Thursday 18 September 2014

Kenya drop seven places in Fifa rankings

Kenya squad in Comoros

Harambee Stars' free fall in rankings continues as they find themselves seven places down from 104 to 111 two months after they ranked 95.

Kenya has dropped seven places in latest Fifa rankings released on Thursday.
Kenya were ranked position 104 in August but have now plummeted to position 111. The downward trend is now worrying after Kenya rose to position 95 in July.
The latest rankings come two weeks after Harambee Stars’ went down 1-0 to Egypt in a friendly played in Aswan Stadium. Kenya have also planned another build up against Morocco’s Atlas Lions in Marrakech on October 13.
Uganda, who have made a flying start in African Cup of Nations qualifiers, have improved by two places and are now ranked 79 on the World and 19 in Africa.
Meanwhile, World Cup winner Germany is still No. 1 despite losing to second-place Argentina in a friendly rematch of their final this month.
Colombia climbs one place to No. 3 even though it lost to Brazil in a friendly, and trades places with the Netherlands which lost both its matches this month.
Belgium stays at No. 5 and Brazil climbs one spot to No. 6. Uruguay is No. 7, followed by Spain. France and Switzerland, which lost to England in a European Championship qualifier, trade places to complete the top 10.
Costa Rica is ahead of Mexico and the United States, with the three CONCACAF nations grouped from Nos. 15-17. England climbs two spots to No. 18.
Algeria leads African nations at No. 20, up four. Iran also rises four as the top Asian nation at No. 44.

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