Zambia has maintained position number 78 on the FIFA / Coca-Cola ranking for the month of April.
In the month of March, the Chipolopolo played two Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at home and away against Congo which both ended in 1 – 1 draws.
The Chipolopolo have however fallen one place in Africa after they were overtaken by Burkina Faso, Benin and Morocco to rank 19th in Africa.
Guinea Bissau who lead Zambia’s group in the Gabon 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers were the world’s best performers after they climbed 45 places to stand in position 102 while Herve Renards Morocco scored the highest points in the month (131 points) and now stand 64th in the world.
Congo are 10th in Africa with Algeria have regained first position in Africa after erstwhile leaders Cape Verde fell 16 places to rank 6th in Africa.
Zambia play Guinea Bissau during the weekend of 3rd to 5th June before hosting Kenya in the final group match in September
A total of 171 games have been taken into account for the April edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which includes 51 qualifiers for Russia 2018, 60 continental qualifiers and 60 international friendlies.
2014 FIFA World Cup™ runners-up Argentina are the new team at the top after they ended Belgium’s five-month-long reign at the summit of football’s world ranking which began when the Red Devils snatched pole position from Argentina back in November 2015.
Africa top 20:
1. Algeria (33) 2. Cote d’Ivoire (34) 3. Ghana (38) 4. Senegal (43) 5. Egypt (44) 6. Cape Verde (47) 7. Tunisia (47) 8. Congo DR (51) 9. Guinea (58) 10. Congo (59) 11. Cameroon (63) 12. Morocco (64) 13. Mali (65) 14. Nigeria (67) 15. South Africa (70) 16. Uganda (72) 17. Benin (73) 18. Burkina Faso (75) 19. Zambia (78) 20. Equatorial Guinea (83)
How is Cape Verde above us?
These ranking are fake
How many games has Zambia won of late, and against what type of opposition have we struggled with draws? That must answer your question. One thing to realise is our football standards are very low presently
Even if they look fake they show how far below our standards hv gone. We’ve been 2 the drawing board a million times that the board itself has become bored. We r one of the most consistent ‘average’ team in africa these days if it wr in EPL we wud hv been like Stoke or Everton, we need 2 up our game othr teams r improving.#will stop rite here quick
Even Uganda and South Africa are above us?
These Fifa and their rankings also?!! Ba Zed never mind them, we all know that when it comes winning the AFCON we can upset fifa paper-work. For now let’s worry about beating Guinea Bissau and Kenya.
You sound as if we have won the AFCON 11(eleven) times, but no, only 1 (time). We are doing something wrong & we need ideas irrespective of the rankings. We could not come out of the group stage during last AFCON. Now under new management , ideas, fresh ideas needed
uganda, south africa & benin they wil not qualify to the 2017 afcon. fake rankings
South Africa has never won any match in a long time.