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Last Updated: Thursday, 20 September 2007, 10:24 GMT 11:24 UK
Nigeria back on top in Africa
Nigeria have leapfrogged over Cameroon to return to the top of the African football rankings according to Fifa's world rankings for September.

The Super Eagles moved up three places on the overall rankings from 26 to 23, while the Indomitable Lions fell nine slots from 16 to 25.

The biggest movers in Africa were Equatorial Guinea leaping 33 places on the world list and become the number 14 side on the continent.

1. Nigeria (23)
2. Cameroon (25)
3. Ivory Coast (27)
4. Guinea (30)
5. Tunisia (37)
6. Morocco (38)
7. Senegal (40)
8. Egypt (43)
9. Ghana (45)
10. Mali (49)
11. Zambia (61)
12. Togo (63)
13. Angola (69)
14. Equatorial Guinea (72)
15. South Africa (73)
16. Mozambique (74)
17. Cape Verde Islands (76)
18. DR Congo (77)
19. Benin (82)
20. Algeria (85)
21. Libya (92)
22. Zimbabwe (93)
23. Botswana (95)
24. Uganda (100)
25. Congo (101)
26. Tanzania (106)
26. Burkina Faso (106)
28. Namibia (108)
29. Gabon (110)
30. Burundi (110)
31. Sudan (112)
32. Ethiopia (113)
33. Gambia (114)
34. Kenya (115)
35. Rwanda (118)
36. Malawi (121)
37. Eritrea (128)
38. Liberia (129)
39. Chad (136)
40. Mauritania (140)
41. Swaziland (149)
42. Niger (152)
43. Lesotho (153)
44. Seychelles (154)
45. Mauritius (155)
46. Madagascar (164)
47. Sierra Leone (172)
48. Comoros (184)
49. Central African Republic (188)
50. Guinea-Bissau (191)
51. Somalia (194)
52. Djibouti (200)
52. S�o Tom� e Pr�ncipe (200)


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