Nigeria are still Africa's highest ranked team

Comoros are the best African climbers in the latest Fifa ranking released on Wednesday.

The Indian Ocean island moved up 20 places in the light of their victory over Djibouti in their first ever full international.

The result took them to 187th place in the pecking order.

Given the limited number of international matches played this month, the top of the list remains largely unchanged, with Nigeria still the continent's highest ranked team.

African Rankings - January 2007 (world rankings in brackets):

1. Nigeria (9)
2. Cameroon (11)
3. Ivory Coast (18)
4. Egypt (19)
5. Guinea (22)
6. Ghana (28)
7. Tunisia (32)
8. Mali (36)
9. Senegal (41)
10. Morocco (42)
11. Angola (55)
12. DR Congo (60)
13. Burkina Faso (62)
14. Zambia (63)
15. Togo (60)
16. South Africa (69)
17. Zimbabwe (72)
18. Algeria (78)
19. Cape Verde (78)
20. Congo (89)
21. Ethiopia (91)
22. Gabon (96)
23. Libya (98)
24. Uganda (102)
25. Malawi (103)
26. Botswana (107)
27. Equatorial Guinea (108)
28. Tanzania (109)
29. Liberia (112)
30. Sudan (120)
31. Benin (114)
32. Namibia (116)
33. Rwanda (119)
34. Burundi (120)
35. Mauritania (122)
36. Kenya (127)
37. Mozambique (129)
38. Seychelles (130)
39. Gambia (135)
40. Eritrea (139)
41. Chad (141)
42. Mauritius (144)
43. Niger (148)
44. Sierra Leone (148)
45. Swaziland (151)
46. Lesotho (160)
47. Central African Republic (180)
48. Madagascar (184)
49. Comoros (187)
50. Guinea-Bissau (192)
51. Somalia (194)
52. Djibouti (199)
53. S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe (199)