the top African side at the moment, followed by Côte d’Ivoire (21st), Ghana (25th), Tunisia (36th), Senegal (38th), Cape Verde Islands (41st) Cameroon (48th), Congo (49th), Egypt (51st) and Nigeria (52nd).

Argentina have retained their place as the top nation at the moment, with Germany taking back second spot from Belgium who fall to third. Portugal are fourth, followed by Colombia, Spain, Brazil, Wales, Chile and England.

The biggest drop in the rankings came from Cyprus who fell 28 places to 114th place, down from 86th. Meanwhile, African legend, Georges Weah’s nation of Liberia made the biggest leap as they rose from 160th to 95th for a massive move of 65 places.

Below we also publish the top ten of the UEFA club rankings for this month:

                   Clubs                                        Points

1       Real Madrid CF            ESP                     147.285

2       FC Bayern München    GER                     139.635

3       FC Barcelona                 ESP                 136.285

4       Chelsea FCC                  ENG                 122.131

5       Club Atlético de Madrid ESP                   118.285

6       SL Benfica                     POR               101.116

7       Juventus                       ITA                95.321

8       Paris Saint-Germain     FRA                    95.149

9       Borussia Dortmund      GER                   92.635

10     Arsenal FC                    ENG                92.131

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